De Pas

Jonathan De Pas was born in Milan in 1932, graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1959 and began working with Marcello Nizzoli. In 1966 he founded a studio with Donato D’Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi, known for the Blow inflatable armchair for Zanotta and the Sciangai coat stand, winner of a Compasso d’Oro in 1979. He died in 1991.

For Poltronova the trio designed Joe, the 1970 armchair shaped like a giant baseball glove in tribute to Joe DiMaggio, celebrated with special editions for its fiftieth anniversary, and the Cessato Allarme coat stand, created in 1986.