Italian designer亚历山德罗·门迪尼（Alessandro Mendini）1978年的Proust扶手椅与艺术家Franco Migliaccio合作实现，是上个世纪最具标志性的椅子之一。一个先驱后现代主义, it was first put in production by the brand Magis.
一个文学灵感
In1976Mendini开始考虑一个普鲁斯特面料”, a textile inspired by the literary and pictorial influences associated with French writer马塞尔·普鲁斯特（Marcel Proust）。He was particularly inspired by the themes explored in the book seriesIn search of Lost Timeand was fascinated by the concept of re-planning an old, simple piece of design following memories and fascinations linked to literature. The idea remained unexploited until two years later when it was implemented in the designing process of the “普鲁斯特扶手椅”。
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Redesigning a Kitsch Armchair
In the second half of the 70s,亚历山德罗·门迪尼（Alessandro Mendini）在fake 17th-century style, the perfect readymade for his literary-inspired ideas. At the same time, he was also fascinated by some details inSignac paintings, especially in its meadows, as well as by literature and combined all of these inputs in one action of design. The product of his work would be the Proust Armchair.
The chair thus created waspeculiarin several ways: first of all, it followed an improper input for the usual designing process, secondly, it represented aculturally validobject由假的人创建，最后是由一个真实的设计kitsch扶手椅。
As a result,Mendini最著名的作品通常被认为是一个称为的系列中的第一部Redesigns。该系列汇集了设计师关于重要性的学术理论historical contextfor design and the significance of surface appearance in a fast-moving world.
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First Exposition and Production
The first Proust Armchair was presented during the exposition “Incontri Ravvicinati di Architettura” (Close meetings with architecture) in Ferrara in 1978 and then showed at the威尼斯双年展。This very first example of the chair is now part of the Guido Antonello collection in Milan.
In the following ten years, anotherfifteen armchairs已经意识到，所有这些都是手工制作的，他们的手工制作始终受到监督Mendini他自己。Today, these chairs can be found either in museums all around the world or as precious specimens in private collections.
After a short break, the Proust Armchair production resumed in 1989. The production has never ceased since then and is currently entrusted toClaudia Mendini，侄女亚历山德罗, who paints every single armchair.
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普鲁斯特扶手椅：变化
The armchair has several variations:
In 1993卡佩利尼produced the “普鲁斯特几何“, an armchair that preserved the form and geometry of the originalMendinichair but differed in fabric, decorations and colour.
玛格斯designed a version of the armchair entirely made ofpolyethylene有六种不同的色调可供选择，适合外观。
在2009年Superego在作者的批准下，出售了一系列有限的系列ceramic miniaturesof the Proust Armchair which were 40 cm high and in 2014Mendinimade a version entirely inCarrara marbleforRobot City.
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数据表
- 设计师: Alessandro Mendini;
- 设计年：1978;
- Manufacturers: Atelier Mendini, Cappellini, Magis, Superego, Robot City;
- 材料: armchair with hand-carved and hand-painted wooden frame, upholstered with fixed multicolour fabric matching the base colours.
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