Humanity will continue even without me, but I am not going away, I am not leaving you. Whenever you see the treetops moved by the wind, you will think of me; or if you see a flower, you will think of me. This is the farewell from the friends of the sculptor, designer, graphic designer, jewelry creator and musician Harry Bertoia in 1978. In his words the love for nature, especially the one remembered, that of his childhood spent in the small town of Friuli Venezia Giulia where he was born. Nature has always been his inspiration, his strength, it brought lightness to his projects, even when he tried his hand at materials, such as metal, by definition heavy.

Bertoia, who came from the collaboration with architect Eero Saarinen and architect-designer Charles Eames at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, thought that in order to make a chair that appeared light and easy to handle, while still guaranteeing considerable resistance to use , it was appropriate to use metal structures that guaranteed solidity and stability.

The wire “Diamond Chair” was introduced by Knoll in December 1952 and together with other pieces became part of the famous “Bertoia Collection”.