Knoll - Bastiano armchair

When Tobia Scarpa first designed the Bastiano armchair in 1962, he wanted to provide seating that was sophisticated and elegant, yet casual and comfortable. In keeping with the spirit that inspired it, the Bastiano Collection has been adapted to the proportions of a more contemporary domestic environment. The collection offers wider and more relaxed designs to build on the extremely comfortable and elegantly informal concept that generated it.

Tobia Scarpa

Italian architect and designer, Tobia Scarpa was born in Venice in 1935, where he graduated in architecture (IUAV) in 1969. He is known for having linked his name to major Italian brands such as Benetton, Cassina and Flos, and was twice awarded the Compasso d'Oro prize. A multifaceted and curious designer, in his long professional activity he has been involved in architecture, restoration, outfitting, graphics, and teaching. Starting from the 1960s, he established himself as a leading player in industrial design by collaborating  with a number of important Italian and international companies, including Molteni&C and Unifor. From 2001 to 2009 he devoted himself to teaching at the universities of Venice and Alghero.
He received numerous international awards. In 2008 he was awarded the Compasso d'oro for his career. There are remarkable publications dedicated to him in national and international journals and monographs.

Knoll

Knoll uses modern design to connect people to their work, to their lives, to their world. Since 1938, it has been internationally recognized for creating furniture for work and residential environments.

For more than 80 years Knoll has remained true to the Bauhaus design philosophy that modern furniture should complement the architectural space. At Knoll, modern design has been the guiding principle and this passion has been shared by customers and design professionals around the world. The founders, Hans and Florence Knoll, embraced the creative genius of the time.  Supported schools were Bauhaus School and Cranbrook Academy of Art to create new types of furniture and workplace environments.

Their approach, where craftsmanship joins technology through the use of design, sets the perspective and shapes the values that live today. 80 years of historical collaborations, with pioneering modernists and daring contemporary designers, define not only the past but the future through active, recent and future collaborations with Antenna Design, Don Chadwick, Formway Design, Jehs & Laub, Joseph D'Urso , David Adjaye and OMA.