BARRACUDA

DESIGNED BY GIUSEPPE VIGANO
IF THE ART OF EFFORTLESS WAS A DESTINATION, THEN BARRACUDA IS ON ITS WAY TO MASTERING IT. THIS IS A CHAIR THAT PROJECTS A UNIQUE LIGHTNESS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FLOATING AND YET, IT IS A WORK OF PRECISE ENGINEERING THAT BRINGS TOGETHER STYLE AND FUNCTION LIKE NO OTHER. A DYNAMIC AND ROBUST METAL STRUCTURE THAT COMBINES A MODERN AND PUNCTUATED STYLE. BARRACUDA USES NEOPRENE, A PERFORMANCE MATERIAL THAT CUTS THROUGH THE ENGINEERING LIKE A RAZOR. COMFORTABLE, ELASTIC AND HIGHLY RESISTANT, IT MAY BE USED BY SCUBA DIVERS, BUT HERE, IT HAS FOUND A HOME IN HIGH END INTERIOR STANDARDS.
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GIUSEPPE VIGANO

GIUSEPPE VIGANÒ IS CONCERNED WITH INDUSTRIAL PLANNING OF FURNITURE ITEMS AND WITH THE ART DIRECTION OF COMPANIES OF THIS SECTOR. AS DESIGNER HE HAS A CREATIVE SPIRIT AND A RELEVANT SENSE OF BEAUTY, WHICH HE REDISCOVERS EACH TIME AND MAKES IT RATIONAL IN EVERY NEW PROJECT. THE PLANNING RESEARCH IS THE BASE OF HIS CREATIVE THOUGHT, WHICH ALWAYS LEADS HIM TO ACHIEVE NEW GOALS. NEW MATERIALS OFTEN BECOME A STARTING POINT TO CREATE NOT ONLY A PRODUCT BUT COMPLETE COLLECTIONS. THE RESEARCH FOR REFERENCES THAT COME FROM ART WORLD, FASHION AND POETRY ARE OFTEN THE OCCASION TO APPROACH THE PRODUCT IN A TRANSVERSAL WAY; THE MAJORITY OF HIS WELL KNOWN PRODUCTS ARE BORN FROM PAINTING CONCEPTS OR GLAMOROUS DETAILS, OTHERS ARE POETIC GESTURES THAT CREATE SEDUCING FORMS.
HIS JOURNEY WITH ARKETIPO BEGANS WHEN HE ANSWERED AN ADVERT ‘LOOKING FOR A DESIGNER.’ THE BRIEF WAS SIMPLE ENOUGH, TO DESIGNA SOFA. NATURALLY, A SOFA IS MORE THAN A SIMPLE CONCEPT SO IPUT TOGETHER SOMETHING DIFF ERENT, SOMETHING THAT WOULD STANDTHE TEST OF TIME, SOMETHING THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE VALUES OF ARKETIPO, THAT SOMETHING WAS AUTO-REVERSE.