{{more citations needed|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Arflex | logo = File:Arflex_logo.png | type = Privately held company| | genre = | foundation = <!-- this parameter modifies "Founded" -->1948 | founder = | location_city = | location_country = Italy | location = | key_people = | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Furnitures | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | owner = | homepage = http://www.arflex.com | dissolved = | footnotes = }}
'''Arflex''' is an Italian company that makes and sells contemporary furniture.
==History== [[File:Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico - BEIC 6365662.jpg|thumb|Foam rubber Arflex. By Paolo Monti photographer, 1975.]] [[File:Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico - BEIC 6365658.jpg|thumb|Armchair by Arflex. By Paolo Monti photographer, 1975.]]
In 1947, after the war, a group of researchers and entrepreneurs began to work on two new upholstering materials, foam rubber and elastic tape made by Pirelli, which had a range of possible uses in interior furnishings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seven Salotti e Arflex, il profilo delle aziende |url=https://design.repubblica.it/2008/05/05/seven-salotti-e-arflex-il-profilo-delle-aziende/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Casa & Design |language=it-IT}}</ref> They presented the technical specifications of the new products to Marco Zanuso, who initiated a trial operations programme until 1950.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arflex.it/en/aboutus/1/history/page|title=Arflex - About us - History|website=www.arflex.it|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref>
Between 1951 and 1954, Arflex produced various models of car seat designed by Carlo Barassi using foam rubber and elastic tape, which could replace standard production seats and offer more comfort, with removable covers and adjustable seatbacks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-10 |title=La storia del design industriale: Marco Zanuso – modaedesign.com {{!}} BLOG |url=http://blog.modaedesign.com/2010/10/i-maestri-del-design-marco-zanuso/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910142304/http://blog.modaedesign.com/2010/10/i-maestri-del-design-marco-zanuso/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-10 |access-date=2022-05-12 }}</ref> The most successful of the car seats were the "MilleMiglia" and the "Sedile Lettino", a seat that could be turned into a makeshift bed. Both were designed for the Fiat Topolino.
Zanuso became an influential designer in post-war Italy, associated with the ideology of the Modern Movement. Other designers who contributed to the Arflex range included: Franco Albini, Giancarlo De Carlo, {{ill|Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso|it|lt=Belgiojoso}}, Enrico Peressutti, Joe Colombo, Ambrogio Casati, Spadolini, Cini Boeri, Michele De Lucchi, Ettore Sottsass, Marco Piva, and Pieter De Bruyne.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
==See also == {{Portal|Italy|Companies}} *List of Italian companies
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==External links== *[http://www.arflex.com Official Website] *[http://www.liever.com/interieur/list?q=arflex Overview of Arflex designs at Liever Interieur]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Category:Companies based in Lombardy Category:Design companies of Italy Category:Furniture companies of Italy Category:Furniture retailers of the United States Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1948 Category:Italian companies established in 1948 Category:Design companies established in 1948 Category:Italian brands