Colour, or what unites – and reveals – the distance between warmth and odour
Any creative act, project, artistic discipline or, more simply, any product of human activities provokes sensations or sentiments that interfere with our senses, stimulating them and rousing us from indifference. Among these, the stimuli...
The experience of colour
“The way we experience colour is a question of culture. Just as senses and perception are linked to memories and identification, our relationship with colour is solidly rooted in our cultural habitat. The Eskimos...
Claudio Balestri/Oikos
Marco Casamonti: Oikos is synonymous with color and materials for architecture, topic to which this special issue of Area 127+ is devoted. How do these two elements get along together and how to they relate...
Patrizia Moroso/Moroso
Moroso leather system. Photo by Valentina Muscedra
Marco Casamonti: When we look at the Moroso materials, from the leathers to the fabrics, we see that they are not random choices, but that thought has been...
Alessio Coramusi/Ceramica Cielo
The free standing ceramic washbasin, Le Giare collection, special colored for the Antinori Winery. Designed by Claudio Silvestrin. Photo by Valentina Muscedra.
Marco Casamonti: At a time when ceramic for the bath is largely influenced by...
Rosita Missoni/Missoni
Laura Andreini: Area è una rivista specializzata in architettura e arti del progetto e ogni anno, per il Salone del Mobile, dedica un numero al design ma anche a tematiche trasversali, quali la fotografia...
Michele Chiocciolini
Katia Carlucci: Are you a painter, an architect or a stylist?
Michele Chiocciolini: Painting introduces you to your soul, shows you fragments of intimate architecture; architecture is the shape of life, and fashion design is...
Wine store
What is your favourite colour? What colour does your projects identify with the most?
Gaudy, rainbow, gradients, pastel colours, bright colours, neon colours but also nice earthy tones.Often we prefer solid-coloured materials over just colour-coated...
