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Florian Side Table
A GRAPHIC OBJECT
The Florian side table, originally designed in 1989 by Milanese architect Vico Magistretti, exemplifies the seamless blend of functionality and artistic form. Inspired by the straightforward elegance of a broomstick, Magistretti engineered Florian with a structure capable of folding flat, effortlessly transforming it from a practical side table into an engaging wall-mounted artwork. Its clever multi-level design and practical folding mechanism reflect Magistretti’s dedication to elevating everyday objects through intelligent simplicity.
In 2021, Acerbis revisited Florian in collaboration with designers Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces, thoughtfully updating its historical design for contemporary living. The remastered Florian maintains its essential lightweight character and functional versatility, now enhanced by modern brass mechanisms for smooth operation.
Florian gained renewed attention at the Triennale Milano exhibition in 2021, featured prominently alongside Magistretti's other iconic creations, underscoring his lifelong commitment to refined practicality. Its versatility was further celebrated during the 2022 Fuorisalone, where Acerbis partnered with Maison Salvatore Ferragamo, creatively showcasing Florian in the boutique windows to highlight its adaptability. Additionally, Florian uniquely graced the pools and interior spaces of Milan’s iconic Villa Necchi Campiglio, harmonizing effortlessly with the villa's original rationalist architecture.
Available in gloss lacquered finishes in dark green, mustard yellow, brick red or in the particular open-pore brushed veneer in black ash. Contrasting natural brushed brass hinges and pins highlight the care and refinement of details.
Dimensions
W. 39.2cm (15 7/16”) D. 39.2cm (15 7/16”) H. 84.2cm (33 1/8”)
DESIGNEr
Vico Magistretti
Vico Magistretti
Florian Side Table
Born in Milan in 1920, Magistretti enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico of Milan in 1939. Between 1943 and 1944 he moved to Switzerland, where he met Ernesto Nathan Rogers, a key influence on his education. He returned to Milan in 1945 where he graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico and immediately began his professional career. The 1950s were a fruitful period for Magistretti, who emerged as one of the most brilliant exponents of the “third generation”. Over the next few years he began working a lot more as a designer as well as an architect, creating furniture and objects which will always be “classics” of modern-day production.
MANUFACTURER
ACERBIS
One of the most enduring furniture companies in Italy, Acerbis stands as a connoisseur’s benchmark of Italian design — a pioneer with 150 years of expertise, whose continual search for modernity has produced creations of stunning innovation. First founded in 1870 by Benvenuto Acerbis in Bergamo’s Valle Seriana, Acerbis introduced cutting-edge industrial production and collaborations with some of Italy’s most trailblazing designers by the 1960s under Lodovico Acerbis, including Giotto Stoppino, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Vico Magistretti, Nanda Vigo and Gianfranco Frattini.
Acerbis impart a fundamental luxury experience of design for users to match the conceptual aesthetic solutions of the furnishings. Over these years of experimentation and industrialization, Acerbis forged its DNA of Italian ingenuity for a future-gazing clientele ever since. Today this mission continues with fresh vigor. With industry leader MDF Italia investing in Acerbis for a newly cemented partnership, and recently appointed creative directors Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces helming a dynamic path forward, Acerbis affirms its family-led lineage of pace-setting vision, and its universe of designs that unite function and the avant-garde.
Looking to the past to face the challenges of the future, Acerbis takes on the great changes of our era, and the need to create a more sustainable society — a future that returns to a time when objects were made to last, when we needed only a few things but things that were beautiful and high-quality, when design meant a radical break from tradition and creating innovative products with the latest technology and material developments.
Acerbis will continue to offer beauty and functionality, like that found in all the iconic products of the company, which in its 150 years of experience has created products whose modernity survives the decades and remains avant-garde even today, and for the future. Continuing this mission means maintaining Acerbis as a place of research and experimentation, of new collaborations with both emerging and celebrated designers, and of breakthrough new products that will become future icons of design.
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