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{{Infobox company
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'''Arflex''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] company that makes and sells contemporary furniture.
 
==History==
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[[File:Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico - BEIC 6365658.jpg|thumb|Armchair by Arflex. By [[Paolo Monti]] photographer, 1975.]]
 
In 1947, after the war, a group of researchers and entrepreneurs that began to work on two new upholstering materials –, [[foam rubber]] and elastic tape made by [[Pirelli]], –which presentedhad thea technical specificationsrange of thepossible newuses productsin tointerior [[Marcofurnishings.<ref>{{Cite Zanuso]]web |title=Seven Salotti e Arflex, whoil sawprofilo delle aziende |url=https://design.repubblica.it/2008/05/05/seven-salotti-e-arflex-il-profilo-delle-aziende/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Casa & Design |language=it-IT}}</ref> They presented the hugetechnical potentialspecifications of the new materialsproducts into interior furnishings.[[Marco Zanuso]], who initiated ana experimental programme oftrial operations that went onprogramme until 1950.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arflex.it/en/aboutus/1/history/page|title=Arflex - About us - History|website=www.arflex.it|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref>
 
Between 1951 and 1954, Arflex produced various models of car seat designed by [[Carlo Barassi]]. These could be fitted into the vehicle instead of standard production seats and offered outstanding comfort, thanks to the use of foam rubber and elastic tape. The covers could be removed and the seatbacks were adjustable. Arflex strove to make its contribution to the comfort of those Italians who were beginning to travel just after the war. The most successful of those car seats were the "MilleMiglia" and the "Sedile Lettino", a seat that could be turned into a makeshift bed. Both were designed for the [[Fiat]] [[Fiat 500 "Topolino"|Topolino]].▼
 
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== Designers ==
[[Marco Zanuso]] became a symbol of the developing design culture in post-war [[Italy]], a generation of designers whose social commitment was coloured by the ideological heritage of the [[Modern Movement]]. And so the collection of Arflex products is first and foremost an overview of the fruitful collaboration of manufacturer and designer. [[Marco Zanuso]] (as a designer) and Arflex (as a manufacturer) started out together, the only such case in the history of furnishings in [[Italy]].
 
TheZanuso numberbecame an influential designer in post-war [[Italy]], associated with the ideology of the [[Modern Movement]]. Other designers who contributed to the Arflex range increased steadilyincluded: [[Franco Albini]], [[Giancarlo De Carlo]], {{ill|Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso|it|lt=Belgiojoso}}, [[BBPR|Enrico Peressutti]], Roger, Carboni, Pulitzer, Menghi, [[Joe Cesare Colombo|Joe Colombo]], [[Ambrogio Casati]], {{ill|Pierluigi Spadolini|it|lt=Spadolini}}, [[Tito Agnoli]], [[Marenco]], [[Cini Boeri]], Carlo Colombo, Cristof Pilelt, [[Vincent Van Duysen]], [[Michele De Lucchi]], [[Ettore Sottsass]], [[Marco Piva]], Paola Vella and many[[Pieter othersDe Bruyne]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
 
==See also ==
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[[Category:Companies based in Lombardy]]
[[Category:ItalianDesign designcompanies of Italy]]
[[Category:Design companies]]▼
[[Category:Furniture companies of Italy]]
[[Category:Furniture retailers of the United States]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 19471948]]
[[Category:1947Italian establishmentscompanies established in Italy1948]]
[[Category:Design companies established in 19471948]]
▲[[Category:DesignItalian companiesbrands]]
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