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A tray and small table: discreet companions next to the sofa or in the bedroom. This classic piece by Achille Castiglioni elegantly performs several tasks and functions with disarming simplicity. Ultra light and easy to move, it is composed of a folding base in natural beech or charcoal-colored ash wood and a tray that can be placed wherever needed.
FOLDING BASE: solid natural beechwood finished with transparent water-based or solvent-based coating or aniline-dyed solid
ash wood, charcoal-coloured, finished with transparent water-based or solvent-based coating. Blue cotton straps.
TRAY: sides in solid natural beechwood, finished with transparent water-based or solvent-based coating or aniline-dyed solid ash
wood, charcoal-coloured, finished with transparent water-based or solvent-based coating.
Tray top in birch plywood (class E1,CARB P2/TSCA Title VI certified), veneered in natural beechwood,
finished with transparent water-based or solvent-based coating or veneered in aniline-dyed ash wood, charcoal-coloured, finished
with transparent water-based or solvent-based coating
Achille Castiglioni (Milan/ Italy, 1918 – 2002) Architect and designer, graduated from Politecnico in 1944. A life dedicated to design, research and innovation. Many products are testimony of Achille Castiglioni’s lifelong career designed for important furniture and lighting companies. He also curated exhibitions, fairs, shops and exhibitions. His architectural projects have been awarded with several awards, among which 9 Compasso d’Oro conceived from ADI (Association for Industrial Design) that Castiglioni helped founding in 1956. His unique career path starts in 1940 with his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968). Their interests were directed towards Urban Planning, Architecture and Design; they performed analysis and research on new forms, techniques and materials, aimed at developing a process of “integral design”. His products and projects are aimes to communicate the basic principles of design with a minimal language and components and to educate towards an intelligent and ironic use of things. Architect and Designer. Graduated from Politecnico in 1944.
