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AEO Lounge Chair
Paolo Deganello
AEO is a light, comfortÂable lounge chair that can be taken apart, washed and reassemÂbled. FeaturÂing a grey lacquered steel frame and seat cushion with your choice of fabric or leather upholÂstery. Aeo’s design was one of the first deconÂstrucÂtions of the modern armchair in 1973. The chair was born out of designer Paolo Deganello’s desire to create someÂthing free from convenÂtions with an unreÂstricted experÂiÂmenÂtal use of new mateÂriÂals and possibilities.
Brand
Cassina
Price
Premium
Required
Base Game
Creator
Meinkatz
Paolo Deganello
Born at Este, Padua, in 1940, Paolo Deganello gradÂuÂated in archiÂtecÂture at Florence in 1966. The designer spent 1963 to 1974 working with the town planÂning council of CalenÂzaro (Florence). In 1966 he founded the Archizoom AssoÂciates studio, together with Andrea Branzi, Gilberto Corretti and Massimo Morozzi, which closed in 1972. He continÂued with his private pracÂtice as an archiÂtect and designer in Milan, with commisÂsions in Italy and abroad. Derganello lectures in various univerÂsiÂties, and has as many theoÂretÂiÂcal irons in the fire with artiÂcles in the main specialÂist periÂodÂiÂcals. Since 1991 he has been lecturer in planÂning at the ISIA of Florence. He takes part in exhiÂbiÂtions of archiÂtecÂture and indusÂtrial design at an interÂnaÂtional level. The AEO armchair is particÂuÂlarly famous among the prodÂucts he has designed for Cassina.
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