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Pia’s Picks: roaring designs
by Pia Seidel
Pia’s Picks: begging and pleating for new designs
25.6.2021
I like many things, but my apartment can’t fit them all. So, many products end up in my watch list instead of my shopping cart. My latest discovery is pleated designs from Italy.
Uninspired skirts and boring blinds. That’s all I could think of when hearing the term «pleated». Not edgy and cool. But that changed. Ever since I saw the designer objects by Alessi and Kartell, I find the folding technique anything but boring. I’d even go so far as calling it iconic.
Alessi specialises in kitchen gadgets. Kartell transferred the technique onto interior design objects, such as the polycarbonate lamp «E’» by Ferruccio Laviani or the thermoplastic design «Light Air Plissée» by Eugeni Quitllet. Both designs are, of course, pleated, and the structure of the lampshade adds something new to the walls with shadow play. I prefer «pleated» walls over white ones.
Pleats may come from the world of fashion. But I like them a lot more in product design. They turn everyday products into sculptures. And with those you can truly live the motto of 2021 «the kitchen is the new art gallery».
«Pia’s Picks» is a regular feature. Tune in for more items from my watch list that you can use to spruce up your home. Follow me as an author to stay up to date.
Pia Seidel
Senior Editor
Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.
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