Design 21: Social Design Network

Vase in iron and murano glass, handblown by SimoneCenedese

Wooden tray, by carpenter Franco Bevilacqua and silversmith Daniele Bonomi

Tray from aluminium mould, by Chiara Bazzigaluppi's workshop

Terracotta vase, by Saathi Tribal Crafts - India

Hand blown glass vase by SimoneCenedese, Murano

Vase from aluminium shoe mould, by Chiara Bazzigaluppi's workshop

Whomade Editions 2009 Whomade presents its limited editions in number and finishing made in collaboration with italian handicraft excellence, to express with these collections of unique pieces the skill and mastery of the handmade and the made in Italy.

ACQUA ALTA / Murano blown glass vase / 300 pcs The venetian maritime theme is played by a series of glass vases that has been hand-blown by furnace SimoneCenedese in Murano island.

vases in Murano glasses / size ø25 h45 - ø30 h45 - ø35 h45 / limited 300 pz / code LTD_AA_01 /02/03

BLISTER / aluminium tray from milled block / 99 pcs A series of trays from the recycling of old industrial moulds used for the production of food containers, realized from Mario Bazzigaluppi’s firm from Vigevano.

aluminium tray / size 15x20 - 30x40 / limited 99 pz / code LTD_BL_S/XL

IMPRONTA / vase from aluminium casted mould / 99 pcs Aluminium moulds for the making of shoe soles become a series of original vases. In collaboration with mechanical workshop of Mario Bazzigaluppi.

aluminium vases / size 40x15 - 19X31 - 30X33 / limited 99 pz / code LTD_IM_ 01/02/03

CABARÈ / wooden tray and silver - steel cutlery / 150 pcs A series of trays in different sizes whose bases in wood are hiding handles under the semblance of left aside cutlery. Made by carpenter Franco Bevilacqua and master silversmith Daniele Bonomi.

wood tray / size 45x27 - 39x39 - 32x19 / limited 150 pz / code LTD_CA_01/02/03

EQUILIBRISTA / vase in iron and Murano glass / 150 pcs A collection of hand-brown glass vases, made by furnace SimoneCenedese from Murano, that rest upon a structure in metal rod on which iron bars hold poised.

iron and glass vases / size ø22 h64 - ø35 h48 - ø48 h32 / limited 150 pz / code LTD_EQ_01/02/03

With the new collections, at Macef 2009, Whomade renews its own steady attention for the survival and innovation of the diverse artisanal traditions, with a work of contemporary reinterpretation and actualization of techniques and materials, giving its creative contribution for a particular way to look at the products surrounding us, compatibly with the values linked to the human experience and to those people imagining the objects, producing, using and living them.

*Macef 2009 from 16 to 19 jannuary 2009 fiera Rho Milano* Pad. 1 Stand F22

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