Intertwining threads

The name is new but their ambitions are already established: Eligo is the new project that continues where Segnoitaliano left off. #MDW2016

A new name and renewed ambitions but the mission remains the same: to revive forgotten Italian artisan skills with the creation of a series of sophisticated collections for the home.

Fili e intrecci da Marras — Labirinti e Fili by Eligo with Antonio and Patrizia Marras

Meeting at the Marras showroom, Alberto Nespoli and Leo Prusicki present Eligo, that brings together the legacy and the work carried out over the last five years by Segnoitaliano. Even the components are just the same – you don’t change a winning team, with them also Domenico Rocca – Editors Note – “We have grown and we needed a name that represented us better at an international level”, they explain amid the mass of threads, strings and great stacks of terracotta vases, a poetic tribute to Sardinian artist Maria Lai.

“This installation for the 2016 Furniture Fair has also been created together with Antonio and Patrizia Marras, for the third consecutive year: first with Segnoitaliano and now with Eligo” says Alberto Nespoli. “The predominant theme is the intertwining of threads and labyrinths, that create a series of paths”, “The accumulation of material” he continues, “is represented by large Tuscan terracotta pots, that Eligo is curating a new collection of. Obviously the influence comes from Brancusi”.

So what does Eligo do exactly? After five years of Segnoitaliano the mission has been established, but also renewed. “We are trying to give new life to Italian craftsmanship no longer just as a product but also as part of a real lifestyle”, explains partner Prusicki. “So the brand will tend more and more to tell the story of Italian home style, that at times will be translated in collections edited by Eligo. Alongside this a new department, Eligo Studio has been set up, that deals mainly with interior design, scenography and retail and applies Eligo’s philosophy to interior architecture”.

This year Eligo presents a capsule collection of terracotta vases decorated by Antonio Marras.