What Martino Gamper did between two thousand and Wednesday 10th March 2010

Diego Dolcini Boutique
2008
Milano, Italy

Not a classic shoe boutique, but rather a site-specific installation, the first Diego Dolcini space in Milan was created by young designer Martino Gamper. In this concept of an interior Gamper removes the boundaries between art, fashion and design, transforming the usual, traditional shoebox, into a recurring symbolic and structural element, at the origin of spectacular accumulations and divisions of the space. Retaken and reproduced in different woods, reinvented and embellished by natural tones and textures, it evokes memories of contexts and contests, of rules and rituals of shoemaking. The shoe is the omnipresent yet invisible leading figure.

Taken from the press release
www.diegodolcini.it

This was a commision for Katie and ex-RCA collegue, who needed a round table for her new flat.

This was a commision for Graham who needed more space for books and cd’s.

Haddon Hall Storage-Staircase
For Edward and Saskia at Bowling Green Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.
Storage space is always much needed in people’s home. Whilst we never have enough of it, we do seem to have enough odd spaces that usually just gather clutter.
Various sizes
Beech plywood, Sprayed mdf, metal rails, heavy duty drawer runners.
Unique
2003