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Enkidoo - Ferrero1947

Enkidoo

For about 20 years Cyril Delage, with the pseudonym of Enkidoo, has transformed wood into refined furniture or very poetic decorative accessories according to his wishes and those of others and uses self-criticism and irony with the same dexterity with which he models the chestnut armchairs on which he loves to work early in the morning, when the sun comes to disturb him in his laboratory surrounded by nature. The rays shine on the cobwebs that frame the tesserae of what was, several years ago, the Chalard school and who experienced a reawakening of energy thanks to this enlightened and lonely artist. Standing in the middle of what an uninformed person could confuse with a joyful unorganized bazaar, Cyril, 48, loves to tell his job in a sincere way.
Known in Europe and also in Japan, designer, decorator, carpenter, agitator of ideas, he is certainly atypical, declaring without delay a reasonable turnover, which depends on the years, the wood, the inspiration, the moment …
Enkidoo, passionate and tenacious self-taught, who has become known in international fairs and exhibitions in galleries in Paris, Belgium, England and Italy by Ferrero1947, who met him at the beginning of his activity, responds to the requests of loyal and passionate customers of his art, but first of all to his personal needs.
His choices on wood tend to favor the woods of his region, in particular chestnut, rather than Canadian species; sometimes, it adds metal to design furniture and decorative accessories.
Where do Enkidoo get his inspiration from ? He does not say it precisely, or perhaps he does not want to reveal it and is confident that he has roughly one idea per minute, but in an hour … admitting that when one creates, he actually has many constraints, never being completely free. Some specimens are born from personal needs such as small tables made almost by chance for grandchildren for Christmas; being two advanced, they were seen by some customers and the request was born.
At the beginning Cyril Delega did not produce, he only drew, but later he learned the woodworking, discovering some techniques on a whim and others for passion and curiosity. His collaboration with the landscape architect Gilles Clément during an exhibition at the gardens of La Villette in Paris in 1999, gave him the impetus he lacked: the road was the right one. The next one with the designer Godefroy de Virieu, instead, passing through Nontron, in the Dordogne, right in the country of the leafy trees, in 2004, generated some poetic pieces of great beauty such as the slender chair with a high back or the famous “Arbre d ‘hiver “, a round structure for storing fruit, to be hung on the wall or suspended with a cable, or even the” la Brassée “wood holder, a single curved chestnut branch, simple and refined. His work continues constant and passionate, always guided by nature.

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Tsé & Tsé associées

Tsé & Tsé associées

Tsé & Tsé associées is a French design company, one of the rare still independent from its creation in 1991, founded by two Parisian designers, Sigolène Prébois and Catherine Lévy. The company has now achieved worldwide fame and the Tsé & Tsé team, composed of less than ten people, masters the design of the objects from their conception to their production and distribution.
Prototypes of Tsé & Tsé associées are created in the charming laboratory in the Bastille area in Paris, an old carpentry shop, where some items can be adapted to the specific needs of customers. Each object requires special research to find the best quality manufacturers and ensure the use of noble materials, according to traditional know-how, which favors the quality and durability of the objects. For this reason, lamps, dishes and furniture are made in small series, sometimes individually and rarely more than 1000 items per year. Each item is unique, never the same and these differences are the inimitable signature of Tsé & Tsé.
The two designers began to create objects for themselves, in order to savor and cheer up every moment of daily life: the sense of wonder with which they imagine everyday objects shines through in all their creations. A few years later, most of their objects became bestsellers and museum pieces, while remaining fresh and delicious as always; their latest creations adapt perfectly to the others to form an expanding and very original universe, always full of a joyful ironic streak.
Their most iconic object is undoubtedly the “Vase of Avril”, now a classic of French design: inspired by Japanese Ikebana, this vase glorifies the beauty of flowers by isolating them in a tube; articulated with metal rings, the vase adapts its shape to the flowers, giving each person the pleasure of composing a splendid floral composition. Another project of great beauty is the “Vase Parasseux”, suspended in the air by a steel cable, swinging back and forth in a carefree way. Looking at this object, it seems to admire a waving acrobat in the circus; the vase can hang close to kitchen tables and counters, loving all flowers, especially the branches and ivy with asymmetrical arrangements.
Finally, among the many works, to remember the project of the two artists for the table, with the poetic dishes made in porcelain, which combine solidity and finesse; the dishes and dishes are made in France according to a traditional method between two plaster molds. Their “imperfections” are the sign of their originality and completely manual realization.

