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Here is a series of furnishings and accessories in which uniqueness gives way to the couple and the result is perfect and surprising.
In the month of Valentine’s Day, couples of all kinds are celebrated and love is intended as the ability to complete each other in a combination that makes them stronger, better. It also happens in a design in which the balance of different elements is the key to the success of a project and in some cases the couple is itself the heart of the furniture or accessory.
In fact, we will see a series of cases in which duplicity is part of the concept and the two constituent elements can have a life of their own or be composed to offer further opportunities for furnishing, function and decoration. In these six collections, the objects work well alone, but it is in pairs that they give their best, which is why they are also ideal gifts for those who wish to celebrate, with design, this romantic occasion.
Anna G. and Alessandro M. by Alessi
Creative hybridization is the guiding concept of the new version of the corkscrews designed by Alessandro Mendini for Alessi. The first model saw the light in 1994 and was named Anna G., twenty years later, finally, Anna G. was offered a “partner”, the male version called Alessandro M. In 2024 Alessi took a step forward in the direction of contamination by asking creatives with different backgrounds (fashion, graphics and art) to reinterpret the original idea, that of giving a corkscrew anthropomorphic feature. Thus, three new couples were born, characterized by a current and lively style, to be collected and combined to multiply the style in the name of the couple and creativity.
Impronta and Vaso mano by Cassina
Ico and Luisa Parisi, husband and wife, are the authors of this project which therefore has a double emotional value. Not only for the bond between the designers but also for the formal bond between the two elements that are one the emanation of the other. It is a vase in which the shape of a hand is imprinted, in negative. That same hand becomes a pocket emptier and if the two elements work well even when far from each other, it is precisely by placing them side by side that the effect of wonder is generated.
Glasse carafe by Karakter
Jug and glass are one of the many de facto couples of design and already in 2000 Aldo Bakker had designed this combination which, however, only entered the collection for Karakter in 2021. In transparent glass, visually consistent, jug and glass have the same shape but reduced in scale for the latter which, turned upside down, becomes a lid for the former. A contemporary and refined reinterpretation of a classic accessory.
Slo by Collection Particuliere
The Slo bookends by Christophe Delcourt for Collection Particuliere are authentic sculptures in precious marble in four possible varieties: black marquina, red levanto, grey Saint Laurent and travertine. Here the pair can be understood in more than one way: two bookends go hand in hand, but of course the book+bookend pair also has an interesting formal and substantial meaning.
Youmy by Mademoiselle Jo
Youmy is a sidetable, or perhaps we should say that there are two. The boundary in this case is dynamic because Youmy is a product composed of two elements that can be used individually, as a small semi-spherical support, or in pairs, to have a single circular table. The square variant is also interesting and in both models the possible finishes are multiple and characterful.
Him and Her by Casamania
With the artist’s approach Fabio Novembre reinterprets the Panton chair to give it a body with human features. Thus, were born the Him and Her seats that take on the appearance of the naked bodies of men and women. Bodies to be combined to create new configurations of physicality and color.
