系列故事
起源
iMaestri 是 Cassina 为其经典二十世纪家具推出的再版系列的名称。Cassina 官网介绍称，该系列源自公司自 1973 年起遵循的一套方法：在尊重原作真实性与文化内涵的前提下重新诠释经典设计。官网表示该系列于 50 年前正式推出，其历程始于 1965 年，当时勒·柯布西耶、皮埃尔·让纳雷与夏洛特·珀里安三位设计师的首批四款作品投入批量生产。
设计语言
页面提及的设计师包括：贾科莫·巴拉、伊科·帕里西、马尔科·赞努索、勒·柯布西耶、弗朗哥·阿尔比尼、夏洛特·珀里安、埃里克·冈纳·阿斯普隆德、查尔斯·雷尼·麦金托什，以及格里特·托马斯·里特维德。在 2023 年迎来 50 周年之际，维科·马格里斯蒂、吉奥·蓬蒂与卡洛·斯卡帕加入该系列；查尔斯与雷·伊姆斯则在其灯具系列于 2024 年推出前加入。
代表作品
- 勒·柯布西耶、皮埃尔·让纳雷、夏洛特·珀里安：4 号躺椅、1 号可倾靠扶手椅，以及 2 号 Grand Confort 三人沙发（小号款）
- 勒·柯布西耶与皮埃尔·让纳雷：20 号 Casiers 标准 P.E.N. 系列
- 勒·柯布西耶：LC16 工作桌（Table de travail）
- 夏洛特·珀里安：Plana、Accordo
- 格里特·托马斯·里特维德：Red and Blue、Zig Zag
- 查尔斯·雷尼·麦金托什：Hill House 1；埃里克·冈纳·阿斯普隆德：Göteborg 1
- 弗朗哥·阿尔比尼：Cavalletto；马尔科·赞努索：Antropus
- 吉奥·蓬蒂：699 Superleggera、Principi
- 维科·马格里斯蒂：905、Maralunga；卡洛·斯卡帕：Cornaro 扶手椅
- 查尔斯与雷·伊姆斯：Galaxy
本系列产品
699 Superleggera
Gio Ponti's 1957 ash chair with 18 mm triangular legs and a hand-woven or upholstered seat.
905 Chair
Solid wood and saddle-leather chair by Vico Magistretti, 1964, relaunched by Cassina.
Accordo Low Table
Charlotte Perriand's sculptural lacquered low table, designed for her 1985 retrospective in Paris.
LC16 Wood Desk
Oak writing desk with shelving unit by Le Corbusier, for the children's rooms of Nantes-Rezé.
Cavalletto Table
Franco Albini's 1950 trestle table: ash or walnut frame braced by two burnished brass rods.
Leggera Chair
Wood chair and armchair by Gio Ponti, 1952, with an upholstered seat; made by Cassina.
Cicognino Table
Franco Albini's three-legged "little stork" table, 1953, with one leg rising into a handle.
Doron Hotel Armchair
Charlotte Perriand's 1947 armchair for a Méribel chalet-hotel: ash or walnut frame, saddle leather.
Göteborg 1 Chair
Asplund's solid ash chair for the Göteborg Town Hall extension; Cassina production year 1983.
Guéridon J.M. Low Table
Perriand's stackable low table of 1953, inspired by a Japanese tray; saddle leather on fibreglass.
Indochine Armchair
Perriand's 1943 swivel armchair, a solid wood re-working of her 1927 tubular metal chair.
Indochine Chaise Longue
Perriand's armrest chaise longue, designed in Vietnam in 1943, in painted tubular steel.
Infinito Bookcase
Free-standing double-sided bookcase by Franco Albini, 1956-57, on floor-to-ceiling uprights.
Luisa Chair
Compasso d'Oro armchair by Franco Albini on a solid ash or walnut frame with trestle sides; Cassina.
Mexique Low Table
Charlotte Perriand's low Mexique table of 1956: 118 x 80 cm, oak or walnut top, metal legs.
Mexique Table
Charlotte Perriand's free-form dining table on folded-metal legs, in wood or lacquer.
Mexique Stool
Charlotte Perriand's three-legged Mexique stool in solid wood, at 45 cm and 72 cm high.
Nuage à Plots Bookcase
Charlotte Perriand's modular oak and aluminium bookcase, free-standing or wall-mounted.
Ombra Armchair
Perriand's 1953 armchair: a chromium-plated steel-plate frame and two cushions set at right angles.
Ombra Tokyo Chair
Perriand's stackable chair from one folded, curved sheet of oak plywood, first shown in 1953.