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August 2019 Homes & Antiques 121

FEATURE ROSANNA MORRIS ILLUSTRATIONS BECKI CLARK

From simple, practical pots to great architectural

masterpieces, humble terracoa has been used

around the world for millennia

At Milan Design Week in April, there
was one installation that really turned
heads. In a small, bright blue cabin
on a rooop above the Carrobbio
neighbourhood, 19 pieces of terracoa
were unveiled in a collaboration
between award-winning Spanish
creative consultancy Masquespacio,
contemporary design curator Valentina
Guidi Oobri, and the Italian

terracoa company Poggi Ugo, which

commissioned this exhibition to mark

its centenary. Entitled ‘Land’

(terracoa means baked land/earth), it

could not have been a more futuristic

presentation of a material that has been

used for millennia, conrming its place

in modern interiors. This earthy,

natural stone of the past is having a

moment, with new takes on terracoa

ANTIQUES.NOW.