For Milan Design Week, Studiopepe collaborated with Galerie Philia and exclusively presents its new collection of design objects. Pieces exhibited as part of an installation entitled Temenos, to be discovered in a space of 200 square meters, invests especially for the occasion, in the district of Baranzante.
Design agency based in Milan, Studiopepe was created in 2006 by Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto. Strongly focused on creation and research, Studiopepe puts forward a multidisciplinary approach encompassing architecture, interior design, product design and creative direction. Concerning the Philia Gallery, it was founded in 2015 by two brothers and has given itself the mission of supporting young emerging or established artists and designers, approaching a marked transcultural approach and a certain interest in literature and philosophy. It has agencies in Geneva, New York and Singapore, and organizes exhibitions in its permanent spaces, but also in original places around the world, as evidenced by the collaboration with Studiopepe.
Temenos, une installation immersive
Le projet Temenos, monté par Studiopepe et la Galerie Philia est exposé du 6 au 12 juin, dans le cadre de la Milan Design Week et présente des pièces créées en exclusivité pour la galerie. Studiopepe présente ainsi en édition limitée un ensemble de chaises monolithiques, une console, un miroir et une lampe, mais également des objets tels qu’un vase et un chandelier, fruit du travail de recherche du duo de designers qui s’interroge sur la « sémiotique » des objets et la mutation de leur fonction originelle.
Inspirations anthropologiques et de cultures anciennes
Passionnés d’anthropologie et de vestiges de cultures anciennes, Studiopepe et la galerie Philia présentent ainsi des pièces à fortes inspirations archétypales et monuments sacrés, tels que Stonehenge et le dôme du Panthéon. De fait, cet intérêt commun est symbolisé dans l’exposition par une imposante structure cylindrique, érigée au centre de l’exposition, comme un symbole de vie, de nature et du renouvellement cosmique.
Thus, each piece in the collection bears the name of the nine archetypal entities of the Egyptian cosmogony. Among the flagship lots of the collection are the Tefnut coffee table, characterized by a slightly hollowed top and assembled with brown onyx plates on several levels, and the Temu concrete lamp. The duo also presents a set of chairs made of burnt wood, Geb and Nut, symbol of Studiopepe’s eccentricity. Not forgetting their attachment to experimentation and the marriage of different materials, they also present the Nefti candlestick and the Seth & Sekhmet vases, made of natural materials, based on mixtures of stones, and respectful of the environment. “This installation, designed in close collaboration with Philia Gallery, explores the concept of the sacred in all its anthropological and historical complexity and the pieces in this collection are full of the symbols that objects and furniture have taken on throughout history. » also told Studiopepe about this collection.
A new immersive and inspired collection, come and discover Baranzate Ateliers, Via Milano 251 20021 Baranzate, Italy, from June 6 to 12 for Milan Design Week.
