Planetario, a project for Besana Carpet Lab, was designed and developed highlighting the identity and unique features of wall-to-wall carpeting. Planetario is an exquisite ode to the past glory of carpeting, yet casts its gaze to the future.
A scenic retro-futuristic setting welcomes visitors in a dream-like domestic atmosphere inspired by the themes of space and of its antithesis, the underwater world, whose elements are found in the latest collection created by Cristina Celestino. Our vision is that a new era has come for this fabric and its unexpected uses; this has allowed us to delve into the use of this precious fabric. We've analysed how carpeting was used at the time of its greatest glory, in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing inspiration from the sophisticated interiors designed by Nanda Vigo and Willy Rizzo.
“Although the present has lived up to – and surpassed – the 1960s visions of the future, we still bear in mind the visual legacy of those interiors and of those bygone days. So, I’ve projected the values and identity of such atmospheres into a setting where the dialogue between the three dimensions of time strikes a new balance.”
Cristina Celestino April 2019
A modern reinterpretation of carpeting as a versatile, practical and rich fabric that – thanks to Besana’s great skills and 40 years of experience – turns into a customisable element, the focal point of contemporary design interiors. The iconic material comes to life and interacts with luminous sculptures by Esperia, a historic brand and a symbol of Italian excellence that, back in the 1960s and 1970s, created – in collaboration with Angelo Brotto – a lamp inspired by an optimistic vision of tomorrow, a vision that was “projected into the future”, poised between art and design.
