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Precious Kartell

5 January 2015

Cristina Morozzi

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Kartell has managed to mutate the nature of plastic, from a cheap material destined for humble everyday accessories, to a precious material for scintillating furnishings. Gilded and coppery finishing have transformed some of the iconic pieces of the catalogue, both historical and contemporary, into pieces worthy of the palace of Versailles. The experiment, a real stroke of genius, reveals how the finishing can define the character of objects, changing the perception of their value. The incisiveness of the operation comes from the application of metallic finishing, indistinctively, to the various products in the catalogue, introducing an unprecedented image of plastic.

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Kartell has managed to mutate the nature of plastic, from a cheap material destined for humble everyday accessories, to a precious material for scintillating furnishings. Gilded and coppery finishing have transformed some of the iconic pieces of the catalogue, both historical and contemporary, into pieces worthy of the palace of Versailles. The experiment, a real stroke of genius, reveals how the finishing can define the character of objects, changing the perception of their value. The incisiveness of the operation comes from the application of metallic finishing, indistinctively, to the various products in the catalogue, introducing an unprecedented image of plastic.

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