Hilton

Javiar Mariscal, is best know as a cartoonist and graphic designer but also designed a number of pieces of furniture as well as interiors. The 'Hilton' Serving Trolley was designed on invitation by Ettore Sottsass for the first Memphis collection. It is tilting back as if travelling at high speed, which can be interpreted as a joke about modernist or Art Deco 'streamlining'. The trolley was designed with the help of Pepe Cortes, who was described by Guy Julier as 'Mariscal's long time friend and technical brain'. His metalworking skills were crucial to enable Mariscal to extend his work into three dimensions. Mariscal only designed two pieces for Memphis, the 'Colón' table and the 'Hilton' t

Serving trolley · Barcelona (city) · 1981. Painted metal, shaped crystal glass, industrial casters. By Mariscal, Javier. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.