Rhythm: space, sound, matter

Lualdi synchronizes the frequency of daily life

16-21 april 2024
Showroom Lualdi Foro Buonaparte 74 – Milano

For Milan Design Week 2024, Lualdi animates the spaces of the Milanese showroom with the event-installation RITMO (RHYTHM). Space, sound, and matter, created in collaboration with magazine Linkiesta ETC.

Rhythm as the universal language of daily life, communicating beyond words and images.

A regular beat representing the track for the musical notes, but also an alternation of shapes and colours, succession of lines and curves, development of geometric shapes on matter or in the architecture.

Rhythm is therefore the theme of Lualdi’s Design Week.

At the fair (Hall 9, Stand H11), the company focuses on new patterns, new finishes, and new colours designed by Lissoni & Partners, to illustrate the infinite interpretative and functional potential of the materials.

In the city, the same concept comes to life through a unique sound installation: 3 playlists, curated by Davide Dileo of Subsonica and Linkiesta Etc, describe 3 different domestic environments and mark their rhythm based on the different moments of the day and on the function. The consumption in silent-DJmix mode via Bluetooth headphones contributes to the creation of an intimate atmosphere and to the conscious perception of the deep vibration produced by the music and the environment.

Rhythm like Madeleine de Proust connecting a melody to an object, a sound to a space, a note to a memory to carry with you, becoming a powerful vehicle of memory and emotion.

The playlists will be downloadable through QR Codes, which become portals to a sonic universe that amplifies and enriches the visiting experience, transforming the exhibition space into a place of contemplation and inspiration.

On 17 April at 6.30 pm, Davide Dileo, Valentina Ardia, head of Content at Linkiesta Etc, and Chiara Lualdi will discuss sound and materiality, sound and space, rhythm and daily gestures.

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The new Rhythm

Salone del Mobile.Milano
16-21 April 2024

RHYTHM is the keyword and common denominator for Lualdi’s Milan Design Week. A universal language that also communicates by alternating shapes and colours, a succession of lines and curves and the development of the geometry on materials or in architecture.

At the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Hall 9, stand H11, the company will be focusing on the new patterns, new finishes and new colours developed by Piero Lissoni, to showcase the endless ways of interpreting and using the materials.

“The new textures are graphic signs, vertical and horizontal lines that, depending on their composition, change the rhythm and melody, like pentagrams on which to compose music and with which to create continuous decorations or vertical surfaces”.
Piero Lissoni

The stand, designed in collaboration with the Art Director, is a preview of the expressive potential of Lualdi’s systems. The continuing exploration into the possibilities of customised finishes has this year led to the development of unique patterns and decorations designed for glass and wood.

Vibrant settings, animated by the stimulating use of colour and patterns that change our perception of space and the product, like background music.

Lualdi is constantly searching for new balances between functionality and inspiration in which rooms become a bridge between the external world and our interior space, creating an emotional connection between the living spaces and the people who live in them.

Every new finish becomes a visual dance providing a glimpse of a broader spectrum of creative possibilities. From expertly crafted surfaces to the bold overlay of patterns, every Lualdi creation is the synthesis of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary innovation.

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Fiera Milano Rho
16-21 april 2024 

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Lualdi Los Angeles

Uniqueness, impact, experience, and brand identity are the keywords to succeed in the United States.

Lualdi, present in the area for about twenty years with showrooms in New York and Miami, consolidates the distribution network with the recent relocation of the Miami space and with the opening of the Los Angeles flagship store, located in the heart of West Hollywood.

The exhibition space, designed by Piero Lissoni, is consistent with the design philosophy of the brand’s other international single-brand showrooms and showcases the company’s design through the products and finishes that distinguish its technological and artisanal know-how.

The decision to open a direct space in Los Angeles, the beating heart of the Californian luxury market, responds to the exponential growth that the company has recorded throughout the West Coast. We want to offer a dedicated project management service to architects, designers, and investors, and convey to all stakeholders the concept of living according to Lualdi

– Alberto Lualdi.

 

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Lualdi opens its first London mono-brand showroom

Lualdi, an historic ‘Made in Italy’ brand specialising in interior doors, fixed furnishings, and custom systems, consolidates its internationalisation strategy by opening a new mono-brand showroom space in London during London Design Festival, which takes place from the 16th to the 24th of September 2023.

