Italian interior designer Francesco Meneghello continues to experiment with new connections between art and design with Mirrorless, which probes the physical and symbolic notions of the mirror.

Francesco Meneghello's designs tend towards an ideal of essentiality, an aesthetic sensibility and a taste for minimal form, interweaving the languages of art and design. As is often the case in his work, the Italian interior designer plays with fullness and emptiness, symmetry and asymmetry, contrasts and monochrome, reflections and transparencies. This is his first metaphysical object, based on his "We don't design" concept. Mirrorless pays free homage to the spatiality of Argentine artist Lucio Fontana's canvases. " His instinct to force the flat dimension of the canvas is like an act of construction, not destruction ," he explains. The singularity of this mirror lies in "the absence of a reflective surface", which here gives way to "the presence of a void", opening up infinite possibilities of experience and relationship with reality.

WORLDS OF THOUGHT

This sculptural, pure and absolute piece interacts with its environment. Everything but the face is reflected on the polished steel surface, creating a certain representation of the world where the human figure, light and scenery form a whole. Mirrorless plays on the vanity of selfies, standardized aesthetics and self-referential, narcissistic culture.
This disruptive creation moves away from rational logic, branching out into other universes of meaning such as abstraction, paradox and utopia. Francesco Meneghello adds another symbolism to the image. The mirror is conceived as a window, in photographic format 2/3, that encourages us to look beyond, inviting us to a "contemplative, silent, solitary and introspective experience".

BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION

Mirrorless is handcrafted by artisans in the Brianza region of Lombardy, who prioritize the sustainable quality of materials and production processes with respect for the environment. Francesco Meneghello is constantly working on the idea of the "unique piece" that can be reproduced in series.
Eleven models a year are thus produced, embellished with a progressive serial number and a double certificate of authenticity.
" 11 is also a prime number and palindrome", he points out, adding: " Symbolically, it marks the presence of two elements in relation to each other - humanity and nature - united by the abstract force of a real object. "

The designer's vision thus continues to probe the complex essence of the home in this connection between man, space and
objects, pushing ever further the capabilities and limits of design.

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