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SELLA
SELLA STOOL
Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1957
DESIGNERS
Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
YEAR
1957
TYPE
Stool
MODEL
Sella
MATERIAL
Bicycle saddle, steel, cast iron
MANUFACTURER
Zanotta
Sella uses an ordinary bicycle saddle as the seat of an unconventional stool designed for short periods of support rather than conventional sitting.
The saddle is mounted on a slender steel stem connected to a heavy rounded base, allowing the object to remain stable while maintaining a minimal physical presence.
Like Mezzadro, Sella demonstrates the Castiglioni brothers’ fascination with existing industrial objects and their ability to reinterpret them through a change of context and function.