SPECIAL SYNERGIES
There are encounters capable of creating special synergies. During Milan Design Week 2022, the meeting between Vitale Barberis Canonico, a 350-year-old Italian clothier, our Studio, and the tailor Antony Knight collided into a special project that merged fashion and design through a bespoke exhibit with the plot of a noir.During BemyGuest, our installation for Vitale Barberis Canonico, we transformed the brand’s showroom into an exclusive club. Nine mysterious Murano glass characters designed by us and dressed by Anthony Knight in the finest fabrics from Vitale Barberis Canonico, a precious self-playing Steinway grand piano, whisky, and good conversation welcomed numerous guests during Milan Design Week 2022.
NINE MYSTERIOUS CHARACTERS
Our concept for the exhibit started with a collection of limited-edition lamps. Our luminous objects with anthropomorphic figures were built in resin and blown Murano glass, drawing inspiration from the mannequins in the atelier. Each of the nine lamps became the bearer of a story, narrated through the skillful use of clothing by tailor Antony Knight.There was the journalist seeking the next scoop, the quintessential businessman donning an impeccable shirt, the opera singer with a feather boa, and the trendy influencer. A politician, the professor with their love for books, and a dandy sporting a handcrafted waistcoat.
The backdrop was curated to evoke an atmospheric space, a hybrid between a tailor's workshop, with hundreds of patterns hanging on the walls, and an exclusive English whisky bar featuring a grand piano, a Steinway & Sons B-211 Spirio Black Masterpiece, which magically played jazz music on its own.
NICHETTO BOOK CIRCLE
In this evocative and surreal space, the second installment of the Nichetto Book Circle took place—a traveling book club where Luca Nichetto presents our Studio's monograph, edited by Phaidon, to an audience of international design lovers and industry experts.Credits:
DESCRIPTION
Vitale Barberis Canonico, Exhibition
YEAR
2022
CLIENT
Vitale Barberis Canonico
Vitale Barberis Canonico, Exhibition
YEAR
2022
CLIENT
Vitale Barberis Canonico
OBJECTS
Nine characters meet in a sophisticate club
CONCEPT
Sartorial Fashion meets Design, Murano Glass
TEAM
Luca Nichetto
Nine characters meet in a sophisticate club
CONCEPT
Sartorial Fashion meets Design, Murano Glass
TEAM
Luca Nichetto
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