salvatore franzese: procreation + conceived at DMY berlin 2011

'procreation' lamp by salvatore franzese
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italian-born, netherlands-based designer salvatore franzese presented three new works at DMY berlin 2011: his 'procreation' lamp, 'conceived' chair and table lamp.
exploring the genesis of life and artistic creation, franzese uses the layered process of thread-wrapping to construct textured furniture pieces.
the hand-crafted technique renders an organic 'skin' surface on the item's metal skeleton profiles.

playing on the idea of giving life and light, franzese explains the connection between his works:
'the mother of all is represented by the suspension lamp's shape of a pregnant belly, and its umbilical cord connects it to the 'conceived' chair.
following the whole production process with the control and definition of the developing phases is indeed like a conception
that starts first with a self-analysis and ends with the materialization of a concept, thus giving birth to the piece.'



'conceived' chair and 'conceived' table lamp
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detail of 'procreation' lamp at DMY berlin 2011
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'conceived' chair at DMY berlin 2011
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'conceived' lamp at DMY berlin 2011
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'conceived' lamp detail
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franzese's display at DMY berlin
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'procreation' lamp in production
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production process of 'procreation' lamp
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