B&B Italia Luta IU68A Chair

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LUTA IU68A CHAIR

LUTA IU68A CHAIR

Designed by Antonio Citterio, 2000

Iuta in the armchair, chair and stool version is composed of a technical shell in metal mesh profiled on the edge, with or without armrests.

The structure of the swivel chair is in aluminum with four or five spokes, with wheels and height adjustment; the structure of the chair and the stool is in steel rod.

DESIGNER

ANTONIO CITTERIO

Antonio Citterio was born in Meda (Milano) in 1950, and started his design office in 1972, graduating in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano in 1975. Between 1987 and 1996 he worked in association with Terry Dwan and, together, they designed buildings in Europe and Japan.

In 2000, with Patricia Viel, he founded a practice for architecture and interior design, developing international complex long-term projects, at all scales and in synergy with a qualified network of specialist consultants. The studio has today taken the name of "Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel".

Antonio Citterio currently works in the industrial design sector with numerous Italian and foreign companies. In 1987 and in 1994 he was awarded the Compasso d’Oro-ADI. From 2006 to 2016 he has been professor of Architectural Design at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture (Switzerland).

In 2008 he was honoured by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce of London, which gave him the title of “Royal Designer for Industry”.Antonio Citterio is art director of Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena.