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“DE RERUM NATURA”
On the occasion of the Design Week in September 2021, Visionnaire participated
to Alcova, the traveling Kermesse of the Fuorisalone conceived by Joseph Grima
and Valentina Ciuffi in 2018 and dedicated to designers, artists, galleries and
institutions united by a pioneering vision of the culture of design, innovation and
experimentation.
From the evocative spaces of the former panettone factory of G. Cova & Co in
NoLo district, Alcova arrived this year in a former military area in the Inganni district
in Milan.
An abandoned urban forest and buildings from the 1930s invaded by uncontrolled
vegetation were the ideal stage for the installation “De Rerum Natura” by Gunilla
Zamboni, known as Gupica. Aracea - design Gupica - is a sculptural lamp inspired
by a liana with large heart-shaped leaves. It explores the concept of contemporary
beauty through the metaphor of nature.
Delicate and iconic at the same time, it is the result of a thought on the natural/
artificial dichotomy as a constant/ variant of the relationship between man and
nature. Natural shapes are simplified until they became the components of a
functional object. The LED light source, like lifeblood, passes through the central
rib of the leaf producing a direct lighting also directable, simulating the natural
movements of a leaf.
Its modularity allows the declination in the floor, wall, table, suspension, sky/ground
lamp models, all installed on the first floor of the “ Casa delle Suore ” between walls
with printed velvet curtains and carpets with laser cut leaves made of recycled
leathers on design by Gunilla Zamboni.
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