Stone: Origins and Future in Architecture
On June 12 and 13, 2025, IUAV University of Venice will host "Stone is…," an international forum entirely dedicated to natural stone. Organized by PNA, this event aims to thoroughly explore the material's enduring value and sustainability, featuring insights from internationally renowned speakers.
Four lamps by CibicWorkshop are on show: Flying Ribbon, two luminous strips with zero thickness hanging from the ceiling; Blossoms, a floor lamp in the form of a small fruit tree; and Teka, an object seemingly from another time containing 15 circular OLEDs in a wooden case with brass inserts and The Wishing Tree, a design recently set up in the Teatro Ristori in Verona in which luminous rectangular sheets of glass hang from a central metal structure.
Designer Thierry Gaugain has brought his I.Rain lamp to the exhibition, in which light points hang on fine threads of different lengths to form a light, flimsy mass. Elena Ferrari
17-22 April 2012
Triennale di Milano
Viale Alemagna, 6
Milan
Technology meets aesthetics, with Cordivari
With their rhythmically textured external surfaces, the Run and Seven Lines fan coils become natural elements in the landscape of contemporary interiors.
