Image source: B&B Italia — Serie Up 2000
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Serie Up 2000
Gaetano Pesce's Up series of 1969 as the Serie Up 2000 sofa, with a Jersey fabric cover.
1670 × 670 × 1000 mm
1969
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Serie Up 2000 is a sofa by Gaetano Pesce that the sheet calls an evolution of the Up series designed in 1969; page and sheet headline 2000. It is one of the seven pieces of the series.
Construction
Upholstery of cold-shaped flexible polyurethane foam, a jute underside (100%, PVC trimmed) and a fabric cover from limited categories.
Specifications
Model UP4: 167 cm wide, 100 cm deep, 67 cm high, seat height 45 cm.
Story
An evolution of the 1969 series
The sofa page presents Serie Up 2000 as an evolution of the Up series designed in 1969, and counts the sofa among the seven pieces of that series.
One drawing, UP4
The drawing for the sofa is labelled UP4: 167 cm wide, 100 cm deep and 67 cm high, with a 45 cm seat. The cover is a fabric in limited categories, shown on the page in the Lora and Soara jersey fabrics, over a flexible cold-shaped polyurethane foam upholstery.
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Collection
Serie Up
Serie Up by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia (1969): seven-piece seating series with elastic-fabric upholstery, from the UP5_6 armchair to the UP7 foot sculpture.
