Vintage polished solid beech wood desk table by Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti, Italy 1994

Exceptional desk or office table, by the Italian designer Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti. This 1994 design, called Zeno, features a solid, polished beech wood structure, with a natural varnish and is completed with a black liquid rubber top. The modern aesthetic is provided by the asymmetrical design, with the inverted legs. The legs also have small details in solid ebony, as well as anodized aluminum protectors to prevent bumps. It is ideal for any contemporary environment, with a luxurious style. The liquid rubber envelope shows slight signs of use. About Massimo Scolari (1943-) Massimo Scolari, a renowned designer of Italian origin, graduated in architecture in Milan in 1969, and soon began his career as a professor of History of Architecture at the University of Palermo and History and technique of Drawing at the University Institute of Architecture of Venice. He worked at several other universities, such as Cornell University, Cooper Union N.Y., Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies N.Y., Technische Universität Vienna, Harvard University, Cambridge, and since 2006 he has been a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture. He is especially admired for his surrealist-influenced designs, inspired by authors such as Salvador Dalí and Yves Tanguy, who promoted the concept of “illogical” design. He has held exhibitions in Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States. His works are in the permanent collections of the MoMa (New York), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, the Deutsches Architektur Museum (Frankfurt) and the Center Pompidou (Paris). He made installations for the Venice Biennales of 1980, 1984, 1991, 1996 and 2004 and the Milan Triennials of 1973 and 1986. In 2014 he received the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. New York Letters. Dimensions: 62 x 160 x 80 cm. Reference : 308137