Architecture for the body: our collaboration with Gaspar Libedinsky at his retrospective at MNAD
Ten years after its creation, our first upcycling project together with Gaspar Libedinsky returns to the scene with Taken Housethe retrospective exhibition of the Argentine artist, architect and curator at the Museo de Arte Decorativo.
Among the original and diverse works that were part of the exhibition was Architecture for the Body ( 2011), a project by the artist that coincided with the beginnings of our Design & Sustainability Lab. From the resignification and reuse of surplus material from our Velour line, we developed a special edition of slippers designed by Gaspar. Velour’s color palette was perfect for capturing a flock of winged slippers, which emerge from a doormat and leave a bird-shaped void when they leave.
The return of Architecture for the body reaffirms the Laboratory’s growth in upcycling. Throughout the last 10 years, sustainability has not only remained a guiding idea in our processes, but has also found a way to take root and permeate the different areas of our work.