The poetics of the wall. The forgotten wall. «A wall is like a book to be opened, a journey into the interior, revealing the experiences, memories, signs and symbols which this fragment of masonry has absorbed over the centuries.» Franco Guerzoni <p>It is difficult to resist the beauty of Franco Guerzoni's art, created by a rare harmony of feeling and intellect, poetry and mind. The artist expresses this through paintings which, although complex in structure, are joyous and sensual, with bright colours made, like those of the great masters of the past, from choice powdered ingredients. A painter with a technique rich in traditional skills, Guerzoni offers a version of modernity involving an intense fundamental relationship with his images and with space. In fact, the dialectic between painting and space, form and architecture, time and memory seems to be essential to his art. As his works specifically created for CEDIT clearly express, his creations achieve a perfect balance between the spatial dimension and intensely lyrical use of colour, which here becomes a soft, liquid form of matter, wandering across the surface of a dazzling lime-plaster white. White, metaphor for the clear light of day, as it was in the large, complex canvases exhibited in his personal exhibition at the 1990 Venice Biennale, is the background for forms of colour which renew the pleasure to be had from painting and the memory of an image glimpsed on the vast expanse of the surface. In the more recent works, these voluptuous shades are transformed into subtle shadows of colour that delicately caress the surface.</p>
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<p> All it takes is one wall, the only surviving wall of what was once a house, on which time has recorded its own, unavoidable passing, leaving traces of colour that is still vibrant, although faded in places, to allow the memory of the image to transpire, fragile and uncertain, in the physicality of the surface, to bear tangible witness to the existence of history, a mysterious visual memory, the extension into the present of the life of things. A memory of the past on a contemporary wall. The idea of memory is central to Franco Guerzoni's poetics: private, secret memory and the collective memory of the past. Fragmentary and indecipherable, perceived by the artist with the aid of what is left of the images, the fragment. A relic of a totality which can no longer be reconstructed but only imagined in poetic terms, the fragment, a fraction of an image conserved by time, guides the artist's fantastic archaeological journey in search of the world's memory. However, this journey takes him in the opposite direction to the archaeologist, for whom the fragment - fundamental because it reveals a trace of the past is the starting-point for an attempt to reconstruct history. For Guerzoni, the fragment is the endpoint of his work, the goal for which he strives in his investigation of the surface, as he digs deep down, leafing through the deposits of time and memory.</p>
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<p>Like the large pages of a book traced with fragile sketches, embryonic forms whose meaning has been lost in time, leaving only fleeting traces, uncertain, ambiguous, mysterious morphologies. It marks the start of a journey into the mind of the artist-archaeologist, an adventurous journey into the inextricable labyrinth of the mind, to unearth what is hidden, shuffling the cards in a perennial contamination of images, memory, signs and traces, in search of a meaning, which no sooner appears than it is lost, merging into time and once again becoming a dream, an imaginary journey into fantasy and wonder. And this is the case in the tryptic created for CEDIT, which placed a new challenge before the artist: to transfer "his" image, the remains and fragments of a forgotten wall onto a new material for him “stunning, large-sized ceramic slabs“ and a real wall, without this tautology betraying the painting's deep meaning, its fertile magic of lines and colours, from which the image is born. And the artist is fully aware of this. Guerzoni describes his art as a "gamble": a gamble that is a critical test, an act of daring, dangerous and risky. This is the challenge he sets himself. It is a challenge he easily overcomes, expressing himself on these large walls with a rediscovered pleasure in painting, no longer restrained and apparently absorbed by the dense, uneven coloured surface but set free and almost luxuriously accentuated. In his large, demanding works for CEDIT, Guerzoni achieves a new, consummate mode of painting, in which the architecture of the surfaces provides a poetic meeting-point between the two founding components of his style, the complex, well thought-out composition and the lyricism of colour.</p>
Wrap is a soft Lounge Chair with a blanket-like textile wrapped around its shell, allowing a deep sense of comfort with a strong sense of character. While its design is guided by the search for ultimate comfort, its generous shape is supported by a light steel frame creating a contrasting image of airy lightness. The draped upholstery is a result of extensive research and development as well as craftsmanship and knowhow. The Wrap Lounge Chair is simple, yet refined, combining a sense of ease with a strong design language.
Designed with extensive comfort and a modern expression through the vibrant lines and folds of its back and armrests along with an embracing seat, the Doze Lounge Chair join together the ideas of Scandinavian design with the lines of 1970's furniture for a contemporary perspective on the archetypal lounge chair. Use the Doze Lounge Chair on its own or with the Doze Ottoman.
