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Tin Flowers for all

17 December 2014

Cristina Morozzi

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From 3rd December 2014 to 11th January, 2015, the Triennale DesignCafè hosts a blooming of tin flowers with a long stem. This exhibition is the tribute to Gherardo Frassa, curated by Silvana Annichiarico, director of the Triennale Design Museum, titled “It’s not a rose, it’s not a tulip”.
The exhibition gathers the Futurist flowers created by Frassa in 1986, up to the very last work of this nonconformist artist, who practiced incursions into the worlds of art, design, fashion and crafts.

Fiori-di-Latta_Oswaldo-Bot

Tin flowers, the last project to which Frassa dedicated himself, collects creations of his painter, sculptor and architect friends, including Andrea Branzi, Pierluigi Cerri, Aldo Cibic, Sergio Calatroni.
“Tin Flowers” has become a brand, Fiori di Latta, (the logo was designed with the artist Emilio Tadini) and came to life in 2010, with new contributions from artists, designers and graphic designers, to offer perennial stylised flowers, ideal for decorating environments of every era and style.

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Fiori di Latta Giuseppe Ragazzini
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Fiori di Latta Aldo Cibic
Fiori di Latta Clara Rota

From 3rd December 2014 to 11th January, 2015, the Triennale DesignCafè hosts a blooming of tin flowers with a long stem. This exhibition is the tribute to Gherardo Frassa, curated by Silvana Annichiarico, director of the Triennale Design Museum, titled “It’s not a rose, it’s not a tulip”.
The exhibition gathers the Futurist flowers created by Frassa in 1986, up to the very last work of this nonconformist artist, who practiced incursions into the worlds of art, design, fashion and crafts.
Tin flowers, the last project to which Frassa dedicated himself, collects creations of his painter, sculptor and architect friends, including Andrea Branzi, Pierluigi Cerri, Aldo Cibic, Sergio Calatroni.
“Tin Flowers” has become a brand, Fiori di Latta, (the logo was designed with the artist Emilio Tadini) and came to life in 2010, with new contributions from artists, designers and graphic designers, to offer perennial stylised flowers, ideal for decorating environments of every era and style.

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