Stimma

How did you come up with this product idea in the first place?

Working with Multiforme is like accessing an archive where history and the future meet. A journey of the senses and sensations, during which you can see ancient processes, hear the sounds of the various creative steps, touch traditional finishes and new interpretations by hand. Our role was to tell, in the form of a product, the moment in which glass, metal and light merge, occupying the space and illuminating it. A real explosion of matter, color and energy that recalls the natural impulse of a spring bloom.

How was the name conceived and what does it mean?

In botanical language, the word stigma refers to the top part of the flowers which has a vital function during pollination.

At the same time, this name evokes the naturalistic reference of the concept and describes the formal characteristics of the product whose structure imitates the components of flowers which, from a central nucleus, expand into a complexity of shapes and functions.

How did your idea evolved, once made into glass?

A small miracle that comes true every time the design passes from paper to reality, with the added value of taking shape in a vibrant and poetic material that is never the same.

Are you satisfied with the result? How much is it detached from the theoretical project and how much interest was born in the production process?

We are very satisfied. Precisely because the creative process has transfigured the design intent into an unexpected result where each element has been enriched with proportions and characteristics deriving from the empirical process.

What is light for you and how do you like to manage it in your projects?

Light is like a brush that allows you to define and calibrate the atmosphere of environments that would otherwise remain mere containers. Our projects usually use light as a malleable material that reacts with shapes and materials and expands into the surrounding space.

We also like to design products that are not only a support for artificial light, but also make sense when switched off by interacting with natural light, chiaroscuro and shadows.

If you had to think of a soundtrack that represents the product, which song would you choose? Or what artist?

La Primavera by Vivaldi, in a contemporary version rearranged with a mix of traditional instruments and digital tracks.

What did you like in particular about the cooperation with Multiforme?

The spontaneity of actions and the truth of promises. What is declared is authentic: from the people, to the workmanship, to the respect for professions like ours.

You could place your product anywhere in the world, which one would you pick?

For the installation of Euroluce 2023 we thought of a non-place, an essential housing capsule, a primordial environment on a human scale that through our product can be revitalized and flourish in the process in which any space becomes a “home”.

Is there a project you haven’t done yet and you dream of realizing in the future?

A theatrical scenography for a classical opera where sounds, people and light interact in harmony with the space.
A research project capable of making design effectively circular and sustainable in all its phases. A design format capable of bringing design to a new level of awareness.

Which people of the 20th century have influenced your vision of the world? Name three of them.

Alvaro Sizza
Dino Buzzati
Carl Jung