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PINTO TO UNVEIL A DESIGN COLLABORATION WITH STEFANO PILATI
French interior design agency , PINTO , founded 50 years ago , continues to reinvent itself today under the impetus of its new owner and Co-Artistic Director Fahad Hariri , alongside Pietro Scaglione .
The latest project to be unveiled by PINTO is a special collaboration with Italian designer , Stefano Pilati , known for his work in creative direction for some of the most celebrated fashion Houses including Cerruti , Armani , Prada , Zegna and Yves Saint Laurent , and for his exceptional skill in crossing the bridges between design , merchandising , marketing , and influencing global fashion through timeless design .
The collaboration naturally started when Hariri discovered Pilati ’ s experimental approach of lush furnishings through seemingly effortless stylized actions or « gestures », such as casual draping , or the thrown-over effect of straw and waterhyacinth rugs , across sofas and rattan armchairs in his own home in Southern Italy .
From these initial « gestures ,» PINTO has developed with Pilati a capsule collection which states a new manifesto around the modern and romantic spirit that Hariri brings to the brand , and where the PINTO signature , maximalism and « wow » effect are embodied in one single piece rather than the décor .
A solid oak base is topped with high resilience foam padding of differing densities strapped atop serpentine coil springs to ensure a comfortable buoyancy and is enveloped – mimicking Pilati ’ s furniture draperies – with origami-like folds buttoned into the couches ’ arms of ‘ Dune ’ colored atelier cotton toile , referred to as « Shanghai » from French heritage fabric House , Maison Pierre Frey .
The couch is conceived in additional shades and fabrics , including a supple velour , offering variation across the final proposal . It is only available in a limited edition of thirty .
Pilati ’ s seemingly nonchalant actions in covering are maintained as the principal focus of the capsule collection and demonstrated with a second piece created from a circular woven water hyacinth rug over a rattan armchair . As a play on dimensions , Pilati and Hariri envisaged for this one , an expansively sized rug to dress the armchair , resulting in a very stylized silhouette . Hariri further interpreted this
stylistic expression through a livable piece of art turning the perishable perfect « gesture » of Pilati into an everlasting bronze sculpture . For this , a team of craftsmen were commissioned to create a lost wax bronze casting ; each with a unique waxed patina . The bronze sculpture armchair will be produced in a limited edition of eight .
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The capsule collection begins with an over sized sofa in a form specially designed to maintain the apparent simplicity and laissez-faire look of the exterior wrapping in Pilati ’ s sofa styling , whilst meeting the highest standard of quality and comfort of traditional French upholstery .