Frate table by Enzo Mari for Driade, 1970s (designed in 1973).
Black painted steel structure, solid wood crosspiece and rectangular tempered glass top (thickness: 12 cm). If you want to replace it, a 200 cm long surface can also be used. Table suitable for indoor use only. The Frate table, thanks to its minimal, elegant and non-invasive design, can find space in numerous different contexts.
World-famous designer, protagonist of numerous artistic seasons and linked to the birth of a new concept of "Made in Italy", Enzo Mari (1932-2020) was above all a great critic and promoter of the debate on design, "design conscience", as Alessandro Mendini defined him in Domus in a 1980 editorial. In fact, during his long career, in parallel with the hundreds of objects designed and produced, he developed an activity of incessant philosophical research which involves the fields of psychology, anthropology and politics and which he expresses in books and projects that have become legendary.
Driade was founded in 1968 on the initiative of a group of founders made up of Enrico Astori (administrator who determines the product and communication policy by directing choices), Antonia Astori (designer and author of the architectural face of the company) and Adelaide Acerbi (responsible for image and communication). Driade immediately established itself for the quality of an original proposal and a highly innovative industrial policy that addresses three specific project problems: conception, implementation and communication.
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