“Bubble Club Small Table by Kartell. Transform your casual office, living room, or deck with the plastic Bubble Club Table from Kartell. Placed solo to complement other modern furnishings or accompanied by the coordinating couch and chair, this eye-popping table adds an upbeat tone to any interior. A sturdy, yet lightweight table, its shape is both chunky and versatile. Bubble Club is made of batch-dyed polyethylene and is the pioneer in a new concept of furnishing accessories: the industrial sofa made entirely of plastic. Technology and research have allowed Kartell to be the first design company to mass-produce what has traditionally been handmade. Thanks to their exceptional weather resistance, all the members of Bubble Club family can survive perfectly outside. Kartell HistoryFounded by chemical engineer Giulio Castelli in 1949 in Binasco, Italy, the Kartell Company rose to prominence in the 1950s along with the growing international recognition of Italian design as a leading force following the Second World War. One of the original goals of the company was to replace the traditional glassware in science laboratories with plastic. Focused scientific analysis of the properties of plastic, combined with design creativity, gradually led to the production of stylish plastic goods for the home market.In 1972, Kartell participated in the Italy: The New Domestic Landscape exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Many leading Italian designers in the second half of the 20th century have designed for Kartell, including Gae Aulenti (the Jumbo table of 1965), Achille and Pier Castiglione (lighting), Joe Columbo (the ABS stacking chair no. 4860), and Richard Sapper, who collaborated with Marco Zanuso on a range of colorful polyethylene children’s chairs, which won a Compasso d’Oro in 1964.In the 1980s, Kartell began hiring more designers whose names were already widely known, including the great French designer Philippe Starck (who designed a number of products for the company, including the tubular steel and
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