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TANQUE
Tanque is a water container/flower pot inspired by Milanese street vendors. Every week there was a food market on my street and I was always amazed to see how vendors created and developed their own display stands in order to exhibit fruits, flowers, fishes and meat.
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These pieces aim to freeze this ready-made attitude, paying homage to the vendors ingenuity and pragmatic use of resources, in order to create functional objects.
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Red clay was the material selected for this collection, which was then mixed it with natural Portuguese materials, such as granite stone ‘Pedras Salgadas’ and Cryptomeria wood from Azores islands.
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These containers can be used both as vases, flower pots or even as aquariums.
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Designed for 'Terracotta Everyday' exhibition powered by FID – Federazione Italiana del Design in a collective between 10 young Italian designers, presented during Milan Design Week at Superstudio.
2014 // Available for edition.
Photos by Alessio Monzani