Image source: Zanotta — Tempo
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Tempo
Prospero Rasulo's hourglass small table of two polyurethane cones and a steel stem
340 × 500 × 340 mm
2001
Official product information
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Overview
Tempo is a small table and stand by Prospero Rasulo, produced by Zanotta as model 631 and dated 2001. Zanotta describes two stiff polyurethane cones joined by a steel stem, finished in glossy lacquer in ten colours.
Construction
- Cones: stiff polyurethane
- Stem: steel
- Finish: glossy lacquer
Specifications
- Size: 34 cm diameter figure printed with heights H 36 cm and H 50 cm (the drawing does not say whether 34 applies to both)
- Colours: ten lacquer colours
- Year of design: 2001
Story
Two cones forming an hourglass
Zanotta's page says two polyurethane cones, their ends connected by a steel bar, give Tempo a small hourglass-shaped table with a polished surface.
Time settling into clean shapes
Under the heading From design to product, Zanotta writes that the designer's time settles into clean shapes, through signs with the intrinsic force to survive beyond the life of the artist, as classics are destined to do.
