Eugenio Gerli

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Eugenio Cesare Gerli was born on 15 July 1923 in Milan;{{cite book|title=55/05 Cinquant' anni di professione La provincia di Milano e i suoi architetti|last=|first=|publisher=Mondadori Electa|isbn=88-370-4008-3|location=Milano|pages=|year=2006}} his father Guido (London 1892 - Milan 1987) was an English businessman. His mother Luciana Chiesa was the daughter of Eugenio Chiesa (Milan, 18 November 1863 - Giverny, 22 June 1930).

Eugenio Chiesa, Republican Member of Parliament, from 1922 was firmly opposed to fascism.{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/eugenio-chiesa_(Dizionario-Biografico) |entry=Chiesa, Eugenio |encyclopedia=Treccani |title=CHIESA, Eugenio in "Dizionario Biografico" }} This caused the family all sort of difficulties, culminating in the exile of Eugenio Chiesa in 1926{{cite book|author=Fulvio Conti|author2=Sheyla Moroni|title=Eugenio Chiesa scritti e discorsi 1893 - 1929|series=Politeia Scienza e Pensiero - 22|year=2003|publisher=Centro Editoriale Toscano|location=Firenze|at=Introduzione paragrafo 3 par. 4|isbn=88-7957-219-9}} and the arrest of Guido, later deported to various concentration camps in Italy.{{cite book|author=Mary Tibaldi Chiesa|author2=Luciana Chiesa|title=La vita di Eugenio Chiesa: nel centenario della nascita 1863-1963|year=1964|publisher=Giuffrè}}

Eugenio married Marta Somarè daughter of art critic {{ill|Enrico Somarè|it|Enrico Somaré|vertical-align=sup}} and granddaughter of painter Cesare Tallone, forebear of a great family of artists including the painter Guido Tallone, the editor and typographer {{ill|Alberto Tallone|it|Alberto Tallone Editore|vertical-align=sup}} and pianoforte builder {{ill|Cesare Augusto Tallone|it|vertical-align=sup}}.

After an initial two years at the Department of Engineering Eugenio switched to studying Architecture at the Milan Politecnico under Piero Portaluppi and Gio Ponti, both leading architects and designers. (graduated in 1949)

Eugenio Gerli integrated his spatial ideas with innovative solutions for custom-made designed interiors. This philosophy, together with his early studies in engineering, helped him in the development of models for industrial design

His early work was influenced by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and Charles Eames .

Eugenio Gerli also loved to create a strong bond between Architecture and visual arts, collaborating with artists like Arnaldo Pomodoro, Lucio Fontana, Blasco Mentor, Pietro Cascella, Guido Somarè.{{cite book|author=Cagetti|first1=Filippo|title=Il Commercio a Milano|last2=Gerli|first2=Eugenio|last3=Keffer|first3=Giorgio|last4=Valsecchi|first4=Marco|last5=Caizzi|first5=Bruno|publisher=Unione Commercio e Turismo della provincia di Milano|year=1977|volume=2°|pages=da 49 a 184|oclc=1261803862}}{{Cite journal |date=1962 |orig-date=June 24, 1962 |editor-last=Rusconi |title=Le case firmate dall'architetto. |journal=GIOIA |issue=25 |pages=50–53}}{{cite book|author=Giampiero Bosoni|title=Osvaldo Borsani|year=2018|publisher=Skira|location=Milano|pages=da 390 a 556 nella sezione 1954–1985|isbn=978-88-572-3670-4}}

