PLEASE NOTE:
THESE ARE STACKABLE MODULE UNITS WHICH ARE ALWAYS OPEN. THE MODULE CAN BE EXTENDED IN COMBINATION WITH FURTHER UNITS AND REQUIRES AS A COVER THE SEPARATELY AVAILABLE CLOSURE TOP.
| Product type | Componibili element |
| Dimensions | Height: 38,5 Ø 42 cm |
| Material | ABS plastic, glossy |
| Colours |   |
| Function & properties | Stackable component for the creation of an individual Componibili system |
| Delivery includes | 1 component (top open) Componibili Round Closure Top, Felt Coasters and Componibili Castors sold separately |
| Care | Wiping the surface with a damp cloth and a mild detergent is recommended |
| Awards & museum | Permanent collection, MoMA , New York Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris Resources Council Product Design Awards Program NY 1984 |
| Certificates | Greenguard certification |
| Sustainability | All Componibili products are made of high quality plastic materials which are largely recyclable and environmentally sensitive in their production and character. UNI EN ISO 14001 "Kartell loves the planet": Kartell is committed to following a specially developed sustainability code to achieve 11 of the 17 development goals defined by the United Nations for a better future. The use of sustainable materials is already standard in the production of Kartell products. During production, the manufacturer pays equal attention to reducing the environmental impact as well as to long-lasting quality and aesthetics. |
| Warranty | 24 months |
| Product family | Componibili Collection |
| Product datasheet | Please click on picture for detailed information (ca. 0,1 MB). |
| Product presentation |
The large round Componibili element is part of the famous Componibili collection, a series of design classics created by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, an Italian manufacturer with nearly forty years of tradition. Established by the chemist Giulio Castell in the mid 1940s, Kartell initially focussed on the production of industrial and scientific objects before slowly adding ever more household and furniture items to their portfolio. A leading role in this process was played by Giulio Castell's wife Anna Castelli Ferrieri. Following completion of her architecture studies at the Politecnico di Milano Anna Ferrieri established her own architecture practice in 1946, and in 1949 was appointed chief designer at Kartell. The large round element is a single Componibili component which can be connected to further elements by simply plugging them together and which thus can be used in all rooms of a house; be that as an organizational aid in the office, discrete yet practical storage in the bathroom, as a side table with storage possibility in the living room or as a bedside table. The Componibili family have won several awards and are today represented in all prestigious museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Designer Anna Castelli Ferrieri
...In 1966 Anna Castelli Ferrieri planned and built a new production and administrative complex for Kartell in the southern suburbs of Milan before moving on to develop numerous successful furniture design projects for the company, the best known and most important being without question being the Componibili modular storage system from 1969...
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...In addition to helping establish the golden era contemporary Italian design in the 1960s and 1970s as characterized by the likes of Joe Colombo or Ettore Sottsass, Anna Castelli Ferrieri also contributed to the Italian design canon with her 1969 Componibili modular storage system; a system that remains a classic of contemporary Italian design...
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