LORENZO DAMIANI. BUT WHERE HAVE THE INVENTORS GONE? Marco Romanelli, Silvana Annichiarico, design exhibitions, Triennale Design Museum Milan, MINI & Triennale CreativeSet, Milan design exhibitions, ecologic design, recycling design re-use, young design, Compasso d'Oro young, poor design, democratic design, Packlight lamp, Packlight diffuser, Three-dimensional cross Luce, Tuttitubi armchair, Stackable office module Flying Office, Udine chair, H2O Washbasin, Airpouf Vacuum cleaner, OnlyOne Single spout aerator or cascade mixer, AirTable table and a fan, 100% Adhesive tape, 100% silk ribbon, T-Chair equipped chair, Fel3 Adhesive felt pad, Ripensa Colored paint, Maniglia in tubolare Piega, Poltrolley armchair, Set of vases made out of gray plastic pipe connectors, Mondo Wool and viscose rug, D.L.152 Bowls of clear Murano glass, Osram: Toward a New Ecology of Light, Opos 99, The Future in the Present, Promosedia 2003, In-Coerenza Otto Gallery Bologna 2004, Design at the Coop 2005, Good Design Award Chicago Athenaeum 2007, Mention of Honour Compasso d'Oro 2008, Edida Prize, Plus Design Gallery

BUT WHERE HAVE THE INVENTORS GONE? LORENZO DAMIANI

Lorenzo Damiani / D.L.152 / 2009 / by VETRERIA ARTISTICA FORNASIER LUIGI

Bowls of clear Murano glass, hand-blown in molds and then filled with fragments of glass left over from previous manufacturing processes that have to be disposed of under Italian regulations – the law D.L.152 of 2006 – as «special material»; ų 35 cm, height 20 cm. Arriving on Murano to design a chandelier, Damiani was fascinated by the beauty and quantity of rejects and broken pieces in extraordinary colors and patterns. These become the core of the design, which is thereby transformed, taking on not just the character of a decorative object but also that of a reflection on the problem of waste disposal. The «D.L.152» collection was presented at the Macef in 2009.

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