HEMISPHERES COLLECTION FOR HOSOO

THE HEMISPHERES COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER THE VISIONARY LANGUAGE OF DIMORESTUDIO, THE ANCESTRAL CRAFTSMANSHIP OF HOSOO’S KYOTO-BASED TEXTILE TRADITION, AND THE SCULPTURAL ELEGANCE OF OSANNA VISCONTI – BRONZE DESIGN PIECES HANDCRAFTED WITH LOST-WAX CASTING’S BRONZE WORK. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT EXPLORES THE MEETING POINT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST — BETWEEN MATERIAL AND TEXTURE, BETWEEN MEMORY AND MODERNITY. EACH PIECE REFLECTS A DIALOGUE OF HEMISPHERES: THE OPULENCE OF JAPANESE SILK WOVEN ON 17TH-CENTURY LOOMS BY HOSOO; THE EXPRESSIVE, HAND-CAST BRONZE FORMS BY OSANNA VISCONTI; AND THE RADICAL YET POETIC VISION OF DIMORESTUDIO, WHICH ORCHESTRATES THESE ELEMENTS INTO FURNITURE AND OBJECTS THAT FEEL AT ONCE TIMELESS AND CONTEMPORARY. 

PH. Silvia Rivoltella