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Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Giorgio DeCurso, and Paolo Lomazzi. Chica modular children’s chairs. 1971
Chica (also called Junior) is a modular system of plastic components that can be fitted together in a variety of ways to create seats, tables, and play structures. The elements, made in four bright colors, are light enough for older children to play with and reconfigure, in a product that exemplified the fun, flexible spirit of Italian postwar design. These prototypes, featured in MoMA’s 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, demonstrated curator Emilio Ambasz’s concept of “contestatory” design: objects with the potential to create environments that were “flexible in function and [permitting] multiple modes of use and arrangement.”
Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild
Italy in the 1970s. Sigh.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7o6nvlVBg1rysqqjo1_500.png)
Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Giorgio DeCurso, and Paolo Lomazzi. Chica modular children’s chairs. 1971
Chica (also called Junior) is a modular system of plastic components that can be fitted together in a variety of ways to create seats, tables, and play structures. The elements, made in four bright colors, are light enough for older children to play with and reconfigure, in a product that exemplified the fun, flexible spirit of Italian postwar design. These prototypes, featured in MoMA’s 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, demonstrated curator Emilio Ambasz’s concept of “contestatory” design: objects with the potential to create environments that were “flexible in function and [permitting] multiple modes of use and arrangement.”
Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild
Italy in the 1970s. Sigh.
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Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Giorgio DeCurso, and Paolo Lomazzi. Chica modular children’s chairs. 1971
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9/12: Century of the Child @ MoMA
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Italy in the 1970s. Sigh.
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