Operating in the UK since the 1990s, Lualdi has always had a focus on projects in the hospitality, commercial, and public space sectors, which have ensured the brand’s strong presence in the country. The decision to open an own space in London is part of a broader strategy, aimed at providing architecture and interior design firms with direct, tailor-made project management services.

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London is also a crucial strategic hub for capturing new business opportunities, both locally, with significant residential design potential, and internationally.

Fitzrovia was chosen for the new opening, with its vibrant artistic and cultural scene, as well as its rich history. Indeed, Fitzrovia today reflects Lualdi’s innovative character: it is a constantly evolving and bustling neighbourhood, lively, cosmopolitan, inspirational.

The showroom concept, designed by architect Piero Lissoni, the company’s Art Director, brings the space to life through a specific narrative composition. “The London showroom aligns with the showcase concept we are gradually developing with Lualdi globally. It’s like a ‘physical’ catalogue, illustrated by a labyrinthine succession of spaces, doors leading you to other rooms… These doors are the gateway to a small world.”

Thus, the space interprets the company’s contemporary and international spirit, transforming it into a dynamic stage where sliding systems such as Shoin, L7, Skye, and Koan complement each other, changing shape through a simple gesture.The swing door proposals include options with strong materials such as Altaj in chocolat and woven leather versions, as well as more traditional options such as Avenue, Filo55, and the iconic Rasomuro. Filorei and Rasorei certified doors complete the lineup.

“We thought of the new showroom as an international showcase for the company’s products and philosophy,” states Pierluigi Lualdi, CEO of Lualdi. “It is more than simply a space, it is a journey and a meeting place, offering solutions combining research, technology, craftsmanship, and customisation. The London opening is part of a precise brand internationalisation strategy that involves the development of mono-brand spaces, either opened directly or in partnership with local distributors, allowing the company to boast a complete display of its collections and convey a retail experience consistent with our corporate values.”

The London showroom will, starting from the 21st of September 2023, welcome architects and designers to address every type of design need and to share with all stakeholders the concept of living according to Lualdi.

 

 

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Lualdi at BAM OPEN AIR DESIGN

Lualdi confirms its participation in the upcoming 3rd edition of BAM Open Air Design, the four-day event dedicated to outdoor design held on the lawns of the Biblioteca degli Alberi di Milano from 7-10 June 2023.

Launched by COIMA Image as part of the BAM cultural program in collaboration with the Fondazione Riccardo Catella, the event was inspired by Alida Catella’s desire to create an event for the city of Milan that testified to the extraordinary changes currently underway, and which acknowledged regeneration, sustainability and beauty as our common future.

Lualdi’s installation, developed by Avenue Architect, will be hosted in one of the open-air exhibition’s 11 “Red Circles”.

The iconic Shoin celebrates the beauty and perfection of nature. A triangular-shaped prism enclosed by a series of fixed and pivot doors creates an open-air room in direct contact with the ground and the sky. 

Outside, the mirrored glass façade integrates and blends seamlessly with its natural surroundings, reflecting glimpses of everyday life in the park. 

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Three pivoting Shoin doors in clear glass create a theatrical backdrop, leading the way into an intimate and reflective space. 

Inside, we find 3 glass reproductions of Mario Carrieri’s work on one side, the beautiful product of his artistic research centred on flowers, photographed as if they were “creatures” whose exquisite beauty is broken by their own inevitable transience. 

The other two mirrored sides offer reflections and superimpositions of people and images, intriguing the observer in a somewhat augmented reality. 

Glass and aluminium, two elements central to the brand’s strategic and creative vision this year, are also symbolically interpreted in the installation.

 

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Milan Design Week 2023

GLASS CODE

Lualdi Flagship store
Foro Buonaparte 74 – Milan

At Design Week 2023 in Milan, Lualdi presented GLASS CODE, an installation designed by Maurizio Lai that has transformed its showroom into an abstract and mesmerising gallery. Glass is the absolute protagonist while light, shapes, refractions and reflections merge in an evocative path that invites visitors to explore the theme of threshold and imagination.

Lai, architect and set designer, wanted to explore the idea of a door as a subtle boundary between distinct spaces, delving into the experiential and emotional sphere of opening and passage. Glass, with its transparency and capacity to create different shapes and reflections, perfectly lends itself to this concept, conveying a sensation of lightness and suspension.

