570 gender
Design Patricia Urquiola,
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Gender is an armchair, one of a kind. A combination of materials and colours with a wide range of uses: the soft padded interior converses with the rigid exterior, enhanced by a coloured leather edge that accentuates its sinuosity.
The fabrics cling to the curves of the armchair and come in seven diff erent set colour combinations. The backrest responds to pressure by reclining about 12° and returning automatically to its original position.
A pouf is also available in the same combinations, with leather footrest band to protect the surface from any damage. Two end sections in black saddle leather or shimmering leather, cover the feet of Gender to round things off.
980W*800D*1060H
600W*430D*380H
Born in Oviedo, Patricia Urquiola attended the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Madrid, where she graduated in 1989 having completed a thesis with Achille Castiglioni. From 1990 to 1992, she was assistant lecturer on his courses. Between 1990 and 1996, she worked with Vico Magistretti for the new product development office of De Padova and signed the products: “Flower,” “Loom sofa,” “Chaise,” and “Chaise Longue.”
The Cassina company was created by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in 1927 in Meda, Brianza, (Northern Italy). In 1964, the Cassina Masters Collection was born, with the acquisition of product rights of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand. Today, Cassina is the exclusive worldwide licensee of the Le Corbusier designs. The "Cassina I Maestri" collection was widened in 1968 with the acquisition of reproduction rights to some of the Bauhaus objects, and in 1971, the designs of Gerrit Rietveld, Frank Lloyd Wright, and of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1972. The collection continued still, with the re-issue in 1983 of furniture by Erik Gunner Asplund, rights to reproduce furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright, including the Barrel chair, and, finally, in 2004, furniture by Charlotte Perriand.