The Exhibition at the Milan Triennale dedicated to Osvaldo Borsani (held from 16 May 2018- to 16 September 2018, designed by Lord Norman Foster and Tommaso Fantoni) included sixteen works of Architecture and Design by Eugenio Gerli. This paid homage to Gerli's work and represented an important contribution to the rediscovery of this "forgotten Master" (Marco Romanelli).{{cite web|url=http://www.madeexpo.it/site-salone/magazine/intro-magazine/design-e-dintorni/Osvaldo-Borsani.html|title=DESIGN E DINTORNI Osvaldo Borsani: tre letture|author=Marco Romanelli|work=salonemilano |publisher=Salone del Mobile Milano|quote=e si arricchirà di rapporti importanti, in particolar modo quello con Eugenio Gerli, ennesimo maestro dimenticato, con cui, a quattro mani, disegnerà altri pezzi superbi.|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=2019-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192029/http://www.madeexpo.it/site-salone/magazine/intro-magazine/design-e-dintorni/Osvaldo-Borsani.html}}{{Cite journal |last=Romanelli |first=Marco |date=October 2003 |title=Disegnati 40 anni fa, utilizzati oggi - 16 capolavori senza tempo |journal=Abitare |volume=432 |issue=XL 40 speciale Abitare 40 anni |pages=262–279}}

Eugenio's sons Enrico and Guido, both Architects, joined their father in the Studio in 1977 and worked together on all projects.{{cite book|author=Giampiero Bosoni|title=Tecno - l'eleganza discreta della tecnica|year=2011|publisher=Skira|pages=18–19, 128–155, 206–214|quote=pag.18...arriva nel 1968 la rivoluzione copernicana con il Sistema Graphis, che sembra uscita da un'opera di arte programmata: due angolari di lamiera che sorreggono, come un trilite il piano di lavoro, il tutto di un colore assolutamente inedito nel mondo dell'ufficio: il bianco. Un progetto assoluto...|isbn=978-88-572-0983-8}}{{cite book|author=Giuliana Gramigna|author2=Paola Biondi|title=Il Design in Italia dell'arredamento domestico|year=1999|publisher=Umberto Allemandi & C|location=Torino - London|pages=226, 227, 228|isbn=88-422-0839-6}}{{cite book|author=Giuliana Gramigna|title=1950 - 1980 Repertorio|year=1985|publisher=Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|pages=59,75,120,157,173,183,195,208,239,253,257,319,468}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gerlidesign.eu/|title=Gerli Design}}

