Mettsass

Presented:	Salone del Mobile 2012, Milan
Stylepark-ID:	05.2103.00101
Categories:	Home furniture › Tables › Dining / Kitchen tables

Product description

In the 70's, Sottsass made many designs for BD. One of the first was this table baptised with the name "Mettsass", which dates back to 1972.
The table Mettsass has not lost its personality with wich Sottsass had designed some 40 years ago. BD has rep

roduced the structure with the same dimensions and colours.

The structure is made of flat sheets of steel, painted in red RAL 3001 or black. The glass is painted in the same color as the structure.

Specifications

Length	1100 mm
Width	1100 mm
Height	750 mm
Table finish	table with column base
Table top shape	square
Material	steel
Colors	black shades of red

Articles about Mettsass

What are they doing in there?

by Thomas Wagner | 9/14/2017

Ettore Sottsass would have turned 100 years old today. We still know far too little about the designer and architect who looked beyond the walls of the familiar.

Magically simple

by Thomas Wagner | 6/23/2017

He was fascinated by the material and never lost his delight in experimentation: On Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Le Stanze del Vetro are presenting sensational glass works by Ettore Sottsass.

Macchina da scrivere: Ettore Sottsass and Olivetti

by Thomas Wagner | 7/1/2015

Typewriters are hybrids, combining elements of both tools and machines. As for their design, they remained as good as interchangeable for a long time. Ettore Sottsass put a stop to all that with his designs for Olivetti: the “Tekne” and “Praxis 48” models.

Between neon and sorbet

5/16/2012

Bright neon colors and subtle pastel shades, uninterrupted and plain – several color contrasts are clearly emerging in home furnishings. Photographic evidence from this year’s Salone del Mobile.

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by Thomas Wagner | 4/27/2016

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Comfy chair with a fur collar

by Martina Metzner | 9/3/2014

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Salone, Salone or Twelve Milan stories

by Thomas Wagner | 4/16/2014

Milan in the days of the Salone and Fuori Salone – is a hodgepodge of impressions, encounters and cameo stories. In terms of form and content, they are as different as, say, people, furniture, brands, and markets.

Twelve lightweight pieces for your balcony

5/8/2013

A little bit of happiness just outside the door: seating furniture, light, delicate, flexible and anything but clunky.

Twelve dreams under the big blue sky

5/8/2013

Lounging and dreaming in the big outdoors, preferably on huge sofas and comfy daybeds, into which we lightly sink and forget the everyday rat race.

Good designers, successful products – Milan Marathon part 3

by Thomas Wagner | 4/23/2013

No, there was no revolt. Even Ventura Lambrate had nothing on offer that even came close to a taste of the future. Instead it was above all Konstantin Grcic who once again showed just what contemporary design can do.

What a relief – The Milan marathon part 1

by Thomas Wagner | 4/17/2013

Milan 2013, a mixture of prudence, consolidation and solid design work. A little less hype and fewer prototypes, too. This is certainly doing the industry good.

Gardenias: Jaime Hayon’s garden fantasies

4/2/2013

Gardenias, even the name has a special ring to it. In particular as the eponymous collection that Jaime Hayon designed for BD Barcelona offers more than just a touch of garden romanticism.

Aestheticizing the seemingly imperfect

by Uta Abendroth | 1/24/2013

During imm Cologne, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst opened a special kind of exhibition: “Isn’t it romantic? – Contemporary Design Balancing between Poetry and Provocation”. An homage to the longing for a world that isn’t always perfect.

The Barcelona Pastiche

by Thomas Wagner | 1/21/2013

The imm Cologne is swiftly getting back on an even keel. And how are designers and manufacturers making use of the opportunity? A tour of the trade fair shows that they often resorted to the tried-and-true, reanimating and dressing it up for contemporary use. Even Konstantin Grcic opted for a tongue-in-cheek approach to a design classic.

Häberli’s Hotel

by Eschbach Andrea | 12/3/2012

What do you get if you give Alfredo Häberli free rein to design an entire hotel? Well, now you can see just that in the new 25 Hours hotel in Zurich.

Manufacturer:
BD Barcelona Design, Spain

Design:
Ettore Sottsass
1972, 2012

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