Often associated with tranquility, opulence and confidence, green color is a likely choice when designing a modern interior. The color and its wide spectrum of hues that range from bold to subdued tends to make a memorable statement as it is seen with Bonaldo’s 2011 introduction, the Melt sofa collection by Mauro Lipparini.
Green color can be added as an accent to an all-white palette, or an earthy palette of neutrals through a side chair such as the Apollo by Patrick Norguet for Artifort.
Known to push the limits with its designs, Maurizio Galante capitalized on his passion for surrealism and digitalized prints with the Canape Cactus modern sofa that was presented at the 2011 Milan Furniture Fair the by Cerruti Baleri. With an ironic and very memorable photographic print upholstery denoting a one-of-a-kind disposition, the Canape Cactus sofa looks like a very real display of thorny cacti, only the seating arrangement is much more comfortable having a high density structural polyurethane foam filling and internal support steel structures.
Into a design world where innovation and ingenuity are at times, not enough to draw attention and where “green living” and recycling often takes priority above all else, comes to life Remember Me designer dining chairs by Tobias Juretzek for Casamania, a leading Italian furniture manufacturer.
Embedded in the notion of longevity and continuity, Juretzek set out to prolong the life cycle of some very random, yet common clothing by using them as unique exterior identifiers of linearly constructed dining chairs, hence creating one-of-a-kind furniture elements with perhaps a few memories that were attached to each garment. Items like jeans and t-shirts are reinvented as surfaces in a sporadic, multi-dimensional, quilt-like pattern by being soaked in resin and dried into the shape of a chair that can be mistaken for having a wooden or plastic structure.
Supercharging Bonaldo’s artistic portfolio of designer modern furniture and contemporary furnishings with extolling visual, ICosi modern side table by Afroditi Krassa pushes the boundaries of modern design through its sensational stature, minimally proverbial geometry and a pervading sense of naked simplicity that can easily be reinvented in different environments through repetition or singular placement.
Icosi’s grid-like silhouette is an eye-catching and highly vivid metaphor of its name, which translates from Greek as twenty. With availability in matte white, coral red, anthracite grey, dove grey, and powder pink colors, by design, Icosi is constructed using bent, painted rods repeated 20+ times in parallel schematics, resulting in a pattern that deviates from its begetting components. Often used as an occasional table, Icosi’s multi-purposeful demeanor extends into modern shelving when the tables are stacked one on top of the other.
Fashion and furniture design have often walked the same creative paths, tapping into comely inspirations with highly comparable outcomes. Proven to be true yet again, the runways of Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2011 collections presented in Paris and the showrooms of Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, fancied no creative constrains, drawing many parallels through abstract linearity, purist forms and precious details.
Stephane Rolland’s Collection was full of architectural integrity offset by a variety of über feminine details and symmetric congruencies. Relating to Rolland’s avant-garde inclinations is the Big Easy Modern Armchair by Ron Arad for Moroso, and the Molecule designer seating collection by Stefano Bigi for La Cividina, both of which feature exaggerated curvatures with powerful, edgy, modern vernacular, equally iconic and streamlined, entirely submerged in pervasive boarders of sculptural poise. Both furniture pieces spectacularly take the normally expected form/function dynamics to an almost futuristic existence and by that epitomizing today’s forward-looking design ideologies.
Stephane Rolland’s collection
Drapery was prevalent for Rolland and is paralleled by Konstantic Grcic’s cape sofa for Established & Sons’ 2011 collection. The Ghiaccio armchair by Piero Lissoni for Porro is a geometric marvel with straight lines, aerodynamic profile and a bit of whimsy vintage aura. The Groovy chair by the legendary Pierre Paulin for Artifort speaks to the playful side of Rolland’s collection through its curvaceous yet tailored design that is soft and elegant at once.
Stephane Rolland’s collection
