Exhibitions Focus on Elisa Ossino Text by Elisabetta Donati de Conti Add to bookmarks I'll be your mirror, 2021 - ph.Giorgio Possenti The Sicilian architect, whose studio is in Milan, works on commercial and residential interiors, product design, set design and art direction. Basically there’s no sphere that Elisa Ossino doesn’t pit her creative genius against. She pursues her projects fiercely and unstoppably yet delicately as she comes up with forms, colours and textures for her geometrical abstractions, monochrome interiors and metaphysical references Elisa Ossino – ph. Jessica Soffiati Name: Elisa Ossino. Where do you work? In Milan, in the old part adjacent to City Life. Your Instagram account: @elisaossinostudio. What does your studio do? Architecture, interiors, product design, set design and art direction. Where did you study? At the Polytechnic University of Milan, in the Faculty of Architecture. What are you working on right now? O Edition, a collection made from sustainable materials conceived by elisaossinostudio. Your dream project: A boutique hotel. The project that has influenced you the most: The National Assembly Building in Bangladesh by Louis Kahn. A crucial element in all your projects? Geometry, and the figure of the circle in particular. City centre or remote geographies? Both. Something you have at home designed by you: My new collection of wooden rugs for O Edition. Campiture, Amini 2021 What gifts do you like to give? Flowers, leaves and my own extra virgin olive oil. If you could build a secret passage in your home, where would it lead? To Sicily, facing the sea. What do you usually do on Sundays? Go to exhibitions. Your favourite place in Milan: H+O apartment gallery (11 Via Solferino). Matteo Ghidoni asks “As Gigi Marzullo would say: Ask yourself a question and answer it yourself.” What is your mood of the period? Nature, natural materials. Would you like to ask the next interviewee a question? Greeks or Etruscans? Franny&Zoey, Dieffebi 2021 Franny&Zoey, Dieffebi 2021 Elle Decor, La Casa Fluida, Milano 2021 – ph. Alberto Strada Elle Decor, La Casa Fluida, Milano 2021 – ph. Alberto Strada Elle Decor, La Casa Fluida, Milano 2021 – ph. Alberto Strada Elle Decor, La Casa Fluida, Milano 2021 – ph. Alberto Strada I'll be your mirror, 2021 - ph.Giorgio Possenti I'll be your mirror, 2021 - ph.Giorgio Possenti I'll be your mirror, 2021 - ph.Giorgio Possenti 27 October 2021 Share
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