Cassina
Veliero Bookshelf
Price starting from € 36.466,00*
*Price valid for the version with pillars and base in natural stained ashwood – shelves in tempered and stratified glass and metallic parts in brass (cod. 838 01).
An outstanding object for its shape and its concept, where gravity seems to disappear in function of an aesthetic farsightedness which does not fear the laws of physics. Designed by Franco Albini in 1940, Veliero was conceived as a unique piece for his own residence in Milan. Re-edited later by the brand Cassina, it is considered nowadays as an authentic example of engineering melted with high quality design. The desire to follow Albini’s original project has led Cassina to keep unchanged the linearity of the design and the avant-garde core of this item, though adding some atmospheric intervals of light and air, able to make literally floating the books and the items positioned inside each compartment. Raised up to be a real work of art, Veliero comes to life again in our time, nevertheless preserving all its own grandeur.
W.205,5 x D.55,5 x H.266 cm
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Founded in 1927 by the brothers Cesare and Umberto in the heart of Brianza furniture, Cassina is one of the long-lived Made in Italy industrial design companies. From the early ‘30s, Cassina brothers identified the strong demand for home furnishings and interpreted in a far-sighted way the renewed taste of the new emerging classes. From this intuition, Cassina started a real revolution in the indoor furnishings design. Since then, the company has been pursuing a path of research and innovation, involving prestigious designers and architects in the study of new furnishings models. In the last few years the collaboration with Gio Ponti has begun. Thanks to this partnership were born the 646 chair, known as Leggera, and the subsequent model 699 or Superleggera.Read more
Designed by
Franco Albini
Franco Albini (1905-1977) was one of the great masters of Italian Rationalism, both in the field of design and architecture. Since the 1930s he distinguished himself as one of the leading elements of the group of young architects who, gathered around the Casabella magazine, advocated the peculiar Italian interpretation of the Modern Movement and the Bauhaus that were forever changing European and world architecture, and which took the name of Rationalism in Italy. Putting functional values at the center, his creations did not try to hide the constructive elements, but rather emphasized them and put them in the foreground. After the war he began to collaborate with Franca Helg and intensified his theoretical and teaching activity, centered on the search for a synthesis between artisan tradition and industrial practice. As a designer he has worked with various realities such as Cassina, Arflex, Poggi and Bonacina; his creations are also re-edited by brands such as Knoll and Nemo. Among the major legacies of his work as an architect are the planning of Line 1 of the Milan Metro, in collaboration with Bob Noorda for the graphics, and the Rinascente building in Rome. Most of his post-war projects were co-signed with Franca Helg (1920-1989), who will carry on the activity of Studio Albini even after the death of its founder.Read more