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Designer
Studio Simon
Studio Simon is the name under which Cassina credits the pieces Constantin (1971) and Otero, and its designer page for Studio Simon is a profile of Dino Gavina (1922-2007), who began his career in the 1940s working on stage sets, "a great…
Biography
Background
Studio Simon is the name under which Cassina credits the pieces Constantin (1971) and Otero, and its designer page for Studio Simon is a profile of Dino Gavina (1922-2007), who began his career in the 1940s working on stage sets, "a great passion of his".
Signature Style
Cassina's profile says Gavina was convinced that design needed to be both modern and richly poetic. The Constantin sheet describes a table made as an homage to the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, and Cassina's Otero page describes a rectangular mirror with beveled vertical edges and a mirror-gloss polyester-painted support.
Notable Works
- Constantin low table, 1971, an homage to Constantin Brancusi in the Ultramobile collection
- Otero mirror, with a production year of 1980 on Cassina's page
Legacy
According to Cassina, Gavina's work in those early years drew the support of designers and architects including Carlo Scarpa, Enzo Mari and Marcel Breuer, and became an important starting point for what came to be known as Italian Style.
