The Elic table has a natural shape reminiscent of a ropeller or a cyclone and a natural yet at the same time futuristic pattern.

The top almost looks like a cloth, a carpet or an element floats and riding on air. Its slim thickness (just 20 mm) is accentuated by even thinner edges to achieve extreme lightness and movement; the overall impact is enhanced by the beauty of GDA Carrara marble, with its natural decoration of dark veins typical of Carrara marble.

Both Japanese designers with a broad work experience in architecture, interior and space, product, industrial and packaging design. Setsu Ito, graduated from The University of Tsukuba, began collaborating with Alchimia_Alessandro Mendini, and then with great master Angelo Mangiarotti. Shinobu Ito, graduated from Tama Art University in Tokyo, started her career for CBS Sony in Sony Creative Products and attained a Master Degree at Domus Academy, Milan. They opened their design studio in 1997. They have received numerous international design awards such as “Compasso d’ Oro” (IT). They are visiting professors of Politecnico of Milan, Raffles Milano (IT) and The University of Tsukuba and Tama Art University (JP). Both are Fellow Researcher of the Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology at The University of Tokyo (JP). They are a part of jury of the IF Design Award 2015 (DE).

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Curated by Raffaello Galiotto and Vincenzo Pavan

The availability on the market of new design and processing technologies has highlighted extraordinary opportunities for turning stone materials into complex artefacts in technical and formal terms. In particular, their compatibility with very sophisticated design became immediately apparent with the potential for manufacturing artefacts with machines alone (and consequently automated mass production) that until now were produced using craftsman methods. Industrial replication is one of the basic factors behind the success of products by top Italian designers and their commercial viability. The implementation of new generation digital systems means that even stone material processing can benefit from technical aspects (precision, work speed, reduced waste, etc.) that are critical for mass production of formally complex objects and the attainment of performance levels comparable to those for other lighter materials.
The New Marble Generation exhibition aims to develop prototype of high quality design products intended for mass production. Collaboration between internationally renowned designers and architects and companies in the stone industry keen to find new research approaches has achieved an innovative experimental experience with materials demonstrating their technical and processing skills.
The resulting artefacts are on show together in a special set-up inside The Italian Stone Theatre and focus on interior and exterior furniture components alike, as well as mass produced architectural design items. The designers have worked across several theme-based sections, adapting the stone materials chosen by the curators to these purposes.