Graduated from Central Saint Martins, the Florentine designer Filippo Carandini has previously worked as art director for renowned furniture design companies. In 2011 Carandini starts his own studio in Milan, his furniture emphasizes bold color schemes, rich textures and subtle artistic references. Alongside his work as a designer, Carandini paints large panels whose main theme, in line with the style of his furniture, is always that of color.
The pictorial element comes to the fore in the Pluteo bookcase thanks to the hand-painted back panel in wood that draws in the viewer. Part of the New Pompeii furniture series, the sumptuous, blue/green toned acrylic paint seemingly depicts a vivid fragment of the past. Topped off with a high-gloss finish, the vivid color scheme contrasts with the dark, sober frame in steel and shelves in glass.
Handpainted wood and metal
Italy, 2022
137 x 35 x h 200 cm
53,94 x 13,78 x h 78,74 in
Code: #CAR-BKPLU-WDDIBN