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Eugenio Vazzano

Eugenio Vazzano likes to summarize his work in these three maxims: “hands instead of the machine, the shop instead of the factory, the passion that becomes work”. This is his conception of craftsman; an “artistic craftsman”, as they often call him, who does not rely on digital technology, but remains tied to manual skills and high-level professional processing techniques. Techniques that are daughters of the ancient traditions of which Italy and in his case Sicily in particular are the cradle.
Last of seven children, born and raised in Melilli, who moved to the United States at the age of fourteen to study art and chase his dream, he returned to Italy and chose Florence to study at the American Academy of Art, working simultaneously in a the city’s prestigious fashion boutique. The desire to return to Sicily in his Melilli quickly comes forward and arises from the certainty of the roots and from the familiarity with the patrimony of experiences: a genetic patrimony that receives references, suggestions, motifs of inspiration in a continuous reference to art, culture and the costume of Sicily.
The global curiosity of the long American youth experience remains, which allows to naturally combine the Baroque splendor to poor art, and above all the courage that gives birth to the “Melilli factory”, the manufacture, housed in an old caponata factory, in to which blankets, throws, towels are born … but also tapestries and refined “rags” for the home, as he likes to define them himself.
The laboratory-atelier now includes more than ten collaborators, who work with the same philosophy, inspired by the recovery of a still alive past and creative recycling: each piece of advanced fabric is the beginning of a new story, the essential first piece of a new work of art. The fabrics used are many, from the most traditional such as fine silks, refined cottons, linens and velvets, cashmere, brocade and jacquard, but also unusual fibers such as raw jute, oriental wool and jeans, which are then dyed, creased, decorated.
The American years were very important to refine some techniques and knowledge: in Miami, in fact, in the nineties, the desire to know led the artist to frequent the warehouses where used clothes for the homeless were kept: from those ready-made clothes with fabrics from the thirties, forties and fifties, the first patchworks were born, then they became the most recognizable brand of all of Vazzano’s own work.

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Buro Belèn - Ferrero1947

Buro Belèn

Buro Belèn is founded by Brecht Duijf and Lenneke Langenhuijsen, who met at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
After graduating with honors from the Eindhoven Design Academy, Brecht started working as a part-time designer for Forbo Flooring and then for a few years as a freelance designer and then decided to found his own clothing label “18-11-81 “in 2014. In 2010 he won a Classi Calvijn award, in 2012 his activity was funded by BKVB.
Lenneke graduated with honors from the Eindhoven Design Academy with her Wooden Textiles project and was among the finalists of the Doen Material Prize in 2011, the Green Design Competition in 2012 and won Open Design Italia in 2013.
Together, Brecht and Lenneke founded their studio ” Buro Belèn ” in Amsterdam and initially received a grant from the DOEN Foundation for “sustainable creative entrepreneurs”; currently they teach at the Design Academy of Eindhoven and the Artemis Akademie Amsterdam, alternating teaching design projects.
The “Another Plaid” project has obtained great visibility for the original and highly ecological process through which it is carried out: it is a question of not completely completing the coloring and dyeing process in a machine that has not been rinsed, thus saving both dyeing water.
A single reel of wool will be transformed into a single plaid with its unique color pattern; the merino wool plaid shows a great contrast of color and clear signs, incorporating a range of colors. Therefore, by abstractly modifying the first phase of the industrial process which normally sees an equally colored reel, each plaid varies in design and color; the outside of the coil absorbs more color than the inside, especially when it is intertwined with a different texture. The result is poetic and very graphic at the same time.
Buro Belèn then design with materials, expanding and expanding the material qualities of spaces, objects and products and creating a tangible design for the future. At the heart of their approach are the intuitive, emotional and physical aspects of design, which translate into products and visions that show unexpected applications of material and colors, as well as revaluations of conventional techniques.
One of their best known projects is “Cambials”: a label that produces natural wood interior fabrics. Among the works also the stole commissioned by the Dutch manufacture CHP, in silk with a very high definition photographic reproduction of naked bodies of friends and collaborators: a technological and romantic garment, not without a subtle vein of irony.

