"made in ch-i-taly" furniture series14. May2012
The furniture series ''made in ch-i-taly'' is part of a family of objects designed and built between Chile and Italy.
Photos by Giulio Boem
There is also a nice video that shows how the chair is manufactured. You can watch it here
They are the result of a formal exercise that explores the mechanical and aesthetic value of plywood paired with black Raystone which is a 100% organic petrol free bio composite board produced from the waste of sugar production. ---
Through digitally controlled cutting technology and simple finishing work, the project seeks to deliver different solutions starting from a single type of joint. Like all members of a family, all pieces are slightly different but similar. They are simple objects around which you can keep redefining your own domestic space. ---
The collection was presented at the Salone Satellite 2012 at the Milan's 2012 International Furniture Fair.---
Biography:Stefano Pugliese was born in Rome on 31 October 1978.
He completed his secondary education in Luxembourg and then studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano.
While at university he worked with Milanese designers Carlo Tamborini and Fabio Azzolina on a number of projects for companies operating in the furniture and lighting sectors.
After his graduation in 2004, he collaborated with StudioVigo architects in Milan where he was responsible for designing office spaces and industrial conversions, and in Sicily together with the architect Nunzio Sciveres.
In 2006 he moved to Chile where he attended a master's degree in architecture at Catholic University in Santiago.
While in Chile he worked as a lecturer in interior design, construction, history and theory of design. At the same time he started his own business, focusing on designing and manufacturing furniture for both homes and offices. In 2010, he collaborated with architects Rodrigo Duque Motta and Rafael Hevia Huidobro, he designed the interior of the new campus of the Faculty of Economics at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. In 2011, together with Guillermo Chavez Bakovic, he designed and manufactured plywood furnishings for a number of Jesuit chapels located on the outskirts of Santiago.
His work was selected and exhibited at the South American Biennial of Design (Diseño Stgo. 2011) and published in various specialized magazines.
In December 2011, Stefano moved back to Italy to continue his work.
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