Danese Milano, 2019

16 Animali 16 Authors is a tribute to Master Enzo Mari and his 16 Animali wooden puzzle designed in 1957 for Danese.

The exhibition, curated by Giulio Iacchetti, involved 16 designers: Antonio Aricò, Arthur Arbesser, Pierre Charpin, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Alessandro Gnocchi, Alessandro Guerriero, Maria Cristina Hamel, Giulio Iacchetti, Giovanni Levanti, Franco Raggi, Elena Salmistraro, Sovrappensiero, Studio Irvine, Olimpia Zagnoli, Cino Zucchi

Our animal is the bull..

“Surfaces, matter, beauty of imperfection; these are the points of my expressive research as Studio Irvine. In my childhood, I met the 16 animals in foam resin. Then find them in 2000 during the process of putting them back into production, experimenting with different types of wood: cherry, walnut, oak. Today with the bull we experimented a material called KeepLife® that adds another level of tactile narration to the game: a patented composite, with a wooden nature, generated with shells of walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, almonds, chestnuts and pistachios with the addition of a natural binder. Evviva the imperfection, thank you Enzo Mari”. MRI

photo Federico Villa