Words (a collection of colors, signs and words for the people)

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The installation called Words – a collection of colours, symbols and words for the people – aims to evoke intimacy and homeliness of an extended family. The plates, glasses and table are covered in words and phrases taken from the autobiography of the two architect-designers behind the project. They share their thoughts and feeling with the public, creating a contrast between revelation and introspection. The project aims to inspire the same creative stir in the soul of the viewer. For example, the work features the Haruki Murakami’s sentence "Slowly she is getting used to me and I to her". It was chosen by Luciana as a sign of Gianni's literary admiration for the Japanese writer. One evening she took the book he was reading and was struck by the sentence that so effectively encloses the concept of their dual soul. In the installation, the sentence is further enhanced by the use of watercolour. Digital prints, placed on the tabletop and on the surface of the objects used to drink, eat and work, become a means of love messages, mimicking the letters exchanged in the movie “Go-Between” by Joseph Losey.
 

The installation includes two additional projects in line with Words. The first is the StarNet suspension lamp, previously exhibited by Vistosi at Euroluce 2015, and designed by Luciana Di Virgilio and Gianni Veneziano. The concept combines the technology developed by the manufacturer and the expertise of artisan glazers to produce a versatile product made of crystal fabric, which can be used both in home-design and in non-residential contexts.  

The nature of the second project available is more similar to Words and it is presented within the exhibition as an extension of Words itself. The name of door handles collection is Cenerentola (Cinderella). The project, by Luciana Di Virgilio and Gianni Veneziano for Valli & Valli (Assa Abloy Group), may be categorised as "emotional archaeology", as it is inspired by Italian classical music – Cenerentola the opera by Rossini – and by the link between past and present. The fusion between history and the more recent past is suitably captured by Lucio Fontana’s design technique, which transforms Cenerentola into an apparently two-dimensional object, rendering it a figment of one’s imagination rather than a real character, a true display of the artists’ overall message “Dreams are visions of the future". 

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