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Designer
Andrea Anastasio
Andrea Anastasio completed studies in philosophy and then followed a cultural path that took in projects cataloguing Islamic architecture in India, research on innovation in traditional craftsmanship techniques, and partnerships with…
Biography
Background
Andrea Anastasio completed studies in philosophy and then followed a cultural path that took in projects cataloguing Islamic architecture in India, research on innovation in traditional craftsmanship techniques, and partnerships with architectural practices, publishers and museums.
Signature Style
He is fascinated by the poetics of conceptual art and its possible convergences with industrial design. His research focuses on the manipulation of objects, consumer goods and domestic materials, generating cross-contaminations of languages and meanings.
Notable Works
His works include The Hours (2008), a Murano glass chandelier, Cold Light (2011), Risonanze (2016) at Triennale Milano, and Filo (2017), made of hand blown Murano glass, porcelain and wire for Foscarini. For Foscarini he designed Gioia, Madre, Filo, Fregio and Intervallo; Filo is a project he coined for the company.
Legacy
With Ceramica Gatti 1928 and Foscarini he worked on Fregio and Intervallo, ceramic panels in dialogue with light, and on the Battiti research on light and ceramics. At Milan Design Week 2024 Foscarini presented HABITUS, a research project with Andrea Anastasio and Amal.
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Products
Fregio Wall
Wall lamp by Andrea Anastasio for Foscarini with glazed ceramic floral bas-reliefs and LEDs
Fregio Suspension
Pendant by Andrea Anastasio for Foscarini with handcrafted ceramic bas-reliefs, light up and down
Intervallo
Wall lamp by Andrea Anastasio for Foscarini: light beside a handmade ceramic bas-relief
Madre
Andrea Anastasio table lamp in hand-blown etched glass with a central opening
Gioia
Andrea Anastasio wall lamp: a marble element at the centre of a transparent PMMA disk
Filo Reading
Anastasio floor lamp in which even the electrical cable becomes a decorative element
Filo Table
Anastasio table lamp that pulls light source, decoration and cable apart into separate visible parts
