Naòs

Bookcase

Pierluigi Cerri, 2010

Designed by Pierluigi Cerri in 1993, the Naòs series has been enriched with new components, a logica! development of the originai design consisting of tables, containers on wheels and a wall-mounted bookcase.

Design Pierluigi Cerri, 2010

In 2010, the Naòs bookcase was double-sided, wall-mounted or floor-standing and was designed as an answer to the problem of the equipped wall system. The polished aluminium finishes, used for the profiles and support frame, give Naòs great visual lightness.

Awards

2011 ADI Design Index
2014 Honourable Mention, Compasso d’Oro ADI

Design

Pierluigi Cerri

Pierluigi Cerri graduated from the Politecnico di Milano and is a founding partner of Gregotti Associati, with whom he has won numerous architectural competitions. In 1976 he was responsible for the visual identity of the Venice Biennale; he developed the visual identities of the Kunst und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn and Palazzo Grassi in Venice; he was editor of the periodicals Casabella and Review; he designed book series for the major publishing houses in Italy; he designed various exhibitions at the most important museums in Europe, Japan and the United States.

Complete biography

“Any significant design form must be constructed by the greatest possible technical and expressive resources in relation to purpose, necessity, objectives.”

Pierluigi Cerri