Grandinetti, tradizione contemporanea – Brera Design District, Milano
A secret cloister of the Oratory of San Marco’s Basilica is open to visitors to present Grandinetti creations, an historic company from 1902 ambassador of Made in Italy worldwide. Cementine tiles, graniglie, pastine entirely hand made according to a tradition that is handed down from generation to generation, gives birth to seven theaters featuring different atmospheres and stories. These micro-environments, scattered in the yard, will be the stages of a process in which (re) discover a type of tile, the cement tiles to be precise, that are part of our visual culture since ever, and who are candidates to become an element of excellence in the contemporary house.
The exhibition, curated by 4P1B Design Studio, will also be privileged setting in which to present the work of the study. The novelties of 2016 but also some of the most significant pieces of their production, will form an exhibition that will capture the design process of the Milanese duo. Every object will animate the space where it will be inserted giving life, along with Grandinetti creations, to an intense dialogue of forms, materials and colors.
Grandinetti tradizione contemporanea
Chiostro dell’Oratorio di San Marco – Via San Marco 2, 20121 Milano
12-17/04 – from 11am to 8pm
15/04 – from 11am to 11pm
http://fuorisalone2016.breradesigndistrict.it/evento/182/grandinetti