Stories Alecio Ferrari: over and above objects Text by Alessandro Ronchi Photo by Alecio Ferrari Add to bookmarks Photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari Ferrari divides his time between personal projects and collaborations with brands, developing a language that draws on the visual arts generally. Alecio Ferrari‘s photography celebrates objects and makes compositions out of them. His subjects are extremely wide-ranging – design pieces, cars, clothes – he has worked for Flos, Nike, Aspesi, Off-White, Golden Goose, Audi and Miu Miu, amongst others – as well as objects in everyday use, such as a knife resting on a chopping board or a basic life kit (an alarm clock, a comb, a cigarette lighter, a smartphone, a button etc.). 19 Chairs, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari Generally backlit, chiaroscuro or see-through effects and an assortment of manipulations contrive to lift his work out of the natural and ordinary, in an approach that seems to look to Man Ray and Surrealist photography. photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari His images are heavily processed, he is not content simply with portraying and documenting, less interested in the naked entity as in its latent magical possibilities. photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari L’Officiel, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari Fornasetti, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari Tami Izko Ceramics, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari Landscape, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari Landscape, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari The Instant of Change, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari The Instant of Change, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari The Instant of Change, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari The Instant of Change, photo courtesy Alecio Ferrari
Stories The holiday library. 5 important books to savor tranquilly From Robert Wilson’s chairs to fables about the Castiglioni brothers. From the Compasso d’Oro to Beatrice Leanza’s thoughts and a bookazine on luxury. Essential reading for all those with a passion for the topic. Patrizia Malfatti
Exhibitions The latest outdoor furnishing, championing sustainability, material and colour Comfortable and sustainable, outdoor furnishing lends itself to many different interpretations, channelling innovation and constantly evolving aesthetics Marilena Pitino
Stories The biology of light, according to Manuel Spitschan What does chronobiology have to do with design? Manuel Spitschan, professor at the Technische Universität München, explains why light is essential to our well-being. And why designers should know more about it to design better. Giulia Zappa
