Project posted by Vania Viscardi

Fabula's house

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Location

Milano, Lombardia, Italia

Structure

Apartment

Style

Modern

In the living area, the kitchen has been designed as an interlocking of shapes with contrasting finishes: glossy lacquer in the same color as the wall in the upper part and opaque fenix in Jaipur color for the lower part. In the central part we find the Bisante table in brass steel and finely beveled glass, chairs by Gio ponti positioned along the diagonal of the central carpet, aligned with the dining table, a linear led lamp by Luceplan to direct the visual focus on the glass top. Livia chairs by l'Abbate, re-edition designed by Gio Ponti, 2005 Bisante Goppion table, design Afra and Tobia Scarpa, 1981 Compendium lamp by Luce Plan Concrete tiles floor by Romano Pavimenti

On the other side of the room is the lounge area characterized by the wall installation "Scogliera", designed specifically for this corner of the living room. Marble and travertine slabs become precious shelves suspended with polished brass supports that showcase a private collection of objects. Emphasized by islands of contrasting colors painted on the walls, the installation is a large decorative material wall. The table, the armchairs and the surrounding furnishings are elements that live in a harmony of colors and contrasts ranging from the blacks of the armchairs to the brass of the table and ceiling lamp, from the sofa in soft and neutral shades to the shiny and dark poufs. Pratfall armchairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1980s Volo sofa, Pianca Pouf by Ettore Sottsass for Kartell Nictea Pendant Lamp by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Flos, 1961 Cube lamp in onyx by Angelo Mangiarotti for Iter Elettronica, 1972

"Scogliera" installation, detail

Living room, detail

The corridor is characterized by saturated and enveloping colors that clearly detach from the entrance and lead to the area called the "Gallery": a dense display of objects created and designed by Fabula. The "Desiderium" collection tells the suggestion of ex-votos and how they have been reinterpreted and made contemporary emotional icons, bearers of personal desires and thoughts. On the other side is the recent "It used to be boring" project, the proposed ceramic frames that subvert the role between content and container, between medium and message, giving the frames a strong identity as an independent object and exposing themselves with their own story to tell. Desiderium, design Fabula stories It used to be boring, design Fabula Stories

Corridor, detail

The studio is the space in which hands and thoughts come together in a single organism: here the atmosphere created refers to environments of workers' workshops, working environments with large spaces and worktops dedicated to the realization of projects and the restoration of objects of epochs recovered in the various travels of the two designers. The studio also houses the oldest heart of the location: here the original floor has been completely recovered with skilful craftsmanship: a casual discovery hidden under a layer of linoleum which, once removed, revealed the original cement tiles of the time. Flos, Splugen Brau, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, 1961 Flos, Parentesi, Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzu, 1971 Vintage frames / Ettore Sottsass lithography the future / cabaret tipographie Mechanical workshop equipment, typography furniture

Studio room, detail

The bedroom is a place where the rhythm slows down drastically to leave room for a suggestive mix of the sacred and the profane. The collection of objects and frames with a religious and classical subject acts as a backdrop to the bed, a wunderkammer that is constantly enriched on return from each trip with new objects. A small space houses the reading corner, characterized by a vintage Thonet chair and a hexagonal table in volcanic stone custom-made in Syracuse with local materials. Bedside table and coffee table, design Fabula stories, 2020

Bedroom, detail Bedside table and coffee table, design Fabula stories, 2020

The bathroom was conceived as a limbo-environment deliberately disconnected from the rest of the house on a stylistic level. Characterized by marble grit coverings, opaque black taps and by the large shower with an arched entrance, a space for meditation and relaxation. The atmosphere is completed by the intense presence of plants to create a small urban jungle in the heart of the city. Floor and shower coverings by Mariotti Fulget Fabula Stories shelves

Bathroom, detail

Credits

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Vania Viscardi

From Vania Viscardi

The apartment, a residence dating back to 1929, is the home-studio of the two designers Vania Viscardi and Mauro Scamporlino, who took care of the renovation and the stylistic choices that characterize it.
The purpose of the renovation was to restructure the apartment respecting the basic architecture and - where possible - preserving the original materials.
Starting from the belief that every era has expressed beauty and innovative ideas, the design challenge was to find a way and a language capable of bringing together different times and styles in harmony.
In fact, the apartment is characterized by a constant transversality between eras, making it possible to share the rooms by furniture and objects belonging to different historical moments in a stylistic and temporal contamination.
Another peculiarity of the place is its being a private home and, at the same time, the creative laboratory of the two owners, thus finding themselves combining the domestic dimension with the creative one, the private and social level.
Fabula is located here, and it is the project of the two designers that tells stories through objects designed and created by them.