The Proust Chair is a redesign, based on Mendini’s original 1978 version, “Poltrona di Proust” which was designed posthumously for the famed author Marcel Proust. This version is made entirely of rotational-molded polythene which makes it ideal for indoor and outdoor use.
Italian designer and architect Alessandro Mendini was born in Milan in 1931. Mendini's main focus was designing Italian furniture and interiors in the neo-modern and contemporary style. Previously, he has managed design magazines such as Casabella, Modo and Domus and written numerous essays about his work and his own “Atelier Mendini”. He has designed pieces for Alessi, Philips, Cappellini and Magis which are now considered worldwide design icons of modern design.