Valli Handle H 374
HANDLE H 374
HANDLE H 374
Designed By Franco Poli
H 374 Franco Poli is a small technical revolution in the world of handles: composed of only four pieces, two for the internal structure and two for the external, it works through a magnet mechanism.
DESIGNER
FRANCO POLI
Franco Poli was born in Padua in 1950. He studied art and architecture in Venice and in 1971 met the artist and designer Isamu Noguchi and the great American architect Richard Fuller at the International University of Art (UIA) in Venice. In 1974 he devoted himself professionally to design with the first industrial design project, a piezoelectric gas lighter for Kalorik, which would remain in production until 2000.
Since 1977 he has collaborated with Bernini spa of which he became artistic director in 1979, contributing to the catalog and image until 2009. In 1986 he was called by Franco Moschini to create (with F. Lenci and G. Talocci) the air-naval division of Poltrona Frau, the following year he designed a successful bed collection for Frau with high technological content and defining the formal aspect of the very successful collection of “Forum” office chairs.
In the same year he opened a studio in Venice and was called as a "visiting professor" at the UIA in Florence and at the Milan Polytechnic where he held numerous lectures and meetings with students until the mid-nineties. I
In 1989 he was called to the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice to hold the two-year course in Design which he held continuously until 1996. Numerous of his works are exhibited in the most important museums and foundations in the world: The Denver Art Museum, the “Fonds National d'Art Contemporain” in Paris, the “Magma Museum” in Roccamonfina, the “Farnesina Design” collection in Rome and the Museo Della Milan Triennale. In 2007 he won the "DesignX Australian Design Award", in 2005 and 2007 he received the "Good Design Award" of the Chicago Athenaeum, in 2008 he received the Honorable Mention at the XXI Compasso D'Oro for the LOOM seat by Matteograssi.
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BRAND
Valli
PRODUCT TYPE
Handle
RETRO ELEGANCE
From an aesthetic point of view, the H 374 presents itself as an aerodynamic sculpture of clean essentiality and vaguely retro elegance.
HANDLE
The front plate of the handle, elliptical in shape, invites you to have a firm and ergonomic grip. The inside of the plate can be customized with inlays of different finishes.
DESIGN
Franco Poli
COLLECTION
H 374
MATERIAL
Brass
SHAPE
Elliptical In Shape
DETAILS
The H 374 handle is made of brass and includes door handle, window handle and knob. The available finishes are Cromosat, Orsatop, Cromosat/raw insert, Cromosat/black insert, Orsatop/raw insert, Orsatop/black insert. The BioCote® antimicrobial treatment is available on the Orsatop finish.