Final 12 months’s exhibition by SolidNature confirmed what might be carried out out of pure stone like marble, you would possibly bear in mind this from Alcova 2022. This 12 months’s exhibition is about nature’s energy; it offers an impression of the processes of compression and solidification that led to the formation of pure stone as we all know it in the present day.
Past The Floor
‘Past The Floor’ the exhibition that obtained the Fuorisalone 2023 award was an immersive multi-sensory expertise. Descending through a staircase product of multi colored marble, I found a sequence of rooms which reimagine the method of producing and processing marble and create a sequence of sensory expertise. Once more additionally right here perfume was a part of the expertise. It was actually spectacular and also you may need seen already a few of it in my milan tales. Within the backyard, objects by totally different designers – a bar, a tribune, a desk with seats, and a lounge – function backdrop for the totally different actions hosted throughout the week.
For the backyard, OMA’s position was extra that of a curator. They outlined the areas the place the actions related to the Design Week would happen and selected the designers of the objects. The set up offers a style of the totally different potential therapies, functions and approaches of designing with pure stone. See an excellent overview of the exhibition and the totally different collaborations at SolidNature
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SolidNature X Sabine Marcelis
For Milan Design Week 2023, lauded Dutch designer and long-time collaborator Sabine Marcelis created a eating desk and accompanying bar. The theme ‘Past The Floor’ impressed her to design a 7m lengthy desk, with seating and separate bar, composed of 6 several types of travertine linked by color handled glass.
Sabine Marcelis: “With the theme ‘Past the Floor’ I actually needed to zoom in on precisely that. the floor of the desk is historically focussed on and what offers its operate. I needed to give attention to the ft beneath and presentation volumes above the floor as an alternative with the floor being merely a clear level of connection. The ft beneath and volumes above are constituted of pure stone and the floor from pure stone and floor from my signature color handled glass. I invited Laila Gohar to work with me on activation what occurred above the floor of the desk.”
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