RUMORS
DESIGNED BY MAURO LIPPARINI
A RECORD-SHATTERING COLLECTION OF SONGS, A CONVENTION-DEFYING SET OF FURNITURE PIECES—THEY SHARE AN INTRIGUE-RICH NAME AND AN INSPIRING COMMITMENT TO INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION. MATERIAL IS THE CLEAR PROTAGONIST OF THE RUMOURS OCCASIONAL TABLES, WHICH SEES MARBLE EMPLOYED FOR THE TOPS. THIS REMARKABLE STONE—AT ONCE EXUBERANT, PRECIOUS, ECLECTIC, AND ENGAGINGLY THEATRICAL—REQUIRES THE GREATEST DISCRETION IN TERMS OF DESIGN. WITH EACH PIECE, THREE METAL BLADES UNDERGIRD THE TOP AND INTERSECT IT WITH CLEAN, PRECISE CUTS THAT INTERRUPT THE VARIEGATED MARBLE VEINING OF THE CURVACEOUS SURFACE, YIELDING CAPTIVATING CONTRASTS BETWEEN LINES AND AREAS, EXPLICIT AND IMPLIED, THAT ARE ORGANIC AND NATURAL AND THOSE THAT ARE RATIONAL AND GEOMETRIC. RUMOURS DRAWS UPON THESE ARTFULLY CONCEIVED CONTRASTS TO PRESENT ITSELF AS SIMULTANEOUSLY A SOPHISTICATED PIECE OF FURNITURE AND A DAZZLING GEM OF RAPTUROUS SCALE. HERE IS THAT “CRYSTAL VISION” STEVIE NICKS SANG OF IN FLEETWOOD MAC’S TIMELESS “DREAMS.” THE INTERPLAY OF THE SUBTLE GRAPHIC LINES IN THE SURFACES AND THE BOLD, ROBUST SLABS WORKS TO CREATE AN ALTOGETHER NEW AND UNEXPECTED LEXICON OF REFINED DESIGN FOR THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECES.
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MAURO LIPPARINI
MAURO LIPPARINI GRADUATED IN 1980 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE’S DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE WHERE HE HAS ALSO BEEN A FACULTY MEMBER. A LEADER AND INNOVATOR IN THE STYLE THAT HAS BEEN CALLED “NATURAL MINIMALISM”, LIPPARINI IS A WINNER OF THE YOUNG & DESIGN MILANO (ITALY 1987) AND INTERNATIONAL DU PONT AWARD KÖLN (GERMANY 1988 AND 1989) INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS. LIPPARINI’S EXTENSIVE WORK IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INCLUDES HOME AND OFFICE FURNISHINGS, TEXTILES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS CREATED FOR A HOST OF RENOWNED EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE FIRMS. IN THE REALMS OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, LIPPARINI HAS CONCENTRATED PRIMARILY ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING, RETAIL AND WHOLESALE SHOWROOMS, AND EXPOSITION INSTALLATIONS. LIPPARINI ALSO PROVIDES CUTTING-EDGE CORPORATE IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INCLUDING GRAPHIC DESIGN, EDITORIAL, FULLSCALE PRODUCTION, AND PRODUCT APPLICATION. LIPPARINI’S STYLE, ROOTED IN THE SPARE FORMS AND CLEAR, POWERFUL LINES THAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF MINIMALISM, IS IMBUED WITH A SPIRIT OF JOY, A BUOYANT SENSE OF PLEASURE AND POSSIBILITY. FREELY EMPLOYING BOLD COLORS, ORGANIC TEXTURES, IMAGINATIVE VISUAL CONCEPTS, LIPPARINI BROADENS THE PALETTE OF MINIMALISM, CONVEYING THE IMMEDIACY AND STRENGTH OF THE AESTHETIC INTO A NEW ERA.
