Margherita - felipeduarte

This pieces of furniture were ideated by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas and developed by the design team of the studio which at that time it was only Me and Giovanni Colombara, I was lucky enough to be part of this project since the first stages. Initially designed to be the furniture for an airport in Rusia, but end up being the furniture used in new Bookshop and Workshop spaces of the EUR Convention Centre “The Cloud” in Rome.

Here I have a collection of some of the sketches by the Architect and some screenshots from the development.

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Margherita collection, in its explosive vitality, is intended to evoke spring, as if the seats were colored flowers liberating the interior space and transforming it into nature. The small armchair, chair and stool have sinuous shapes that evoke the petals of a flower and are made in contrasting color combinations, just like certain landscapes. Shapes, colors and comfort, freedom, and design, to build a harmony of pieces that preserve a natural DNA, cozy petals to sit on. “Today we interface more with mobile phones than with people.