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Mirocomachiko at Rossana Orlandi: a collaboration with Lidewij Edelkoort, presented by El Espartano at Milano 2025
Milan Design Week 2025 was the stage chosen to present Instinct, our new collection developed together with Japanese artist Miroco Machiko and curated by Lidewij Edelkoort. The show took place from April 7 to 13 at Galleria Rossana Orlandi and received an excellent response from the public and the specialized press. Throughout the week, visitors…
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Marta Minujín’s textile art in Alcova: a collaboration with El Espartano Editor
As part of Milan Design Week 2025, El Espartano Editor presents together with Marta Minujín the series Intertwined Concepts, a collection of original textile works that transforms the exhibition space into a sensory experience. The installation, exhibited at Alcova, inside the historic Villa Bagatti Valsecchi (Varedo, Italy), brings together five large-format pieces woven with the…
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Marta Minujín in a new dimension. El Espartano Editor anticipates a new collection with the artist.
Infinite, playful and always surprising, Marta Minujín’s work transcends conventional limits to question, activate and transform the observer. On this occasion, once again, Marta invites us to leave the mind and free the body, to play like children on a large wool carpet that projects her work and becomes a habitable stage in everyday life.…
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Furoshiki collection created with Luciana Gonzalez Franco selected for the Ibero-American Design Biennial in Madrid
Furoshiki, the collection of objects designed by Luciana González Franco from remnants of our carpets, was selected to be part of the ninth edition of the Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID) in Madrid, the most important event of contemporary design in the Ibero-American region. The collection includes seating and containers for everyday use inspired by the…
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Turing by Guto Requena, nature, science and diversity
Depicted as “one of Brazil’s fab five” in the Queer Eye series, architect and designer Guto Requena emerges as a leading figure of the new generation of architects and designers in Brazil and on the international scene. From his studio, new digital technologies, cyberculture and hybrid realities are themes that run through all his projects.…
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El Espartano expands its universe: now also textiles
To create a space that is pleasing to the eye, the key is to achieve harmony among all the elements that compose it. Knowing how to combine colors, shapes and textures in a coherent way and that at the same time these represent us, make us feel “at home”. With this premise in mind, El…
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Sculpture Furniture: much more than a carpet
Under the direction and curatorship of Lucila García de Onrubia (Deon Rubi) and Cinthia Kazez, the second edition of Mueble Escultura (Sculpture Furniture), an independent initiative that explores the synergy between design and contemporary art through group exhibitions, was held. The exhibition, open to the public from October 28 to November 11, 2023, was presented…
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Interview with Hella Jongerius: creating to find meaning
Sustainable innovation, craftsmanship, responsible manufacturing, and the relationship with nature and objects have been, for three decades, the topics that industrial designer Hella Jongerius from her studio located in Berlin. Her works question us from the exploration of color, materials and textures, in an attempt to reconnect with the other, with the objects that surround…
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Interview with Simone Post: intuitive and transformative design
Where others see waste, Dutch designer Simone Post finds the raw material for her art. From discarded textiles, old sneakers and unexpected materials, Simone Post creates design objects, where what at first glance is no longer useful, acquires a new life. In a chat with Yarn, the Rotterdam-based artist, who has collaborated with brands such…
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Interview with Milagros Irastorza: the office, a revolution of experiences
Milagros Irastorza is an architect and founder of MIA Works, a studio specialized in corporate and commercial architecture, whose vision has conquered giants such as Mercado Libre, Despegar, IRSA, Arcos Dorados and Google. How do you see the transformation of workspaces and what changes do companies need to adopt in order to stay relevant? How…
