The Movimento project began as a way to promote, connect and support emerging designers and brands by Artefatto Design Studio. They play the role as collective, design gallery and e-commerce, while representing individuals throughout the world.
As we know all too well, nothing is functioning as normal this year. In lieu of being able to make their physical debut in 2020, the newly formed Movimento teamed up with visual artist Another Artist to create a series of seven rendered exhibition spaces featuring products from their members. Entitled The Lost Place, Artefatto Design Studio has selected 40 large architectural pieces by 40 young designers.
Itaewon Chair by Common Accounts (foreground), Planar 001 by Tomasso Spinzi for Studio Effe (back left) and the Ch’up chair by Claudia Suarez Ahedo (right)
The Lost Place’s virtual reality exhibition occurs in barren sandscapes, in a world where viewers can control their experience sans headset from a web browser. Pay attention and you’ll notice references to great designers and architects throughout, such as John Pawson, Claudio Silvestrin, Ettore Sottsass, Tadao Ando, Etienne Boullee, Carlo Scarpa and Stanley Kubrick.
(from left to right) Onda Side Table by Federica Elmo, La Redonda Chair by Bodegon Cabinet and the Kalokagathos Table by Jiri Krejcirik
Onda Side Table by Federica Elmo
Itaewon Chair by Common Accounts and Planar 001 Table by Tomasso Spinzi for Studio Effe
(from left to right) One Curve Chair from Objects With Narratives, The Absence Mirror from Celo.1 and the Tangent Console from Secolo
Tangent Console from Secolo
(from left to right) Nido Chair by Estudio Persona, Ondulato console by CARA DAVIDE, Circles 0.2 Rug by Celo.1, Onda Coffee table by Federica Elmo
Nido Chair by Estudio Persona
Crooked Lounge Chair by Nazara Lazaro (foreground), the Cosette Bookshelf by lapiegaWD (back) and the U-Bench by Cuff Home (right)
Crooked Lounge Chair by Nazara Lazaro
Plump Side Table by Ian Alistair Cochran
You can explore the first exhibition from Movimento at movimento.club/.
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