After the flower market, at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Marni turned his showroom in Viale Umbria into a fruit market, similar to that of De Paloquemao in Bogota, Colombia. The brightly-coloured exotic fruit was offered in baskets and containers hand-woven by Colombian women. The invitation to the conviviality was in the form of long tables set out with trophies of fruit and twisted shapes resembling giant fruit. Editions of objects and furnishings were handmade by Colombian women who, through this work, have won their economic independence. A glance round the large space is suggestive, being deliberately rustic, decorated with multicoloured, skilfully- woven artefacts and exotic fruit.
Where: Viale Umbria 42, 20135 Milano (IT)