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The “Marmomacc Meets Design” (MMD) project paired
leading international designers with stone processors. The pairings focused on
this year’s theme - “irregular and exceptional” - saw several innovations. A
2010 Best Communicator Award was presented to Budri and designer Patricia
Urquiola for a booth design where modules became a transparent booth perimeter
through the layering of fretworked arabesques. Photos by Alberto Parise
The “Marmomacc Meets Design” (MMD) project again generated some of the more innovative booth designs. MMD 2010 paired leading international designers with stone processors. The pairings focused on this year’s theme - “irregular and exceptional” - in developing everything from objects to entire booth designs.
Four of the MMD booths were among the winners of the 2010 Best Communicator Award. A fifth award was given, for the first time, to a machinery company not involved in MMD. The award is presented to the booths with the best visual approaches to conveying the richness and potential of stone.
Budri and designer Patricia Urquiola were selected by the jury for the company’s exceptional execution of the designer’s poetic vision: Modules became a transparent booth perimeter through the layering of fretworked arabesques.
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Designer Marco Piva, working with MGM Furnari, another
winner, selected different finishes for the same material to define the
interior space of the company’s booth.
Pibamarmi, a repeat winner of the award, was recognized for its collaboration with designer Manuel Aires Mateus. Despite using a single material, the jury appreciated Aires Mateus’ ability to create a variegated articulation of the booth’s space.
Tomas Sandell’s marble house, created in conjunction with Marsotto, was rewarded by the jury for the repetition of the stone module used in the structure, which effectively conveyed the essential nature of this elementary icon.
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Pibamarmi, was a winner once again, as it collaborated
with Manuel Aires Mateus to create a variegated articulation of the booth’s
space with a single material.
Other designer/stone company pairings for MMD 2010 included: Luca Scacchetti with Finstone S.A.R.L., Aldo Cibic with Grassi Pietre, Giovanni Vragnaz with Iaconcig, and Enrico and Viola Tonucci with Stonehenge.
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The “marble house” by Tomas Sandell was created in
conjunction with Marsotto, and it was rewarded by the jury for the repetition
of the stone module used in the structure.
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Luca Scacchetti was paired with with Finstone S.A.R.L.
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Aldo Cibic, a frequent participant in the program,
collaborated with Grassi Pietre.
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The stone supplier Iaconcig, a repeat participant in
the Marmomacc Meets Design initiative, teamed with Giovanni Vragnaz.
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Among the projects with a regional or municipal scope,
Sistema Puglia, a promotional agency for the Apulia Region, collaborated with
four young, already well-known designers - Philippe Nigro, Stefan Diez, Tomàs
Alonso and Luca Nichetto - each of whom worked with a different stone from
Apulia.