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Jupe by Jackie

Jupe by Jackie

Based in the Netherlands and India in Uttar Pradesh, Jupe by Jackie is an internationally renowned fashion brand born from the desire to shed light on the art of hand embroidery in a completely new way, revitalizing a dying craft in industry of today’s fast-paced fashion.
Jupe continues to make his mark as a leading embroidery company in an attempt to let Indian craftsmanship not only live, but thrive.
From 2013 to 2017 the brand collaborated intensely with the famous Japanese avant-garde fashion label Comme des Garçons, to then favor an independent road and its own collection.
Designer Jackie Villevoye founded Jupe in 2010 at the age of 54, after raising her five children; when they left home, Jackie’s permanent enthusiasm for design became even more determined: after studying in depth the art of Indian hand embroidery, Jackie embarked on a journey that led her to organize a team of talented craftsmen of embroidery. A passionate, refined and unique collaboration was born.
Jackie’s Jupe developed in 2019 a new collection of hand-embroidered mohairs and designed a series of 10 splendid plaids and exclusive blankets for the world of home and interior design.
In 2017, Jackie’s Jupe had already taken an exciting first step into the world of design, launching his first interior design collection, labeled Jupe by Jackie Home. With the limited edition 2019 collection, however, the designer takes a further step and definitively enters the Olympus of author and collectible design.
As a counterweight to the mass-produced and printed fabrics, Jackie’s Jupe aims to revive the ancient art of hand embroidery that seemed to have left the interior world. With a modern and subtle embroidery, free of mechanical repetitions, the fabrics become a rare art, allowing interior fabrics to become architectural or poetic objects. Their strong color combinations and balanced proportions add to a room not only functionality, but also an artistic atmosphere, balancing nature and culture and emphasizing the beauty of both worlds.

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Alegria van der zande - Ferrero1947

Alegría van der Zande

Alegría van der Zande was born in Breda in 1988 and graduated in 2015 from the Utrecht School of the Arts as a product designer, after finishing her previous studies in advertising and communication in Nimeto in Utrecht. His interest and love for nature are manifested from the earliest works and remain the guiding thread of all his projects. His laboratory is based in Breda.
With his “Fossils” project Alegria van der Zande embarks on a journey in search of the small wonders of nature: wild flowers and plants from our daily environment, but very special in structure and color. Showing the value of seeing the finest and most delicate beauty of nature, the designer presses flowers and plants on the skin, two natural products combined with a new element, a technique he designed during his graduation process at the Utrecht School of the Arts.
What leaves the print is a combination of raw leather and aesthetic lines and soft colors of the flowers and plants collected from nature.
Each Alegria van der Zande’s work is unique and finds its extreme refinement and beauty even in imperfections, since the skin is a natural product, with a beautiful contrast between the hard skin and the graceful details of the plant; also the natural color of the skin acts as a background in contrast to the soft and delicate colors of the selected flowers and plants, with careful botanical research around Dutch meadows, fields and woods.
“Fossils” therefore shows us the value of seeing the most beautiful and delicate beauty of nature that surrounds us every day, but which we do not always observe with the right attention; the uniqueness of this project changes with the passing of the season, following the rhythm of nature.

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ombrellificio veneto _ Ferrero1947

Ombrellificio veneto

Ombrellificio Veneto was founded in 1983 in Montagnana in the province of Pordenone and produces umbrellas and awnings for the garden, terrace, beaches, public spaces and flower boxes, made of wood and aluminum.
The wide range of products, the attention to detail typical of the best Venetian artisan tradition, the professionalism and technology used in the production systems, combined with an elegant and refined design, make this highly specialized company a guarantee for the most varied and demanding in the outdoor furniture sector.
the catalog is very vast and includes the various types: the most classic central pole umbrellas, in natural or synthetic materials, the side arm umbrellas, also for large spaces and the half umbrellas to be placed against the wall.
All models are made of high quality materials such as wood, teak and iroko or natural aluminum; the textile part can be in acrylic, polyester resin, and tempotest, certified for any type of weathering, in many colors. On request the umbrellas can be customized both in size and in finishes.
the opening mechanisms are manual or mechanized and the ballasted bases are of different shapes and materials.
Awnings for gardens, swimming pools and terraces can have wooden or aluminum structures, fabrics of any color and size and shape.
The particularity of the company is that of having applied the long artisan experience and tradition in the creation of an innovative product both from an aesthetic and a technological point of view.

 

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talenti _ Ferrero1947

Talenti

Talenti was founded in 2004 by Fabrizio Cameli who, after spending a few years in the old family marble processing company, decides to create his own garden furniture production company, using the skills acquired in marble processing to create garden furniture in classic style, of the highest quality and finish.

The name “Talenti” is chosen almost as a joke; it is proposed by friends who respect him and consider him a true talent in his work, but also because the company since the early years wants to stand out precisely for talent and creativity.

The first collections are classic: elegant artifacts with an antique flavor inlaid with terracotta stones that are often made on request and customized in shape and colors, but since 2007 other contemporary lines have been studied, opposite to those produced up to that moment. these new collections were exhibited in the same year during a Paris fair dedicated to outdoor furniture. The success is immediate and the following year at the International Furniture Fair in Milan, only contemporary, innovative and technologically advanced collections dedicated entirely to the outdoors are presented: sofas, tables, chairs, relaxation armchairs, sunbeds, planters, lamps, umbrellas. ..