The Outline Series adds new perspectives to the classic Scandinavian design sofas of the 1960's, marrying the ideals of simplicity and function into one. With the design taking its name from its strong outline of a sofa, the Outline Series is clean and elegant on the outside with a deep seat and soft cushioning on its inside. The Outline Series has an expression that is at once elegant yet timeless, elevated by its lines referencing architectural shapes alongside its curved armrests, giving the design a distinct appearance across various sizes and variants. The Outline Series also includes Studio versions of the Sofa and Chair, being compact versions with slimmed-down proportions for smaller spaces within the home, hotel rooms, work settings and more. The Outline Studio Sofa and Chair have a smaller depth of 76 cm / 29.9”.
The Outline Studio Series adds new perspectives to the classic Scandinavian design sofas of the 1960's, designed in slimmed-down proportions for smaller spaces such as apartments, hotel rooms, workplaces and more. With the design taking its name from its strong outline of a sofa, the Outline Series is clean and elegant on the outside with a deep seat and soft cushioning on its inside. The Outline Series has an expression that is at once elegant yet timeless, elevated by its lines referencing architectural shapes alongside its curved armrests, giving the design a distinct appearance across various sizes and variants.
It all started with a single detail: the way in which the generously proportioned seat cushion contrasts against the frame. Designers Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider, of Studio KaschKasch, decided that this should be the basis of their first lounge chair for Leolux. The result combines simplicity with versatility and relaxed comfort. Welcome to Kudo!
The Mimas armchair will put a smile on your face, for two reasons. Firstly because with a little imagination it reminds you of a smile, and secondly because it’s so comfortable and comes with so many practical options.
Throughout its long design history, Leolux built unique collections, year after year. The Anton armchair, named after one of the founders of Leolux, is loosely based on that storied legacy. The design is a reference to the past, to the artisanally crafted, top-quality products that earned Leolux its reputation.
For the Leolux Cream swivel armchair, Studio Truly Truly has combined the loveliest natural materials to create an armchair with unprecedented comfort and elegance. The wooden shell in curved walnut or oak takes centre stage, covered with soft fabric or leather upholstery. The aluminium swivel base gives you even more options to personalise Cream, which can be finished in any colour for the ideal look.
Gerard Vollenbrock ontwierp Scylla met herinneringen aan ‘De Stijl’. Hij voorzag het ontwerp van een schitterend buisframe dat helemaal achter de rug doorloopt en stoere beklede armsteunen. Het zijn de kleine details en de perfectionistische afwerking die zorgen dat dit ontwerp ook na vele jaren gemakkelijk elke toets doorstaat.
This is Lloyd. A beacon of design. Sturdy and yet so inviting. With supple, almost nonchalant upholstery and traditional detailing, like decorative piping that highlights the powerful shape. Lloyd merges two different worlds – the Leolux commitment to comfort, cast in Gino Carollo's distinctive Italian design.
Kikko will surprise you at first glance. Is it a chaise longue? Yes, but this multifunctional piece offers even more possibilities. By slightly lifting the back, it turns 90 degrees left or right. This turns the chaise longue into a comfortable seat with an extra seat next to it.
This design is a reference to the past, inspired by luxury 19th-century hotel interiors. You can see Edward van Vliet's classic style in the armchair and chaise longue. He combines a touch of nostalgia with contemporary comfort, charming curves and elegant details.
The comfort of an embrace: the K-WAIT upholstered collection by Rodolfo Dordoni plays with the contrast between the formal simplicity of rigorous volumes and soft, rounded lines. The division between habitat and contract solutions is increasingly blurred in this collection too. The keyword is versatility. The wide range of delightful upholstery includes warm velvety fabrics, bouclé and other fabrics that, though plainer, always stand out for their striking weave. All fabrics are certified for contract use.
Bubble Club is the industrial sofa in which rotational moulding technology has enabled Kartell to mass produce. A large two-seater sofa, characterised by the soft line of the armrests which contrast with the more rational line of the backrest; an essentia
Enzo is an armchair with a very modern and classic Scandinavian design. Here, focus is on simplicity, clean lines, and natural materials. The armchair has an wooden frame, loose soft cushions, and paper cord as an extra design wise detail.
Judi is a cool lounge chair inspired by the early James Bond movies. The chair is named after actor Judi Dench, who plays M. Judi is a glamorous and cool chair with fine, round shapes. The empty space in the backrest makes the design less bombastic and even more elegant.
Oscar is a small and light armchair with attractive curves and contrasts. The shell is wide and framed by the dark piping that set off the simple design of the chair. A cool chair with a rather elegant masculine look.
With Otis the idea was to scale down the look of an old-school armchair to accommodate the small living tendency. This chair fulfills the need for a soft and embracing chair. With its round shape and low height, it looks welcoming and super cute.
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