100 Objects from Century of the Child

Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Giorgio DeCurso, and Paolo Lomazzi. Chica modular children’s chairs. 1971 Chica (also called Junior) is a modular system of plastic components that can be fitted together in a variety of ways to create seats, tables, and play structures. The elements, made in four bright colors, are light enough for older children to play with and reconfigure, in a product that exemplified the fun, flexible spirit of Italian postwar design. These prototypes, featured in MoMA’s 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, demonstrated curator Emilio Ambasz’s concept of “contestatory” design: objects with the potential to create environments that were “flexible in function and [permitting] multiple modes of use and arrangement.” Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Giorgio DeCurso, and Paolo Lomazzi. Chica modular children’s chairs. 1971

Chica (also called Junior) is a modular system of plastic components that can be fitted together in a variety of ways to create seats, tables, and play structures. The elements, made in four bright colors, are light enough for older children to play with and reconfigure, in a product that exemplified the fun, flexible spirit of Italian postwar design. These prototypes, featured in MoMA’s 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, demonstrated curator Emilio Ambasz’s concept of “contestatory” design: objects with the potential to create environments that were “flexible in function and [permitting] multiple modes of use and arrangement.”

Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

09/4/12
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    Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Giorgio DeCurso, and Paolo Lomazzi. Chica modular children’s chairs. 1971
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    9/12: Century of the Child @ MoMA
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    Italy in the 1970s. Sigh.
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Get your daily dose of design from the MoMA exhibition Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000. During each of the 100 days of the exhibition we will showcase an object featured in the show.

To find out more about Century of the Child visit MoMA.org/centuryofthechild.

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