THE EMPYREAN
SALONE DEL MOBILE · 2024
CREATED FOR MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2024, THE INSTALLATION IMMERSES VISITORS IN A DEEP, ENIGMATIC BLACK ENVIRONMENT. THE CINEMATIC ATMOSPHERE ORCHESTRATES A TIMELESS DIMENSION. IT NAVIGATES CONTRASTS—LIGHT AND SHADOW, PRESENT AND PAST, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND INNOVATION—REDEFINING THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND MATERIAL. WITHIN ITS CONFINES, VISITORS ENCOUNTER LIGHTING FIXTURES AND ELEGANT FURNISHINGS DISPLAYED ACROSS TWO DISTINCT AREAS.
IN THE FIRST CHAMBER, NEW ADDITIONS, AND ALUMINUM FURNITURE DESIGNS, INTERTWINE SEAMLESSLY WITH SELECTIONS FROM EXISTING COLLECTIONS. THESE PIECES COHERE TO ARTICULATE THE INSTALLATION’S OVERARCHING VISION, EACH REFLECTING METICULOUS CRAFTSMANSHIP AND A DEDICATION TO ARTISANAL EXCELLENCE. TEXTURES ARE LAYERED THROUGH FABRICS AND BOLTED RUBBER FLOORING, WHILE THE BLACK BACKDROP HEIGHTENS THE MONOCHROMATIC ELEGANCE OF ALUMINUM AND STEEL, PLACING LIGHT AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE EXPERIENCE.
THE SECOND ROOM FOCUSES THE ATTENTION ON THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF GSL WORKS AND KAIA, SPOTLIGHTING THE 'EMPYREAN' CHANDELIER AND THE 'TRAP' SCONCE. THE EMPYREAN CHANDELIER CASTS ITS LUMINOUS PRESENCE ACROSS THE SPACE, INTERACTING WITH THE BLACK MIRROR FILM TO CREATE SHIFTING REFLECTIONS AND SHADOWS THAT CAPTIVATE AND ENTHRALL. SCULPTURAL AND IMPOSING, THE CHANDELIER FEATURES A STARBURST MOTIF REMINISCENT OF ESOTERIC RAYS, EVOKING A SENSE OF TRANSCENDENCE WHEN VIEWED FROM ABOVE.
THE SECOND ROOM FOCUSES THE ATTENTION ON THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF GSL WORKS AND KAIA, SPOTLIGHTING THE 'EMPYREAN' CHANDELIER AND THE 'TRAP' SCONCE. HERE, THE CHANDELIER'S LUMINANCE DANCES THROUGH THE SPACE, CASTING SHADOWS THAT PLAY ACROSS THE BLACK MIRROR FILM, CAPTIVATING ONLOOKERS WITH ITS MESMERIZING DISPLAY.