Molteni&C
MHC.2 Bookshelf
Price starting from € 3.876,00*
*Price valid for the version in H.108,3 cm with frame in curved wood covered in canaletto walnut (cod. MHC.2/3).
From the historic 1959 edition, MHC.2 was born, a bookcase that marked its time and still today manages to make design enthusiasts from all over the world dream. Yasuhiko Itoh makes it in curved wood, a process that was already complex at the time and still relevant today that places this bookcase within heterogeneous environments. The beauty of MHC.2 lies in the very particular design of the floors, capable of recalling both a honeycomb structure and a set of hatches, architectural models and more. The resulting effect is in any case extremely suggestive, an ideal complement for fans of the sector. The numerous variations of dimensions give space to the personalization of each single product.
W.68,5 x D.28,2 x H.108 cm
Available also in H.138,9
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A wide range of sober and elegant furnishings characterizes Molteni & C., where comfort and high quality standards are the constant reference points. Collaborations with renowned international designers and technological innovation made Molteni&C. a benchmark for the whole furnishings industry. The history of the company began in 1934 when in Giussano the "Arredamenti Angelo Molteni" was founded, a small artisan workshop specialized in the production of furniture.
In the ‘40s, the company became one of the national furniture production leaders, with an exponential growth that brought the company to hire more than 60 employees, recruited among the best artisan workers.Read more
Designed by
Yasuhiko Itoh
Yasuhiko Itoh (1933-1963) was a Japanese designer, remembered mainly for being chosen to represent his country at the third edition of the Selettiva del Mobile in Cantù in 1959. At the time, Itoh was a young architect, fresh from graduating from the prestigious Waseda University, and to create the prototype of the bookcase he sent for the competition he spent a few months in Italy in close contact with the craftsmen of Industria Mobili Molteni Angelo (now known as Molteni & C.). Having come in third place in the category of the competition for individual furniture, his prototype was also proposed in other future editions of the Selettiva but never reached mass production until 2016, in a celebratory operation in which Molteni & C., now an international furniture giant, intended to give lustre to its first experiments with design furniture. Upon his return to Japan, he worked in Toshiro Yamashita’s studio and participated in the design of the Kasumigaseki Building (1962-68), considered the first modern office skyscraper in Japan. His promising career was cut short by his premature death at the age of thirty in a tragic train accident.
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