“Möbius” chairs are the state-of-the-art of research into stone materials and manufacturing techniques.

The bands are made up by assembling a few lightweight pieces manufactured using CNC machinery. Their form emphasises the enormous unexplored potential of stone as a contemporary material for architecture and design.

Born in Bitonto in 1973, he graduated in Architecture in 2000 and today he is Full Professor of Architectural Design at the DICAR of the Polytechnic of Bari. Author of numerous scientific articles and monographs on contemporary design and the teaching of stereotomy, he has designed numerous published stereotomy prototypes and exhibited in international exhibitions and conferences.
From September 2017 to September 2018 he was visiting professor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), School of Architecture and Design (SoAD).
He recently exhibited his projects at the Italian Pavilion, curated by Alessandro Melis, at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale 2020.

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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.