Bruno Munari Zizi Monkey Foam Rubber Mid-Century Modern Original Packaging for Sale

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Bruno Munari Zizi Monkey Foam Rubber Mid-Century Modern Original Packaging For Sale

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Bruno Munari Zizi Monkey Foam Rubber Mid-Century Modern Original Packaging:
$450.00

Bruno Munari ScimmiettaZizi Monkey Foam Rubber and Copper Wire Mid-Century Modern Design in its Original Packaging

Corraini Edizioni pays homage to Munari’s design thinking by presentingZizìas a collector’s piece in its original design, including the graphics chosen for the packaging: a cage that may be opened to free Zizì and start its adventures once again.

«Foam rubber had recently been developed and was being used to make mattresses and padding. One day a Pirelli manager asked me: “What can you make with foam rubber other than mattresses?”». This is how the story ofZizìbegins, as told by Bruno Munari:a small and flexible monkey with a wire “skeleton”, designed by Munari in the early 1950s, not to be looked at, but to be touched and handled, making the user’s mind more flexible: by playing, says Munari, “the mind becomes elastic, thought dynamic. The individual becomes creative”.

Winner of the first edition of the Compasso d’Oro design award in 1954,Zizìhas become a symbol of Italian design, which continues to illustrate Munari’s experimentation, his way of exploring – with great enjoyment – the potential of newermaterials, his search for formal essentiality.

ThisZizìmonkey was produced in 2007 by Tecnoassemblaggi Toys, Brescia. For this Corraini reissue, eachZizìhas been refurbished and finished by hand as accurately as possible. Any imperfections are to be considered a characteristic of the object and its history.Zizìis not a toy, but a modern antique collector’s piece. The items are fragile and not free from defects, due to the age of the object.

Height 8.6"

In the original packaging, unopened