Du 30

Designed in late 1953, the DU 30 armchair is certainly Gastone Rinaldi’s most famous piece.‎ In fact, it was awarded the Compasso d’Oro, then known as the Compasso d’Oro-Rinascente, in 1954, the first year the prize was presented.‎ The jury included the likes of Gio Ponti, Marco Zanuso and Alberto Rosselli.‎ The DU 30 armchair was immediately patented and appeared on the front cover of the first edition of Stile Industria magazine in June 1954.‎ The unitary nature of the seat and backrest results in a central cutting and stitching effect that brings to mind the contemporary works of Lucio Fontana.‎The DU 30 armchair has a shaped single shell in steel mesh with moulded polyurethane foam padding.‎ Legs in bent and welded iron tubing with a textured, wrinkled black finish (BLACK RAL 9005).‎ Equipped with a lower ‘backbone’, the shell is directly screwed to each pair of legs.‎ The padding is in moulded polyurethane foam and the upholstery is in Pelle Frau® leather, distinctive for its central stitching which begins at the bottom of the backrest, where gentle folds are formed, and continues right along the seat.‎ The front is embellished with hand stitching.‎