Leonardo

Overview

Leonardo is a work table by Achille Castiglioni, model 2650, designed in 1969. Zanotta describes it as the archetype of the trestle-style work table, and the page ties it to the essentiality, simplicity and care to detail of its production philosophy. The design combines a work table sawhorse with typical constructive details of a carpenter's bench.

Construction

• Trestles: natural varnished steam-treated beech
• Top: white plastic laminate, or tempered plate glass
• Height: adjustable

Specifications

• Size: 2000 x 1000 x 930 mm at the highest setting (axes not labelled on the drawing)
• Designed: 1969

A table of memory

Zanotta calls Leonardo a table "of the memory" and the archetype of worktables on trestles. The page links its design to Achille Castiglioni's view that "design has always existed and the best objects are those not signed by the architects".

Sawhorse and carpenter's bench

The page says it must have been the conversations between Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, with Michelino Provinciali, that made Aurelio Zanotta fall in love with the idea of a work table sawhorse combined with typical constructive details of a carpenter's bench.