JOYSTICKS
DESIGNED BY MAURO LIPPARINI
WITH A LIGHTHEARTED NAME THAT EVOKES, FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, A VIDEO GAME CONSOLE AND, FROM ANOTHER, AN AIRCRAFT PILOT’S CONTROL COLUMN, THE JOYSTICK TABLES ARE WORKS OF BOTH PLAYFUL, EVEN MISCHIEVOUS SPIRIT AND ABSOLUTE PRECISION. THE IMPRESSIVE DENSITY OF THE METAL PLATE IS THE COMPELLING THEME OF JOYSTICK, WHICH DELIVERS A POWERFUL IMPRESSION WITH ITS DIRECT, EMPHATIC DESIGN: TWO DISCS INALTERABLY JOINED BY A CURVED VERTICAL PLANE. THE EYE-CATCHING SHAPES ARE A REALIZATION OF PURE MATERIAL IN AN ARCHETYPAL MINIMALIST CONCEPTION. THE SCULPTURAL OBJECT, CONCRETE AND RICH IN ITS PROFILING, FINDS IN ITS POLISHED, GRACEFUL THICKNESS A CULTIVATED STYLE THAT RESONATES WITH THE CANDOR OF ITS PURE GRAY METAL SURFACES. THE IDEAL OCCASIONAL TABLE TO COMPLEMENT A WIDE RANGE OF SOFAS, ARMCHAIRS, AND BEDS, JOYSTICK WILL FIND A PLACE IN ALMOST ANY ROOM IN THE HOME. AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT LACQUERED COLORS, IT CALLS TO MIND THE SPIRIT OF POST-INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY, CREATING AN ARTISTIC SYNTHESIS BETWEEN ARTE POVERA AND AN EXACTING AESTHETIC BUILT ON FIRST PRINCIPLES THAT GRACEFULLY UNITES FORM, MATERIAL, AND FUNCTION.
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MAURO LIPPARINI
MAURO LIPPARINI GRADUATED IN 1980 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE’S DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE WHERE HE HAS ALSO BEEN A FACULTY MEMBER. A LEADER AND INNOVATOR IN THE STYLE THAT HAS BEEN CALLED “NATURAL MINIMALISM”, LIPPARINI IS A WINNER OF THE YOUNG & DESIGN MILANO (ITALY 1987) AND INTERNATIONAL DU PONT AWARD KÖLN (GERMANY 1988 AND 1989) INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS. LIPPARINI’S EXTENSIVE WORK IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INCLUDES HOME AND OFFICE FURNISHINGS, TEXTILES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS CREATED FOR A HOST OF RENOWNED EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE FIRMS. IN THE REALMS OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, LIPPARINI HAS CONCENTRATED PRIMARILY ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING, RETAIL AND WHOLESALE SHOWROOMS, AND EXPOSITION INSTALLATIONS. LIPPARINI ALSO PROVIDES CUTTING-EDGE CORPORATE IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INCLUDING GRAPHIC DESIGN, EDITORIAL, FULLSCALE PRODUCTION, AND PRODUCT APPLICATION. LIPPARINI’S STYLE, ROOTED IN THE SPARE FORMS AND CLEAR, POWERFUL LINES THAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF MINIMALISM, IS IMBUED WITH A SPIRIT OF JOY, A BUOYANT SENSE OF PLEASURE AND POSSIBILITY. FREELY EMPLOYING BOLD COLORS, ORGANIC TEXTURES, IMAGINATIVE VISUAL CONCEPTS, LIPPARINI BROADENS THE PALETTE OF MINIMALISM, CONVEYING THE IMMEDIACY AND STRENGTH OF THE AESTHETIC INTO A NEW ERA.
