Marco Guazzini Design
Design as rational, conscious, and profound act. The elegant gesture of the designer Marco Guazzini goes at the same pace with an innovative, meticulous, careful to the contemporary life topics, research, yet rich of inspirations that come from other ages.
After have spent few years in New York, Guazzini chose to open his atelier in Milan, where he studied Industrial Design. Here he started a path that led him to work for companies as Officinanove, Ex.t, Pimar, Atipico, Living Divani, and at the same time to collaborate with international design galleries as Galleria Luisa Delle Piane and Leclettico (Milan), Gallery S. Bensimon (Paris), Mint design gallery and Saatchi Gallery (London). Guazzini worked as professor from 2007 to 2011at NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Milan).
Marco Guazzini is especially well known for the conceiving and the realization of Marwoolus® material, that since 2016 is part of the Vitra Design Museum's permanent collection. An homage to his places of origin, that blends the Prato wool and the Pietrasanta marble so to obtain an innovative element, a symbol of expressive freedom which characterizes the whole work of the Italian designer.
Marco Guazzini
Three geometric boxes inspired by the traditional Japanese architecture. Hokusai’s Great Wave, the iconic image of the power of the sea, is revoked through the sinuosity of the wool on plane surfaces. The protruding lid allows an easy grip.
Marco Guazzini
The FLUENT collection is characterized by the linearity of the products enriched by the colors and the fluid aesthetics of the Marwoolus material. The table and the console provide for the disassembly of the legs to facilitate transport. The products of the FLUENT collection can be customized in various ways: • the metal structure is available in blue, green, red, black, gray powder coated with glossy finish. • For the top in Marwoolus the color of the wool can be blue, green, red, black, gray • It will be at the discretion of the customer to be able to combine the color of the wool of the Marwoolus® top with the same color of the metal structure or not combined.
Marco Guazzini
The WING coffee table is entirely handmade by Marco Guazzini and made of Marwoolus. It is characterized by an elongated and protruding top on the sides and takes inspiration from 1950s design. It is available in other colors.
Marco Guazzini
A collection inspired by the ellipse which repeats itself in the geometric forms of elements, enhanced by the sinuous sections and propositions. Pieces are created for MINT Gallery and presented at the Saatchi Gallery (London).
Marco Guazzini
A clean cut on the solid matter: a single block of marble is divided into two equal parts. The lateral transparent glass, reveals the inside hollowed out in a semi-cylindrical shape. The two mirrored vases are meant to be coupled, separated or combined so to create different shapes.
Marco Guazzini
The KUBO collection consists of wooden parallelepipeds painted in light gray. In the upper part they are covered with the Marwoolus material in various colors. These elements can perform various functions: seats, support surfaces, tables, shelves, etc. Thanks to their modularity, they can be assembled with each other to create various functional schemes that generated variable graphics of the Marwoolus aesthetic. Colours available: The products of the KUBO collection can be customized through the choice of wool colors from the color card and the choice of marble bases pigmented in the colors: pink, light blue, green, black, blue, yellow, gray.
Marco Guazzini
Two unique pieces inspired by the pure geometries of the remains of two Yemeni temples from the 7th century BC. The wool marblings, forced to break off in clean cuts along corners, emphasize the objects' three-dimensionality and materiality. A Production of objects in limited edition and unique pieces dedicated to Marwoolus, an innovative material conceived and realized by Marco Guazzini designer. Unique for its nature: it's made of marble and wool, which natural fibers reproduce the typical veinings in a not replicable way.
Marco Guazzini
A collection inspired by the ellipse which repeats itself in the geometric forms of elements, enhanced by the sinuous sections and propositions. Pieces are created for MINT Gallery and presented at the Saatchi Gallery (London).
Marco Guazzini
The vase recalls the decorations of the Chinese ceramics of the Ming dynasty from which these products are inspired, through the stylized landscapes designed by colored wool fibers. A Production of objects in limited edition and unique pieces dedicated to Marwoolus, an innovative material conceived and realized by Marco Guazzini designer. Unique for its nature: it's made of marble and wool, which natural fibers reproduce the typical veinings in a not replicable way.
Marco Guazzini
The centerpiece recalls the decorations of the Chinese ceramics of the Ming dynasty from which these products are inspired, through the stylized landscapes designed by colored wool fibers. A Production of objects in limited edition and unique pieces dedicated to Marwoolus, an innovative material conceived and realized by Marco Guazzini designer. Unique for its nature: it's made of marble and wool, which natural fibers reproduce the typical veinings in a not replicable way.
Marco Guazzini
The table with a slender metal structure shows a sample of the Marwoolus material in the form of 15 x 15 cm tiles in the various colors of the wool. A Production of objects in limited edition and unique pieces dedicated to Marwoolus, an innovative material conceived and realized by Marco Guazzini designer. Unique for its nature: it's made of marble and wool, which natural fibers reproduce the typical veinings in a not replicable way.
