Acerbis Spiros Coat Rack
SPIROS COAT RACK
SPIROS COAT RACK
Designed by Vico Magistretti
“simplicity is the most complex achievement in the world,” said vico magistretti, and his virtuosity with purified design is evident in this first creation of his for acerbis, using a change in perspective to transform an everyday object — the broomstick — into an object of captivating essentialism.
The spiros comes in free-standing version with base, with spiral-shaped wooden pegs fitted onto the central wooden post.
The design rigor and the absence of decoration were for vico magistretti the inspiring principles of his very long artistic production. Although the master himself recognized that “simplicity is the most complicated thing in the world”.
The spiros project stems from a change of perspective, from the everyday to the unusual, which transforms a common object, the "Broom handle", into a design object capable of creating a profound suggestion with very few elements.
Coat hanger in two versions, to be placed on the wall or with a self-supporting central base, both characterized by a central pole in ash wood, on which the pegs, also in wood, are inserted with a spiral pattern.
Open-pore painted structure in black, red and bleached natural, wooden base in the same colors for the countertop version and in micaceous gray painted metal for the self-supporting spiros .
DESIGNER
VICO MAGISTRETTI
Born in milan in 1920, magistretti enrolled in the faculty of architecture at the politecnico of milan in 1939. Between 1943 and 1944 he moved to switzerland, where he met ernesto nathan rogers, a key influence on his education. He returned to milan in 1945 where he graduated in architecture from the politecnico and immediately began his professional career.
The 1950s were a fruitful period for magistretti, who emerged as one of the most brilliant exponents of the “third generation”. Over the next few years he began working a lot more as a designer as well as an architect, creating furniture and objects which will always be “classics” of modern-day production.
Vico magistretti wrote a piece of history with spiros, the coat rack made for the morphos collection, a much imitated icon of international design that, in 1988, won an honourable mention for the id annual design review in new york and was included in the permanent design collection at the southwest museum of science and technology in dallas.
INFORMATION
PRODUCTION
Made in Italy
MATERIAL
Wood
DIMENSIONS
- Height : 190 cm
- Length : 33 cm
SHAPE
Spiral Shaped
FINISHES
Solid ash wood stained open pore in black and natural bleached colors. Metal base painted micaceous grey.
FRAMES
NATURAL ASH (ES61)
Ash is a hard and compact wood, difficult to deform. It is characterised by its light colour and straight grain. The solid wood is carefully selected before processing and treated to emphasise the beauty and grain of the wood.
BLACK ASH (ES60)
Ash is a hard and compact wood that is difficult to deform. It is characterised by its light colour and straight grain and is particularly suitable for open-pore varnishing because it always shows a very natural grain even after treatment.
