Mettsass MESA
The connection between Sottsass and BD Barcelona was created back in the early 1970s, when the architect and Designer is said to have traveled to Barcelona regularly for love. It was the time when BD Barcelona had just been formed and the paths of the BD founders and Sottsass crossed in the Catalan metropolis. The table Mettsass is one of the first objects that BD Barcelona - then still Boccaccio Design - produced. Mettsass is still produced today in the original dimensions and materials. The shape of the table is reminiscent of the postmodern design style, for which Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Design movement are still known today. However, Sottsass conceived table Mettsass, which looks like a graphic body, almost a decade earlier. The strong identification with his work is reflected in the name of the table: So-ttsass becomes Me-ttsass. The first syllable "Me" stands for "Mesa", the Spanish word for "table".
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The Mettsass table is one of Sottsass' first works that heralded his later, postmodern design style and which he followed up with further designs almost ten years later as part of the Memphis Design movement. The metal structure, consisting of flat steel sheets, is painted in "signal red" (RAL shade 3001). The glass top on top has the same color and thus forms a unit that merges with the base. The table surface measures 110 centimeters in width and depth. The height of the table is 73 centimeters.
The Mettsass table top tapers at the bottom and resembles an upside-down pyramid. The base is in the shape of a rectangle before ending in a smaller pyramid, the plinth. This well thought-out design offers the sitter plenty of legroom with maximum stability. This makes Mettsass the ideal table for breakfast for two, a work corner integrated into the room, as a base for the home office or a statement piece in the living room and conservatory.
BD Barcelona is one of the world's unique brands in the field of artistic interior design. In contrast to mass production, BD Barcelona focuses on handcrafted artifacts, limited editions, design classics and furniture works of art. The Art Editions from BD Barcelona include handcrafted art objects - exclusive, unique and of timeless elegance and value. TAGWERC as an official partner of BD Barcelona offers the original designs from the Art Editions of BD Barcelona both online and offline.
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Material
- Material
- Color
- Steel & glass
- Signal red [ Ral 3001 ]
Dimension
- Length
- Width
- Height
- Weight
- 110.00 cm
- 110.00 cm
- 73.00 cm
- 60.00 kg
Special features
- Outdoor suitable
- no
- The METTSASS table is handmade for you after you place your order.
The Mettsass table was designed by
Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass was one of the most avant-garde designers of the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of Studio Alchimias and founder of the Memphis Group in Milan. His designs break with convention and are expressive and colorful. Designs such as Ultrafragola characterize the Austrian-born designer.
