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Designer
Prospero Rasulo
Prospero Rasulo was born in Stigliano di Matera in 1953. After graduating from the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan, he set up a studio in the same city in 1987, devoting himself to painting, sculpture and set design.
Biography
Background
Prospero Rasulo was born in Stigliano di Matera in 1953. After graduating from the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan, he set up a studio in the same city in 1987, devoting himself to painting, sculpture and set design.
Signature Style
Zanotta says that besides designing for industries, Rasulo creates sculptures, objects and one-off pieces offered by art and design galleries, and jewels in which he transfers his originality into ornaments.
Notable Works
- Tempo small table for Zanotta, which Zanotta dates 2001
- Club, Teti and Zeus, also listed by Zanotta among his designs for the company
Legacy
He worked with Studio Alchimia and Alessandro Mendini on the Redesign and Banal Object projects and designed video, photo and exhibit sets for Studio Occhiomagico, and in 1987 established OXIDO, a design, art and architecture gallery. He has worked for Zanotta since 1994.
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Products
Tempo
Prospero Rasulo's hourglass small table of two polyurethane cones and a steel stem
Club
Prospero Rasulo's outdoor and indoor sofa and armchair in painted steel and woven PVC thread
Teti
Prospero Rasulo's hand-glazed fine porcelain occasional table, freeze resistant
Zeus
Prospero Rasulo's freeze resistant occasional table in blue-brown hand-glazed porcelain
