Innesti

Eugenio Laponte

Objects

INNESTO - Italian for grafting - is the technique, both botanical and surgical, whereby tissues or parts of two different organisms are joined to continue their growth as a whole, thus creating a new third element: the offspring, just like a child, bears together the characteristics of the parental aspects, while being at the same time a unique and different system.

Each Innesto comprises bi-dimensional metallic shards designed to perfectly interlock, composing a new three-dimensional and functional object.

INNESTI is an auto production - conceived, designed, and handmade in Milan.

Materials & Dimensiones

Mirror: 32x11cm (12.60"x4.33" in) assembled. Satin bronze + satin/supermirror steel

Candleholder: 7x30cm (2.76"x11.81" in) assembled. Satin bronze + satin steel

Ashtray: 7x9.5cm (2.76"x3.74" in) assembled. Satin bronze + satin steel

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Meet the artist

Eugenio Laponte

Born in 1986 in the south of Italy, he inherits his passion for design, and arts in general from his mother who from a very young age pushed him to nurture his natural inclination towards different kinds of artistic production: glass painting, sculpture, and above all free hand drawing.

Moves to Milan to study architecture at the polytechnic school of Milano, a city where he starts working for different architectural firms while still a student. Preferring small studios to big companies, to have the chance to personally follow all the different phases of the architectural projects firsthand, he develops a particular interest in the investigation of the use of materials and both the conceptual and empiric process of giving a physical shape to abstract ideas.

He's now the founder and creative director of EUTOPIARCH, his studio, which focuses mainly on interior architecture, bespoke furniture design, and set-ups projects.

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