The exhibition path is designed as an illusion of sorts, split into two complementary stages. On the ground floor, a tight sequence of light stopsol sheets helps create an accelerated perspective, emphasised by bright accents. On the upper floor, the theme of the portal is expressed through the development of a 4-metre high totemic artistic element.

Abstract forms and colours are created by the play of reflections and projections on the glass and mirrors, where the skilfully applied light creates a seductive and surreal atmosphere that seems to defy the laws of physics and the plane of reality.

The space invites visitors to explore the infinite possibilities of glass and to experiment with its perception.
The result is a unique experience: a space where architectural objects and elements blend and multiply in the light, creating suggestions.

The installation becomes much more than a visual experience, encouraging visitors to reflect on the relationship between space and matter and art’s ability to open up new horizons of thought.

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Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023

NEW SHAPES

Lualdi is focusing on the search for and experimentation with new finishes and combinations of materials.

In 2023, Lualdi will put its creative energy towards exploring how new combinations of materials and textures can define new aesthetic and functional balances in the space. This further validates the dynamic interplay between creativity and technology that characterises the brand’s versatile production.

New designs with inventive takes on traditional materials such as glass, aluminium, wood and fabric have been on display at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan.

The stand was the product of a long-standing partnership with Piero Lissoni, designed to showcase the expressive potential of Lualdi’s systems.
The products recreated a homelike atmosphere, defining the entrance, living area and home office. Four intimate boxes, like matryoshka dolls in which visitors can explore the great variety and versatility of the company’s products.

The company explores the potential of aluminium and glass, not only through the study of patterns and decorations that embellish and renew the product’s identity, but also by concentrating its industrial investments in a new production pole dedicated to glass-working that will sit alongside the historical plant in Marcallo con Casone.

The quest to discover wood’s untapped potential is ongoing, yielding solutions that inject furniture systems with energy, transforming them into flexible, cutting-edge architectural elements with a high decorative impact. Intricate carvings and graphic combinations of lines and shadows breathe fresh life into wood’s inherent solidity.

Lualdi also deepens the dialogue with fabrics and leathers, materials that increasingly define a reconciliation, a fusion almost, between the product and the world of furniture. These materials are used to demonstrate increasingly adaptable solutions capable of defining the visual style of the spaces they link.

All the new finishes play with light from technically different perspectives, opening up to a wide range of creative possibilities, from surface processing to overlapping patterns and the combination of different materials.

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Lualdi partner of Courmayeur Design Week-end 2023

VERSOlaMETA (“Towards the Destination”) is the theme of Courmayeur Design Week-end 2023, scheduled from 9th to 12th February and now in its third edition. More than just a play on words alluding to the METAVERSE, the title is also a link between the reality we know and reckon with, and this virtual, abstract and perfect world becoming increasingly more fascinating and intriguing.

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Courmayeur Design Week-end is in fact, before all else, an event where the power of relationships and the connection with a special territory create a microcosm where designers, companies and design experts interact over a long weekend at the foot and summit of Mount Blanc.

A partnership, that between Lualdi and Courmayeur Design Week-end, built on shared founding values. Those tied to a “community” that transcends the boundaries of the virtual and draws on its roots, back when the term “community” evoked both intimate sharing among a select few, and extensive commonality among many.

Adriano Olivetti, an early advocate of the cultural role entrusted to entrepreneurs, once described “Enterprise as a ‘community’ of intentions and interests. Enterprise as an ‘expression of living’ in which numerous parties, each with their own unique interests, work together to accomplish a set of overarching goals well beyond their individual interests. Enterprise envisioned as an historical social being in constant relation with the physical, social and cultural environment.”

Architect and art director of Lualdi, Piero Lissoni, will be the main keynote speaker of the third edition of Courmayeur Design Week-end.
“Talking about a door is a serious thing. A door is a serious thing. It’s not just a simple hole in the wall: a door is an element full of meaning, an entity in itself that controls and looks after the space.” A door is the most evocative design element linking spaces and people.

Design TED is dedicated to enthusiasts and industry operators, and the event, led by journalist Giorgio Tartaro, will see Lualdi talking about its own business and achievements on Thursday 9th February, at 5.30pm, at the Courmayeur Conference centre.

