Opinionciatti Tab.u Mirror
TAB.U MIRROR
TAB.U MIRROR
Design By Bruno Rainaldi / 2011-2013
The thick frame of this mirror that recalls the effect of creased paper or aluminium foil, will fell like to touch it! The shimmering surface of Tab.u Mirror gives an impression to be soft and extremely malleable, but to the touch it reveals its true nature of solid aluminium carved by hand.
The mirrors of the Tab.u collection, like all the other items included in the collection (the famous stools and coffee tables) are pieces that get noticed also thanks to the finishes in which they are made - chrome aluminum and mirrored gold.
Those mirrors can give a unique touch to the most anonymous environments, no matter if classic or modern. The mirrors are available in three different sizes and they are also versatile in use.
The rectangular versions can be hanged to the wall or laid on the floor, as well as being arranged horizontally or vertically, according to needs and preferences. They are suitable for all the spaces, from the entrance to the living room, the bedroom or the bathroom, and also in a walk-in closet.
- Just before your morning coffee the eyes still confused and from then how many more times before leaving the house?
- And then, the door already open, the keys ready in your hand. A glance in the elevator. Even in the car when she waits at the traffic lights.
- In the studio, at the office, at the store, at the laboratory the occasions become less but before every meeting you try to find a way. Sometimes it’s the glass of a window or that of a door, in every restroom, before and after. Alert at the hairdresser’s. Critical in the fitting room. Smiling on a Saturday night. Discretely even at the table casually turningthe blade of the knife.
- It’s not just vanity.
- Shortly before going to bed, your inner thoughts emerge on your face.
Bruno Rainaldi
DESIGNER
BRUNO RAINALDI
Bruno Rainaldi was born in Milan in 1952. His training was hands-on, having started at a young age to work in design communication. In his early years in Milan he managed the first High-Tech emporium in Corso di Porta Ticinese, moving on to work first alongside Maddalena De Padova in the historical showroom in Corso Venezia and then with Enrico Baleri as partner in Baleri & Associati, where he was in charge of defining communication strategies for design companies and stores..
His beginnings as an autodidact encouraged him in later life to ironically and anti-celebratively define himself as a “street designer” and his style as “chaotically rigorous”. In the mid-1980s he founded Studio Rari – of which he became the soul and creative director.
He also started working as art director with some of the top Italian design companies, leading his name to be associated, amongst others, with Alivar, Casprini, MDF Italia, Mussi Italy, Sintesi, Slamp, Terzani. His encounter, in those same years, with the Ciatti family marked the beginning of an important personal and artistic alliance, that led to the establishment first of CCR and then of Opinion Ciatti. In the early 2000s, his career took a turn towards the world of design.
In 2002, together with Marta Giardini, he founded ENTRATALIBERA, a very special space in the heart of Milan dedicated to design and design culture, sales and encounters.
At the same time, his focus shifted to studying and creating objects, furnishing accessories and lamps, where the expertise gained over the years in this sector mingled with design inventions. Amongst the numerous pieced designed there is the Ptolomeo bookshelf, for which, in 2004, he was awarded the Compasso d’Oro. In 2006, together with the very young Lapo Ciatti, who had just entered the family business, he founded Opinion Ciatti, of which Bruno Rainaldi was President, partner and art director. He passed away prematurely in February 2011.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Opinion Ciatti
DESIGNER
Bruno Rainaldi
COLLECTION
Tab.u
PRODUCT TYPE
Mirror
PRODUCTION
Made in Italy
MATERIAL
Aluminium
USE
- Living Room
- Bedroom
- Bathroom
SIZE
- Square
- Rectangular
FINISHES
- Chrome
- Mirror Gold.
DETAILS
Square or rectangular mirror with frame in aluminium wrinkled by hand. The rectangular version can be positioned vertically or horizontally
VERSIONS
- Horizontally
- Vertically
DIMENSIONS
