Off the shelf: Solving an old storage problem

Then, after years of investigations involving nautical engineers, civil engineers and furniture designers, Cassina, the Italian furniture brand known for working with 20th-century maestros such as Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand, finally worked out a way to produce Albini’s masterpiece – and is now making them.

In addition to the obvious interest value in the story of the creation of Veliero, the shelf is also a visible, almost tangible engineering solution.

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