Ico Parisi (1916-1996) Important Art Deco Office Table Designed for MIM Rome Circa 1960 - 20th Century Design Furniture Measurements 210 x 90 x 73 cm. In addition to being a designer, he stood out as a painter and sculptor, he worked as a photographer and as a graphic and textile designer. Between 1949 and 1950 he produced the first examples of integrated architecture: the Carcano House in Maslianico, with the help of the painter Mario Radice and Fausto Melotti; and Casa Notari in Fino Mornasco, also with Radice. His designs quickly achieved great prestige at the Milan fairs, such as his now unmistakable rosewood dining chairs, sofas and armchairs, characterized by their curved shapes. Ergonomics, diagonal lines, rounded corners and polished finishes with sensual lines are some of his most recognizable features, even in the pieces he created with his wife, Luisa. In 1951, Gio Ponti described Parisi's last pieces presented at the Milan Triennale as “turbulent” and the magazine Domus showed his skepticism for an “excessively aesthetic” work. Parisi's response was forceful: a wengé chest of drawers with geometric reliefs, lacquered in white, very close to Neoplasticism. In 1952 he presented the legendary 813 chair, laying the first stone of structural nudity. It was the beginning of a multitude of creations for Cassina, such as chair 691 or armchairs 856 and 865.