Agapecasa
Cavalletto
A furnishing system made entirely of wood, designed and patented over fifty years ago now, but which still startles us for its versatility and functionality. Its distinctive feature is a trestle in the shape of an upturned “V”, which means it is superimposable by means of a simple gravity joint, to accommodate bookshelves or closed containers by means of an authentic "dovetail" joint. Very popular when it first came out and widely published in leading international magazines at the time, the “Cavalletto” system, which appeared in lots of designer furnishing in those days, has now been restored to life, evergreen right down to its very core.
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In 2009, Agape's passion for the culture of design and the long standing collaboration with Angelo Mangiarotti, culminated in the establishment of Agapecasa, dedicated to the re-edition of the original and timeless pieces of one of the greatest masters of post-war Italian design and architecture.
Agapecasa has been trusted with exclusive production rights of the archives of Angelo Mangiarotti. The "Mangiarotti Collection" is a collection of original furniture pieces designed by Angelo Mangiarotti from the early 50s onwards: design classics, carefully tested and updated in full agreement with Studio Mangiarotti.
Angelo Mangiarotti
Angelo Mangiarotti (1921-2012) was one of the great figures of 20th-century Italian design, working at every scale from architecture to design and sculpture. He graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1948, met Wright, Gropius and Mies van der Rohe in the United States in 1953-54, and in 1955 founded a Milan studio with Bruno Morassutti.
His research into gravity joints ran from the Eros marble tables of 1971 to Eccentrico in 1979, and in 1994 he received the Compasso d’Oro career award. Since 2010 Agapecasa has produced his work as the Mangiarotti Collection.
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