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Italian artist Fulvio Morella presents Square the Circle, a range of plates carved using a woodturner, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration.

Exhibitor: Fulvio Morella
Project title: Square the Circle

Fulvio Morella is an Italian artist that uses the craft of woodturning to create contemporary products that “cross the border between design and art”.

The artist’s latest series is a collection of wooden plates, named Square the Circle, which he is presenting at VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration.

Each of the plates is square in shape, and features a circular inlay at its centre that is made of copper or steel to contrast with the wood.

According to Morella this form is designed to break convention, and demonstrate how materials and shapes usually “considered so different that they cannot coexist” can work harmoniously together.

Photography is by Francesca Piovesan.

Website: www.instagram.com/tornituramorella
Email: tornitura@morella.it

Virtual Design Festival is the world’s first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June 2020.

Ventura Projects are exhibitions curated by Utrecht- and Milan-based Organisation in Design that cover the latest developments in contemporary design.

As part of VDF, Ventura Projects is presenting the work of 88 international designers, academies and brands. See work from all the VDF x Ventura Projects participants at dezeen.com/vdf/ventura-projects.

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The juxtaposition of natural and manmade materials characterises Fractall’s homeware collection, which it is presenting as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration.

Exhibitor: Fractall
Project title: Fractall

Fractall is a Belgian design studio founded by Arne Desmet. It specialises in homeware and interior objects that marry nature with industrial design.

The studio is presenting its collection of tables, seating and lighting for VDF x Ventura Projects. Each object is characterised by the juxtaposition of natural and manmade materials, and is designed to be highly functional yet sculptural.

According to Fractall, every material is also applied with any imperfections exposed. The intention is to celebrate materials in their pure form and the production processes that led to each object’s realisation.

Photography is by Klaas Verdru.

Website: www.fractall.be
Email: desmet.arne@gmail.com

Virtual Design Festival is the world’s first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June 2020.

Ventura Projects are exhibitions curated by Utrecht- and Milan-based Organisation in Design that cover the latest developments in contemporary design.

As part of VDF, Ventura Projects is presenting the work of 88 international designers, academies and brands. See work from all the VDF x Ventura Projects participants at dezeen.com/vdf/ventura-projects.

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Martina Guandalini is launching Soulmate, a range of collectable furniture pieces, for VDF’s collaboration with Ventura Projects.

Exhibitor: Martina Guandalini
Project title: Soulmate

Martina Guandalini is an architect and designer based in New York, with a focus on commercial and residential projects.

Soulmate is her first collection of collectable designs, which she is launching as part of VDF x Ventura Projects.

The range features two different sized tables and a small vase, created by Guandalini in collaboration with Simone Desiro and Azimut Design.

Each object is characterised by a solid, marbled base made using Scagliola plaster, and topped by a smooth piece of transparent resin. According to Guandalini it is an effort to marry two contrasting materials “in harmony as in a love story”.

Render is by Virginlemon.

Website: www.ladybegooddesign.com
Email: ladymartybegooddesign@gmail.com

Virtual Design Festival is the world’s first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June 2020.

Ventura Projects are exhibitions curated by Utrecht- and Milan-based Organisation in Design that cover the latest developments in contemporary design.

As part of VDF, Ventura Projects is presenting the work of 88 international designers, academies and brands. See work from all the VDF x Ventura Projects participants at dezeen.com/vdf/ventura-projects.

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Slovenia’s Centre of Creativity looks beyond the present in its Tunnel 29 exhibit, which is on show as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration.

Exhibitor: MAO / Centre for Creativity
Project title: Tunnel 29, design for a post-apocalyptic world

Centre for Creativity is an interdisciplinary platform in Slovenia that connects, showcases and supports development of the country’s creative sector.

It is presenting a selection of 30 products by Slovenian designers during VDF’s collaboration with Ventura Projects in a dystopian exhibition called Tunnel 29.

Each project in Tunnel 29 was selected from an open call that invited designers to imagine a dark future where the natural environment has been destroyed, and life continues in a controlled, artificial environment.

Responses range from DIY furniture made of recycled plastics and objects made from invasive plants species and salvaged scrap metal.

According to the MAO, it asks viewers to reflect on the question: “how are the efforts to tackle such reality reflected in the design for tomorrow?”.

Image is by Ivian Kan Mujezinovic.

Website: www.czk.si/tunel29/
Email: mika.cimolini@mao.si

Virtual Design Festival is the world’s first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June 2020.

Ventura Projects are exhibitions curated by Utrecht- and Milan-based Organisation in Design that cover the latest developments in contemporary design.

As part of VDF, Ventura Projects is presenting the work of 88 international designers, academies and brands. See work from all the VDF x Ventura Projects participants at dezeen.com/vdf/ventura-projects.

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Rapt Studio is inviting people to take a seat at a virtual table that offers an “experience of connection” at VDF x Ventura Projects.

Exhibitor: Rapt Studio
Project title: Table

Rapt Studio is a group of designers, architects, and strategists based in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.

The studio is exhibiting a digital installation as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration named Table, which creates an “experience of connection during a time of social separation”.

This virtual reality experience envisages a virtual greenhouse that hosts a table and chairs made from mycelium. Each seat is set up with seeds and gardening tools to evoke a dining table.

Participants are encouraged to make virtual conversation and connections with other people by sewing the seeds within the furniture, and observing its transformation into a “living table”.

Website: www.raptstudio.com/table
Email: depperson@raptstudio.com

Virtual Design Festival is the world’s first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June 2020.

Ventura Projects are exhibitions curated by Utrecht- and Milan-based Organisation in Design that cover the latest developments in contemporary design.

As part of VDF, Ventura Projects is presenting the work of 88 international designers, academies and brands. See work from all the VDF x Ventura Projects participants at dezeen.com/vdf/ventura-projects.

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