And while the capacity to create and nurture relationships continues to be the main characteristic of Courmayeur Design Week-end, there will be no lack of entertainment, thanks also to Lualdi.

The Courmayeur Dolonne cable car will be transformed into a design gallery suspended above the landscape. Lualdi will communicate its vision of contemporary living and brand values by interpreting one of the cabins.
The capsule, customised inside and out, becomes an elegant and cosy corner of the home thanks to the reproduction on the surface of textures and materials such as wood, aluminium and glass expressed by Koan, and the Matrix finish applied to the Wall&Door boiserie, representing a perfect synthesis of technological ability and tradition.

And in the meantime, thanks to augmented reality, furniture appears on the slopes offering the public an interactive experience that literally “opens the doors” to the Lualdi world.
Suffice it to simply frame the QR code displayed on the side supports of the slopes to transform the natural setting into a photographic set. The L41 door designed by Piero Lissoni is the star of the show, with its elegant and light contours exposing the beauty of the natural landscape and serving as a portal to Lualdi’s Milanese showroom.
A furnished snow-white landscape, both real and virtual, to be captured and shared on instagram (the event’s official hashtag is #CDWE23).

Lualdi is the main sponsor of the traditional skiCAD, a ski and snowboard competition for architects, designers, journalists and companies. The white arena will be transformed into an outdoor showroom: beginning at the starting gate, the doors tracing out the route will showcase a selection of products illustrating the brand’s proposal.
The appointment is on Friday at 10am at Plan Checrouit.
At the end of the race, the trophy, designed by Progetto CMR and created by Lualdi, will conceptually embody craftsmanship, a close-knit relationship with designers, and attention to materials.

Courmayeur Design Week-end 2023 is organised by Studio Coronel in partnership with Courmayeur Mont Blanc.

 

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Altaj receives good design award 2022

The international award confirms the importance of detail in design

Altaj, the project by SBGA | Blengini Ghirardelli for Lualdi, received the Good Design Award 2022, one of the world’s most coveted and widely recognised design awards.

First conceived in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr., the award was created to acknowledge the most innovative products designed throughout the year in terms of form, materials, construction, concept, function, utility, sustainability and appeal.

Now in its 72nd edition, it is organised every year by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in collaboration with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd.

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The reasons for the award are the project’s expressive and interpretative potential: the collection is designed to go beyond the stark minimalism of traditional flush-with-wall doors.

The metal profile framing the door adds aesthetic value, further emphasising the door’s symbolic value as a means of crossing, passage, and connection, without the door disappearing into the wall. The decorative aspect thus emerges from the wall, highlighting the symbolic meaning of crossing and passage.

“Altaj is a product of the desire to combine the simplicity of forms with technological research and performance”, explains architect Giuseppe Blengini. “Taking this object’s capacity for expression and customisation to the extreme.”

Altaj is distinguished by its unusually slim frame: a linear graphic form that projects the door forward by at least 1.5 cm, lending three-dimensionality to the object and surroundings. Altaj stands out even with the door open, due to its symmetrical frame and lack of contact.

Precisely because it is so light, Altaj can easily be customised with a wide variety of materials such as wood, stoneware, leather and wallpaper to create distinctive visual effects and serve as the room’s focal point thanks to its singular and original design.

The attention to detail and expressiveness of Lualdi’s designs speak to the architect, becoming a key element in determining the style and atmosphere of the setting.

Lualdi and “La tradizione del nuovo”

23rd Triennale Milan International Exhibition. Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries – 15 July – 11 December 2022

The Triennale Milan International Exhibition is dedicated to design and architecture and sponsored by the Triennale in collaboration with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. A constellation of exhibitions and projects brings together 400 artists, designers and architects from over 40 countries, with more than 600 works and 22 international participations.

The 23rd International Exhibition addresses the theme of the unknown, investigating the mysteries of the known world and presenting a space to reflect on “what we don’t know that we don’t know”. Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries offers a new look at the unknown and an opportunity for exploration. The unknown thus becomes a dimension to be experienced, a notion of astonishment in the face of the immensity of what escapes us.

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The reasons for the award are the project’s expressive and interpretative potential: the collection is designed to go beyond the stark minimalism of traditional flush-with-wall doors.

