Maison de la Terre

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Marie Claire Maison (Hearst) · Milan · Milan Design Week 2023

Maison de la Terre for Marie Claire Maison: kitchen island with a stone-effect top, open shelves of ceramics and arched windows.

CLIENT: Marie Claire Maison (Hearst)
WHEN: Milan Design Week 2023
WHERE: Milan
COLLAB: Federico Delrosso; team: Valentina Camangi, Virginia Urro

For Marie Claire Maison, Elena Pelosi Studio conceived and designed Maison de la Terre, an installation for Milano Design Week 2023.

“The earth does not belong to man, it’s the man who belongs to the earth.” Like the tepee, the house becomes a place of shelter: a soft domestic space of undefined, intimate or shared functions, where art, design, new technologies and nature overlap in a Mediterranean way of living updated by new awareness.

“When we take something away from the earth, we also have to give it something back.” The CO₂ produced over the installation’s life cycle is calculated and offset by planting hornbeam, ash and silver fir trees with Oasi Zegna.

Special thanks to: Agape Casa, Bertazzoni, Cantieri Creativi, Cecchini, Cielo, Cipriani Design, Cristina Rubinetterie, Delta Light, DS, Elitis, Gallotti&Radice, Kartell, KN Industries, Halo Project, Lais, Laminam, Loro Piana, Mingardo, Ntgrate, Planet Farms, Roofingreen, Rossignoli, Silvia Interiors, Terracruda by Primat, Tabu, Tonatto Profumi, Turati Cucine, Oasi Zegna, United Consulting

Styling: Made in Fornace, Henry Timi , Studio T, Mauro Seresini, Melanie Murata

Artists: Alberto Pisoni, Cindy Lilen, Dario Dagostino, Florence Di Benedetto

For commissions and collaborations with brands, spaces and institutions, please email studio@elenapelosi.com.

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