The Serie Up is a collection of different pieces of furniture including a sofa and chairs, I am interested in the serie Up5. A world famous design, designed my Gaetano Pesce in 1969, manufactured till this day by B&B Italia.
It may look huge, but if you would order the Up5, you would receive a tiny package compared to what it will become when you open it. The package is only 10% of the end result. When you do open it, you just let it be... It is made out of a self-inflating material, the fabric breathes like a skin, which also makes it extremely comfortable, cause it takes the shape of the body
The chair with ottaman, is full of meaning and symbolism. It is not just a visually interesting looking 'thing' which almost looks like a toy, no this piece has a message, a story it wants to tell. It is not hard to see that the Up 5 resembles a body of a woman, a very voluptuous women, and then it is not hard to imagine that the ball with the wire, who are attached to the 'body' is a chain with a weight, which captures the woman. She is a prisoner, a prisoner in her own body, a prisoner in her own society...
The piece communicates the issues of equal rights for women, feminism, the time it was made in (the 70's) and even our current situation. Its a timeless piece and I love it...
source: http://www.b&bitalia.com/
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