“All of my ideas come from my drawings, they are all fantasies of mine which then become objects”, Elena Salmistraro told us last year in an interview in which she promised: “next year I’ll be disappearing for a while...”. Apparently, the sabbatical for the Milanese designer is postponed to 2020, since this year she will probably be one of the most active designers at the Milan Design Week.

The eclectic designer will present a collection of pendant lamps inspired by American Art Déco. The series of three objects is called Miami and takes its cue from the aesthetic fantasy that characterises the architectural movement, which spread throughout the world with the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes of 1924 in Paris, and that in Miami Beach is hybridised with a tropical taste.

In South Beach, the Art Deco Historic Districts was the first 20th century American neighborhood to be recognized in terms of art history.

Elementary geometries - cubes, spheres and straight lines - warm shades and pastel colours, flamingos and palms, bas-reliefs and neon lights are the distinctive features of the unique architectural style called Mediterranean Revival, from which Elena Salmistraro draws for her lamps collection produced by Torremato.

Miami combines metallic elements and decorated glass, whose interweaving acts as the soul and body of the lamps themselves, creating a perfect balance between aesthetics and function.