Tamiso C1431 Rotating Centerpiece by Marco Zanuso Jr.

About This Piece

Contemporary Design

With his smartly elegant collection, Tamiso, Milan-based designer Marco Zanuso, Jr. rescues beautiful wood off-cuts from the dustbin.

Each table, console, and centerpiece in the Tamiso collection incorporates remnants of high-quality wood interwoven together in understated yet evocative patterns. The C1431 Rotating Centerpiece is handmade-to-order from Santos rosewood. It measures 60D x 3H cm and is available in a rough sandblasted or transparent lacquer finish.

Zanuso has this to say about Tamiso: “Every evening in Cantu, at Fabrizio Molteni’s workshop [a.k.a. Molteni & C.], CNC machines turn off, saws and milling machines stop, planers and drills become quiet. The silence falls, and hundreds of wooden parts—waste products from the working day—pile up in a large container shaped like a boat. This project, conceived in 2012, aims to reuse those parts, putting together the so-called ‘swarf,’ which is usually intended for destruction.”

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Creator	Marco Zanuso Jr.
Manufacturer	Fragile Edizioni
Design Period	From 2000
Country of Manufacture	Italy
Attribution Marks	Signed & Numbered on Label
Style	Contemporary, Hand-Crafted, Italian Modern
Edition Number	Open Edition
Product Code	P9886
Additional Information	Made to Order
Materials	Wood
Height	3 cm 3 cm
Diameter	60 cm

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About the Creator

Marco Zanuso Jr.

Italian architect-designer Marco Zanuso, Jr. was born in Milan in 1954. He studied architecture at Florence University of the Arts, graduating in 1978 with a four-year degree. His thesis focused on radical architecture and its main players, including Superstudio, Michele De Lucchi, Ufo, Andrea Branzi, Ettore Sottsass, and Alessandro Mendini.

After school, he worked with his uncle, noted architect-designer Marco Zanuso, on several projects, including the Piccolo Teatro, Teatro Fossati, Hotel Continental a Milano, and products for Poltrona Frau, Zanotta, Lavazza, and other high end brands. During that period, he also worked with Enzo Mari and Achille Castiglioni at the Polytechnic University of Milan. As Zanuso notes, “I think that doing projects with other artists is a very important thing that makes both grow.”

Zanuso established his studio in Milan in 1990, alongside designer Daniel Nava. (Eight years later, the studio moved to a new location, though also in Milan.) The practice focuses on product and architectural design spanning residential, commercial, interiors, and exhibition projects. Zanuso’s work is at once functional and highly original. Describing his overarching aesthetic, the designer says, “I think that a project is complete when it radiates harmony; and this feature must last, or even grow, over time.” Clients include Carrefour, Mondadori, Triennale di Milano, Memphis, Fontana Arte, Cappellini, De Padova, and Driade, among others. Over the years, he has collaborated with galleries such as Galerie Italienne in Paris and Fragile in Milan. He has also developed objects and experiments with small producers and craftsmen.

Standout projects include the 2006 Policromi collection for Galerie Italienne, featuring colorful furniture and vessels made of laser-cut and folded metal and steel pieces; the 2015 Tamiso series for Fragile, consisting of furniture and accessories composed of upcycled wooden remnants; as well as a pair of metal and wood tables called Antonio and Cleopatra made for Memphis in 1987.