Chair that succeeds in being delicate and lightweight and yet solid and stackable.
Olo’s broad, open dimensions make it inviting and comfortable. With soft, round-edges and wooden supports, this is a timeless utility piece that carries echoes of 1950s design.
Francesco Rota graduated in product design at Art Center
College of Design in 1994. He opens his own studio in 1998 and works in
different fields of design: product, furniture, showrooms, offices, residential
interiors and events design for: Alchemy, Arketipo, Bals Tokyo, Barilla, Fiat,
Frag ,John Richmond, Knoll International, L’Oreal Paris, Malo, Martini &
Rossi, Mercedes Benz, Paola Lenti, O Luce, Versus. Francesco Rota has been
awarded with 2 honorable mentions for the compasso d’oro with Linea and Island
which are today in the Historical Collection of the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award. He
ha s taken part in several exhibitions held at: St. Etienne Biennale du Design,
Hannover Messe, Triennale di Milano, Reggia di Venaria Reale_Torino, Moss_New
York, Material Connection_New York, Biennale di Architettura_Venezia,Royal
Academy of Arts_Londra, The Merchandise Mart_Chicago, Miami Design Distrisct,
Biltmore Fashion Park_Phoenix, Bellerive Museum_Zurich and other private
galleries and showrooms around the world. Since May 2004 he has thaught in the
Master Research Study Program in Industrial Design at the Istituto Europeo di
design, in collaboration with Magis.