{"product_id":"mario-bellini-la-rotonda-dining-table-cassina","title":"Mario Bellini dining table La Rotonda for Cassina","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStunning solid Nutwood and glass round dining table La Rotanda designed by Mario Bellini in 1977 for the renown Italian furniture manufacturer Cassina. The striking design has a jacks-form base which supports the 165 cm diameter glass top. This beauty is in great condition It will be shipped insured overseas in a custom made wooden crate. Cost of transport is crate included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Bellini\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(born February 1, 1935,\u003cspan\u003e Milan\u003c\/span\u003e) is an Italian architect and designer. He graduated from the\u003cspan\u003e Milan Polytechnic Faculty of Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1959 and began working as an architect himself in the early 1960s. He is the winner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eamong others of 8 Compasso d’Oro and prestigious architecture awards including the Medaglia d’Oro conferred on him by the President of the Italian Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many other Italian architects, his activities range from architecture and urban planning to product and furniture design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis career as a product and furniture designer began in 1963, and from 1963 to 1991 he was chief design consultant for\u003cspan\u003e Olivetti\u003c\/span\u003e. For many years he designed furnishing products and systems for B\u0026amp;B Italia and\u003cspan\u003e Cassina\u003c\/span\u003e, TV sets for\u003cspan\u003e Brionvega\u003c\/span\u003e, and hi-fi systems, headphones and electric organs for Yamaha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor five years he worked as an automobile design consultant with Renault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972 he was commissioned to design and build the prototype of the Kar-a-Sutra mobile environment for the exhibition “Italy: the New Domestic Landscape” at the\u003cspan\u003e MoMa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has also designed for Fiat and Lancia (notably the interior of the 1980\u003cspan\u003e Lancia Trevi\u003c\/span\u003e, lamps for\u003cspan\u003e Artemide\u003c\/span\u003e, Erco and Flos, and office furniture for\u003cspan\u003e Vitra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther firms for whom he has designed and\/or continues to design products include (in Italy) Acerbis, Bras, Driade, Candy, Castilia,\u003cspan\u003e Flou,\u003c\/span\u003e Kartell, Marcatrè, Meritalia,\u003cspan\u003e Poltrona Frau\u003c\/span\u003e; (in Belgium)\u003cspan\u003e Ideal Standard\u003c\/span\u003e; (in Germany)\u003cspan\u003e Lamy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e Rosenthal\u003c\/span\u003e; (in Japan) Fuji and Zojirushi; and (in the USA) Heller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Bellini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40103060013215,"sku":"1","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0496\/5230\/1983\/files\/dining-room-table-la-rotonda-by-mario-bellini-for-cassina-furniture-445.jpg?v=1791997632","url":"https:\/\/vintageobjects.com\/products\/mario-bellini-la-rotonda-dining-table-cassina","provider":"Vintage Objects","version":"1.0","type":"link"}