Piano Nobile.
Michael Anastassiades, Martino Gamper, Brigitte Niedermair
in collaboration with DEDAR
Milano Design Week 2019
A project that portrays research and experimentation in the field of art, transforming the spaces of the Nilufar Gallery into an immersive set design. Taking centre stage within this new conceptare Michael Anastassiades, Martino Gamper and Brigitte Niedermair who, with “PIANONOBILE.”, move from the conceptual exploration of colour to interior design: a “total environment” in the name of art.
“PIANONOBILE.” is a group project that stems from a meeting of minds between designers and companies and presents itself as the evolution of an existing project: in 2017, Martino Gamper and Brigitte Niedermair were the protagonists of “Screenshot” created for the 40th anniversary of DEDAR and curated by Helen Nonini. It was a conceptual reflection that reinterpreted the great history of art through the medium of digital technologies. The idea stemmed from a eureka moment from Martino Gamper and Brigitte Niedermair. On a car journey, the designer and the artist were attempting to download an image from the browser on their smartphone at a time when the net work signal was particularly weak: due to this “technological limit”, the image they were looking for (a work from Picasso’s blue period) appeared as an abstract composition, composed of a series of coloured geometric figures. It was a true revelation: the symbolic and unexpected digital synthesis of certain masterpieces, powerful fragments of memory from art history.
Nina Yashar is fascinated and struck by the innovative language of design and, realising the great expressive potential, decides to bring it back to life also thanks to the partnership with Helen Nonini creating even more innovative and engaging design applications. The gallery owner therefore made a proposal to the artist and the two designers to create a total Screenshot, where the work of art turns into design and takes centre stage in both functional and aesthetic terms in an evoking and powerful interior design project.
Photo credits by Mattia Iotti
in collaboration with DEDAR
Milano Design Week 2019
A project that portrays research and experimentation in the field of art, transforming the spaces of the Nilufar Gallery into an immersive set design. Taking centre stage within this new conceptare Michael Anastassiades, Martino Gamper and Brigitte Niedermair who, with “PIANONOBILE.”, move from the conceptual exploration of colour to interior design: a “total environment” in the name of art.
“PIANONOBILE.” is a group project that stems from a meeting of minds between designers and companies and presents itself as the evolution of an existing project: in 2017, Martino Gamper and Brigitte Niedermair were the protagonists of “Screenshot” created for the 40th anniversary of DEDAR and curated by Helen Nonini. It was a conceptual reflection that reinterpreted the great history of art through the medium of digital technologies. The idea stemmed from a eureka moment from Martino Gamper and Brigitte Niedermair. On a car journey, the designer and the artist were attempting to download an image from the browser on their smartphone at a time when the net work signal was particularly weak: due to this “technological limit”, the image they were looking for (a work from Picasso’s blue period) appeared as an abstract composition, composed of a series of coloured geometric figures. It was a true revelation: the symbolic and unexpected digital synthesis of certain masterpieces, powerful fragments of memory from art history.
Nina Yashar is fascinated and struck by the innovative language of design and, realising the great expressive potential, decides to bring it back to life also thanks to the partnership with Helen Nonini creating even more innovative and engaging design applications. The gallery owner therefore made a proposal to the artist and the two designers to create a total Screenshot, where the work of art turns into design and takes centre stage in both functional and aesthetic terms in an evoking and powerful interior design project.
Photo credits by Mattia Iotti
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