{"id":52468,"date":"2018-11-23T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T07:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wevux.com\/?p=52468"},"modified":"2018-11-21T19:30:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:30:17","slug":"alpi-pointillisme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wevux.com\/alpi-pointillisme0052468\/","title":{"rendered":"TRE PRIMITIVI, ALPI + ATELIER MENDINI"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALPI,<\/span><\/a> founded by Pietro Alpi in 1919, was the\u00a0first company in the world to industrialize the production process of composite wood. From a workshop of fine cabinet making the company rapidly evolved into an\u00a0industrial leader in the production of decorative surfaces. Its story is a vibrant tale of a manufacturing tradition focused on excellence, an industrial company in constant evolution, a multinational with Italian roots, a technological reference point for the wood sector.<\/p>\n

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When Alpi<\/span><\/a> decided to revive the colourful speckled wood veneer Mendini<\/span><\/a> had originally designed for the company in 1991, the company invited the Italian Design Maestro, to design a contemporary update. The original Alpi Pointillisme COL, a pattern of orange, burgundy, cream, grey and blue blotches had been based on the sun. When Mendini came to reimagine the pattern for 2018, it was a natural choice to turn to the moon – resulting in the new black-and-white Alpi Pointillisme B\/N veneer.\u00a0Mendini designed three pieces of furniture, named Tre Primitivi, to show off the products, currently exhibited in Alpi’s Milan showroom.<\/p>\n

“I designed two versions of the Alpi wood product, one Solar and the other Lunar,” said Mendini<\/span><\/a> “The formula for this idea was suggested to me by Vittorio Alpi, whose literary exploration of the writings by Italo Calvino challenged me to imagine a lunar spectrum in addition to my aurora lights…”<\/p>\n

The three furniture pieces are named Qfwfq, Ayl and Luna & Sole after the characters of Without Color, written by Italian writer Calvino. Qfwfq is made in Mendini’s black and white, and Ayl in colored veneer, while Luna & Sole is constructed from a combination of both.<\/p>\n

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