Design eras converge in Dimorestudio's moodily coloured Milan exhibitions
Art deco, 1950s car detailing and 1970s interior styling featured in the colourful rooms created by Dimorestudio to showcase its furniture at Milan design week.
The Milan-based studio, founded by Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran in 2003, filled two exhibition spaces in the Brera district with its lighting, furniture and hand-painted tiles.
The pieces in the first exhibition, located in an apartment on Via Solferino, referenced the art deco period as well as vintage design details from other eras ? like the shapes of 1950s car radiator grills.
The show opened with a wall completely covered in patterned tiles, which Dimorestudio designed to resemble multifaceted origami. The studio also added giant striped and wavy graphics to the floors throughout the space, meaning to create movement in the manner of artist Gianni Piacentino.
Mirrored details were also a recurring feature, incorporated into table legs, wardrobe doors and armchair backrests.Â
"Mirrors that duplicate and replicate the world, invert left and right, amplify landscapes and transform the space according to the position of those who observe it," said Dimorestudio.
Colour was used throughout the art deco-period apartment, with rooms painted in contrasting shades of pale blue and pink. Dimorestudio adopted a similar tactic for its earlier work on skincare brand Aesop's second Milan store, which was completed in 2016.
For the exhibition on Via Solferino, Dimorestudio placed just a handful of pieces in ...
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