longing for summer

container 02 _platform _ Genoa Design Week, antica darsena

 22-25.05.2025

curator: simona finessi

photos: studio dallerabonforte, platform

suppliers: ceramica fioranese, caleido, martinelli luce, novacolor

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The empty pool, waiting for the imminent summer, the good weather that will soon arrive the scenario:

as in a work by Hockney, the pool represents a lifestyle, free time and a certain sense of desire.

The sound of laughter, of chatter, the smell of chlorine and the sight of the sparkling pool are the perfect ingredients for a summer of fun and relaxation.

Every summer season brings with it the desire to escape from routine, and the pool is the perfect place where every worry seems to vanish in the warm air.

The arrival of the beautiful season, is the perfect time to prepare our pool. We are getting ready for a new season of swimming, fun and relaxation.

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The  project :

following the lesson of Castiglioni, a playful and imaginative approach is used, which is part of the proposed scenario, referring to the typical Dadaist composition of the ready-made, that is the decontextualization of objects.

A radiator becomes the ladder, a lamp resting on the bottom is the water pump to clean the pool under construction. T

he colors are vivid, intense and contrasting (like Hockney's big splash), flat, without realistic shades, but emotionally powerful: red, electric blue, yellow.