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BUFFET « W IL TORO 2 » CA/1988 

THE BUFFET W IL TORO 2 BY PAOLO PALLUCCO AND MIREILLE RIVIER IS AN IMPOSING AND RADICALLY GEOMETRIC PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL DESIGN. ITS ANGULAR, ASYMMETRIC FORM EVOKES THE IMAGE OF A STYLIZED BULL, COMBINING BRUTALIST STRENGTH WITH A MINIMALIST AESTHETIC. CONSTRUCTED FROM DARK, MONOLITHIC MATERIALS, THE BUFFET SITS ON INDUSTRIAL-STYLE WHEELS, FURTHER ADDING TO ITS FUNCTIONAL YET SCULPTURAL NATURE.

THE STARK BLACK FINISH EMPHASIZES THE PIECE’S DRAMATIC PRESENCE, WHILE ITS SHARP, SLOPING LINES CREATE A SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND TENSION. THE BUFFET’S RIGID, ALMOST ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE IS SOFTENED BY ITS FLUID ANGLES, MAKING IT NOT JUST A FUNCTIONAL OBJECT BUT A STATEMENT PIECE THAT DEMANDS ATTENTION. BOLD AND AVANT-GARDE, THIS WORK REFLECTS THE RADICAL DESIGN ETHOS OF THE LATE 1980S, ENCAPSULATING THE EXPERIMENTAL SPIRIT OF PALLUCCO AND RIVIER. IT TRANSCENDS ITS UTILITARIAN PURPOSE TO BECOME A WORK OF ART, MERGING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FURNITURE, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE.

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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88 x 115 x 43 CM

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BLACK-PAINTED OAK VENEER, DOOR OPENING TO SHELVES ON ONE SIDE, DRAWERS ON THE OTHER, MOUNTED ON CASTERS

EDITION: PALLUCCO ROMA
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