Rossana Orlandi Rochester Sideboard in Wenge by Francesco Messina for Cypraea

Designed by Francesco Maria Messina Odyssey collection aims to surprise and to astound through the contrast between the Natural elements and man-made materials that merge into one another, without blending. The virtually impossible balance of the cabinets on top of the stones, their spin and dynamism represent disorientation during the voyage, the journey and the odyssey in the deep ocean. The mirrored surfaces recall the ocean surface. The last surprise comes from the cabinet’s interiors that are lined in premium gleaming leather. Sideboard made of gold mirrored acrylic and aluminum lining and supported by a Natural Lava Stone. Internal part in genuine gold Italian leather. Lava stone lighted...

The Sand Senses cupboard features materials made with sand and surface that stimulate senses when touched. Sand seems to have no limit. Burnt sand makes the Murano glass transparent. Concrete incorporates more than one type of sand - one comes from the river and the other one has been transformed through a chemical process. Wood is sandblasted and treated with oil-wax to obtain the smoothest surface possible. Geometric shapes can be found in the concrete legs, in the cupboard doors, as well as on the top enriched with openings in colored Murano glass. With its four colorful doors, two drawers and several shelves, this piece turns out to be a very aesthetically pleasing and practical cupboard; representing the perfect solution for both storing and showcase use...

Rigid, strong and impenetrable, like a medieval Florentine palace, it seems to be suspended and floating over an imaginary Arno river. Il Pezzo 10 Credenza...

“Fashion is not an ornament, it is architecture. It isn’t enough that a dress be beautiful, It has to be built like a building, because like a building it is the materialisation of a...