Image source: Kartell — Maui
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Maui
Vico Magistretti's 1996 stackable chair, a single polypropylene shell on a steel frame.
550 × 770 × 520 mm
1996
4.9 kg
Approx. $770 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Maui is a stackable chair by Vico Magistretti for Kartell; the Kartell data sheet heads it "MAUI 1996". Kartell's product page also says the chair can be joined endlessly with other seats of the same type, row by row, by a simple hook positioned on the back.
Construction
The data sheet lists a chrome-plated or painted steel frame, a shell of mass-dyed recycled polypropylene (mass-dyed polypropylene in the non-fire-retardant version) and, for the tablet version, a laminated stratified H.P.L. tablet. Kartell's museum timeline describes Maui as the first single-mould polypropylene chair with no ribbing or metal parts supporting the back.
Specifications
- Dimensions (code 2870): W 55 cm x D 52 cm x H 77 cm
- Weight: 4.9 kg
- Frame: chrome-plated (2870), black (N2870)
- Shell colours: Anthracite, Zinc white, Pale grey, Purple red, Pale blue, Navy blue
- Other codes: 2872 with arms, 2874 / 2869 right / left tablet arm, 2878 swivel chair, 2879 swivel armchair, 2891 fire-resistant version
Story
One shell, no ribs
Kartell's museum timeline places Maui in 1996: Vico Magistretti, who came to Kartell with an already successful career, designed the chairs "Mauna-Kea" and "Maui", and Maui was the first single-mould polypropylene chair without ribbing or metal parts to support the back.
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The chair and its back
Kartell's page prints a line signed Vico Magistretti: "The chair with the most beautiful B-side in the history."
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Maui Soft
Magistretti's Maui Soft for Kartell: Noma recycled polyester over a nylon shell on a steel frame.
Atollo 233 Table Lamp
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Novetrenta Sofa
Outdoor sofa by Vico Magistretti with a solid iroko wood structure and a water-repellent seat.
Maralunga 50 Sofa
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Collection
Maui
The Maui chairs by Vico Magistretti for Kartell form a family of hard and soft versions, from the polypropylene Maui to Maui Soft Noma in recycled fabric.
