With the ACX collection, Antonio Citterio creates his tenth swivel office chair developed by Vitra. Its construction, materials, production, logistics and maintenance are designed to ensure a long life cycle with the lowest possible carbon footprint, while the automatic synchronous mechanism provides maximum comfort for every user without the need for adjustments. The ACX office chair has a relaxed, welcoming aesthetic: with its clean lines and choice of mesh fabrics in a wide selection of colours, this compact office chair acts as a design piece in the office and isn't just a necessary item tolerated for ergonomic reasons.
The ACX Light office chair differs from ACX Mesh and Soft in that its backrest features a standard mesh upholstery. Featuring a seat in Silk Mesh technical spacer fabric, the Vitra seat is designed to offer pleasant comfort and facilitate air circulation.
Color
Noir
Colour
black
Material
fabric
Dimensions
l 65 x p 50-78 x h 97,5-110,5 cm, assise h 40-53 cm
Born in 1950 in Meda, Italy, he studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. Antonio Citterio began working as a designer and industrial design consultant in 1972. From 1987 to 1996 he created the Citterio/Dwan studio in association with Terry Dwan. From 1990 to 1992, Antonio Citterio was a lecturer at the Domus Academy in Milan, from 1993 to 1995 he was an external examiner for furniture design at Royal College London, and in 1997 he taught at La Sapienza University in Rome. In 1999, together with Patricia Viel, he founded the multidisciplinary design agency "Antonio Citterio and Partners" in Milan, and from 1999 to 2002 he taught at the architecture faculty of the Università della Svizzera Italiana. He has held a chair there again since 2006. Antonio Citterio has received numerous awards, including the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in London. He is one of Italy's most famous designers, with his many and extremely varied creations. It uses the aesthetics of new materials and the performance of new technologies to create its own timeless style. He works mainly with the leading Italian furniture brand B&B Italia, but also with publishers such as Kartell (Battista, Flip and Gastone desks), Vitra (Grand Repos armchair) and Flos (Kelvin Led).
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VITRA
Vitra was founded in 1950 by Willi Fehlbaum and Erika Fehlbaum. The design furniture company Vitra is located near Basel, in Switzerland. Starting in 1981, the brand Vitra expanded and opened many subsidiaries around the world. The founders spotted the Eames chairs, including the Eames armchairs, the Vitra tables and the office chairs created by Charles and Ray Eames, Antonio Citterio or also the Bouroullec brothers.