fulvio and napoleone ferrari present carlo mollino : 'story for grown ups'............................................................................................................................

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carlo mollino fulvio and napoleone ferrari present carlo mollino : 'story for grown ups' http://www.designboom.com/world/mollino/index.html --- a view of the photographic exhibition 'stories for grown ups' fulvio and his son napoleone ferrari, curators of museo casa mollino 'stories for grown ups' catalogue by federico motta editore curated by fulvio and napoleone ferrari http://www.mottaeditore.it mollino made largely use of retouching techniques in order to create a certain fantasy he had already constructed in his mind's eye. mollino's wall treatments alluded to the feel of flesh, and colour palettes struck chords of symphonic sensuality, while the female form in his photographs assumed more and more the stylized perfection of objects and the dramatic effect of stage design. fulvio ferrari's re-edition (in carbon-fibre) of a wooden chair designed by carlo mollino in 1962 mollino's furnishings acquired the eroticism of a female form... fulvio is showing us a lightweight detail of the carbon-fibre chair --- back to milan furniture fair 2003 --- --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------