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Fornasetti Makes Good Smelling Good Looking. Beautiful Ways To Scent Your Home.

With the latest of these ‘Collaborazioni,’ Barnaba Fornasetti has turned his attention towards the notion of home fragrance in combination with decorative objects. The core collection of Fornasetti Profumi per La Casa, celebrates the Fornasetti ceramic heritage in combination with both well-known and less familiar decorative images. Together they make up a desirable group of iconic objects and decorative pieces that are at once collectable and covetous.

The collection encompasses various home scenting devices from the ubiquitous scented candle and boxed incense sticks through to room sprays and ceramic globe diffusers (also referred to as 'Scent Spheres') for incense, perfumed oil or scented rocks. Each object has a clearly defined purpose and can be re-used, given an alternative use, or added to a Fornasetti collection.

To help realise this dream, Barnaba called upon the artistry of world-renowned master-perfumer Olivier Polge. Olivier is one of the leading stars of International Flavours and Fragrances (IFF) and creator of classic new fragrances such as Flower Bomb by Victor & Rolf, Dior Homme, Balenciaga Paris and many others.

Fornasetti Profumi per La Casa is a constantly evolving range of decorative objects and limited editions and scents. Below are several examples from the collection:

Globe Diffusers/ Scent Spheres:

Room Sprays:

Incense Boxes and Incense:

Large Scented Candles:

Small Scented Candles (with lids):

Scented Rocks:

All ceramic pieces have been hand-crafted in Italy by Ceramiche Dal Prà and all incense products have been created by renowned Japanese manufacturer Nippon Kodo.

Fornasetti Books and Products at Amazon

These collections can also be found at fine department stores such as Barneys, Selfridges, Neiman Marcus and Amara.

Good Vibrations and F* The Classics! Distorted Furniture by Studio Laviani.

There's been a lot of press about the forthcoming Good Vibrations furniture designs from Ferruccio Laviani for Italian furniture company Fratelli Boffi's F* The Classics! Collection. The new pieces previewed at Salon del Mobile this past April and has had the design world buzzing since.

The New York Times interviewed him about the forthcoming pieces and computer renderings are making the rounds on the internet. Referred to as "Glitch" furniture by i09, HuffPo and Buzzfeed, the pieces look distorted (as if an old VHS tape were paused), but are actually carved into the wood with computer-controlled milling technology.

The following two images are computer generated renderings of pieces from the collection:

And one of the actual produced pieces from the collection:

The pieces remind me of an earlier piece he created for Emmemobili called Evolution in which the ornate chest (below) seems to morph into a pixelated credenza:

As I mentioned earlier, Good Vibrations is part of an earlier collection designed for Fratelli Boffi by Laviani with the name F* The Classics! The collection combines the look of antique furniture with modern elements. Classic and ornate forms with Italian and Asian flavor becomes deformed or distorted with with modern geometric shapes and accents of color.

Below are several pieces Laviani has designed for F* The Classics!

The designer, Ferruccio Laviani:

I look forward to seeing more pieces of the Good Vibrations furniture and will share them with you once they are available.

Studio Laviani
Fratelli Boffi

Another artist who has toyed with computer distortions of furniture is Sebastian Brajkovic:

Check out his Lathe collection here

An Angular Head Becomes A Sink in The Forma Mentis Washbasin.

The Forma Mentis Washbasin was designed by architect and designer Simone Micheli for Visionnaire IPE Cavalli. After the great success of his bookshelves with the same name, "Forma Mentis" now comes into the bathroom.