ALESSI | LEMAIRE
Alessi and LEMAIRE reissue two archival objects from the Italian design house’s Twergi collection: a photo holder by Bortolani Becchelli Associati and a photo frame by Kuno Prey.
The collaboration builds on the ideas explored in LEMAIRE’s photography exhibition ‘A Box of Impressions’, which considers photography as a way of observing and interpreting everyday life. The photo holder and frame bring photographs into the intimacy of the home, inviting images into personal spaces.
The pieces reflect a shared interest between two European companies in the place of memory in domestic life, as well as in craft and industrial design. The Twergi collection, launched in the late 1980s, brought traditional Italian woodworking techniques into dialogue with contemporary design, combining turned and hand-painted wood with colour and sculptural forms.
Originally designed in the 1990s and reissued in a new colourway developed especially for LEMAIRE, the photo holder and frame feature a deep lacquered finish that gives renewed presence to their compact designs.
ALESSI FOR LEMAIRE PHOTO HOLDER IN BEECH WOOD
Credits
Credits
Photography by
Osma Harvilahti