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• 1950 - Cardiological Clinic Villa Adele Laveno-Mombello where (in collaboration with Mario Cristiani) he designs also the specific technical furniture. adjustable beds and reclining armchairs i{{Cite journal |date=June 1955 |title=Per la camera da letto |journal=Rivista dell'arredamento |publisher=Görlich editore Milano |volume=6}}
• 1954/55 - Ambasciatori Cinema in Milan, including all freestanding furniture as well as integrated lights.{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=Architetture Per lo spettacolo|series=Esempi|year=1958|publisher=Hoepli|location=Milano|pages=371–379}}{{cite book|author=Paul Bode|title=KINOS|year=1957|publisher=Georg D.W. Callwey|location=München|language=de|page=175}}{{Cite journal|last=Gerli|first=Eugenio|title=Un cinematografo a Milano|trans-title=a cinema in Milan|journal=Domus|language=italian|publication-date=October 1956|volume=323}}{{Cite journal|title=Rassegna di Architettura Arredamento Decorazione Scenografia|journal=Prospettive|volume=14|pages=13 to 16}}{{Cite journal |last=L.M. |orig-date=April May 1956 |title=Il nuovo cinema Ambasciatori |journal=Primi Piani |issue=3–4}}{{cite book|author=Giuseppe Drago|author2=Jacopo Drago|title=Gastone Rinaldi designer alla Rima|year=2015|publisher=Capitolium Art|pages=135/154–155/253/256/298|isbn=978-88-941164-0-3}}
• 1955 - Villa at Lago Maggiore - Portovaltravaglia{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=L'arredamento moderno|year=1955|publisher=Hoepli - Milano|pages=304, 597–598}}{{Cite journal |last=Gerli |first=Eugenio |date=1956 |title=Un padiglione sul Lago Maggiore |journal=Prospettive |publisher=G.G. Görlich editore Milano |issue=11 |pages=40–42}}
• 1956 - Villa Seralvo - Meda{{Cite journal |date=March 1961 |title=Una villa in provincia di Milano |journal=Prospettive |publisher=G.G. Görlich editore Milano |issue=23}}{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=Esempi - Ville in Italia|year=1960|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli - Milano|pages=da 68 a 73}}
• 1957 - Tecno flagship Store in via Montenapoleone - Milan - with transparent glass floors. Special Prize Formica Domus{{Cite journal |date=September 1959 |title=Il nuovo negozio Tecno a Milano |journal=Domus |issue=358 |pages=41–46}}{{Cite journal |year=1960 |orig-date=September October 1960 |title=Negozio - Esposizione Tecno |journal=Vitrum |issue=121 |pages=54–57}}{{Cite journal |date=July 1961 |title=Al concorso Vis-Securit Domus 1960 |journal=Domus |issue=380}}{{cite book|author=Irene De Guttry|author2=Maria Paola Maino|title=Il mobile italiano degli anni 40 e 50|year=1992|publisher=Laterza|location=Bari|pages=33, 114, 180–183, 207, 251|isbn=88-420-4088-6}}{{Cite journal |orig-date=April 1960 |title=Soggiorno per un collezionista a Milano -particolari di un negozio di arredamenti -una poltroncina per la produzione in serie |journal=Prospettive |publisher=G.G. Görlich editore Milano |issue=21 |pages=18–26}}{{Cite journal |date=January 1962 |title=Su quattro piani |journal=Domus |issue=386 |page=44}}
• 1958 - Apartment for an art collectionist - via Mascagni - Milano
• 1959 - Apartment Block - viale Coni Zugna 23 - Milan
• 1962/63 - Horizontal Block of country villa-style apartments - Sirtori{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=Nuove Ville - New Villas|year=1970|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli - Milano|pages=da 275 a 281}}{{Cite journal |last=Gerli |first=Eugenio |date=November 1965 |title=Un condominio orizzontale in Brianza |journal=Abitare |issue=40 |pages=18–23}}
• 1968/1972 - Restoration and extensions of Art Nouveau Palazzo Castiglioni, Headquarters of Confcommercio (Unione Commercio e Turismo) Palazzo Castiglioni (1903) - Corso Venezia 49 - Milan{{Cite journal |date=June 1976 |title=Commercial Centre, Milan |journal=The Architectural Review |volume=CLIX |issue=952 |pages=343–347}}{{Cite journal |date=September 1975 |title=Intorno a un edificio Liberty |journal=Ottagono |location=Milano |issue=38 |pages=54–59}}
• 1972 - New Office Block for Headquarters of Confcommercio (Unione Commercio e Turismo) - via Marina - Milan
