«Think of the internal structure of the upper epiphysis of a human femur. Simply consider the difference that still exists between the fuselage of a glider and a heron’s ribcage: an integral of precision, matter brought together where needed and in no more measure than strictly necessary; maximum force and minimum weight: elegantia.»
Carlo Mollino (1905-1973)
Carlo Mollino, "Incanto e volontà di Antonelli", Torino, May 1941, p. 4.Carlo Mollino, table for the exhibition "Italy at Work", 1950.
Julius Wolff, composite illustration showing orthogonally intersecting trabecular arches in a diagrammatic drawing of a coronally sectioned human proximal femur, 1870.