PROGETTI DI DESIGN 02
10 — 11
A home is
a portrait
of whoever
lives in it
— Q&A
— What makes you happy as a designers?
Watching people enter the spaces we
have designed and seeing how they
behave and if they react the way we
thought they would.
— What is your biggest fear?
Not getting it right and leaving the public
feeling indifferent.
— What essential qualities must a good
object possess?
It must be honest; it must not pretend
to be anything other than itself. It must
have different levels of interpretation
and the ability to speak to different kinds
of people. It must be sustainable which
means it can be dismantled and recycled.
— Is there a designer who you admire?
We’re obsessed with Achille Castiglioni,
Fabio most of all, who is collecting his
objects. One of my favourite designers
is Angelo Mangiarotti, who was first and
foremost an architect. I like to see the
architecture within his objects.
Ettore, Baio, Laurie and now Verona
are some of the designs that Calvi
Brambilla have brought into the Pianca
home, taking good taste, elegant and
style up a level. These objects with bold
personality demonstrate an extremely
delicate balance between a traditional
interpretation of living and its modern
arrangement. Within the multiple custom
modular options offered by Pianca
systems, Calvi Brambilla have introduced
accents of colours, shapes and materials
that add character to a space. Interesting
homes are the ones with complex layers
that become a depiction of whoever lives
in them, not the ones that conform to
models. “Homes are like people,” Paolo
Brambilla reminds us, “The interesting
ones are the ones with defects. Defects
that we fall in love with, the ones that
show unique, not stereotyped beauty.”
