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SERGIO MANNINO
Galleria Post Design - Milano
september 25th - october 20th

Exhibition: "100 STORIE"
Starting: wednesday september, 25th 2002
Cocktail: h 19.00
Opening days: from tuesday till saturday
h 10.00-13.00; 15.00-19.30

"It seems to me that the constantly increasing information flow produces, instead of a unitary culture, a reality marked by a myriad of co-existing fragments. These fragments carry along different stories: smells, tastes and colours from worlds that once were far apart and now, in essence, quite close.
Sergio Mannino

Sergio Mannino creates a design that finds its own force in the aesthetic features of his production. In this way his objects immediately become the protagonists of the scene where they are placed. A charming tale that develops through nine elements taken from the collection "100 Storie".

The basic module, the same in all series, is a 185 x 75 cms parallelepiped. The material of the basic module is lacquered wood, on which different elements have been inserted: neon lights, coloured bulb lamps, wood, fabrics, plastic laminates, metals, digital images, inlays, etc. The pastel tonality of these pieces of furniture suggests a concept of living that strives for serenity and tranquillity in the domestic space: light blue, pink, white, beige, sea green ... are, according to the designer, the most appropriate colours for the house at the beginning of this millennium.

Special thanks to Ettore Sottsass who has helped with advices and suggestions to create this exhibition.

For further information:
Galleria Post Design
Via della Moscova, 27 - 20121 Milano
Tel/Fax +39 026554731
E-mail postdesign@tiscali.it