Frank Gehry

Huntington's Disease Foundation (formerly The Hereditary Disease Foundation), gifted directly by the artist

Salone del Mobile, Milan, April 22-27, 2009

Tuyo y mío - yours and mine - a title that captures both the intimacy and duality at the heart of this rare two-seat bench. Conceived initially as a quick sketch in 2004 during Frank Gehry’s first collaboration with Emeco, the design would not reach its final form until early 2009. The result is a work that signals a new frontier in the language of aluminum: sculptural, technically daring, and unmistakably Gehry.

Founded in 1944, Emeco has long pursued the expressive and structural possibilities of aluminum, partnering with leading architects and designers including Ettore Sottsass, Norman Foster, and Philippe Starck. The firm’s inaugural project with Gehry, the Superlight chair, earned the 2004 Good Design Award and soon after entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, affirming the partnership’s significance in contemporary design.

For Tuyomyo, Emeco applied advanced fabrication techniques rooted in aircraft construction, enabling the seamless manipulation of aluminum on a scale virtually unprecedented in furniture design. The bench stands as both a technical achievement and a poetic gesture, an elegant union of shared space, material innovation, and Gehry’s enduring commitment to reimagining form.