Carteggio

Dresser

Aldo Rossi, 1987

Carteggio is a vertical drawer unit - a sort of double of the human figure. It asks us to make a “man-to-man” comparison yet unyieldingly reveals its secrets. Its internal layout (acting as a catalogue or a list) implies a passion for classification. The shallow and deep drawers, the double-door compartment and the pull-out desk top for tidying papers and documents hint at secrecy and intimacy.

Design Aldo Rossi, 1987

“In English this is called a chest of drawers. When furniture builds up, what else can you do but add box to box?”

-Daniele Vitale

Design

Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi (Milan, May 3, 1931 - Milan, September 4, 1997) was one of the greatest Italian architects of the 1980’s. His Molteni Group collaboration marked his passage from masterful architect to an industrial designer. He created models and furnishings for the Museum of Maastricht, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and the reconstruction of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Aldo Rossi designed items that were destined to become icons of the 20th century.

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“Perhaps it is snobbery but the more I see the world, the more I feel being a citizen of it and the more I want to go back to the old way of things”

Aldo Rossi