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Serie Up 2000

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Serie Up 2000

Gaetano Pesce

2000
Serie Up 2000 Armchairs
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Description

Designed in 1969, right from the onset the Up series has been one of the most outstanding expressions of design with its expressive shapes upholstered with elastic fabric. This innovative solution, poised midway between design and art, and conceived to be offered to a wide audience, stems from B&B Italia’s extensive technological know-how in terms of polyurethane injection moulding. Particularly noteworthy among the armchairs is the iconic UP5_6, with its unmistakeable anthropomorphic references: a metaphor of a large womb, it calls to mind ancient statues of the goddesses of fertility. But that’s not all: a spherical ottoman tied to the armchair contrasts the image of comfort and convenience with a more figurative one of a woman with a ball and chain tied to her foot. Gaetano Pesce described the project as follows: “At that time, I was seeking to tell a personal story about my concept of women: I believe that women have always unwittingly been their own jailer. This is why I decided to give this armchair the shape of a woman with a ball and chain, reflecting the traditional image of a prisoner”. This armchair also comes in a junior version for kids aged 3 and up – a perfectly faithful replica of the original design, only smaller. The series also includes the UP7 “foot”, a large sculptural object in painted polyurethane that poses as an archaeological relic of the modern era.

 

SERIE UP designed in 1969 by Gaetano Pesce wins XXVII Compasso d’Oro ADI - Product Career Award 2022.

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Concept

The configuration of this armchair has anatomical characteristics and unmistakable anthropomorphous references. The chair is a metaphor of a large comfortable womb and recalls ancient statues of fertility goddesses.  However, it has something extra: a spherical ottoman tied to the armchair. Therefore, the image of comfort and convenience is combined with a more figurative image of a woman with a ball and chain on her foot. Gaetano Pesce explains the project as follows: "At that time, I was telling a personal story about my concept of women: I believe that women have always been unwilling prisoners of themselves. This is why I decided to give this armchair the shape of a woman with a ball and chain, a traditional image of a prisoner." 

Over the years, the UP5_6 armchair has become an international icon with different names, from "Big Mama" to "Blow Up". It is still a very popular item.

Technical information

Füllung
kalt elastischer Polyurethanschaum Bayfit®

Unterseite
Stoff 100% Jute, Besatz aus PVC

Bezug Knopf
Metallbasis und Stoff

Unterseite Knopf
Kernleder

Schnur (UP5_6)
100% Nylon

Ausführung (UP7)
Polyurethan

Bezug
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Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce, Architekt, Künstler und Designer, hat während seiner vierzigjährigen Karriere öffentliche und private Projekte in den Vereinigten Staaten, Europa, Lateinamerika und Asien in den Bereichen Architektur, Stadtplanung, Interior Design, Industrie- und Ausstellungsdesign realisiert, angetrieben von einem kontinuierlichen Streben nach einem innovativen Experimentieren.

Der 1939 in La Spezia geborene Pesce studierte Architektur bei der Universität von Venedig und verfasste in seiner Jugend ein Manifest zur Verteidigung des Rechts auf Widersprüchlichkeiten in der Kunst, der Notwendigkeit, sich zu verändern, frei zu sein und sich nicht zu wiederholen. Die Grenzen zwischen Kunst, Design und Industrie werden in seiner Produktion irrelevant, denn auch Kunst ist ein Produkt, sie ist die kreative Antwort auf die Bedürfnisse der Zeit, in der wir leben. Seine kontinuierliche Forschung auf dem Gebiet innovativer Materialien, Sprachen und Technologien hat zu ikonischen Produktionen wie der Serie Up (1969) geführt, die aus sieben Sitzmöbeln mit ausladenden Formen besteht, darunter der Sessel Up5_6, das erste Produkt des Industriedesigns, das eine politische Botschaft vermitteln und die Situation der Frauen in der Welt anprangern sollte.

Pesces multidisziplinäres Werk ist in den permanenten Sammlungen der weltweit wichtigsten vertreten, darunter das MoMa und das Metropolitan Museum in New York, das Victoria and Albert Museum in London, das Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, das Vitra Museum in Deutschland und das Montreal Museum of Art. Pesces Herangehensweise an das Design hat die Designgeschichte maßgeblich geprägt. Seine Werke wurden in Ausstellungen von außerordentlicher Bedeutung gewürdigt. Zahlreiche Unternehmen produzieren seine Projekte.

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