The metal profile framing the door adds aesthetic value, further emphasising the door’s symbolic value as a means of crossing, passage, and connection, without the door disappearing into the wall. The decorative aspect thus emerges from the wall, highlighting the symbolic meaning of crossing and passage.

“Altaj is a product of the desire to combine the simplicity of forms with technological research and performance”, explains architect Giuseppe Blengini. “Taking this object’s capacity for expression and customisation to the extreme.”

Altaj is distinguished by its unusually slim frame: a linear graphic form that projects the door forward by at least 1.5 cm, lending three-dimensionality to the object and surroundings. Altaj stands out even with the door open, due to its symmetrical frame and lack of contact.

Precisely because it is so light, Altaj can easily be customised with a wide variety of materials such as wood, stoneware, leather and wallpaper to create distinctive visual effects and serve as the room’s focal point thanks to its singular and original design.

The attention to detail and expressiveness of Lualdi’s designs speak to the architect, becoming a key element in determining the style and atmosphere of the setting.

Munari defined the ‘campanello’ (doorbell) as “the instrument to communicate auditory messages through the doors according to the character, mood, humidity and sensitivity of the people who ring the bell”. For the centenary of Munari’s birth in 2007, the exhibition was re-presented by Beppe Finessi in Lualdi’s Milan showroom, with fit-out by Marco Ferrer and embellished with previously unpublished documents.

Using a series of doors produced by Lualdi, Bruno Munari and Davide Mosconi applied devices and structures “in place of the doorbell” that produce the strangest and most diverse sounds in relation to the imagined owner of the door. For example, to ring the door of the geologist ‘Pietro di Pietra’ we use a knocker that strikes a stone plate. For that of the Head Physician ‘de Medici’, the Medici brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger, paper nametag.

The Design Museum selected six works, which will enhance the towers that make up the entrance portal.

TOWER 1
Front: lacquered wood, brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger
Back: lacquered wood, spring-loaded plunger, battery tray, wood

 

TOWER 2
Front: lacquered wood, rope and fabric
Back: lacquered wood, rope, brass and wooden wind chimes

TOWER 3
Front: lacquered wood, rope
Back: lacquered wood, rope, brass doorbells, ribbons

TOWER 4
Front: lacquered wood, bird callers, marker, paper tag
Back: lacquered wood

TOWER 5
Front: lacquered wood, wooden bridge support and keys, ropes, paper nameplate
Back: lacquered wood, “f” shaped holes, wooden keys

TOWER 6
Front: lacquered wood, Medici brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger, paper nameplate
Back: lacquered wood, lithophone, rope, brass, spring-loaded plunger

  • Munari defined the ‘campanello’ (doorbell) as “the instrument to communicate auditory messages through the doors according to the character, mood, humidity and sensitivity of the people who ring the bell”. For the centenary of Munari’s birth in 2007, the exhibition was re-presented by Beppe Finessi in Lualdi’s Milan showroom, with fit-out by Marco Ferrer and embellished with previously unpublished documents.

    Using a series of doors produced by Lualdi, Bruno Munari and Davide Mosconi applied devices and structures “in place of the doorbell” that produce the strangest and most diverse sounds in relation to the imagined owner of the door. For example, to ring the door of the geologist ‘Pietro di Pietra’ we use a knocker that strikes a stone plate. For that of the Head Physician ‘de Medici’, the Medici brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger, paper nametag.

    The Design Museum selected six works, which will enhance the towers that make up the entrance portal.

    TOWER 1
    Front: lacquered wood, brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger
    Back: lacquered wood, spring-loaded plunger, battery tray, wood

     

    TOWER 2
    Front: lacquered wood, rope and fabric
    Back: lacquered wood, rope, brass and wooden wind chimes

    TOWER 3
    Front: lacquered wood, rope
    Back: lacquered wood, rope, brass doorbells, ribbons

    TOWER 4
    Front: lacquered wood, bird callers, marker, paper tag
    Back: lacquered wood

    TOWER 5
    Front: lacquered wood, wooden bridge support and keys, ropes, paper nameplate
    Back: lacquered wood, “f” shaped holes, wooden keys

    TOWER 6
    Front: lacquered wood, Medici brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger, paper nameplate
    Back: lacquered wood, lithophone, rope, brass, spring-loaded plunger