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Zaven: Oseléto

Completely 3D printed, Oseléto has been designed by the Venice-based studio Zaven and is the first Maison 203 home accessory, representing an icon of St Mark’s Square.

“Venice is a fish. Observe it on a geographical map. It looks like a huge sole lying flat on the sea bottom. How come this remarkable fish has swum up the Atlantic Ocean and settled right here?” It is through a fantastic upturn of maps and routes that writer Tiziano Scarpa takes us by the hand and leads us through the virtual maze of his beloved city, to explore a dream-like, yet incredibly real, vision of the lagoon and its inhabitants.

And it is following this vision that Venice-born Zaven leads us through Venice, through a new project developed for Maison 203 that will be officially presented at the next edition of Maison et Objet.

This is how Oseléto (lithe bird in Venetian) was conceived, where the memory of a trip is crystallised in a light object, that keeps you company, that is quickly associated with the pigeon, being the symbol of a minor Venice yet icon of St Mark’s Square. Square and linear geometrical shapes build volumes and play with the light, yet do not avoid references to the House Bird made famous by the Eames but do enjoy revisiting the theme proposed by the Boroullec Brothers for Vitra. Completely executed using 3D printing, Oseléto is the first Maison 203 home accessory and is available in 2 sizes, 14 cm and 10 cm high.

Oseléto
Design: Zaven
Production: Maison 203
Year: 2017

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Zaven: Oseléto

Completely 3D printed, Oseléto has been designed by the Venice-based studio Zaven and is the first Maison 203 home accessory, representing an icon of St Mark’s Square.

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