• 1970 - Restaurant El Toulà - Milan{{Cite journal |date=June 1971 |title=Incontro con il recupero di una tradizione |journal=Ottagono |issue=21 |pages=0, 36–41}}{{cite book|author=Giampiero Aloi|title=Ristoranti|year=1972|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli - Milano|pages=da 195 a 200}}
• 1971 - Villa Gatti - La Pinetina - Appiano Gentile (Como)
• 1972 - Club House – Golf Club La Pinetina - Appiano Gentile (Como){{Cite journal |date=June 1972 |title=Club house e campi di golf nella vecchia Brianza |journal=Ottagono |issue=25 |pages=42–46}}{{Cite journal |date=August 1972 |editor-last=Mazzocchi |editor-first=Gianni |title=GOLF |journal=Domus |issue=513 |pages=36–37}}
• 1972 - Villa Orlando - La Pinetina - Appiano Gentile (Como)
• 1973 - Villa Casale - La Pinetina - Appiano Gentile (Como)
• 1974 - Villa Colombo - La Pinetina - Appiano Gentile (Como)
• 1962 and 1974 - Headquarters and Factories for Tecno S.p.A. (with Osvaldo Borsani) - Varedo - (Monza/Brianza){{harvnb|Gramigna|Irace|1992}}.
• 1974 - Palazzo ARBO - via Bigli 22 - Milan{{Cite journal |date=December 1976 |title=Sede della Tecno a Milano |journal=Ottagono |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. S.r.L. |issue=43 |pages=50–55}}
• 1974/78 - Tecno S.p.A. stores in Milan, Rome, Turin, Paris, Naples{{Cite journal |title=La Tecno a Roma |journal=Domus |issue=485 |pages=22–27}}
• 1976/77 - ETRO S.p.A. Headquarters - via Spartaco - Milan{{cite book|author=Silvio San Pietro|author2=Paola Gallo|title=Nuovi negozi in Italia 2|year=1994|publisher=L'ARCHIVOLTO|pages=da 152 a 155 e 238|isbn=88-7685-068-6}}
• 1978 - Penthouse Dome (with Osvaldo Borsani) - Riyadh - SA{{Cite journal |date=1979 |title=Per i ricevimenti sul tetto |journal=Domus |issue=595 |page=44}}{{Cite journal |date=March 1980 |title=Riyadh dome |journal=The Architectural Review |volume=CLXVII |issue=997}}
• 1978 - Canteen for Breda Fucine Factory - Sesto San Giovanni (Milano){{Cite journal |date=March 1981 |title=Milano: mensa interna alla Breda Fucine |journal=Ottagono |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. |issue=60 |pages=44–47}}
• 1979 - Villa Flenda - La Pinetina - Appiano Gentile (Como)
• 1982 - Project for EUR Rome Headquarters of Confcommercio (Unione Commercio e Turismo) - (with Arch. Enrico Gerli) - Rome
• 1983 - Villa Bonomi in Castel d'Agogna (Pavia)
• 1983 - New Office Block for Banca Popolare della Murgia - (with Arch. Enrico Gerli) - Gravina (Bari){{Cite journal |date=September 1983 |title=Banca Popolare in Puglia |journal=Ottagono |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. |issue=70 |pages=100–103}}
• 1984/88 - ETRO Interior Store via Pontaccio - Milan{{cite book|author=Silvio San Pietro|author2=Paola Gallo|title=Nuovi Negozi a Milano 2|year=1994|publisher=L'Archivolto|location=Milano|isbn=88-7685-068-6}}
• 1985 - New Office Block for Banca Popolare della Murgia - Corato (Bari)
• 1987 - Project for Villa Koskotas on the hills of Athens
• 1987/90 - ETRO Flagship Store - via Montenapoleone - Milan
• 1988 - Perfumery ETRO via Verri - Milan
• 1988 - New Headquarters for Enasco - via del Melangolo - Rome{{cite book|author=Vito Apuleio|year=1988|title=Via del Melangolo, una nuova sede in un angolo della vecchia Roma|publisher=Enasco|author2=Eugenio Gerli}}
• 1990 - New Headquarters for ETRO S.p.A. - via Spartaco - Milan
• 1998 - Private apartment - Monza
• 1976/2000 - ETRO Stores in London, Paris, New York, Rome, Singapore, Los Angeles{{cite web|url=https://www.etro.com/en_it/world-of-etro/boutiques/madison-newyork|title=Etro Boutique|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=2015-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004215900/http://www.etro.com/en_it/world-of-etro/boutiques/madison-newyork}}
• 2003 - Parlamentino (Small Parliament) - for Confcommercio (Unione Commercio e Turismo) - corso Venezia 49 Milan
• 2002/2004 - New Offices - Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari - via Cavallotti 14 / via Verziere 11- Milano{{Cite web |title=Gerli Architettura |url=http://www.gerliarch.com/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.gerliarch.com}}

