Milan Design Week 2017: Färg & Blanche?s Armour mon Armor
Färg & Blanche share their latest collection in a solo exhibition at Salone del Mobile.
Stockholm-based Swedish-French design duo Färg & Blanche are known for their experimental upholstery, which in the past has seen them sew through wood and form objects from molded felt. Inspired by a three-month residency in Japan and in particular by the armor worn by Samurai warriors, for their latest furniture collection, they have been putting metal through their hardy sewing machines.
?We were fascinated by the mix of hard and soft material, and how they attach to each other,? says Blanche. ?The different pieces create a shell when combined together, a protection in three-dimensional form. We were also intrigued by the fact that this armour conveyed a strong sense of the personality of these warriors.?
For Salone del Mobile, Fredrick Färg and Emma Marga Blanche held a solo exhibition in the former church ? now theatre, Teatro Arsenale. They showed a retrospective of their work together with 10 new furniture items and objects, large sculptures and light installations, the curation of which was intended to “question the relationship between hard and soft.”
They also hosted nightly dinners in the space throughout Milan Design Week during which guests sat on their chairs, ate and drank from their tableware and were entertained with experimental Swedish music played on their furniture, offering them to the chance to fully immerse themselves in the co...
Stockholm-based Swedish-French design duo Färg & Blanche are known for their experimental upholstery, which in the past has seen them sew through wood and form objects from molded felt. Inspired by a three-month residency in Japan and in particular by the armor worn by Samurai warriors, for their latest furniture collection, they have been putting metal through their hardy sewing machines.
?We were fascinated by the mix of hard and soft material, and how they attach to each other,? says Blanche. ?The different pieces create a shell when combined together, a protection in three-dimensional form. We were also intrigued by the fact that this armour conveyed a strong sense of the personality of these warriors.?
For Salone del Mobile, Fredrick Färg and Emma Marga Blanche held a solo exhibition in the former church ? now theatre, Teatro Arsenale. They showed a retrospective of their work together with 10 new furniture items and objects, large sculptures and light installations, the curation of which was intended to “question the relationship between hard and soft.”
They also hosted nightly dinners in the space throughout Milan Design Week during which guests sat on their chairs, ate and drank from their tableware and were entertained with experimental Swedish music played on their furniture, offering them to the chance to fully immerse themselves in the co...
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