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<strong>Lucie</strong> Kaas AW17<br />
Feature > Alberto Bellamoli<br />
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Large marble chips<br />
used in the ERAT<br />
collection - from<br />
the factory in<br />
Grezzana, Italy.<br />
Wet cement - when<br />
mixed with small<br />
marble chips it will<br />
become terrazzo.<br />
What was your inspiration be-<br />
would work when cemented<br />
the focus would be entirely<br />
hind the ERAT collection?<br />
together. Even though terrazzo<br />
on terrazzo, even when the<br />
is versatile in its composition<br />
objects were not made entirely<br />
My inspiration behind the<br />
it is not flexible in shape. The<br />
out of terrazzo. So, we tried to<br />
collection is based on the<br />
ERAT collection takes terrazzo<br />
explore the relation of terrazzo<br />
colors that have always been<br />
outside of its conventional form<br />
with other materials. I see all<br />
a part of my surroundings.<br />
through applying it into usable,<br />
the pieces of the collection as<br />
The stones used are some of<br />
everyday products.<br />
small experiments that are<br />
the most traditional Italian<br />
exploring the relation between<br />
marbles transformed into a<br />
How does the merging of<br />
the two different materials. All<br />
new perspective. When starting<br />
materials come into play in the<br />
the pieces are part of the same<br />
“I see all the pieces of the collec-<br />
the design process, I started<br />
with the ‘roots’ of the material.<br />
designs?<br />
family, ERAT, but how the terrazzo<br />
appears and how you can<br />
tion as small experiments that are<br />
exploring the relation between the<br />
I wanted to know where the<br />
stones came from and how they<br />
The idea was to create a<br />
collection of products where<br />
interact with each piece for me<br />
is a completely different story.<br />
two different materials.”