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Although Eugenio believed he was first and foremost an architect, today, he is remembered primarily for his furniture design. Some of his projects have become design classics and stand in some of the world's most important collections, including the Triennale di Milano, the Centre Pompidou,{{cite web|url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/ressource.action?param.id=FR_R-1a465fd73e1b3fd66ef5fedc1f092e1¶m.idSource=FR_O-bfaba549ea3cae5f1c840babbd0cb26|title=Bureau Sistema Graphis}} the [http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/chaise-s-83/ MAD] Musée des Arts Décoratifs located in the Palais du Louvre's western wing and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.{{Cite document|year=1966|orig-date=3 June 1966|title=Vijftig laar zitten|publisher=Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam|type=Exhibition catalog; June to Sept. 1966|language=NL|id=Cat. no. 398}}

As a student, he started experimenting with the use of plywood. He took part in an exhibition at Fede Cheti{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/fede-cheti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|title=Fede Cheti}} with an all-plywood chair with three legs.{{cite book|author=Giulia Berruti|author2=Carlo Ratti|title=Il compensato curvato|year=1988|publisher=Rima|pages=93–96|isbn=88-85109-02-0}}{{cite book|editor=Lisa Licitra Ponti - Enrichetta Ritter|title=mobili e interni di architetti italiani|edition=Editoriale Domus|year=1952|page=29}}

In 1949, he founded a workshop named "Forma" for the series production of experimental prototypes.{{Cite journal |title=Alcune sedie di Eugenio Gerli |journal=Prospettive |publisher=G.G. Görlich editore Milano |issue=10 |page=41}}{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=L'arredamento moderno|year=1949|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli - Milano|at=n° 292}}{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=Sale di soggiorno - Camini|year=1951|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli|location=Milano|page=229}}{{cite book|title=Studi Librerie Scrivanie|year=1953|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli|location=Milano|page=235}}

In 1950–52, he worked in collaboration with Mario Cristiani in Cardiological Clinic Villa Adele in Laveno- Mombello,{{cite web|url=https://archives.rinascente.it/en/paths/il-centro-design-rinascente|title=The Rinascente Design Center |website=Rinascente Archives}} to design general layout and specific technical furniture: adjustable beds and reclining armchairs for medical applications.

From 1952 to 1954, in addition to projects with plywood and "traditional" materials, he began researching and experimenting with a special resin-structured felt.{{Cite journal |last=Gardella |first=Ignazio |date=1952 |title=Meubles et elements d'equipement |journal=L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui |volume=Italie |issue=41 |page=84}}{{Cite journal |date=July 1955 |title=per la casa italiana |journal=Domus |issue=308 |page=47}}{{cite book|author=Roberto Aloi|title=Sedie Poltrone Divani - Esempi|year=1953|publisher=Ulrico Hoepli|location=Milano|pages=82, 86, 216–217}}

In 1954, four models "Forma" either in felt or plywood were presented at the {{ill|X Triennale|it|X Triennale di Milano|vertical-align=sup}} in the section put on by Franco Albini. In 2007, two of the models were selected for the permanent Triennale Collection.{{Cite journal |last=Van Houten |first=Lazette |date=December 1954 |title=The tenth Triennale |journal=Arts & Architecture |location=Los Angeles - CA - USA |publisher=John Entenza |page=19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.artsandarchitecture.com/issues/pdf01/1954_12.pdf|title=arts and architecture}}{{cite book|author=Vari|title=45,63 un museo del disegno industriale in Italia|year=1995|publisher=Abitare Segesta Cataloghi|pages=44,98,100,102–103,122,124–125,129,148,150,206|isbn=88-86116-12-8}}{{Cite journal |last1=Sinisgalli |first1=Leonardo |last2=Sottsass |first2=Ettore |last3=Gregotti |first3=Vittorio |last4=Branzi |first4=Andrea |title=Il Design Italiano: l'entusiasmo della ragione pratica |trans-title=Italian Design: the enthusiasm of practical reason |journal=Ottagono |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. |issue=101 |pages=1; 70–80 |quote=Leonardo Sinisgalli: "...col trionfo dei contorsionisti, Borsani e Gerli impongono uno spettacolo classico, l'equilibrio su una corda tirata. Spesso la fantasia deve servire a scarnire non ad accumulare: la fantasia non fa traboccare il liquido quando ha riempito il bicchiere. Perché ci sono tanti brutti oggetti al mondo? Perché i calcoli non sono giusti e le briglie dell'invenzione non sono in mano agli esperti. Né troppo tese né troppo molli le tiene l'auriga a Delphi".}}{{Cite journal |date=1954 |title=X Triennale |journal=Domus |issue=300 |page=61}}

From 1954 to 1956 designed innovative seats for Padua firm Rima including:

