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Interview with Marc Sadler
Foscarini — Mite Anniversario
HOW IMPORTANT IS “TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER”
IN DESIGN RESEARCH?
MS — “It’s fundamental. My work could be seen in terms of the
principle of communicating vessels. I take something from one place, and
I ‘pull’ it into another place, to see what happens. I have always done this,
for my whole life. In my studio we have a workshop where with my hands
I can build or repair anything, and this helps me a lot. It is not the concept
of the ‘sky’s the limit’, but I think a lot before saying no to something,
because often there are already solutions that exist elsewhere, so it is
enough to know how to transfer them.”
QUESTA LAMPADA È FATTA DI UN “TESSUTO” (TECNOLOGICO)
AUTOPORTANTE: CHE IDEA RELAZIONA IL TESSILE CON IL DESIGN
DELLA LUCE?
MS — “In Mite l’importanza del tessuto è data dal vantaggio di poter avere
una trama che fa vibrare la luce quando passa dal corpo e non è stato
semplice trovare il giusto tessuto. Ma con il tessuto, nelle sue infinite
variabili, si possono sempre fare cose meravigliose con la luce e infatti
con Foscarini stiamo continuando a sperimentare e sviluppare nuovi
progetti.”
THIS LAMP IS MADE OF A SELF-SUPPORTING (TECHNOLOGICAL)
“WEAVE”: WHAT IDEA IS SHARED BY TEXTILES WITH THE DESIGN
OF LIGHTING?
MS — “In Mite the importance of the fabric comes from the
advantage of being able to have a weave that vibrates the light when it
passes through the body of the lamp, so it was no simple task to find the
right fabric. But with the fabric, in its infinite variables, you can always do
marvellous things with light, and in fact with Foscarini we are continuing
to experiment and to develop new projects.”
Mite
