Biography

Javier Mariscal, born in Valencia in 1950, is a Spanish designer, illustrator and creative artist whose work spans graphic design, furniture, interior architecture and visual culture. In 1980, he designed the interior of Bar Dúplex in Valencia with interior architect Fernando Salas. For this venue, Mariscal designed the Dúplex stool, whose three differently shaped and coloured legs directly express his graphic language rooted in drawing and comics. In 1981, BD Ediciones de Diseño began marketing the model, which remained in the catalogue until 2003. The stool became one of the emblematic works of 1980s Spanish design and helped establish Mariscal internationally.

Literature

Barcelona Design Museum, Dúplex stool entry Dúplex, 1981, inv. MDB 2.680 — official Javier Mariscal documentation relating to the Dúplex — Experimenta, “Taburete Dúplex de Javier Mariscal” — publications relating to BD Ediciones de Diseño and Spanish design of the 1980s.

Institutional reference

The Museu del Disseny de Barcelona holds an example of the 1981 Dúplex stool and attributes it to Javier Mariscal, with initial production by Mariscal followed by BD Ediciones de Diseño from 1981 to 2003. Studio Mariscal also reports examples in the collections of the Vitra Design Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Javier Mariscal — Dúplex.

Discover Javier Mariscal at DIZAGN

This pair of Dúplex stools is currently the Javier Mariscal set documented in the DIZAGN archives. Expertise DIZAGN.