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Left, The Atelier Biagetti's ‘Chatty’ sofa is inspired both by urban graffiti culture and the generative forms of AI. Right, the duo’s cat, Birba, on a ‘Tatamu’ sofa, photographed in the designers’ studio in MilanBorn in Romagna, a corner of Italy devoted to the fabled director Federico Fellini, Alberto Biagetti and Laura Baldassari of Atelier Biagetti understand the seriousness of irony.
As a result, the seven pieces are portable and multifunctional – they have been distilled from the wonderful chaos, as they define it, that governs Atelier Biagetti’s creative process. ‘We decided to present a panorama of objects that reflect how we live today’ says Baldassari. ‘Home is no longer the four walls where you go to sleep in the evening, but rather a broad concept that begins with the places you live, the people you meet, the family you choose, and the city where you live.
The ‘Clepsydra’ portable lantern comes with a rattan explorer hat that can be either worn or placed on the LED light to modulate temperature and colourFor their Magic Gilet, they were inspired by the word Wearable, as well as Nicolas de Larmessin's eighteenth-century drawings Les Costumes grotesques, in which each figure is depicted in the accoutrement of his or her particular trade or occupation, with clothing made from tools from that trade.
Completely different is the vision behind the Tatamu, a daybed designed with MCM’s origin in mind, as a German company with a strong South Korean connection. ‘We were stimulated by MCM's strong ethos to design a bridge object, a daybed that also functions as a tatami. The approach is one of complete freedom, thanks to the inclusion of trays and mobile cushions. It represents a space without boundaries, and the shapes and colours pay homage to the Bauhaus, MCM’s source of inspiration.
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