• At what age did you start being designers / crafters / artists ? Since we have had the use of reason .
• How do you begin one of your works ? From abstract ideas .
• Does anyone else help you create your works , or do you do everything by yourself ? We always work with masters , craftspeople , engineers ... We work with so many different suppliers ; everyone is important , even the person working at the company that ships our work .
• How do you choose the name of your works ? We try to find a word to sum up the abstract idea behind the project .
• In your projects , what does your design dialogue with ? I . E . painting , sculpture , graphic design , digital …? It is always a dialogue between technology , crafts , and materials .
• How would you place your works in a house / office / hotel ? We used to work with interior designers and architects , and there is always dialogue . If it were a project where we had designed the interior for , it would depend on the customer and budget . However , we always look for harmony and proportions to achieve well-being and a comfortable environment .
• Do you have any of your works at home ? Yes .
• If you had the chance to place one of your pieces in a public or private place / home / location , what would it be ? One day , we would love to see one of our pieces at Donald Judd ’ s in NYC , or at Sejima and Nishizawa ’ s in Tokyo , as well as in any interior by Axel Vervoordt and John Pawson .
• What is the most beautiful house you have ever seen ? Villa Necchi by Piero Portalupi , and House in Mallorca by Jørn Utzon .
• A work created by another designer that you would have liked to do ? Malitte sofa by Roberto Sebastian Matta , Konstantin Grcic – Man Machine , Ombré Glass Chair by Germans Ermičs , or Equilibrium Table by Guglielmo Poletti .
• A designer you wish could create one of your pieces ? Konstantin Grcic .
• If you weren ’ t a designer , what would you do ? Something about the creativity of new concepts .
• What designer ( even from the past ) would you like to know ? Achille Castiglioni and Lina Bo Bardi .
• An anecdote with Rossana that you will never forget ? September 2021 : during a magazine photo shoot , Rossana decided to get on some podiums with five crystal lamps , we were really worried about her , not about the lamps ! But she kept on smiling , telling us how lucky we were . The portrait was stunning !
• Your favourite city ? San Sebastián , Spain .
• A trip that you would like to take ? Brazil , an architectural trip led by one of our friends there .
• A trip you would never take ? A trip far from Earth .
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