Philippe Daverio presents the exhibition Peace and Quiet

Philippe Daverio says that design is a matter of mediation or meditation between the dialectic opposites which make up architecture, opposites which he identifies as the static realisation and the psyche dominated by the imagination. The exhibition “Peace and quiet ? Subliminal projects by Alessandro Mendini, Michele De Lucchi and Angelo Micheli” investigates pure design of ?elements which, at first site, seem to have no possible references in the everyday world of buildings but represent the eternal laws of standing up combined with the freedom of poetic thought" (P.Daverio).  The items on exhibit are brass and copper sculptures by Alessandro Mendini, the "little houses" of Michele De Lucchi and the "cypresses" of Angelo Micheli. The non-architectural projects by the three architects are on display until June 5 2011 at Palazzo Fava in Bologna.

by Agnese Bifulco

Exhibition: Calma e quiete - Progetti subliminali di Alessandro Mendini, Michele De Lucchi e Angelo Micheli (Peace and quiet ? Subliminal projects by Alessandro Mendini, Michele De Lucchi and Angelo Micheli)
Where: Palazzo Fava, Bologna – Italy
Dates: April 6 2011 – June 5 2011
Photographs:
1 Michele De Lucchi Casetta 161, walnut and oak, various techniques 2008
?2 Alessandro Mendini, Spatial Table and Spatial Chair, gilded brass (24 kt gold) Short Stories 2004
3 Angelo Micheli, Giulia Cypress, assembled fir strips 2011