Design: Vignelli exhibition, Rochester, NY. Furniture Design

View of the "Design: Vignelli" exhibition, Benetton Galleries, Vignelli Center for Design Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States. The "Design: Vignelli" exhibition opened in 2010 at the Vignelli Center for Design Studies, which is also home to their entire professional archives. The exhibition mirrors the "Design: Vignelli" exhibition which toured nine countries between 1989-1993. As with the previous iteration, Lella Vignelli and Massimo Vignelli designed the displays, wrote the descriptive text, and curated the artifacts for the exhibition. It is the last exhibition designed by the Vignellis that is still open to the public. Pictured: Casigliani Kono Table (1984)

Text from the design: Vignelli exhibition label:
Kono Table; Casigliani, Italy 1984.
The Kono table has a glass top resting on a slab or granite on one side, and the tip of a metal cone on the other. The cone comes in a variety of finishes from rusted steel to gold-leafed steel. This design exploits the relationship between abstract geometrical figures and material finishes.