Superleggera 699
The 699 Superleggera, designed in 1957 by Gio Ponti, is the chair that best represents the designer's cutting-edge research and Cassina's experimentation. A slimmer and more minimal version of the Leggera, where the triangular section of the legs and the reduced weight express the union between artisan culture and industrial innovation. Modernity and elegance are what make it a timeless icon of Italian design.
Cassina
Cassina was founded in 1927 in Meda (Milan) by Cesare and Umberto Cassina, inaugurating industrial design in Italy in the 1950s. The brand's identity is found in an original union where technological aptitude is closely linked to traditional craftsmanship. Cassina maintains its ancient heart, the carpentry, the linchpin of all its workmanship. It is characterised by a transversal culture of absolute quality, which makes each Cassina piece unique.
Gio Ponti
Gio Ponti, born in 1891 in Milan, was an Italian architect, designer and professor. In all the sectors in which he worked, from interior to contract, Gio Ponti was the bearer of a message and a new perspective: the invitation to surround yourself with beauty as an incentive to enjoy life in its entirety. In 1947 he dedicated himself to the magazine Stile, carrying forward his desire to spread art and architecture with the creation of the "culture of living". In 1954 he invented the Compasso d'Oro award and in 1956 he created the Pirellone in Milan, considered one of his greatest masterpieces. He died in Milan in 1979.
