Architect and designer Patricia Urqueola is always intrend. We have collected the objects and interiors she has recently created and were surprised by how much the architect has sensed the approaching fashion for pink. So, look at the noble shades of pink in glass and furniture, brass and the play of reflections - the main trends of the current design season - in the work of Patricia Urquiola Patricia Urquiola, architect, designer Patricia Urquiola is at the forefront of contemporary design. Her creative projects are marked by such brands as Molteni, Moroso, Mutina, Rosenthal, W Hotels, Alessi, Axor, B&B Italia, Flos, Four Seasons, Kartell and Mandarin Oriental Hotels. Patricia received her architectural education in Spain, in Madrid. Now she lives in Italy and in 2001 founded her own design studio in Milan. The list of awards of the internationally recognized architect and designer includes the Red Dot, German Design Award, Good Design Awards of the Chicago Athenaeum. patriciaurquiola.com “After clothes, a person needs a chair, an armchair, a cup for everyday life,” the author explains her approach to interior design. Eclecticism and tenderness, expressed in ideal geometry and complex color, is Patricia’s style. Glass reappears in her work - the most “inconvenient” of possible materials for a designer, and every year it takes on an increasingly unexpected form. Each project is inhabited by a special spirit of creativity, where delicate colors, sophistication and play of reflections can boldly compete in convenience, functionality and practicality with any of the “brutal” objects of our time. We will tell you about this in detail.
Panerai boutique in Miami. Here the central element is a chandelier. The hanging exhibit is made of rings and discs according to a unique design.
The Santoni boutique in Milan is “assembled” according to the principleopenness and transparency with the addition of vintage furniture pieces. Patricia herself highlights the geometry of the lines of the shelves and racks, which are fixed to the legendary brass wall.
And at Gianvito Rossi in New York, oak flooringlaid out in a herringbone pattern - in the rhythm of the pattern across the entire length of the room. The richness of the materials of the object is pink and honey-colored onyx, tinted glass planes and smoky mirrors in combination with translucent textiles. Defining trends in spatial architecture, the designer fills them with objects based on her own designs. For example, Patricia Urqueola develops glass interior compositions - tables and shelves with incredible iridescent surfaces. Multi-colored transparent elements are manually fastened together and form a rainbow work of art.
The Shimmer Glas Italia collection makesdraw attention to itself: unusual and comfortable, it was literally predicted by Patricia as a stable trend of the last two years. It is especially interesting to listen to how such an imperishable idea was born, because it is known that the author of the collection was skeptical about working with glass. Patricia answers the questions of the editor-in-chief of etk-fashion.com Oksana Kashchenko simply: Patricia Urquiola: - Yes, it is glass. But at first the idea was not obvious to me. The thing is that I belong to the category of people who do not like to work with glass as a material - it is uncomfortable for me. You see, I do not like the very idea of using glass or transparent plastic in private spaces. Firstly, it is too ephemeral - this is a minus, in my opinion. And secondly, I am irritated by tables through which you can see the shoes of those sitting. And now the joint collection of Patricia Urquiola for Glas Italia is gaining worldwide fame. And even in such a seemingly cold and sharp material as glass, Patricia revives her inherent style - warmth and brightness of colors combined with innovation. What is the technological secret of such a mystical collection? Patricia Urqueola: - Technologically, these items are created from multi-layer glass, assembled in intersecting planes - they make the light shimmer and create amazing color effects. If you think about it, there are not many manufacturers in the world who would so boldly agree to implement such a collection. The Italians took it on. So, the most interesting thing is how do Italians make the impossible possible? Patricia Urqueola: - The specialists at Glas Italia convinced me that glass can be made to be anything, including overcoming its natural shortcomings. It is very interesting to work with these people, because when you set them unrealistic tasks, they do not say that it is impossible, but go off to think about how to make your idea possible and even easy to implement. This is the real Italian approach, the approach of the Renaissance masters. So we came up with such objects, the shape and manufacturing technology of which would allow preserving all the advantages of glass: lightness, elegance, reflections and glare - but at the same time would eliminate the disadvantages... The story with glare and reflections continues. And Milan provides an excellent place for its release - the Spazio Pontaccio art gallery for the iSaloni 2016 exhibition. A new Credenza collection is being prepared for display to the world public. Its release is based on the manual technique of making stained glass windows for cathedrals, and some finished exhibits of the furniture collection are already shimmering with new colors.
Patricia Urqueola, or Maria Patricia CristinaBlanca Hidalgo Urqueola is a world name among the leaders of interior design, from the subject to its spatial content. A little bit of ethnicity, multiplied by technology - and every time we see another trend that will soon fly around the world.
Eclecticism and tenderness - the predicted trend of 2016 from Patricia Urqueola – etk-fashion.com