• Small Armchair Rima P28 with a metal structure seat with crossing leather stripes, chairback and armrests made of a continuous veneer plywood structure.
• Model P 75 - with Mario Cristiani{{Cite web|title=laRinascente Archives|url=https://archives.rinascente.it/en/funds/archivio_cristiani?year_in=1946-1965|access-date=2021-10-21|website=archives.rinascente.it|language=en}} - revolving small armchair with fusion metal base and car-industry derived rubber revolving hinge joint.{{Cite journal |date=June 1959 |title=una poltroncina girevole di serie |journal=Domus |issue=355 |page=24}}{{Cite journal |date=October 1959 |title=Rima - advertising |journal=Domus |issue=359}}
• Sofas with plastic felt backs for Atria of Cinema Ambasciatori.

In 1957, he started a long collaboration with [https://www.tecnospa.com/en-us/company/architects-and-designers/eugenio-gerli Tecno S.p.A.] designing many classical "icons" like the famous GRAPHIS, the " Copernican Revolution" a complete modular system for offices, the small Armchair PS142 Clamis, made of two specular twin bodies, the circular Armchair P28, the Chair S83, the " Butterfly" extendable Table T92, the nut-shell Cocktail Cabinet Jamaica.

• 1956 Butterfly extendable Table with Mario Cristiani - Prize at Fòrmica-Domus competition (re-disegned by Gerli and produced by Tecno with the name T92 in year 1960){{Cite journal |last=Marchi |first=Norberto |date=March 1961 |title=Mobile e illuminazione |journal=A e D - Arte e Decorazione |publisher=Giumar |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=48}}{{Cite journal |date=December 1961 |title=mobili italiani: la Tecno |journal=Abitare |volume=casa novità |issue=5 November December |pages=22–23}}{{Cite journal |date=April 1963 |title=domus per chi deve scegliere mobili di serie |journal=Domus |issue=401 |pages=d/124 - d/126}}{{Cite journal |date=November 1957 |title=Mobili colorati in laminato plastico |journal=Domus |issue=336 |page=43}}{{cite book|title=new forniture / neue möbel|year=1964|publisher=Verlag Gerd Hatje Stuttgart|location=Stuttgart|pages=14–15; 100|volume=7}}{{Cite journal |date=April 1966 |title=Un'industria attraverso le Triennali |journal=Ottagono |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. |issue=1 |page=27;69–75; 94–95}}{{Cite journal |date=December 1960 |title=Alla XII Triennale nella sezione italiana - rassegna |journal=Domus |issue=373 |pages=20–22}}{{Cite journal |last=Hoctin |first=Luce |date=September 1960 |title=Esthétique de l'object utile |journal=L'OEIL |language=FR |edition=Sedo S.A. |location=Lausanne CH |issue=69 |pages=61–63}}
• 1957 Bed made of intersecting planes - Prize at Formica-Domus competition.{{Cite journal |date=September 1958 |title=Al Concorso Formica-Domus 1957 |journal=Domus |issue=346 |page=45}}
• 1957 Bent plywood dismountable Chair - S3 Tecno (Prototype Gerli 1951).{{Cite journal |date=February 1959 |title=una nuova sedia |journal=Domus |issue=351 |page=51}}{{Cite web |last=EvaMarie |date=2017-02-03 |title=ICONE mid-century |url=https://www.alterazioniviniliche.com/2017/02/03/icone-mid-century/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Alterazioni Viniliche |language=it-IT}}
• 1958 Armchair P28 (Trecentosessanta) based on circle{{cite book|author=|date=July 1964|title=Rivista dell'arredamento|publisher=G.G. Görlich editore milano|number=115|page=frontespizio copertina}}{{Cite web|title=Eugenio Gerli Pair of 'P28' Easy Chairs in Black Leather|url=https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/eugenio-gerli-pair-of-p28-easy-chairs-black-leather/id-f_18289062/ |access-date=2021-09-09|website=1stDibs.com|language=en-US|quote="designed by Eugenio Gerli. The model was originally designed for RIMA, but in 1957 Gerli start a long-term collaboration with Tecno and introduced among others the revised version of the P28."|ref=1stDibs: LU933118289062}}{{Cite book|last1=Gramigna|first1=Giuliana|title=Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arredamento domestico|last2=Mazza|first2=Sergio|publisher=Allemandi|year=2011|isbn=978-88-422-2082-4|publication-place=Torino|orig-date=2003}}
• 1962 Series of dismountable Chairs S81- S82- S83{{Cite web|title=Chaise [S 83]|url=http://collections.madparis.fr/chaise-s-83|access-date=2021-11-11|website=collections.madparis.fr|language=fr}}{{Cite journal |date=March 1961 |title=Tre varianti per una sedia |journal=Prospettive |publisher=G.G. Görlich editore milano |issue=23 |pages=28, 29}}
