Paolo Pallucco Biography
Paolo Pallucco was born in Rome in 1950 and is an architect by training. Initially, he did not devote himself to producing designs, but reissued pieces from the 1930s such as the Fortuny floor lamp, the 222 chair by Robert Mallet-Stevens and the Sandows by René Herbst. Thanks to this initial activity, he had the opportunity to actively come into contact with the modern Movement and the complex means of industrial production. This later led him to dedicate himself to the production of contemporary furniture.
The decisive meeting took place with Rei Kawakubo: the friendship with the founder of Comme des Garçons opened up a new perspective for Pallucco, towards artistic and significant design. This led him to express a much more radical and complex concept, using the object as a message and immersing himself in the design process that goes beyond simple furniture. In his way of thinking and creating objects, Pallucco manages to convey an artistic experience, incorporating themes such as the poetry of Reiner Maria Rilke, religion, cinema and even war.
From the creation of the Tankette coffee table (1987), evocative of a tank, to the Bocca di Fuoco (1987), a coat hanger in the shape of a cannon, up to the Silver Beard (1986), another seat that clearly refers to weapons , taking inspiration from the components of a machine gun, the desire to create a violent and aggressive design is evident. This without forgetting a strong material component, which emerges from the use of metal as the main material.
None of this would have been possible without the help of Mirielle Rivier, Pallucco's wife and a pragmatic designer, who brought her husband's ideas to life with the necessary wisdom and technique. Together they created the Necessary Angel, a bookcase with taut lines, and the Stalker seats, precarious, with a polyurethane foam base.
