che Achille Castiglioni, mentore riconosciuto
da Urquiola nella sua ostinazione a inventare
sempre cose nuove, consigliava di non prendere
neppure in considerazione.
If the house is the person, and if its
spaces also represent the individual’s complex
psychology, then Urquiola’s products are
furnishings to wear, clothes to inhabit that
are almost made to measure. This weaving
operation in her work has also proved
successful in the design of a wooden
flooring, as well as in the encounter with
the environmental coherence and conscience
of Margaritelli family, thus scoring a point for
expression in design’s tough match against
market laws and expectations. And in the
advice of Achille Castiglioni – whom Urquiola
acknowledges as a mentor for his persistence
in always inventing new things – these laws
and expectations weren’t even worthy of
consideration.
Biscuit n.05 large,
Civita 1695, Rovere di Fontaines /
DESIGN: Patricia Urquiola
Biscuit n.05 large,
Civita 1695, Oak of Fontaines /
conceptual sketch /
DESIGN: Patricia Urquiola
S.C.
2017
S.C.
2017
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Patricia Urquiola
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Patricia Urquiola
