Item Description
Modern trolley designed by Enzo Mari for Alessi in 1989. Handlebar above a cylindrical shaft side support, on three wheels, stamped Alessi. Very hard to find, especially in this color. Complete with the original Alessi leaflet. Enzo Mari was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers. From 1956 onward, he specialized in industrial design and created a portfolio of more than 2,000 works. In the 1960s, he published a series of books, including “The Apple and the Butterfly,” a book of illustrations depicting the story of a caterpillar and an apple, without any text. In the 1970s as a professor at The Humanitarian Society, he founded the Nuova Tendenza art movement in Milan. Also in that decade, he designed the Sof Sof chair and the “Box” chair. In 1974, Enzo Mari created a book entitled, Autoprogettazione, which deals with the DIY construction of furniture. In the 1980s, he designed the modernist Tonietta chair. Mari taught at University of Parma, the Accademia Carrara, and the Milan Polytechnic.[8] Multiple works by Mari have been on display at the Museum of Modern Art. He had retrospective shows in Turin, and an important presentation of his work in the “Adhocracy” show, during the first Istanbul Design Biennial. In addition, the Triennale, Milan is exhibiting a tribute to Mari, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Francesca Giacomelli.
