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SOFA « LA GRANDE SICCITÀ » CA/1988 

THE SOFA “LA GRANDE SICCITÀ” , DESIGNED BY PAOLO PALLUCCO AND MIREILLE RIVIER IN 1988, IS A BOLD STATEMENT PIECE THAT REDEFINES CONVENTIONAL COMFORT WITH ITS AVANT-GARDE AESTHETIC. THIS STRIKING SOFA FEATURES SHARP, ANGULAR LINES AND A MINIMALIST FORM, OFFERING A VISION OF RADICAL DESIGN THAT CHALLENGES TRADITIONAL IDEAS OF DOMESTICITY. WRAPPED IN SLEEK BLACK UPHOLSTERY, THE SOFA IS MOUNTED ON INDUSTRIAL-STYLE WHEELS, MERGING FUNCTIONALITY WITH AN UNEXPECTED SENSE OF MOBILITY.

THE DESIGN EVOKES A SENSE OF DISCOMFORT AND DESOLATION, WITH ITS GEOMETRIC SILHOUETTE SUGGESTING A BARREN, PARCHED LANDSCAPE, HENCE ITS NAME. THE TENSION BETWEEN FORM AND FUNCTION IS FURTHER HEIGHTENED BY THE SOFA’S UNAPOLOGETICALLY STARK PRESENCE, EMBODYING THE CONCEPTUAL, EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF LATE 20TH-CENTURY DESIGN. THE RESULT IS A PIECE THAT FEELS BOTH FUTURISTIC AND TIMELESS—PROVOCATIVE IN ITS SIMPLICITY, YET ELEGANT IN ITS EXECUTION. LA GRANDE SICCITÀ BECOMES NOT JUST A PIECE OF FURNITURE, BUT A SCULPTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE THAT INVITES REINTERPRETATION OF SPACE AND FORM.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

PAOLO PALLUCCO AND MIREILLE RIVIER ARE DISTINGUISHED FIGURES IN THE REALM OF AVANT-GARDE DESIGN, CELEBRATED FOR THEIR RADICAL AND NONCONFORMIST APPROACH THAT REDEFINED THE AESTHETICS OF THE 1980S. THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS YIELDED ICONIC PIECES THAT SEAMLESSLY BLEND ART AND FUNCTIONALITY, LEAVING AN INDELIBLE MARK ON CONTEMPORARY DESIGN....  

PAOLO PALLUCCO, AN ITALIAN ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER, FOUNDED THE PALLUCCO COMPANY IN 1980. INITIALLY FOCUSING ON REISSUING FORGOTTEN MODERNIST CLASSICS, SUCH AS MARIANO FORTUNY’S FLOOR LAMP AND ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS’ CHAIRS, PALLUCCO SOON VENTURED INTO ORIGINAL CREATIONS THAT CHALLENGED CONVENTIONAL DESIGN NORMS.  

MIREILLE RIVIER, A FRENCH DESIGNER, COLLABORATED CLOSELY WITH PALLUCCO DURING THE 1980S. THEIR PARTNERSHIP, BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL, RESULTED IN GROUNDBREAKING DESIGNS THAT EMBODIED A MINIMALIST YET RADICAL AESTHETIC. NOTABLE WORKS INCLUDE THE FRA DOLCINO SHELVING UNIT (1984) AND THE TANKETTE TABLE (1987), WHICH DREW INSPIRATION FROM DIVERSE SOURCES SUCH AS RELIGION, POETRY, JAPANESE FASHION, AND CINEMA. 

THE DUO’S CREATIONS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR STARK, SOMBER, AND UNCOMPROMISING STYLE, OFTEN DESCRIBED BY PALLUCCO AS “DURO, SEMPLICE E SCURO” (HARD, SIMPLE, AND DARK). THEIR WORK HAS BEEN SHOWCASED IN VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING A RETROSPECTIVE AT KETABI PROJECTS IN PARIS, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RADICAL DESIGN.  
BEYOND THEIR DESIGN ENDEAVORS, RIVIER HAS ALSO HELD ROLES IN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS AT SOCIÉTÉ DE LA TOUR EIFFEL SINCE 2015. THE COLLABORATIVE LEGACY OF PAOLO PALLUCCO AND MIREILLE RIVIER CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND INFLUENCE CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS, REFLECTING A FEARLESS COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND A PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FORM AND FUNCTION.
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93,5 x 162 x 99 cm

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BLACK LACQUERED METAL FRAME ON CASTORS, BLACK LEATHER SEAT AND BACK

EDITION: PALLUCCO ROMA
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