Different Tendencies
Pietro Derossi, Giorgio Ceretti and Riccardo Rosso
Pratone
Scene design: Duyi Han
Pratone sculptural lounge chair
Produced by Gufram, Italy
1971 (from a 1986 edition)
Polyurethane foam coated with green Guflac lacquer
54 x 55 x 37.5 inches
137.2 x 139.7 x 95.3 centimeters
Price and detailed condition available upon request
Pietro Derossi, Giorgio Ceretti and Riccardo Rosso formed Gruppo Strum in 1966 with the radical idea to create an “architettura strumentale” or functional architecture, a response to modernism and the International style. They lectured on their theories which ultimately influenced the Anti-Design and Radical Design movements. Part Pop Art, part radical design, their Pratone (Italian for meadow) chair resembles a piece of turf. It was originally designed in 1970 for the “Sintesis Idee 70” competition; it won. A year later, Gufram started producing the chairs. Comprising forty-two individual “blades” which are hand-finished and attached to the base, the seat weighs over 130 pounds (59 kilograms). Produced as an edition of 200, the chair presented in Different Tendencies dates from a mid-1980s production run.
Images courtesy of R and Company