
The CarraraMarmotec trade fair recently featured a
display of the works of Angelo Mangiarotti, who has gained international renown
for his work in architecture, design and sculpture - including a unique
collection of stone furnishings.
Over the past few years, the CarraraMarmotec stone trade fair has developed a range of cultural initiatives that connect the event to the architectural community as well as the history of the region’s famed White Carrara marble. At the most recent edition of CarraraMarmotec, this included a display of the works of Angelo Mangiarotti, who has gained international renown for his work in architecutre, design and sculpture - including a unique collection of stone furnishings.
The exhibition was organized by Il Sole 24 ORE Cultura in conjunction with CarraraFiere, and included over 100 pieces by Mangiarotti, who has always worked closely with Carrara and marble. Over the years, the Milan-based designer worked with some of the leading companies in the Carrara region to work the local marble in ways that had not been seen before. This contributed to the creation of prototypes that have almost always turned into serial productions.

For the CarraraFiere offices in Carrara, Italy,
Mangiarotti used White Carrara marble to create small “vaults” spanning 16.4
feet in size. For these pieces, the marble was cut with diamond wire technology
to obtain the individual pieces without wasting any material - since the
internal sides of one piece match the outside of the next. To “stage” the
building, the base is made from gray Cardoso stone.
For the CarraraFiere offices, Mangiarotti used White Carrara marble to create small “vaults” spanning 16.4 feet in size. For these pieces, the marble was cut with diamond wire technology to obtain the individual pieces without wasting any material - since the internal sides of one piece match the outside of the next. To “stage” the building, the base is made from gray Cardoso stone.

Meanwhile, the fairgrounds house a 5,000-square-foot exhibition of Mangiarotti’s objects of design, selected together with his daughter Anna. They included a range of furnishings that showcase the architect’s skill at producing natural forms that express unity between matter and form. Included were several examples of his “Eros” tables in White Carrara marble, which feature a gravity joint.

In addition to designing CarraraFiere’s offices,
Mangiarotti’s “Sky Cone” (Cono Cielo), was placed at the entrance to the
CarraraFiere exhibition center, and it has been described as “the synthesis of
an extensive knowledge of the material and the potential of technology applied
to quality processing.”
Studio Mangiarotti remains active in Milan, and this year, the Department of Science and Technology at Milan Polytechnic announced the first edition of the “Mangiarotti Foundation Prize” for innovative construction systems.

The exhibition of Mangiarotti’s stone furnishings
included several of his “Eros” tables, which feature a gravity joint.

This piece, referred to simply as “Tavalo M,” was
designed by Mangiarotti in 1969.

Mangiarotti’s work has been included in the
collections of several high-profile suppliers of furnishings, including Agape
Design of Italy, for which he conceived a collection of stone chairs in 1990.

Mangiarotti also designed a range of solid stone
vanities for Agape Design in 2003.
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