For the leading global event for the natural stone industry, Marmomac, Daniel Germani re-interprets the “Cocoon”, one of the newest additions to the collection introduced by Gandiablasco during Salone del Mobile 2019.

This throne/cocoon like seating has been designed in Pietra di Vicenza as a shield from the outside world, a sort of case or armor. In contrast with the soft and cozy perforated inside, the outside show us “thorns” designed to shield you from all harm.

Daniel Germani travels the world doing collaborative design work with leading global brands such as Gandiablasco, Cosentino, Brown Jordan Outdoor Kitchens, Poliform and Riva 1920 among others. His work has earned top industry accolades such as the Interior Design Best of Year Award (2017 and 2018), the Good Design Award (2018), the NYXDesign Award (2018), the coveted Phoenix Home and Garden’s Masters of the Southwest Award (2018) and the German Design Award (2019). Daniel’s global design leadership has earned him several panel engagements at top industry conferences and fairs from The Montreal World Design Summit, panels at London’s Clerkenwell Design Week, Milan Furniture Fair, Dubai’s Design Week to the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in the USA. Daniel is the Creative Director of Gandiablasco and the Creative Director of Brown Jordan Outdoor Kitchens.

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Concept: Danilo Di Michele
Curated by Giorgio Canale

After huge success last year, collaboration between marble companies and major international design brands is renewed for 2019: this is the starting point for Brand & Stone 2.0.
This exhibition responds to the need to bring designers and major brands closer to the use of natural stone to produce objects and accessories included in their collections, demonstrating how it is possible to overcome the often widespread reticence of a commercial (costs, distribution, …) as well as a technical (weight, installation issues, …) nature in the use of this material.
The skills and technical-artistic knowledge of Italian stone companies consequently become available to prestigious furnishing companies, thereby collaborating to create unique indoor and outdoor projects for subsequent launch on the market. Natural stone thereby becomes a revolutionary and innovative material, readily offered to even the most discerning customers all over the world through everyday objects.
Brand & Stone 2.0 it is therefore not only an exhibition of excellent design objects in natural stone nor is it a mere experiment designed to exaggerate the potential of stone materials. It is a project promoting partnership and synergy between two worlds, natural stone and design.