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Piero Lissoni
Light is
a hole in the darkness
M already built. I have no clue about how
others work; I know how I do it.
Architect Lissoni, considering that there are few
things that you did not played with in your
professional life, I wonder how important is for
you the fatherhood of a project once you make it.
Forget about the romantic idea of the designer
seen as a being stroke by an idea. A project is
a really small path inside a more complex one.
Every time I work at a new idea, the basis is And how do you work?
Design is a set of synergies with the same goal.
What makes the designer different from the rest
of the team is the strength to make a decision
and to put an end to work. Thus, it is the ability
to assume the responsibility to carry on or to
stop. I can guarantee that it is not a simple
choice. More than thinking about fatherhood,
I would rather talk about motherhood.
The gestation is complex; it is rather the ability
to collect all the energy that comes from the
work group that allows to get to the final shape.
Every time I finish a project I usually do not like
it, and for the very same reason it could be
possible to never end it. At the same time,
aster of elegance and strict designer, Piero
Lissoni is a flow, and as such I intercept
him while he is moving around in one of his
intense days. His projects extend globally,
including private houses and yachts, residential
designs and big hotels. The real power of the
studio Lissoni is the ability to design an object
from the small to the big scale, without losing
balance and strength.
as every child, I am eager to start a new one.
How important is for you the element of play,
and what is the extent of its influence in your
production?
It is a fundamental element to produce and
regenerate what may superficially appear to be
always the same thing. Being able to work
on new projects means to restart every time.
Not necessarily starting from zero, but finding an
evolution, another change. As every child, even if
the “play” is similar to another one, the idea of
finding a new one generates its difference. This is
the reason why we have many plays available.
Is your creative need pushed by the necessity
to stimulate pleasure in users, or is it to satisfy
your volcanic creativity?
As the play ignites the stimulus to start new
things, another element from which I cannot
separate is curiosity. Sometimes it does not have
a goal, I am fascinated by a story that maybe
will have its end after a long time. But without
it, I would not be pushed to go further.
Play, if not joined and supported by curiosity,
does not allow a wider range of transformation
possibilities. This allows me to evolve. I am
interested in the whole process, and I like to
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