Mendini for Caimi Brevetti

#105 Caimi continues to explore acoustic spatial design with Diesis and Bemolle, resolved in a play of volumes and the Snowsound-Fiber technology. #salone2015

For their first working experience with Caimi Brevetti, Alessandro and Francesco Mendini adopted a brand-new fabric to design two sound-absorbing objects with shiny black steel self-supporting structures.

Stand Caimi Brevetti — Caimi Brevetti's stand. Photo Nico K. Tucci

The fabric – which Alessandro Mendini ironically calls “miraculous and mysterious” – is formed of soft polyester fibres with silver ions and exploits innovative Snowsound-Fiber technology to absorb sound. The interaction between the special acoustic fibres (which are also fire-resistant and bacteriostatic) and the special conformation of the components is the key to reducing acoustic reverberation in the environment.

Mendini per Caimi Brevetti — Alessandro Mendini for Caimi Brevetti. Photo Nico K. Tucci

The Mendini brothers developed their designs around these technical features. “We were asked to work with a fabric that had to hang, a fabric capable of absorbing sound, on the basis of specific curved radiuses”, explains Alessandro Mendini. “This curve – a sort of amoeba, which features in my language – complies with precise measurements so that this draping fabric and the form offer the maximum sound-absorption efficiency.”

Bemolle e Diesis
Design: Alessandro Mendini

14–19 April 2015

Caimi Brevetti
Salone del Mobile
Fiera di Rho
Hall 16 – E31

Mendini for Caimi Brevetti

#105 Caimi continues to explore acoustic spatial design with Diesis and Bemolle, resolved in a play of volumes and the Snowsound-Fiber technology. #salone2015

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