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"...And
surely a see-through chair by Walter Rossi presents seating at its essence. What is
a chair, after all, but a seat and four legs? Ah, but with a Plexiglas seat in a
choice of amusing colors, this one fits nicely into its creator's philosophy that a chair
should be as much fun to look at as to sit in. Trained as an architect in Rome, he
understands his clients' needs; the back is subtly curved for comfort. 'I'm a
minimalist/structuralist,' he says. 'The weight of the person makes the structure
stronger.'
"And that makes a stronger case for the new minimalism, with its maximizing
of style and comfort."
Caption: "'I'm influenced by Japanese
design and architecture,' says Italian-born architect and sculptor Walter
Rossi. His Stacking One chair is rust-proof in powder-coated iron,
with a 3/4" Plexiglas seat, available in five colors, shaped for comfort.
The stretcher-less design makes it easy to store. 'The transparent seat
means you can see the whole chair, for 360 degrees of control.
That's a Zen, or Buddhist, idea.'"
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