Natevo Babele Bookcase
BABELE BOOKCASE
BABELE BOOKCASE
Designed by Matteo Nunziati, 2019
With its pleasantly rounded shape, this swivel bookcase has four horizontal shelves and vertical dividers of different depths, which were designed to store books, vases and favorite ornaments.
The structure in metal (anodic bronze ) and wood (coffee-colored-stained oak) incorporates a central column fitted with LED lights, which, in addition to providing light, acts as the ‘axis of rotation’.
Babele has apparently simple lines yet is extremely sophisticated; it is a precious furnishing accessory produced using special processes, avantgarde manufacturing techniques and with details studied to guarantee its stability.
DESIGNER
MATTEO NUNZIATI
Matteo Nunziati opened his studio in Milan in 2000. Studio Nunziati is specialized in interior architecture and design and collaborates with many important companies in the design fields of furniture, illumination and accessories.
Matteo Nunziati has won a number of prestigious awards including the recent Good Design Award 2011 Chicago USA, Wallpaper Design Award 2011 UK Regno Unito???, Cityscape Award 2013 Saudi Arabia.
The studio is specialized in the design of luxury, wellness centers, SPAs and residential properties This genial architect has completed projects (with many others work-in-progress) in Italy, Switzerland, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, The Maldives, China.
He has also planned exhibitions, events and tradeshow layouts.
Since 2004 to the present day, he has lectured in a number of Institutes and Design Schools; he directed the short ‘Hotel Design’ course with Domus Academy; he is the Project Leader, again with the Domus Academy, of the Master in Interior Design (in 2005 and 2006); he works with the Department of Industrial Design/Graduate Institute of Innovation and Design, National Taipei University of Technology in Taipei, Taiwan.
In 2005, he worked at the Art School – Milan’s IDI Interior Design Institute.
In 2006, he took part in the exhibition “50+2y Italian design” in the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, selected as one of the most representative architects of international design between 1954 and 2006.
Also in 2006, he traveled to Shenzen in China to take part in the event “Brand and Designers China Initiative 2006”, a series of conferences organized in the Shenzen Sphinx Culture and Communication, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shenzen Sub-council (CCPIT) and the Shenzen Media Group.
From 2007, he has organized events as part of the trade shows “Abitare il Tempo” in Verona (Italy), “Mipim” Cannes (France), “Cityscape” (Dubai), “The Milan International Furniture Salon’ (Italy). Since 2007, he has been lecturing on the course “Interior Design for Hotels” at the Domus Academy in Milan, in collaboration with the “University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins”.
In 2011, he presented “The way of work of an Italian leading design office” at the “Tshinghua University Shenzhen” in China in collaboration with the Domus Academy of Milan, Italy.
In 2008, as a design expert, he was invited to take part in a series of international conferences in important events such as: “MIPIM” Cannes – France, “Eire” Milan-Italy, “European SPA Summit” Paris-France, “Sia Guest” Rimini-Italy.
From 2009 to the present day he has taken part in a number of high-end conferences organized by “Federlegno Arredo” in collaboration with ICE (Foreign Trade Institute) and with the Italian Government as a representative of Italian design across the world (Qatar, The Lebanon, Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Latvia, Estonia, Switzerland, etc.).
Images and descriptions of his projects have been published in many of the most important Italian and international design journals.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Natevo
PRODUCT TYPE
Bookcase
COLLECTION
Babele
LIGHT SWITCH TYPE
- On/off foot pedal control
- Remote control with dimmer
- Casambi -the smart lighting device that controls the illumination from a smartphone or tablet-
CONNECTED POWER
73 W
YEAR
2019
DIMENSIONS
- Height : 171 cm
- Diametr : 65 cm
TENSION
- 220 V EU
- 110 V EU
DESIGNER
Matteo Nunziati
DOWNLOAD
↓ Data sheet
LIGHT FLUX
6570 Im
PROTECTION LEVEL
IP 20
COLOR TEMPERATURE
2700 K
DETAIL
The swivel bookcase Babele has a delightfully rounded shape created by its structure in matt burnished metal and coffee-brown oakwood. This bookcase has been produced by applying avant-garde construction solutions. The shape was inspired by ancient Yemenite architecture and the result is an original and highly sophisticated article. The LED lights are incorporated in the central column of the bookcase which also acts as the axis of rotation. Four horizontal shelves with vertical dividers of differing heights and depths are attached to the central column and have been carefully designed for storing books and displaying ornaments. The lights are controlled by an on/off foot pedal, a remote control or by Casambi, the exclusive smart-lighting system that controls the illumination from a smartphone or tablet.