Interni 2023 / 1-2

ART Continuous sinuous lines, close broken strokes and full-bodied spirals create taut yet rich and dynamic images, mordant but with natural overtones. A path of simplification has led Jacopo Riva, aka Jeugov, to abandon complex graphic effects and shades of color. Often white is the dominant feature of his works, understood as a void between the elements, determining undelineated forms to be read in negative. Riva draws by hand using felt tips on paper and then moves on to digital work, where he cleans up the lines and defines the colors. He also makes use of other techniques, such as engraving on paper and stencils with spray paint. Born in Milan in 1981, he graduated from art school and then specialized in graphic communication. In 2002 he started working for…

VIRTUOUS COLLABORATIONS LUMINOUS GEOMETRIES Stick is the collection that opens the partnership between Contardi Lighting and Studiopepe. The lamps are inspired by the form of a stripped-down polygon, starting from a basic module with a repeated triangular section giving rise to endless configurations with their expressive power renewed each time. In the elements of the line, the light, expertly modulated, is shed from a diffuser with a ribbed glass effect, contained within a metal structure with satin-effect copper and gilt nickel finishes. “In Stick,” explains Arianna Lelli Mami of Studiopepe, “the light seems to emanate from architectural slits. A precise intention: design, styling and luminous efficiency. Like the choice of finishes in classic and neutral colors, evoking Nanda Vigo’s 70s atmosphere: colors capable of restoring the visual and tactile perception…

ANNIVERSARIES MISCHER’TRAXLER: DESIGN NOUVEAU The Austrian duo of designers was called in by the Perrier-Jouët champagne house to create a limited edition bottle for the Belle Epoque cuvée celebrating the 120th anniversary of its iconic symbol: the Japanese anemone designed by Art Nouveau pioneer Emile Gallé. With a contemporary technology and vocabulary, Katharina Mischer and Thomas Traxler designed the anemone in a colorful and multi-layered representation. As they explain, “Ours is a narrative, emotional approach. We wanted to reflect on the concept of biodiversity, so we reproduced the 70 animal and plant species that, with the help of biologists, we found in the Perrier-Jouët vineyards in the Champagne region. We fixed them in a watercolor drawing that was then digitized and printed on the bottle. Nature inspires us not in…

SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR After its enforced suspension, Stockholm Furniture Fair returns from 7 to 11 February. 30,000 visitors are expected to attend the display, with over 400 exhibitors from 31 countries in an area of 25,000 square meters. For the first time the guest of honor will be Swedish: the Front design studio (which in 2006 styled Interni’s café-stand) has been given the task of designing the welcome installation in the entrance hall. Together with confirmed events, like the Greenhouse exhibition for young talents, there are several novelties planned. The Gallery Edition exhibition, curated by the designer Sophia Bratt, creates an unprecedented synergy with the city as a stage for products from companies taking part in the parallel Stockholm Design Week. Nude Edition is a new exhibition format…

PRODUCTION The fruitful partnership between BIG and Artemide continues with the expansion of two collections born from the creativity of the famous architectural practice and developed by leveraging the company’s technological know-how. La Linea is a flexible tube (2.5 or 5 meters long) capable of twisting and turning through space in keeping with non-predefined geometries. It can be installed indoors or outdoors with fasteners concealed in its cross section and can be used in many areas thanks to its range of functions: quality of light (uniform, pleasing and outstanding efficiency because of its patented optics), degree of IP protection (La Linea’s elements withstand very high minimum and maximum temperatures, from -20°C to +40°C), ductility and modularity. Today the family has grown with La Linea 25, up to 20 meters long,…

SHOWROOMS The new Milan showroom of the Gruppo Arcturus – comprising the brands Sambonet, Rosenthal, Paderno, Arthur Krupp, Ercui and Raynaud – has a floor space of some 250 square meters in the Bovisa quarter, in a craft center with a reassuring and pleasantly retro charm, typically “old Milan”. For the group this is a homecoming, a return to the 1960s base of the Officina Meccanica Giovanni Coppo, the family business that the entrepreneurs Pierluigi and Franco Coppo, Arcturus’s founders, started to develop the first Italian tableware and kitchen pole with an international scope. Today it includes ten high-end brands present worldwide, connected by a common thread combining design and technological research. “We felt the need to be the first in our sector to present a different showcase in Milan,…