Inside the Surface: FMG’s Vision of Porcelain Stoneware
Innovating with materials for interiors and architecture is still possible: Full Body³ is FMG’s latest creation, reimagining full-body porcelain stoneware.
Each project – the exhibition includes 15 in architecture, 19 in product design and 13 sculptures – offers a pretext to describe a different working method, where the main ingredients are architecture, engineering, design and art, cleverly "mixed" in varying measures and proportions. So how does an exhibition of architecture manage to be so direct and involving? The answer is by presenting a building not so much as a collection of bricks, beams and columns, but as the result of a creative process. Each project is introduced with fragments of interviews, films and Mangiarotti’s own words.
Specially produced for the exhibition is the sculpture, "Genesis" in white Carrara marble which will be donated to the city of Milan.
In addition is a book dedicated to the "B side" of his work, or rather forty or so lesser known and unseen works, projects which remained on paper, were unpublished or lost together with the testimonials of friends and colleagues. To complete the picture, a CD-Rom on Mangiarotti is available, as well as a video.
Until 21 April 2002
Angelo Mangiarotti
Triennale
Viale Alemagna 6, Milano
http://www.triennale.it
Madera: the soul of wood, nobly expressed
Madera crafts the very essence of wood through the ingenious process of precomposed veneering, resulting in surfaces of captivating visual harmony and inherent sustainability. From flawlessly coordinated color palettes to intricate inlays that whisper stories, each door stands as a genuine tribute to the natural world.