Milan: Furniture Fair - Spazio
Rossana Orlandi. A trip to talent
scout Rossana Orlandi’s is always a favorite stop. There her famous star international designers,
plus great new discoveries, converge in and around the famous courtyard. The exhibition never deludes and is always
refreshing, stimulating and good.
Rossana Orlandi – Nacho Carbonell for Officine
Panerai. Officine
Panerai, the Florentine watchmaking maison is partner of the European
presentation of Panta Rei, the latest work of art by Spanish artist Nacho
Carbonell. With this work, Nacho Carbonell wishes to present his personal
reading of time, an abstract concept par excellence which, in his hands,
becomes tangible and creates astonishment. Time manifests itself and keeps
evolving, breaking off from standard measurements to take on a different
meaning. Before our eyes, the process embodied by Panta Rei is a metaphor and a
functional object at the same time, as an unparalleled abstract calendar.
Above. Nacho Carbonell Soap Clock
Nacho Carbonell with his machine, From Dust to Dust
for Officina Panerai
Rossana Orlandi – Countess Setsuko Klossowska de
Rola - Astier de Villatte. Temporarily leaving her small village in the Swiss Alps,
Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola installed herself in Astier de Villatte’s
Parisian workshop. The Grand Chalet collection was born, inspired by geometric
patterns of the eponymous chalet. Twenty-five ceramic works, which include the
Smoking Cat, incense burner, above, as well as, a painter’s palette cheeseboard and paintbrush
knife.
Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola
Rossana Orlandi – Bokja. Good Things Collection by
Bokja comprises of an array of furniture pieces and accessories influenced by
time spent in Beirut’s rundown, cramped zoo. They have imagined a better world
where animals are free to roam through the wilderness. Founders Hoda Baroudi
and Maria Hibri explain the thinking behind the collection, “Good Things
Collection has become part of our survival kit.
We live in a country immersed in conflict and this year has been
difficult like no other. We are taking
time to capture fleeting moments, fast laughs and slow Jazz. This year Bokja just wants to bring in the
happy.”
Rossana Orlandi - Piet Hein Eek – Steel Old Window
Display Cabinet
Rossana Orlandi – Scholten and Baijings. Scholten
and Baijings presented a limited edition of marble tables, called Solid
Patterns, produced in collaboration with Henraux for Galleria Rossana Orlandi.
Stefan Scholten
Rossana Orlandi – Thomas Eyck. Thomas Eyck commissioned Studio Maarten Kolk and Guus
Kusters to develop a collection in
porcelain. They designed a series of
tableware entitled “Withering Tableware”. This eight-piece hand painted floral
dining set is produced by the renown Royal Tichelaar Makkum (est. 1572).
Maarten Kolk and Guus Kusters
Rossana Orlandi – Mabeo Furniture. Wooden furniture
produced in Africa, Sefefo table and stools designed by Patricia Urquiola for Mabeo.
Mabeo’s entrepreneur, Peter Mabeo with Nika clothes
hooks designed by Garth Roberts.
Rossana Orlandi – Marimekko. The Finnish deisgn
company, Marimekko celebrated the 50th anniversary of its most iconic print,
Unikko, the poppy. Designer Sami
Ruotsalainen and print design director Minna Kemell-Kutvonen, blend in
with the colorful Marimekko prints.
Rossana Orlandi – BCXSY. The Stamppot
collection designed by BCXSY, consists of a series of ceramic
objects that contain a relationship to tableware. The project was initiated by
Kazerne Lab, in collaboration with Twinkelbel, a day care center and ceramic
workshop. While referencing typical Dutch vegetables, the forms remain
amorphous; they are designed to be interpreted.
BCXSY’s Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto
