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Timeless modernity

from IFDM Design Issue 2023

from IFDM Design Issue 2023, page 128

North, South, East and West

“Metropolitan Frames” is a collection of furniture that declines three different and complementary concepts of elegance, each linked to a city: New York, London and Rome. Monti, named after the district of the Italian capital, is a series of pieces consisting of a table (with round or oval top), bookcase, chair and pouf. The recurring shape is the circular one, so closely linked to classicism: the table legs are fluted like columns, and the pouf is also an essential cylinder, like a miniature, minimalist Coliseum. Almost as if to recall the density of ancient elements that characterises the city. Modernity is brought by details: like the metal band - chrome, brass or matte black - that in the tables distances the top from the base. The colour range of the woods used is classic sobriety: natural oak, natural ash, canaletto walnut. To which is added the contemporary twist of black.

ITLAS

 via Melchiorre Gioia 35 MONTI table, chair and pouf, design Matteo Bianchi ble in Sand, Sand and Dark Grey, or Sand and Sage coloured cord, that emphasise the design with a natural colour palette that fits discreetly in outdoor settings. Designed to be easy to stack so as to make storage operations easier, the chair can be easily matched with tables of different shape, type and materials.

ETHIMO

 Hall 02/L22-L24

ALLAPERTO BISTRÒ dining chair, design Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez

Cardinal Directions

The Kaleido of Life Collection is enriched with a new series of carpets designed for Saharai by Marcel Wanders. After Allure, Charme and Lush, presented last year, the carpet family expands to include North, South, East and West, four creations by the Dutch designer inspired by neoclassical decorations. All the decorative components of these creations seem to take on a harmonious and hypnotic order as if they were filtered through the lens of a kaleidoscope which radiates the decorative motifs along the straight lines traced by the four cardinal points. The structure of North,

South, East and West recalls the ceilings and vaults of royal residences throughout Europe but it is the 3D manufacturing that characterises the carpets. The surface of the carpet is very complex to the touch, like fine bas-reliefs carved in marble.