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Show stealer were the huge gold mosaic sculptures made over a period of ten years for mosaic-makers Bisazza by 79-year old Alessandro Mendini (on show at the Triennale design museum). “They are sculptures, really,” he said - though they sit on metal cabinets. The series was called Mobili per Uomo (Furniture for Man).
www.bisazza.it
The sculptures, says Mendini, symbolise or describe contemporary man, - his face, his shoe, his glove, a hat, a manger’s briefcase, a cup and saucer. “They are macro sized objects, gigantic, off-the-scale creations which represent in part the decomposition, the breaking down of bourgeois man, a giant character transformed into a collage.”
“THIS YEAR, DESIGN IN MILAN WAS ABOUT NOVELTY, EMOTION AND IMAGINATION, RATHER THAN FUNCTION”
Up-cycling is a trendy design term for reusing old things, done with consummate skill by James Plumb and Hannah Russell who were showing their beautiful suitcase storage.
This shiny sculpture outside Milan’s design museum was there for passers-by to graffiti. Results included a poignant goodbye to Design Week
www.jamesplumb.co ➔
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