On the occasion of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Golran, with the artistic management of Studio Francesca Avossa, is proud to present Hunua, the sartorial collection created in collaboration with architect Piero Lissoni, together with a new floral version of the lenticular collection Lake by the duo Raw Edges
After inaugurating its first flagship store in the heart of the Brera district of Milan last autumn, Golran, under the artistic management of Studio Francesca Avossa, continues its expressive research into the contemporary rug, this year drawing on the talent of architect Piero Lissoni, with whom the company is making its first foray into the world of big-name international designers.
In this collection created in partnership with Piero Lissoni, even the name, Hunua, reflects the deliberately universal nature of the project. Unua is in fact the first book ever written in Esperanto, a symbol of universal dialogue between peoples, fruit of the cultural nomadism that now enriches our past traditions with new meanings. The rugs in the collection combine the know-how of Golran, seen in the artisanal skills and the choice of elegant materials such as silk, with the innovative research of Piero Lissoni. Within each rug the different weaves, constructed tone-on-tone to create a single composition, form a visual whole that gives the sense of a precious and varied mosaic: its structure is that of an elegant collage of monochrome graphic embroidery. The collection is available in five colourways – blue, white, steel, red and bronze, and combines the art of Nepalese handcraft and rug making with the most sophisticated of tailor-made sartorial details, illustrating how different techniques and traditions can be combined to create elaborate artefacts.
Also being presented is a new floral version of the lenticular collection Lake, designed by Raw Edges, which won the Wallpaper* Design Award in 2015. The collection is conceived as a reinterpretation of the Persian rug, and draws inspiration from the lenticular art of Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, who, in parallel with Victor Vasarely, has revolutionized the world of optical perception in art. Thanks to the know-how and skill of its craftspeople, Golran presents a collection of rugs that encapsulates the creativity, the taste for colour and the graphic sensitivity of its designers Raw Edges. Working on the basis of the Persian rug, the result is a floral design in silk and wool, expressed in three rugs featuring different colourways, built respectively around tones of pink, green and grey.
