We are all Africans
13 October 2016
18 February 2015
Bags tend gradually to become a testing ground for artists specializing in accessories. Such is the case with Giancarlo Petriglia, designer, professor of accessories at the Institute of design Marangoni, holder of his own brand, a consultant for Moreschi and Piquadro and owner of the restaurant “The Small”, in Milan. This restaurant, similar to the cave of Ali Baba, houses an art gallery in the cellar. As if they were canvases of a painter, Giancarlo applies on his bags various figurative techniques, from illustration, to bas relief, to polychrome grafismo, created with a patchwork in fine leather of which he is connoisseur. The passionate Palermo artisans who make his creations define them as monuments: his more recent collections suggest that, at least in accessories, minimalism is over and that one should dare, both in colour and patterns.
WHERE: Via Petrella 14, 20124, Milan, Italy
Bags tend gradually to become a testing ground for artists specializing in accessories. Such is the case with Giancarlo Petriglia, designer, professor of accessories at the Institute of design Marangoni, holder of his own brand, a consultant for Moreschi and Piquadro and owner of the restaurant “The Small”, in Milan. This restaurant, similar to the cave of Ali Baba, houses an art gallery in the cellar. As if they were canvases of a painter, Giancarlo applies on his bags various figurative techniques, from illustration, to bas relief, to polychrome grafismo, created with a patchwork in fine leather of which he is connoisseur. The passionate Palermo artisans who make his creations define them as monuments: his more recent collections suggest that, at least in accessories, minimalism is over and that one should dare, both in colour and patterns.
WHERE: Via Petrella 14, 20124, Milan, Italy
The Moodboarders is a glance into the design world, which, in all of its facets, captures the extraordinary even within the routine. It is a measure of the times. It is an antenna sensitive enough to pick-up on budding trends, emerging talents and neglected aesthetics. Instead of essays, we use brief tales to tune into the rhythm of our world. We travelled for a year without stopping, and seeing as the memory of this journey has not faded, we have chosen to edit a printed copy. We eliminated anything episodic, ephemeral or fading, maintaining a variety of articles that flow, without losing the element of surprise, the events caught taking place, and the creations having just bloomed.