PHOTOGRAPHY: CRISTA LEONARD ILLUSTRATOR: KLIMA INTÉRIEURS WRITERS: EMMA MOORE, ALICE MORBYSuper
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Two designers have been throwing
new shapes in the pasta worldALMA WAS SERVED DURING
DINNER POPULAIRE, THE
SERIES OF PRIVATE DINNERS
HOSTED BY LAMBERT & FILS
AND DWA DESIGN STUDIO
DURING MILAN DESIGN WEEKWe always thought we were
lacking something in the bedroom
but couldn’t think what. Turns
out it was a rotating circular bed.
So we were thrilled to see the latest
design from British bed brand
Savoir. The ‘Three Sixty’ is not only
able to rotate on its own axis, it
also features in-built reading lights
and USB power outlets, while a
mattress topper has been made
from the natural fibres of a species
of yak indigenous to the Khangai
region of Mongolia. Leather
elements are provided by Bill
Amberg and the curving, cocooning
headboard is upholstered in Dedar
velvet. The ‘Three Sixty’ bed is
available exclusively at Harrods.
£250,000, savoirbeds.comBED TURNER
From the elaborate radiatori and campanelle
to the minimal pici and fazzoletti, pasta
shapes issue from every corner of Italy, and
you’d be forgiven for thinking there’s little
room left for invention. However, it’s a
challenge that has been embraced this year
by a curious collective, which launched a new
short-form pasta, Alma, during Milan Design
Week. Product designer Chiara Andreatti
(W*225) and photographer Alice Schillaci, of
Casalinghe di Tokyo (a product brand Schillaci
conceived to celebrate the beauty of the
everyday object), joined forces to come up
with the look, while the manufacture has
been a combined effort by two top pasta
factories, Trafile Turconi and Baradello.
The curvy organic shape is described by the
team as ‘female’ and was born, like many a
project, while the two designers shared a
pasta meal. Integral to the creation of Alma is
the gesture used to eat it: an elbow planted
on the table (‘indifferent to etiquette’), the
pasta filling the mouth between chatter and
laughter. Made with Senatore Cappelli organic
wheat, ancestor of the modern durum wheat,
Alma is a true product of fresh design heads
applied to old materials and craft.
chiaraandreatti.com; casalingheditokyo.comSavoir’s ‘Three Sixty’ bed
(right) rotates on its own axis
at the touch of a button,
has in-built reading lights and
power outlets, and is made
from some of the world’s
most luxurious materials,
including the precious fibres
of a rare native yak
‘Lunar Addiction’ rug, €6,188,
by Studiopepe, for CC-Tapis,
from Silvera, silveraltd.co.uk.
Cushions in ‘Sirocco’ fabric,
0981 and 0441, £134 per m,
by Kvadrat/Raf Simons,
kvadratrafsimons.com. ‘Yack
n Dye’ yack wool throw,
£3,100, by Hermès. Folding
door, price on request, by
Dooor, dooor.it∑
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