We are constantly engaged in research activities on materials and processing, and for the second year in a row we decided to collaborate with a design studio to create a collection supported by a strong concept, capable of synthesizing our culture and the know-how of our network of artisans.

This is the way in which - together with Debonademeo, a design studio founded by Luca De Bona and Dario De Meo, between Padua and Milan - the Ossimori project was born, which found expression in a collection of furniture and accessories characterized by primary materials that contrast with each other on a sensory and perceptual level. The name of the project is inspired by the rhetorical figure of oxymoron, that is, the juxtaposition of two contrary concepts. Hence the idea, consistent with our DNA, of making contrary concepts coexist in the vocabulary of design - material and thought; shape and function; innovation and tradition.

The protagonist of the collection is handcrafted layered glass, combined with wood and enameled copper. The furniture collection, which consists of a bookcase, a console table and a coffee table, is characterized by essential lines, but is the result of a complex design, that requires great technical skill. The interplay of transparencies and overlapping layers tricks the observer's perception, changing depending on the position he assumes in the space. A small series of ad hoc designed accessories accompanies the furniture: a glass, wood and enameled copper vase; a wood and steel tray; a glass sphere and an enameled copper bowl. In parallel, the research focused on colors, an area that the Debonademeo studio has been analyzing and investigating for years. For the enameled copper, we developed three novel shades in the pink, lilac and green color fields. In total, as many as eight craft laboratories of our network were involved in the making of the pieces.