Dining Table Zelda, Circa 1960

Sergio Asti  

Dining table designed by Sergio Asti. Structure in wood, metal and top covered in 'Zelda' model leather. Prod. Poltronova, Italy, around 1960.

Sergio Asti (Milan, May 25, 1926 [1] - Milan, July 27, 2021) was an Italian architect and designer. After graduating in Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic, he trained in the profession in Milan in the fifties, and was assistant professor of Interior Architecture (1953-1958). In the field of Industrial Design he was among the first, in the fifties to address this problem. He was one of the founders of ADI. He has served on various Executive Committees and Work Commissions of ADI itself. He has taught courses on Teaching related to the I.D. at the Istituto Superiore d'Arte of Venice and, abroad, at the Istituto Sperimentale Superiore of Shizuoka, in Japan. He has held numerous conferences and participated in roundtables in Italy and abroad, particularly in France, Germany, Portugal, the United States, Japan, China, India and Thailand. He has participated in numerous juries for architecture and ID competitions, in Italy and abroad. Many objects designed by Sergio Asti are present in the collections of the most important museums, and in private collections in Italy and abroad. There are many awards received on various occasions: Triennale di Milano, Compasso d'Oro, MoMA in New York, Philadelphia Museum, Bienale Industrijskega Oblikovanja in Ljubljana, and awards received abroad (France, Japan). He has been invited on several occasions to create collective and personal exhibitions: in Italy, Canada, the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, France.