Ico and Luisa Parisi

Shaped wooden table with a light breccia marble top with branched grain.

Manufactured by Fratelli Rizzi, 1950s.

R. Lietti, Ico Parisi. Design. Catalogue Raisonné 1936-1960, Silvana Editoriale,

2017, p. 272.

An Italian architect and designer, Parisi is one of the most significant and important designers in the postwar Italian design scene. In his early years, he trained in the circle of Giuseppe Terragni, an experience that was crucial to the development of his design language.

After the war, he founded his studio with his wife Luisa Aiani, developing a practice that ranged from architecture to furniture design and collaborating with companies such as Cassina. His works are distinguished by lightweight structures, dynamic lines, and constant formal research.

A central figure in postwar Italian design, Parisi helped define a modern and personal language, now recognized internationally.