jamesplumb: home from home

jamesplumb: home from home spazio rossana orlandi, milan november 25 – december 15, 2010

‘home from home’ by jamesplumb at the spazio rossana orlandi in milan, italy all images are of archive pieces and shows from an exhibition at Zona K entitled ‘from this day forward’, curated and produced by diana marrone

british designers jamesplumb (james russell and hannah plumb) have created ‘home from home’, a new collection of re-worked vintage and industrial furniture with recent pieces produced from their london atelier. the duo was invited by rossana orlandi to milan to revamp furniture from her personal archive, which is presented within the new spaces of spazio rossana orlandi. the residency and show is curated by diana marrone.

sharing a background in fine arts, the designers specialize in bringing out the hidden beauty in ordinary objects including damaged and forgotten furniture. by methodically adding functions–or by simplifying it down to one–new designs are reconfigured and assembled, giving new life to the objects. the resulting contemporary pieces often redefine the line between taste and needs.

space view

(left) inside the tent,  ‘ceiling rose’ light (right) ‘the book’

(left) ‘cluster chandelier’ (right) detail from underside

overall exhibition

(left) ‘mrs.fletcher’ projection light (right) projection detail

interior

interior views

‘albie and sampson’ floor lights