giant chandelier enveloping the exhibition space

in her latest exhibition titled 'BLU' at the temporary museum for new design for
milan design week 2010, paola navone interpreted the barovier & toso glass with
a scenegraphic installation in a large dark space lit by elaborate creations of custom
built lamps. all designs were colored in blue tones varying from blue, dutch blue,
cobalt blue to aquamarine.



helping to guide visitors through the dark space were a sea of floating, luminescent creatures
reminiscent of jellyfish made from macroscopic glass threads and lit by LEDs . meanwhile
the walls, scenery and flooring were created using poor materials from murano, including
coarse wood and rusty iron. interspersed between the scenery were copies of the small
bedside lamp designed in 1927 by ercole barovier for his son angelo, of which just one
copy was produced at the time. it has been created in a special limited series in klein blue
for milan design week 2010.


detail of blue glass sconces against weathered-wood paneling at the entrance to the exhibition.
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limited series bedside lamps in klein blue interspersed throughout the exhibition space




hanging glass discs reminiscent of floating jellyfish




detail
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detail


at the entrance, a large family tree outlining the history of the barovier lineage was presented
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portrait in glass representing a family member of the barovier line
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