Cassina ixc. | Special Display of "Cassina AUTHENTIC ICONS"
Design
December 25, 2014

Cassina ixc. | Special Display of "Cassina AUTHENTIC ICONS"


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Display of 12 Items by 12 Designers Representing Cassina


Cassina AUTHENTIC ICONS Special Display


Introducing "AUTHENTIC ICONS," which conveys the timeless design and exceptional quality that Cassina pursues as "AUTHENTIC = the essence of value, the genuine article," through 12 items by 12 designers. A special display featuring all Cassina AUTHENTIC ICONS items is being held at the Cassina ixc. Aoyama store.




Text by KAJII Makoto (OPENERS)Photographs by Cassina ixc.



July's AUTHENTIC ICON: The Masterpiece "LC4" Chaise Longue




As Cassina's annual project this year, AUTHENTIC ICONS introduces one item each month at Cassina ixc. directly managed stores.

January featured the "LC2" sofa, designed by the iconic Le Corbusier; February, the "Cab" chair by Mario Bellini; March, the Compasso d'Oro award-winning "Maralunga" sofa; April, the "Superleggera" chair, a fusion of Gio Ponti's research and Cassina's craftsmanship; May, the "Petalo" table designed by Charlotte Perriand; June, the "Barrel" chair by Frank Lloyd Wright; and July, the "LC4" chaise longue by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand.

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Also on display are items to be featured from August onwards: the Hill House chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in August, the Wink armchair designed by Toshiyuki Kita in September, the Red and Blue chair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in October, the Luisa armchair designed by Franco Albini in November, and the Feltri armchair designed by Gaetano Pesce in December.

This is a rare opportunity to see the "12 Designers & 12 Icons" – 12 items by 12 designers that symbolize great value – gathered in one place.



AUTHENTIC ICONS
http://www.cassina-ixc.com/Authentic_Icons/

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Cassina ixc. Aoyama Store
Minami-Aoyama 2-12-14, Unimat Aoyama Building 1F-3F, Minato-ku
Tel. 03-5474-9001
Opening Hours | 11:00 - 19:30
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