Created by the designers Jonathan De Pas,
Donato D'Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi, authors
of the inflatable armchair Blow (1967), Joe
is an original chair in performed expanded
polystyrene lined in leather, capable of hosting
at least two people.
It has the shape of gigantic baseball glove
and the choice of its name is meant to be
a form of kindness towards the baseball champion
Joe Di Maggio, the US mass culture and the
myths the mass media try to create.
In the chair's style it is possible to recognise
some typical elements of the American art
and of the philosophy of the design movement
Shakers in the warm and natural colours, in
the softness of the lines, and in the simplicity
of the shape.
Characterised by its sweet and sensual shape,
Joe is a product that reflects the cultural
climet and the creative fever of 1960 in the
desire of further developing classic shapes
and standards.
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