Visionnaire reissues Mercury

Mercury, the armchair and sofa model designed by sculptor #ritovalla in 1961 for IPE, is returning with a limited edition by #visionnaire available on 1stDibs for sale at www.1stdbs.com.

Mercury was presented in the two sofa and armchair versions in 1961 at the first edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan by IPE, a company founded in 1959 in Bologna by brothers Pompeo and Vittorio Cavalli. Immediately recognized as an experimental company, it was the first to interpret a revolutionary system involving the use of polyethers moulded around lightweight metal reticular structures as a substitute for kapok, horsehair, springs, elastic cords and nails in the manufacture of padded furniture. The company was able to adapt this engineering and new construction method to soft and rounded shapes that were previously impossible to achieve, perfectly embodied by Mercury, the first example of this approach. Due to this unique characteristic, the few original examples remaining today have a very high technical and economic value. The contemporary style of the model designed at the time by sculptor #ritovalla convinced #visionnaire – a brand founded in 2004 as a spin-off of IPE, which has become a point of reference for the meta-luxury lifestyle – to reissue the model with current polyethers and put it back on the market.

“Visionnaire’s products, - explains Art Director #eleonorecavalli, granddaughter of IPE’s founders, - combine craftsmanship and exclusivity, becoming one-off or very limited-run collector’s items. In recent years, our brand has become increasingly focused on experimenting with the relationship between art and #design and on offering desirable products. Reissuing a legendary model designed by Professor #ritovalla seemed a natural step to us, fully in line with the brand’s creative direction. The partnership with 1stDibs allows us to be part of the leading marketplace for collectible, luxury furniture.” https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/visionnaire/

Visionnaire, founded by the company IPE based in Bologna since 1959, is a reference meta-luxury brand in the Made in Italy interior #design sector, loved for its one-of-a-kind #design skills tailored to the wishes of its customers. Operates in more than 55 countries with a presence of 28 monobrand stores and a network of department stores and multi-brand stores around the world. Since 2004 #visionnaire has created a distinctive style, characterized by lively experimentation with materials, volumes with an unexpected balance and unmistakable motifs that celebrate the maison’s all-Italian origins. Thanks to the collaboration of a team of eclectic and visionary designers, both Italian and foreign, it is the ideal partner for bespoke proposals in residential and contract contexts, in luxury hotels as well as in the yachting and aviation sector. The brand bases its business on the value of knowledge and the continuous search for the concept of contemporary beauty, confirms itself as the creator of projects and #design products of the highest tailoring, encouraging and enhancing the production of local craftsmen, present on the Italian territory.

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