This project, with its more poetic rather than functional vision,
with an ironic message, creates magic that the object reveals to us in everyday reality.
As part of Milan Design Week 2023, Luca Preti Gallery situated in via San Marco 24 in Brera District, presents the limited edition of the "Big/Bora" floor lamp projected by Italian designer Denis Santachiara.
The project was initiated when gallery owner Luca Preti has proposed to Denis Santachiara the idea of a light installation that could generate a playful connection between the decorative object and daily life.
Santachiara, historic protagonist of Italian design well known for his unusual creative style, who’s projects have always been halfway between art and design. Taking as inspiration the "Maestrale" table lamp created in 1987, designer projected it's enlarged reinterpretation - the floor lamp entitled "BIG / BORA”.
This limited edition consisting only of 19 pieces takes "Maestrale" to the next level. The cone basement with 24 facets is about 2.30 meters high (7,5 feet) and is made of mirrored aluminum. A very particular structure turns "BIG / BORA” into luminous sculptural installation, the climactic object of its' environment.
The combination of the LED lighting and a constant stream of air coming out from the base brings to life the white flag on apex of the lamp and creates a playful vivid movement with poetic and surprising touch.
As far as the color may be changed by a remote control, it gives an opportunity to modulate the shades of the flag according to one's pleasure and mood.
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Denis Santachiara
Since 1978 his works, at the border between art and design, have been shown, among different venues: Venice Biennale 1980, Documenta 8 (Kassel 1988), Milan Triennale 1984/86/96/01/04//07.
Drawn by the poetic-linguistic potential of new technologies and the aesthetic processes linked to various industrial environments, in 1984 he starts the exhibition-manifesto "The Neomerce, the invention and artificial ecstasy", (Milan Triennale and at the Centre Pompidou in Paris) as an international reference for the new design performative.
He begins to collaborate with well known Italian and international design brands, receiving numerous awards and recognitions, including two ADI Compasso d’Oro Awards and two Good Design Awards. His works are exhibited in the permanent collections of major museums around the world.
Since 2005 introduces the digital fabrication in design through conferences, courses and workshops in various universities and exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
In 2016 he founded cyrcus.it, an author design web platform in digital fabrication.
In 2016 he was a special guest at the Design Digit Fest in Toronto. In 2017 cyrcus.it won the “Digital Design Awards”.
In 2017 the Fiera di Milano Foundation published his book "Download Design" by Sole 24 Ore Cultura.
In 2022 he received an Honorary Degree from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Santachiara