El beso
As a tribute to Ricardo Blanco, the designer's disciples Eugenio Gómez Llambí and Iván López Prystajko (Grupo Bondi), together with Leandro Leccese and Martín Tibabuzo, applied the marquetry technique to an adaptation of the Plaka chair (1972). In the recreation, they captured the iconic image of Diego Maradona kissing the Mexico 86 World Cup trophy. The representation is made from elderberry, guatambú, walnut, oak and wenge wood on multi-laminate.
- Authorship — Grupo Bondi
- Manufacturing — Artesanal
- Object Type — Chair
- Material and Technique — Plywood and marquetry in sabugueiro, guatambú, oak, walnut and wengue layout
- Measurements — 50 x 53 x 68 cm
- Origin — Argentina
- Dating — 2016
- Condition — Original
Grupo Bondi
Grupo Bondi is a leading name in experimental design in Argentina.
Based in Buenos Aires, this studio-workshop has been led by industrial designers Iván López Prystajko and Eugenio Gómez Llambí since 2008. Their works challenge the superficial and immediate consumption of design, sparking controversy and richness in the debate.
They design and produce by tapping into the poetic essence of everyday objects. Consumer products become their canvas: instead of writing a song or painting a picture, they create furniture. Grupo Bondi revisits Borges’ literary question: how to navigate the cultural mainstream from the periphery? They turn the marginal into an aesthetic, a poetic, a form, a product.
