Brioni
Palazzo: Wallpaper* – Handmade III. Wallpaper Handmade returns to the Brioni
palazzo with yet another stunning exhibition.
Acting as client, patron and creative director, wallpaper magazine was
once again presenting an exhibition of specially commissioned objects,
installations, furniture, fashion, food and more by some of the world’s most respected
designers, artists, craftsmen, brands and manufacturers.
Above:
Wallpaper’s editor-in-chief Tony Chambers and Brioni’s Antonella di Simone. ‘
Handmade is a testimony to great design, talent and ideas, and the
determination to achieve the extraordinary.
We are once again celebrating beautiful new friendships and beautiful
new things.” Tony Chambers.
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Toolbox Vehicle – Jouin Manku and D3 Groupe. “We like to work hard, play hard
and travel light, so we asked Paris-based design duo Jouin Manku to come up
with a vehicle that could combine all three elements into a fun experience for designers. The result became a collaboration with French
company D3 Groupe, who transformed an electronic U-Box vehicle into an atelier
on wheels for creatives. This allowed
them to travel sustainably while working on their designs, listening to music,
watching the scenery, breathing fresh air and exploring new ideas.”
Sir Terence Conran
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Bookmark – Paul Cocksedge and Studio and Smili.
Paul Cocksedge turns the conventional bookmark on its head. Made of Pentelikon marble provided by Smili,
the piece is strong and smooth, created with CNC water-jet cutting technology
at the Smili workshop in Athens.
Perfectly sized for your Wallpaper magazine. It comes in two versions
that rock.
Nilufar's Nina Yashar
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Pop-up Popcorn – Joe and Seph’s. “In our
never ending quest for the perfect snack, we asked gourmet corn poppers Joe and
Seph’s to give their moreish popcorn a one-off Italian twist. After numerous
tasting sessions, we collectively settled on one sweet and one savoury flavour
that would suit all manner of occasions.
Joe and Seph’s took bedrocks of Italian tradition and eclectically
paired them with a British spin. Our
savoury option mixes the right creaminess of a Gorgonzola-esque blue cheese
with hearty hints of walnut and a hit of bitter celery. While each morsel of caramel macchiato
version comes infused with a shot of Scottish whisky.”
JJ Martin and Vincent Darre
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Tablecloth – Toilet Paper. “Created specially
by artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari, the provocative
pair behind the magazine Toilet Paper, this tablecloth is one of a series, all
playing with the idea of multiples and repetition, that featured on the tables
of the Wallpaper and Toilet Paper party.
You can have a glimpse of the event in this year’s September issue of
Wallpaper.”
Cole and Son's CEO Simon Glendenning stands in front of the Cole and Son and Gucci "Flora" wallpaper.
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88… After Klein – Idris Khan and Annie Morris and Comme des Garcons. “We sent
artists Idris Khan and Annie Morris, husband and wife, but collaborating for
the first time, dozens of Comme des Garcons wallets, an evergreen in Rei
Kawakubo’s product offer since the label’s launch in 1969. Seeking to celebrate the wallets, Khan and
Morris cocooned them first in Modroc tape and casting plaster before smothering
them with Yves Klein-blue pigment, retaining the original shape while
emphasising the signature zip-pull as an erect protrusion. Presented as a stack, they tower around 2m
high, a celebratory totem; in this new interpretation, the 88, originally white
leather wallets, says Khan, ‘ will be trapped in time forever.’”
In
the background: Glass Icicle Chandelier and Bronze Fungus Candlesticks by
Lindsay Adelman.
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‘V’ Tent – Sam Hecht and Kim Colin/Industrial Facility and Louis Vuitton. “We invited London-based industrial designers
Industrial Facility to design a tent and French fashion house Louis Vuitton to
make it. Taking a foldable steamer bag
and its inverted ‘V’ logo by Gaston-Louis Vuitton as a starting point, our leather-trimmed
waterproof canvas tent opens on both sides.
The accented V-shaped panels zip open and pull out, either held in
place, as an awning by a lightweight pole or rolled up with leather
straps. The tent pegs are overscale
tacks lifted from a Vuitton trunk and, while the Maison’s special order
department finish making our matching steamer bag, rescaled to take the folded
tent, pegs, poles and mallet, we have borrowed the 1901 original from the Louis
Vuitton Patrimony Collection in Asnieres.”
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‘Cameo’ dominoes – James Irvine and De Simone.
“We paired up British designer James Irvine with venerable Italian
company De Simone to create a set of dominoes in one of the firm’s favoured raw
materials, seashell. De Simone has been handcrafting cameos and creating
jewellery pieces for generations, and has made good use of this experience to
produce Irvine’s design, a handcarved set of dominoes featuring both Wallpaper’s
asterisk and De Simone’s traditional cameos.