For this launch Talenti chose Karim Rashid, in those years one of the most acclaimed emerging designers from the world of design, to design the entire collection; The products made with the American designer are a success and the collaboration with Rashid consecrates the company as one of the most interesting realities in the world of outdoor living
It is the first step of the path that brings Talents closer to several internationally renowned designers, authors of collections that allow the company to face new scenarios, European and world-wide; among them Ludovica and Roberto Palomba and Marco Acerbis.

Particular attention is paid to the quality of the materials: teak or iroko painted metal, natural or artificial braided rope, marble and stone … the collection is completed by a careful selection of natural and synthetic fabrics, resistant to the sun and atmospheric agents, to be used for all collections.

 

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Tecta - Ferrero1947

Tecta

Tradition has never been more important and contemporary than it is today: its value is a very precious asset. Tecta is synonymous with the Bauhaus movement, but with a forward-looking, historical approach, impeccable from a philological point of view, but at the same time dynamic and modern.
The town of Lauenförde, which has always been the seat of Tecta, is located along the bank of the Weser river; for over 40 years avant-garde designers have poured into the city with a population of 3,000 inhabitants: the British architects Peter & Alison Smithson, the architect of Mies vander Rohe, Sergius Ruegenberg, Jean Prouvé, Stefan Wewerka of the great thinkers of the Bauhaus, followers of Gropius, founding father..everyone carried out the company’s collection, enriching it with enthusiasm and wisdom.
Today the family business is managed by Christian Drescher, fourth generation of the same family of entrepreneurs passionate about good design, and carries on the same principles. Tecta’s mission is preserved with responsibility and review the best ideas and projects of modernism created by the Bauhaus movement in Weimar or Dessau, respecting them and at the same time ferrying them into the present, thinking about the future to improve and adapt them.
All the pieces are analyzed, studied and improved in continuous evolution, looking for new approaches in innovative materials and techniques, with a very precise mission: to extend the life span of good projects, both from a social and ecological point of view. The constant replacement of the products is considered uneconomic and anti-environmental, for this reason the Tecta catalog is always composed of two pieces, never out of production, continuously improved over the decades in all performances. To this part is added a rich research of new designers and new trends, creating new pieces and collections, to be added to the historical ones. Each copy produced by Tecta is numbered and certified with the Bauhaus originality mark.
Tecta combines craftsmanship, values ​​and family tradition with the Bauhaus school of thought. This is what makes the event so unique with its development cycle and takes care of everything that the Bauhaus movement once taught, merging with traditional craftsmanship.
Among the best known pieces are the original chairs designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925 and 1928, the tilting armchair also by Marcel Breuer from 1927, the original armchair by Gropius from 1920, the Cube armchair by Peter Keler from 1925, the Saturn lamp by Josef Albers from 1926, the L25 lamp by Gerrit Rietveld for the Bauhaus, the famous cradle of Peter Keler’s Bauhaus from 1922, the reclining relaxing armchair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from 1931 and the cockpit armchair from El Lissitzky from 1928.

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MA/U Studio _Ferrero1947

MA/U Studio

MA / U Studio was founded in 2012 by Danish designer Mikal Harrsen and architect Adam Hall and specializes in creating innovative systems for the home, work and hospitality, focusing on the construction of simple products, but of great visual impact, which offer solutions that can adapt to the uses and changes in lifestyles.
The fundamental design principles of MA / U Studio are simplicity, functionality and adaptability, combining a dry Scandinavian aesthetic with a deep appreciation for modernism.
The collection, made up of expertly engineered shelving, tables and containers, stands out for its elegant lines, adaptable to any environment in constant evolution, where more and more domestic and work spaces overlap.
The projects focus on essential shapes, with a clean linear style and geometric shapes that create an unpretentious, but visually surprising composition. The extraordinary balance of proportions and an elegant discretion define all the decorative and functional models.
Each piece of the collection is designed to offer complete freedom to compose a living space, merging without any effort and obtaining the maximum effect with minimum means; his clean and direct approach, not at all miserable, has now attracted even the most demanding lovers of rigorous and rational design.
In 2017 De Padova acquired the young Danish studio, with a new production in Italy, flawlessly integrating Scandinavian roots with Italian know-how and uncompromising quality standards, creating a global design brand to meet the most refined needs .
The materials and colors are very selected: only steel and lacquered wood, combinable with marble in richer solutions, and the black or white graphic without any other distraction.
Thanks to its compatibility and the intelligence of the project, all the elements can be combined to obtain various types of structures, from the most minimal to the most complex ones such as walk-in closets, bathroom furniture or a kitchen of rare elegance. The system, in the extreme cleanliness of its lines, can also be just a bench, a refined TV stand, a very graphic bookcase or a table with infinite lengths.

 

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