Designed by the Milan- and Amsterdam-based inventive collective Controvento for Fendi Casa, the ‘Peekasit’ seating vary, with its leather-based shell and delicate padded cushion, made its debut in 2023, taking its cues from the style home’s basic ‘Peekaboo’ bag. Two years later, it was joined by the ‘Peekasleep’ mattress (additionally designed by Controvento), an enveloping leather-upholstered construction that oozed consolation and cosiness.
(Picture credit score: Courtesy Fendi Casa)
This yr’s Salone del Cell sees the sequence develop additional with the launch of the ‘Peekachill’ armchair, which is conceived as a extra intimate counterpart to the ‘Peekasit’ assortment.
Beginning with the unique seating idea, Controvento reimagined the ‘Peekasit’ armchair in a smaller, extra compact incarnation whereas nonetheless preserving its defining identification, designing an object with glossy, sinuous strains and distinctive snugness, with intensive customisation choices obtainable.
(Picture credit score: Courtesy Fendi Casa)
Its development displays the exact, coherent and complicated portfolio of the studio based by Gabriele Chiave and Verdiana Vannini, who arrange the multidisciplinary collective after working collectively on the Amsterdam HQ of Marcel Wanders for 4 years.
When Wanders closed his studio in 2022, Chiave and Vannini took some shoppers with them, together with Fendi Casa, Audi and Seletti. Each discovered their time working for Wanders to be invaluable in shaping their present design method.
By means of the intersection of storytelling, craftsmanship, innovation and emotion, we create impactful designs that deepen bonds between folks, objects and experiences throughout disciplines,’ they are saying. ‘On the identical time, we keep a human-centered method in all our designs, guaranteeing that innovation is guided by consciousness, duty and impression.’
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