Wait and See's Uberta Zambelletti
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‘Convertibles’ folded paper objects – Irma boom and Fedrigoni. Realising an
idea first conceived but never executed when she was at art school, designer
Irma Boom folds five Fedrigoni paper stocks into ‘Convertibles’ – a notebook,
an object and a set of three bags each exploring her passion for the strength,
flexibility and beauty of paper. The
pieces exploit the individual qualities of the stocks chosen, the soft and subtle
Constellation Snow E/80 Tela Fine, the modesty, stable and flexible Tintoretto
Ceylon Crystal Salt, the dry top of Inspira Mistero and the simplicity of
Acroprint Mild White and Oikos Extra White.
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Entertaining Tool Set – Jacques-Elie Ribeyron and Architectural Titanium. “Intent on making the sharing of food with
others a more elegant affair, we asked designer Jacques-Elie Ribeyron to
develop a five-piece set, comprising a chocolate hammer, nut opener, a small
knife, a brush for cleaning up crumbs and a cutting board. Ribeyron’s sophisticated yet industrial
aesthetic has been perfectly matched by the fine execution of Architectural
Titanium, which used an aerospace-grade titanium for the cutting board and its
patented crystal titanium to make the faceted grips on each tool.”
Philippe Malouin and Faye Toogood
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Wrapping Paper Set – Postalco. “As lovers
of good packaging, we turned to paper connoisseurs Postalco to create the
ultimate wrapping paper set to truly get us into the spirit of giving. The set includes wrapping paper, two sizes of
gift cards and two styles of gift bags that all feature a dynamic design of
variegated stripes that have been individually printed on Postalco co-founder
Mike Abelson’s handmade wheel printer, which applies different inks on various
types and sizes of wheels to produce totally unique results.”
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“Monolithic’ – Paul Kelley and Agape.
This unique minimalist bathroom concept, which plays with spatial
arrangements and materials, is the work of British furniture maker Paul Kelley and
Italian bathroom specialist Agape.
Finished with Agape’s refined fixtures, the work references American
sculptors Donald Judd and Richard Serra.
The bath is revealed by sliding back a huge wooden teak cover, while a
copper-clad volume hides a shower, washbasin and shelving unit.
Nick Vinson and Alfredo Haberli
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Barbecue Grill and Tools – Alfredo Haberli and Kim. “A proper barbecue takes time,” reasoned Alfredo
Haberli when we challenged him to design an outdoor grill. “And although cook-outs are considered to be
social gatherings, they often exclude the cook.” So Haberli has made our barbecue a social
place. Rather than isolating the person
manning the station, the grill becomes a place to gather and have drinks with
friends while the food is being cooked.
Working with metal specialists, Kim, the piece is produced in a mix of
oak, yellow zinc-plated steel, brushed stainless steel and painted steel. The Accompanying tools are made from
hand-forged stainless steel.
Catherine Biasino and Marie Mees
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Jugs and Cups - Derek Wilson Ceramics. “My
objects, in their colour, shape and materiality, reference the ideas of
restraint, containment and minimalism,” Derek Wilson. These were precisely our thoughts when we
discovered Wilson’s creations at the London Design Festival two years ago. Impressed by their simplicity and elegance,
we invited Wilson to design a new piece that was both functional and
sculptural. The resulting, beautifully
crafted jug and cups reference mid-century British Constructivism.
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‘Spel” Games Table – Michael Verheyden.
For Last year’s Handmade, Belgian designer Michael Verheyden created a
luxurious geometry set for us, so we invited him to create a larger scale piece
for this year’s Handmade. Verheyden
chose to create a games table, large enough to seat eight people, covered in
soft nappa leather, with oak legs and brass detailing. The table houses a secret compartment (with a
brass handle engraved with the Handmade seal by Belgian engraving company
Mauquoy) to store games and playing cards.
Four small brass trays, connected to the table legs and hidden under the
table, can hold each player’s dice or glass of whisky.
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RiceCube – Michael Elmgreen and Solve 3D.
Michael Elmgreen, one half of artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset, has
designed a rice cooker, produced in collaborations with British model makers
and prototypers Solve 3D.
Lane Crawford's creative director, Ross Urwin and Wallpaper's Emma Moore
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“Konstellation’ Light Installation – Peter Marigold and Lindberg. “Lindberg makes spectacles like no one
else. So we charged British designer
Peter Marigold with looking at how Lindberg makes specs and then doing
something else entirely. Or rather,
taking its titanium, twisting and turning technical and manufacturing and
creating an entirely new product. The result
is one of the most dramatic pieces in the exhibition. Marigold has strung together titanium strip
sandwiches, each holding a small LED, to create a sort of branch lightning,
designed specifically for the stairwell of Brioni HQ.”
