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During Milan Design Week 2021, Visionnaire unveiled an
evocative installation in its showroom, called “Insulae” and
designed by Marco Bonelli and Marijana Radovic - aka
m2atelier - which transforms the space into a new dimension
where architecture, nature and dreams are the protagonists.
A secret garden is revealed to the viewer in the large central
hall, through arches that define its perimeter but also allow it
to be crossed and invite discovery.
This garden is the beating heart of the project, around it five
symbolic places of the Italian territory revolve.
These places are islands, which can be observed from all
perspectives and their singularity can be appreciated.
In this ideal archipelago, the sea separates them and at the
same time holds them together, evoking the Italian coastline
in all its moving beauty.
Each island houses a product from the Caprice collection,
designed by m2atelier, and presents a setting where
architecture and nature dialogue in unison.
The main floor of the gallery also hosts products from the
Babylon Rack collection, designed by Alessandro La Spada,
harmoniously integrated into the Insulae project.
A summer trip or imaginary escape to the world’s most
famous Italian islands: Sicily, the archaic cradle of our
civilisation; Sardinia, lunar and mysterious; Capri, a
midsummer night’s dream; Elba, the scent of flowers; Ponza,
wild and passionate. Each island features an immersive
natural setting with which the products dialogue in unison,
or perhaps they are one soul, the soul of that place.
The landscaping, based on an analysis of the areas’ typical
Mediterranean vegetation, was carried out in collaboration
with Gruppo Giardini, which oversaw the layout and selection
of the trees with an all- Italian sensitivity, creating emotions
through the harmonious shapes, colours and scents.
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