Iconic Footwear and 20th Century design

On the occasion of the 2019 Milano Design Week, British-Italian footwear brand Fiorentini + Baker and interior design firm and vintage designer furniture shop Modernario team up to present their temporary store in Milan. From 8 through to 14 April, the Via Tortona 5 location in the heart of the Fuorisalone, will provide the setting for a sale of selected creations from the latest footwear collections by the iconic accessory brand, plus a number of designer pieces dating from the second post-war period to the Eighties, handpicked by the Bolognese vintage store.

Footwear and furniture are both about refined materials, about interpreting and anticipating taste and its transformations, and both combine and require function and beauty. Footwear and furniture can also share countless stories, about their designers, makers, and users. In this case, they also share a story of friendship, that between Deborah Baker, the creator of the Fiorentini+Baker brand, and Fiorenza Tarroni, founder of Modernario; these two women are the life and soul of this unique project where shoes designed by Deborah, and Fiorenza’s handpicked designer furniture, come together in a celebration of twentieth-century aesthetics. A project that is not about nostalgia, but about updating and reusing traces of the past to interpret, by means of a lamp or a pair of boots, the protean nature of our present.

Modernario

Founded in 2017 by Fiorenza Tarroni and Francesco Bernardi, Modernario is the place to find vintage designer furniture, lamps, and accessories from the twentieth century. In its small showroom location in Via Rialto 22 in Bologna, Modernario’s selection of furniture and accessories reflects the owners’ ongoing research in Italy and abroad. Trained as a restorer, since the 1990s Fiorenza Tarroni has been working as an interior decorator and consultant for homes and public spaces. Francesco Bernardi specialises in sourcing and identifying designer objects.

Fiorentini + Baker

Despite Fiorentini + Baker’s global success the designer, Deborah Baker remains faithful to her original philosophy “make shoes and have fun” Baker was born and studied in London at Cordwainers and the London College of Fashion. Following her graduation she moved to Italy, where the culture and lifestyle provides much of her inspiration. Following many successful collaborations, Baker launched her own brand in 2001. A blend of creativity, innovation and design with the artisan expertise made it an instant success. The brand now boasts four flagship stores, in Bologna, New York, Los Angeles and London, and is distributed worldwide in boutiques and department stores as well as online.

Info

Address: Via Tortona 5 Milan – www.tortona.rocks

Period: 8 – 14 April 2019

Time: 10.30 – 21.00

Opening cocktail: Martedì 9 aprile dalle 19.00 su invito

fiorentini-baker.com @fiorentinibaker

modernario.it @modernario_it