Night stands by Mario Marenco (Sold)
This set of 2 bedside tables was designed by Mario Marenco and produced by Mobil Girgi in Italy in the 1970’s. The glazed walnut side tables look sophisticated with a soft closing drawer on each side of the bed. The top is big enough to display several books if needed. Aside from a few minor scratches in very good condition.
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Dimensions:
W: 75 cm
D: 44 cm
H: 44 cm
Weight: approx. 20 kilo /piece
Material: walnut
Mario Marenco (Foggia, September 9, 1933 – Rome, March 17, 2019) was an Italian comedian, humorist, actor, television author, and architect and designer. He graduated in architecture in 1957, in Naples, later obtaining 5 research fellowships in Stockholm and Chicago. In 1960 he opened his own architecture and design atelier: Studio DEGW, based in Rome.
Marenco became famous in the Italian media as an actor after he was launched by Renzo Arbore and Gianni Boncompagni with the radio show ‘Alto Gradimento’, that led to the even more succesfull humorous tv show l’Altra Domenica (Another side of Sunday) broadcasted on Rai 2 in the 1970’s.
His acting career was quite much overshadowed though by his succes with industrial design: the aluminum chandelier ‘Cynthia’ with references to Op art, distributed in 1960 by Artemide, the 1970 ‘Marenco’ sofa, a modular seating system designed for Arflex and the Movie armchair, since 1984 in the catalog for Poltrona Frau. Marenco also collaborated with the most important Italian car manufacturers like Fiat Alfa Romeo and Lancia in the creation of their exhibition stands at the Motor fair in Bologna. He also designed watches for Fiat and Ferrari. Marenco died in 2019 at the age of 85.
