ATENE
DESIGNED BY VALERIO SOMMELLA
COMFORTABLE WRAPAROUND MODULAR ARMCHAIR INSPIRED BY THE COLONNADE OF GREEK-ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, COMPLETE WITH A SOFT PILLOW, PERFECT FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS.
THE LEGS ARE THE KEY ELEMENT THAT CHARACTERIZES AND JOINS EVERY ELEMENT OF THE “ATHENS FAMILY” SYSTEM.
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VALERIO SOMMELLA
BORN IN CORTONA IN 1980, HE GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM THE MILAN POLYTECHNIC IN 2004, THE YEAR IN WHICH HE BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE STUDIO OF STEFANO GIOVANNONI. AFTER WORKING IN AMSTERDAM IN MARCEL WANDERS’ TEAM, HE RETURNS TO MILAN WHERE, SINCE 2009, HIS STUDIO HAS BEEN BASED. HE CURRENTLY COLLABORATES WITH ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES DESIGNING PRODUCTS RANGING FROM LIGHTING TO FURNITURE, THROUGH CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND OBJECTS WITH THE SAME ATTENTION TO SMALL AND LARGE SERIES. HE HAS ALWAYS COMBINED HIS DESIGN ACTIVITY WITH TEACHING, TEACHING IN SOME OF THE MAIN ITALIAN DESIGN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. HIS APPROACH TO THE DISCIPLINE IS TO THINK OF EACH PROJECT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE HIS IDEA OF DESIGN, I.E. A CONSTANT DIALOGUE BETWEEN CONTEXT, USERS, MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGIES AND BEAUTY. THE RESULTING OBJECTS ARE THEREFORE NOT CHAPTERS OF THE SAME BOOK, BUT SHORT STORIES, EACH WITH ITS OWN PLOT, CHARACTERS AND ENDING.