• 1963 Coulisse Table T97
• 1963 Table T68 : top made with exchangeable elements (with Osvaldo Borsani)
• 1963 Tables T69-T102 with jointed fusion central base (with Osvaldo Borsani){{Cite book|title=Milano Anni '60|last1=Galli|first1=Stefano|last2=Pansera|first2=Anty|publisher=Milano in Mostra|year=2019|isbn=|location=Milan|page=156|language=it}}
• 1963 "Servomuto" revolving Trays
• 1963 Bed L79 (with Osvaldo Borsani)
• 1964 TableT87 two heights Table with different aesthetics (Gold medal at XIII Triennale di Milano)
• 1965 Bookcase E101 Domino - the getting over the fixed piece of furniture with five modular and linear elements: the beginning of an experiment with volumes, colors and planes that will lead to the revolutionary project GRAPHIS (1967){{Cite journal |date=November 1966 |title=New italian furniture-mobili al sesto salone di Milano |journal=Domus |issue=444 |page=29}}
• 1965 Sofa and Armchair D/P73 Sir
• 1966 Bar Cabinet B106 Jamaica - nut shell inspired{{Cite journal |last1=Pidgeon |first1=Monica |last2=Middleton |first2=Robin |date=1968 |title=Design - Cologne Furniture Fair 1968 |journal=Architectural Design |publication-place=London |volume=XXXVIII |issue=4 |page=191}}
• 1966 Armchair and Sofa P104 and D104 Jacqueline
• 1967 Bed L108 Holland
• 1967 GRAPHIS SYSTEM – production 1968 (with Osvaldo Borsani) - the getting over the fixed piece of furniture with only 2 elements to be freely planned (Patented May 16/1972 US3663079 A{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3663079|title=Modular elements for pieces of furniture and pieces of furniture obtained thereby|language=en|quote=Abstract: An assembly of modular elements for making up pieces of furniture is disclosed, which essentially comprises at least two angularly shaped uprights and a planar element, all of these modular elements being assembled by means of ledges and selftapping screws. A filing cabinet can also be provided and removably connected to the piece of furniture if desired.}}){{Cite journal |date=October 1968 |editor-last=Mazzocchi |editor-first=Gianni |title=PER L'UFFICIO - Per il soggiorno |journal=Domus |issue=467 |pages=33–35}}{{Cite journal |date=December 1968 |title=Sistema Graphis |journal=Ufficiostile |publisher=Vallardi |volume=anno I |issue=4 |pages=42–48}}{{Cite journal |date=April 1969 |title=Bianco rigore in un palazzo per uffici |journal=Ottagono |location=Milano |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. |issue=13 |pages=32–39}}{{cite web |title=Graphis |url=https://www.tecnospa.com/en-us/products/work/graphis |website=Tecno}}{{cite book|author=Penny Sparke|title=Italian Design, 1870 to the present|year=1988|publisher=Thames & Hudson|location=London|page=166|isbn=0-500-23531-7}}{{Cite book|last1=Branzi|first1=Andrea|title=FUTURISSIMO - l'utopie du design italien 1930-2000|last2=Brayer|first2=Marie-Ange|last3=Dardi|first3=Domitilla|last4=Zeitoun|first4=Olivier|last5=Balduini|first5=Julia|publisher=Edition de la Villa Noailles / Edition du Centre Pompidou|year=2021|isbn=978-2-84426-912-6|location=Paris|pages=54–62–70|chapter=Design Industriel}}
• 1969 Revolving bedside Table T128 Revolver
• 1968 Plastic small Easy Chair - Margherita{{Cite journal |date=January 8, 1969 |title=Le sedie moderne |journal=Amica |volume=Casa Amica vol.1 |issue= |page=33}}{{Cite journal |last=Borsani |first=Osvaldo |date=July 1968 |title=Un negozio di confezioni |journal=Ottagono |publisher=CO.P.IN.A. |publication-place=Milan IT |issue=10 |pages=70–75}}
• 1969 Upholstered Armchair PS 142 Clamis made of two specular twin bodies (Patented July 18 -1972 - US D224285 S{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/USD224285S/en?oq=1972±+US+D224285+S|title=Armchair|language=en}}){{cite web|url=https://www.tecnospa.com/it/prodotti/life/serie-142|title=- Serie 142}}
• 1969 Vases L1- L2- L3
• 1975 Bookshelves with sliding glasses E333
• 1979 Series P/D 225 - Fixed or modular sofas with wooden structural corners (with Enrico Gerli)
• 1984 Office Armchairs P131 (with Guido Gerli)
• 1985 Armchair P121 with reclining back (with Enrico Gerli)
• 1988 Office Armchairs Aries E,M,O (with Guido Gerli and Centro Progetti Tecno)

