Italian architect Vincenzo de Cotiis combines recycled fibreglass with precious materials to create his En Plein Air objects, which are currently on show in London.
De Cotiis is presenting 20 pieces of sculptural furniture at the Carpenter's Workshop Gallery in Mayfair, including lighting, tables, cabinets and bookshelves.
Each piece comprises semi-precious stone and cast brass set in resin, alongside elements of fibreglass and Murano glass.

The designer said his approach was slightly back to front ? he started by thinking about the surface of the objects he was creating.
"I always start from materials ? they've always been part of my research. But they all come together with a sort of line, which in this case is the material of recycled fibreglass," De Cotiis told Dezeen. "I start from a design or a sketch that then builds the materiality of the piece." "In this specific project it was a more complex process," he said, "because I started from the point of view of painting. Treating a sculpture as a painting is a bit contradictory."

Pieces include a tall lamp in cast brass and Indian stone, with two neon light strips stacked vertically within it, and a wall-hung cabinet with a stone casing and a silvered brass front that stands almost two metres tall.
Many of the pieces feature irregular blocks stacked on top of each other, and are slanted or leaning. The function of each object is not always immediately clear.

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