1980s Italian design
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about 1980s Italian design
Project • By set architects • Apartments
House with Reflective Furniture
n the Nomentano district, just a short walk from Villa Torlonia, Set Architects has completed the renovation of an apartment within an early 20th-century building, reinterpreting its traditional layout through a contemporary lens.
The project is designed for a young family and engages with a layout typical of the period: a sequence of independent rooms, with ceilings approximately four meters high and openings in load-bearing walls that defined a strongly rigid distribution. The client’s brief called for larger, more fluid spaces capable of adapting over time to different domestic needs, an ambition clearly at odds with the existing plan.
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The design therefore acts selectively on the structure, introducing t... More
Product • By Edoardo Milesi & Archos • ORBITABLE
ORBITABLE
The low table on spheres was originally designed for my uncle Giorgio Milesi’s new home in Gorle, addressing a unique need for both functionality and style. The concept behind it was quite “technical”: a spacious coffee table placed between two sofas, envisioned to be perpetually covered with books, magazines, and newspapers, forming an inviting centerpiece.
The table is exceptionally sturdy and stable, yet remains easy to move across any surface, even thick, plush carpets. As the table becomes weighted down with books or other items, it glides even more effortlessly in any direction.
Its design relies on four large, hand-turned wooden spheres, each with a diameter of 28 cm, that rotate within custom-fitted holes in the... More
News • News • 6 Jan 2023
MEV Cabin: Sparkling 1980’s Italian interiors house within a mysteriously dark volume
For a forest refuge in the Laurentides of Quebec, Studio Jean Verville designed the MEV for two clients with a passion for art and Italian design of the 1980s. The architects describe their understanding of the style as ‘antithesis to monotony and the monochromatic architecture and design of the time.’
Maxime Brouillet
Developed in close collaboration with the clients and with strict architectural mathematical rigour, the cabin takes shape as a personalized alternative universe. ‘The challenge is to host their daily lives with whimsical energy, a challenge in absolute cohesion with the disruptive approach of the Studio,’ the architects explain.
Maxime Brouillet
Inspired by the works of the... More