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When you choose a piece of furniture or a furnishing accessory for your home, you do so hoping that it will last over time and that you never get tired of it: the design icons, the timeless ones, certainly win this difficult challenge.
Absolute protagonists of our homes, they have forever revolutionized the way we conceive furniture thanks to their innovative lines and an idea of functionality closer to contemporary needs.
We at Casavo, who care about giving you advice and ideas to embellish your home, have selected the 10 iconic design objects that have remained in history and are still very trendy: take a look at the great beauty we are about to offer you.
1. The Bocca Sofa
Bocca is the original lip-shaped sofa designed by Studio 65. This design icon with a distinctly pop aesthetic has entered the collective imagination thanks to fashion magazines, which have used it for numerous photo shoots.
The sofa is made of polyurethane and is welcoming and flexible, and its soft and sensual shapes represent the beauty of the female body.
Bocca has been exhibited in some of the most important museums in the world, including the Louvre and the Design Museum in Munich.
2. The Eclisse lamp
Eclisse is a space-saving table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1965 and produced by the Italian company Artemide.
Also perfect for the bedside tables of a modern bedroom, it works with a standard 18-watt light bulb and is available on the market in three color variations – white, bright orange, and fiery red.
So what's special about it? It consists of a rotating half-sphere base that can shield the light with a few practical movements.
3. The Flos Arco Lamp
Designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1962, the Flos Arco lamp is undoubtedly one of the iconic objects of Italian design. Among the most imitated of all time, it was born from the need for a suspension light that did not require holes in the ceiling.
Its very heavy marble base acts as a counterweight to support the large metal arch that is distantly reminiscent of the street lamps that illuminate the streets at night.
And if you're wondering what the hole in the base is for, know that it is not an aesthetic flaw but a useful device for moving the object quickly and easily (by inserting, for example, a broom handle into that hole!).
4. Atollo, the mushroom lamp
The Atollo is not just a simple lamp: it is a representative of Italian style in the world, one of the iconic design objects that everyone calls by name.
Also designed by Vico Magistretti, in 1979 it won the Compasso d'Oro and since then has rightfully entered the permanent collections of the most visited design museums in the world and in the homes of lovers of aesthetics and interior design.
The secret of such charm? Perhaps the geometric balance of its forms.
5. The Sacco armchair
The Sacco armchair, which first appeared in 1968, became famous in Italy for being part of the set design for a film from the Fantozzi saga starring Paolo Villaggio.
It was conceived by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro, while its production is headed by Zanotta, although today there are various imitations for all budgets.
Thanks to the dozens of available coverings, this soft and malleable armchair is perfect for furnishing any room in the house – including gardens and verandas – with great cheerfulness
6. The Cobra Telephone
The Ericofon, or Cobra telephone, is a device from the 1950s famous for its futuristic lines. Produced by the Swedish company Ericsson, it has no handset and is equipped with a pedestal that resembles the highly venomous snake.
Made of plastic, rubber, and nylon, despite being devoid of any external elements, it is technically perfect. Can't find the dial to dial numbers? Lift the base: it has been placed inside the pedestal.
7. Hang it all by Vitra
Hang it all by Vitra is a wall coat hanger made up of a small grate and many balls of different colors and sizes. Scenic, practical, and versatile, it was designed in 1953 by Charles and Ray Eames.
It owes its lively, pop lines to the purpose for which it was conceived: to encourage children to arrange their coats and hats. Over time, however, thanks to its enormous success, it has become an iconic design object useful to everyone and ideal for Space Age-style urban apartments.
8. The 50s-style fridge by Smeg
Sinuous lines, chrome details, pastel or matte colors: Smeg appliances have the personality needed to enter our list of iconic design objects.
All the products in the 50s-style line, such as the famous refrigerator, are designed in collaboration with Matteo Bazzicalupo and Raffaella Mangiarotti of the Deepdesign studio.
9. The Egg Chair
The Egg Chair, by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, was designed in 1958 and has been revolutionizing the concept of comfort for over sixty years, combining it with new and unusual materials.
With its large ears and high backrest, it resembles an egg or a womb, and has been a profound inspiration for everything that came in the years that followed – such as the Globe ball chair.
10. The Moka Express
The Moka Express by Bialetti is one of the iconic objects of Italian design present in the permanent collection of the Design Museum in Milan and the MoMA in New York.
Designed in 1933, more than 105 million pieces have been produced and is a must-have in any Italian kitchen around the world.
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