I have always thought that art should be
something lived in the home and for the home,
not just an object to hang on the wall and distant
from everyday life.
And so I have come up with the idea of a chair
which is the most humble, most used, most
necessary object in a home, however, as a
transformed chair.
And that is how my transformation from a
painter to a sculpture maker having the chair as
its object began.
In this long journey of mine I was lucky enough
to meet Davide and Gianni Overi, who
understood my idea, probably because furniture
is as fundamental to them as it is to me. We start
from two points of view that seem different, but
they actually align. This exhibition demonstrates
of how closely our team coincides.
Because they know how to build furniture,
however, I can make it different, adding some
design flair, creativity and uniqueness to it. And
that’s what made this collection, in my opinion,
unique and unrepeatable. I was used to deal
with the object from the start to the end. This
time the object was handed to me by others.
I had become the icing on the cake, however,
let’s say that this icing set a nice tone. I really
think that these sofas, these armchairs, that
this bed are unrepeatable. And that’s just the
beginning of a collaboration. I couldn’t find
better friends, and a more important sponsor
than FORMITALIA and MIRABILI.
CARLA TOLOMEO
A DESIGN TALK WITH
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