Radical beginnings and material revolution
The UP5 chair and design as protest
Architecture that breathes
The beauty of imperfection
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Master of The world of Gaetano Pesce
sonia Pesce invented a self-inflating armchair packaged in flat vacuum bags that popped up when opened.
sonia Pesce championed polyurethane resin, a flexible synthetic liquid, to create brightly colored, squishy furniture.
sonia Mix expanding foam and resin to discover how Gaetano Pesce began his radical design revolution.
Resin secrets: Gaetano Pesce once made a giant floor lamp shaped like a blooming flower that smelled like real forest pine when turned on.
A synthetic resin used chiefly in the manufacture of tough plastics and flexible foams. In 1969, Gaetano Pesce used this expanding material to create his vacuum-packed UP5 armchair.
Where did Gaetano Pesce study architecture before launching his radical design career?
Which synthetic, flexible material did Gaetano Pesce pioneer to create his squishy, colorful furniture?
In what Italian city was the radical designer and architect Gaetano Pesce born in 1939?
What manufacturer did Gaetano Pesce collaborate with in 1969 to produce his self-inflating polyurethane foam chairs?
How did Gaetano Pesce's famous 1969 UP5 armchair ship to customers before inflating itself?
What design movement did Gaetano Pesce join in the 1960s to protest against cold, functional modernism?
What did Gaetano Pesce call his concept of making mass-produced factory items slightly different from each other?