Designer Patricia Urquiola has collaborated with new French furniture brand COEDITION and designed the Altay collection. It combines tradition and modernity, notably through a small pedestal table with a tripod structure made of solid natural or black lacquered beech wood. The base is topped with a round top in black or white lacquered material. One of the legs, which is longer than the others, protrudes over the top of the tabletop and thus forms a practical handle for moving the small table around the house. With its pure lines and high quality natural materials, Altay is a designer side table that can be integrated into the living room at the end of a sofa, or in a bedroom to act as a bedside table.
Born in Oviedo in 1961, Patricia Urquiola attended the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Polytechnic School of Milan, where she graduated in 1989 with Achille Castiglioni as her thesis supervisor. She was his assistant at the Polytechnic School of Milan from 1990 to 1992. From 1990 to 1996, she worked in the product development department for De Padova, where she collaborated with Vico Magistretti. In 1996, she became head of design at Lissoni Associati. In 2001, Patricia Urquiola opened her own design studio, where she works on design, installations and architecture. In 2005, together with her colleague Eliana Gerotto, Patricia Urquiola developed a collection of lighting for Foscarini. Their Caboche pendant, ceiling, floor and table lamps reinterpret the 1960s plastic bracelet-style crystal chandelier with pendants. After several European boutiques, she has just designed the interior architecture of the sublime Mandarin Oriental in Barcelona. Patricia Urquiola designs both outdoor furniture, with the Pavo real armchair, and accessories for Alessi.
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COEDITION
Young contemporary furniture manufacturer COEDITION has cultivated a taste for the simplicity of shapes and the creation of out-of-the-ordinary furniture, flawless production and the use of high-quality materials. All this bolstered by fundamental encounters, and the desire to collaborate with designers such as Patricia Urquiola, Patrick Jouin, duo A+A Cooren, Michael Anastassiades, Marco Zanuso Jr and Olivier Gagnère. Coedition’s collections are the result of extensive research, rigorous development and technical innovations between designers and manufacturers. Each object is unique and emerges from a passion for design. COEDITION sells essential collections for the whole house.