INQUADRA: DeFAVERI's seamless energy efficiency
INQUADRA is DeFAVERI's flush-mounted monoblock that cancels thermal bridges for maximum energy efficiency and a minimalist design. Easy to install and customize, it marks one of the innovations from a long-established company, now part of the ECLISSE Group.
The French designers, staunch ecologists and tireless inventors of fashions and trends since 1964, were the first to patent washed jeans, to industrialize stonewashing and the first to conceive the “Blue Eternal” treatment that preserves the dark blue colour intact after every wash. Today, their brand has a turnover of 200 million euro, they own 15 shops and another 75 sell their products all over the world.
The exhibition at Stazione Leopolda focuses on their research and design career. Installed for Pitti Immagine Uomo, it underlines the strong identity of the French brand, expressed in ventures with the finest international photographers: Toscani, Ferri, Laxton, Nafziger and Kander. They have created images and campaigns that have left their mark or prompted debate, e.g. the recent female version of the Last Supper, photographed by Brigitte Niedermair and banned in Milan for blasphemy. E.S.
23.6.2005 – 10.7.2005
L’altro jeans. Il faut laver le jean de ses idées
Stazione Leopolda
Viale Fratelli Rosselli 5, Firenze
http://www.stazione-leopolda.com
Nube. Comfort and style
Brianza-based Nube unveiled its latest upholstered furniture collections, spearheaded by Fabio Fantolino. The focus? Elegant comfort and quintessential Made in Italy craftsmanship.