Hasta La Ideas

Milan 2014: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are launching a collection of glass furniture in Milan for Italian brand Glas Italia.

Glass panels sit at right angles to each other to form two desks, two benches and shelf in this range by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec called the Diapositive collection.

“Diapositive consists of an assembly system of simple glass panels in which the edges are protected with pieces of wood, which distract from the impression of fragility,” said the designers.

One of the desks also includes an ash counter for writing, while the tops and legs are edged in the same wood.

The glass bench features a thin layer of dark coloured felt that forms a cushion on top of the seat.

The pieces are available in dark and light grey, pink, orange, transparent or mixed.

The collection will be presented at the Glas Italia stand at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile fair in Milan from 8 to 13 April.

The brand will also be exhibiting furniture patterned with visible brush strokes by Nendo and a reflective table by Tokujin Yoshioka.

Photography is by Studio Bouroullec.

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Visible brush strokes pattern the surfaces of this furniture collection by Japanese studio Nendo for Italian brand Glasitalia (+ slideshow).

Nendo’s boxy Brushstroke tables and seats for Glasitalia are formed from rectangular sheets of glass, which are decorated with streaked colours created by dragging layers of paint across the material.

“We brushed colour onto the transparent glass surface, then blew another layer of coloured paint on top,” said the designers.

Scraped across in one direction, the resulting effect resembles the texture of wood grain.

“The tense perfection of glass’ glossiness and smoothness fuses with handwork’s imperfect texture to create an unusual material,” added the designers.

The eight-piece set includes a side table, console, bench and dining table, and the top of each design overhangs its base.

A range of blue, grey and beige hues have been used for the different designs.

The collection will be shown in Milan in April, at both the Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Nendo’s solo exhibition taking place at Via delle Erbe 2.

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