The Precarious Apacheta Project Is a Tribute to Mother Earth
Apacheta, a project by Cristián Mohaded, was introduced by Loro Piana Interiors during Milan Design Week in a unique site-specific installation that honored Pachamama, also known as Mother Nature.
Milan Design Week 2023 was absolutely packed with incredible design, and we still have more to share! Apacheta, a project by Argentinian designer and artist Cristián Mohaded, was introduced by Loro Piana Interiors via an installation inside the Cortile della Seta, at the brand?s Milanese headquarters.
“Apacheta is a message to our Pachamama, it is history, it is culture, it is honesty and respect,” explained Mohaded. Traditionally, apachetas are piles of stones found along paths and passes in the Andes Mountains. They’ve been created throughout centuries by travelers who would carry a stone from the base to the top. There, they’d be left as a tribute and thank you to the spirit of the Pachamama, otherwise known as Mother Earth. Apachetas grew into huge towers that are beautiful and sacred, yet unstable in their age.
The collaboration between Mahaded and Loro Piana began with their shared values: a passion for materials and craftsmanship, and the idea that beauty and harmony can exist in direct contrast. There’s also a shared love of an Argentinian province, Catamarca, where Mohaded was born and Loro Piana sources the rarest of natural animal fibers: vicuña. Apachetas and the landscape found in Catamarca were Mahaded’s starting point...
Milan Design Week 2023 was absolutely packed with incredible design, and we still have more to share! Apacheta, a project by Argentinian designer and artist Cristián Mohaded, was introduced by Loro Piana Interiors via an installation inside the Cortile della Seta, at the brand?s Milanese headquarters.
“Apacheta is a message to our Pachamama, it is history, it is culture, it is honesty and respect,” explained Mohaded. Traditionally, apachetas are piles of stones found along paths and passes in the Andes Mountains. They’ve been created throughout centuries by travelers who would carry a stone from the base to the top. There, they’d be left as a tribute and thank you to the spirit of the Pachamama, otherwise known as Mother Earth. Apachetas grew into huge towers that are beautiful and sacred, yet unstable in their age.
The collaboration between Mahaded and Loro Piana began with their shared values: a passion for materials and craftsmanship, and the idea that beauty and harmony can exist in direct contrast. There’s also a shared love of an Argentinian province, Catamarca, where Mohaded was born and Loro Piana sources the rarest of natural animal fibers: vicuña. Apachetas and the landscape found in Catamarca were Mahaded’s starting point...
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