The world of Mario Botta & lights from waste
Welcome to Muse and Maker's bi-monthly newsletter Curated by Designer & Artist
Emily Forgot
INTERIOR & ARCHITECTURE THEN
Mario Botta
I love seeing the synergy between an architect's buildings and their furniture. Particularly that of Italian designer Mario Botta's.
Liliana and Domingo Sampietro House
DISCOVERED VIA
ofhouses.com
OfHouses is a collection of Old Forgotten Houses.
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Including fantastic drawings of Botta's furniture designs and plans of his architecture
www.botta.ch
Liliana and Domingo Sampietro House
LOCATION Pregassona, Switzerland
ARCHITECT Mario Botta
DATE 1979-80
Mariella and Helios Robbiani's House
LOCATION Massagno, Switzerland
ARCHITECT Mario Botta
DATE 1979
Furniture by Mario Botta
INTERIOR & ARCHITECTURE NOW
Batiik Studio
I came across the work of Paris based designers Batiik Studio via the photographer @bcdfstudio whose account introduced me to a huge amount of French interior architects I had never seen before, all of which were very pleasing ... Batiik especially so.
EXPLORE
batiik.fr
FOLLOW
@batiikstudio
ARTIST / DESIGNER THEN
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
After launching a Madison Avenue storefront in the late 1930s, to sell antiques alongside modern furniture, Robsjohn-Gibbings proceeded to design interiors across the nation for a venerable cast of icons: tobacco heiress Doris Duke, and cosmetic and fashion legends Elizabeth Arden and Lily Daché, among others. In 1944, he established himself as a public tastemaker with his book Good-bye, Mr. Chippendale, which outlined, for one, his opposition to what he deemed the lifeless utilitarianism of modernists like Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer. Via Pamono
I can't say I'm in agreement with Robsjhon-Gibbings disdain for the iconic modernists mentioned above but below are some of my favourite pieces from his Colosseum collection as well as his Mesa coffee table that really captured my heart.
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www.pamono.co.uk
ARTIST / DESIGNER NOW
Hot Wire Extensions
I was initially drawn in by the aesthetics of Hot Wire Extensions but was delighted to learn more about the brands sustainable practices on their website. All the designs use waste SLS 3D nylon powder, a material that is currently not recycled. Inspired by the way a vine grows around a tree, they reuse the material to create organic bone-like structures built around a wire.
WEBSITE
www.hotwireextensions.com
SHOP
www.hotwireextensions.com/shop
INSTAGRAM
@hotwireextensions
SHOP
Aubespoke
Absolutely in love with the eye of Aubespoke's founder Anna Unwin. I personally have been thinking more and more about the way I wish to operate as a consumer. Asking myself , with each piece I contemplate bringing into my home ... 'could it be passed down and cherished for generations?'. Saving up over time for future heirlooms rather than pieces ( including clothing) that will end up discarded in landfill. Every piece on Aubespoke ticks that box.
SHOP
www.aubespoke.com
BOOK
Accidently Wes Anderson
The perfect book to peruse as lockdowns are the only thing on our current horizon, with a foreword by the man himself.
BUY
www.waterstones.com
TO FOLLOW
Brutt.a
For refreshing vintage content you're unlikely to see elsewhere.
FOLLOW
@brutt.a
EDITS
Instagram
Home and chair of @petershire , photographed by @cesarsegarra_
A lovely space by @hejustudio
#charlesdudouyt side table from the 1940’s from @orangefurniture
The ‘Trappenhuis’ a rug I designed for @debijenkorf in the Netherlands as part of a residency programme last year. The rug can be remade by @floor_story ENQUIRE