The installation consists of four 5-metrehigh columns of different shapes, consisting of drums laid on top of each other.

“The story we are trying to tell features a staircase that goes up a few steps and large columns, or pillars if you will, rising upwards. Each of these spires brings with it a host of information and stories that can be identified in their own shape, hoping to have an ever increasing number of inventions and references, to gradually enrich a perfect combination of material and imagination…”
This installation has been made with Vicenza stone, in its three most typical shades: White, Yellow and Grey. Many different processes and finishes are applied to this type of stone, including fine sanding, chipping, grooving, engraving, with multiple shades of colour and gilded details.

He was responsible for numerous projects ranging from architecture to urban regeneration and boat design. He works for public and private clients, including the Benetton Group, B&B Italia, Cassina, Flos, Gavina, Knoll International, Goppion, Maxalto, Meritalia, Molteni, San Lorenzo, Stildomus, Unifor. He received various international recognitions, such as the “Golden Compass” (in 1969 and 2008), and the “IF Industrie Forum Design Hannover” award (1992).

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Curated by Vincenzo Pavan

An exhibition experimentation and creativity in the use of natural stone that seeks to promote “Made in Italy” in this field through the interpretations of prestigious international designers. The act of reaching upwards, in architecture as in urban spaces, has always been an intriguing challenge for architects, as well as a test of skill in demonstrating a designer’s technical and creative skills.
Today as in the past, natural stone – more than other materials – has proved to be ideal for experiments in this context. Stone materials were used for the most ingenious and richly expressive staircases, from Baroque to Art Nouveau, from classic to modern. Similarly, natural stone lends itself to modelling ramps, paths and sloping, structurally complex and visibly steep surfaces. The exhibition seeks to generate new experiences and new interpretations of stone materials through input from internationally renowned architects and designers and groud-breaking Italian companies operating in the stone industry. Their collaboration led to a search for new forms and creative solutions for key construction elements, as well as an exploration of unsuspected technical and expressive qualities of a material boasting such ancient traditions.