Paying tribute to the work of Anni Albers, 5 materials launched by Italian textile firm Dedar throughout the Milan Design Week 2025 supply not one, however two causes to discover Twentieth-century modernism.
The undertaking broadcasts Dedar’s collaboration with the Josef & Anni Albers Basis and is showcased elegantly on the sixteenth flooring of Milan’s iconic piece of modernist structure legacy Torre Velasca – designed by BBPR (the ‘R’ is Ernesto Nathan Rogers, a relative of Richard Rogers) and located within the coronary heart of the Lombardy metropolis.
Artwork path by Stefanie Barth & Carina Frey, Styling by Conti Marchettistudio
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Anni Albers materials launched by Dedar
Albers was one of many previous century’s most seminal textile artists, bridging graphic design, fantastic artwork and conventional crafts (London’s Tate Fashionable appeared again on her profession to mark 100 years of the Bauhaus). Her mastery might be loved by means of a sequence of shows on this new exhibition, free to go to at some point of the town’s annual design pageant (till 13 April).
The 4 materials on present, primarily based on works described by the artist as ‘pictorial weavings’, are true to Albers’ fashion,highly effective and mesmerising – and might be utilized to be used in upholstery, curtains, panels, and textile parts for inside areas. The items combine a wide range of materials – from wool and cotton to jute, viscose, acrylic and polyester. Their dense, multi-dimensional weave blends previous and new strategies in an suave manner.
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The venue: Torre Velasca
The expertise turns into ever extra highly effective, seen as it’s in opposition to the backdrop of Milan’s cityscape. Torre Velasca, accomplished in 1959, is likely one of the tallest buildings within the metropolis’s central district, boldly standing out as an architectural landmark – as soon as, controversial for its uncommon form. Its attribute mushroom-like define, whose floorplate widens on the higher flooring, gives a Twentieth-century interpretation of the Lombardy area’s medieval castles.
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‘The exploration of Albers’ work and the dialogue together with her mind-set have known as for open-mindedness in artistic phrases – and, above all, the need to “take thread for a stroll”, with none specific vacation spot in thoughts, simply as Albers did, impressed by the maestro Paul Klee. The reinterpretation of textures, colors, and kinds initially meant for hand weaving has put our textile experience to the check however, as she herself used to say, “artwork offers us braveness” and due to this fact, with each new analysis endeavour we broaden our data,’ say Caterina and Raffaele Fabrizio, CEO and inventive director of Dedar.
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Supply: Wallpaper
