
For a new ecology of living
Ada Bursi’s legacy is transformed into an exam project of the two-year Interior Design specialist program at IED Turin, unfolding a narrative on contemporary living, between ecology, spatial flexibility, and social awareness.
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Located in a zen garden created by Isamu Noguchi, the Ikebana pieces came after the set design made of a massive amount of 0.5 mm thick stainless steel sheet with a mirror finish, cut into pieces shaped like rhombuses. Each piece was then individually fitted to overlay the stone garden in order to create an “ivy of mirrors”. The ivy would reflect the surroundings, revealing glimpses of the texture and appearance of the stone garden beneath it, producing a kaleidoscopic visual effect. The addition of the extra layer between these two works – the ikebana flowers and the stone garden – would create a harmony between them, as if the flowers were gently enfolding the stone garden.

Kaleidoscopic Ikebana
Design: Nendo
Year: 2017

Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.
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