• Prize at Fòrmica - Domus competition 1956 - Butterfly Table (with Mario Cristiani)
• Prize at Fòrmica-Domus competition 1957 - Bed made of intersecting planes
• Special prize at Vis Securit-Domus competition 1960 - Tecno Flagship Store via Montenapoleone with transparent glass floors
• Gold medal XIII Triennale di Milano - 1964 - TableT87
• Selection Compasso d'Oro 1970 - Graphis System
• Selection Compasso d'Oro ADI 1970 - Table T92

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{{Commons category|Eugenio Gerli}}

• Centre Pompidou: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/ (Eugenio Gerli) -
• https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/ressource.action?param.id=FR_R-1a465fd73e1b3fd66ef5fedc1f092e1¶m.idSource=FR_O-bfaba549ea3cae5f1c840babbd0cb26
• Triennale di Milano: https://www.triennale.org/en/collection/
• Triennale di Milano . Design Museum . Collezione permanente del Design italiano https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000013/http://www.triennale.org/categoria_collezione/collezione-permanente-del-design-italiano/
• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS: http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/chaise-s-83/
• https://www.tecnospa.com/en-us/company/architects-and-designers/eugenio-gerli
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : https://www.stedelijk.nl/en
• Gerli Design: https://www.gerlidesign.eu/
• [https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/arts-expos/design/le-centre-pompidou-expose-sa-collection-de-design-italien-a-lhotel-des-arts-de-toulon_4682927.html Le Centre Pompidou expose sa collection de design italien à l'Hôtel des Arts de Toulon (francetvinfo.fr)]
• [http://editions.centrepompidou.fr/fr/monographie-et-mouvements-artistiques/futurissimo-lutopie-du-design-italien/2435.html Futurissimo | L'utopie du design italien | Boutique du Centre Pompidou]
• [https://triennale.org/magazine/giampiero-bosoni Giampiero Bosoni racconta la nascita della Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano | Triennale Milano]
• [https://issuu.com/redazioneioarch/docs/ioarch_104_marzo_2023?fr=sMGU4ODU5MDI2ODg IoArch -104 - March 2023 - p.22 - Il segno senza tempo di Eugenio Gerli]
• [https://ilgiornaledellarchitettura.com/2023/03/15/eugenio-gerli-100-anni-di-poliedrica-modernita Eugenio Gerli, 100 anni di poliedrica modernità - Giornale dell'Architettura (ilgiornaledellarchitettura.com)]
• [https://www.24orenews.it/design/111452-eugenio-gerli-maestro-del-design-italiano Eugenio Gerli. Maestro del Design italiano. - 24 Ore News]

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