Patricia Urquiola
Originally from Oviedo, Spain, Patricia Urquiola studied architecture and design at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and completed her studies at the Politecnico di Milano where she graduated under the mentorship of Achille Castiglioni. Her career highlights include Assistant lecturer to Achille Castiglioni and Eugenio Bettinelli in Milan and Paris, responsible for the new product development office of De Padova, working with Vico Magistretti, head of Lissoni Associati’s design group.
Patricia Urquiola starts each project by building an empathic connection with the user that will eventually interact with her designs, something she learned from Achille Castiglioni, establishing the “fundamental element” as he used to call, the basis of each project which always keeps her on track and accompanies her whole design process: thinking spaces or objects in relation to people. Pushing the limits of research and technology, Patricia Urquiola constantly experiments and dares to move towards better design and architecture, following her earlier mentors’ teachings such as Vico Magistretti and Maddalena de Padova. Used to confront complex processes, working with scales from micro to macro, she works with the available technology to go beyond the limits of what has been already experimented.
Patricia Urquiola
Cenote is a collection of washbasins designed by Patricia Urquiola that reveals a magnetic presence full of material and sensory vibrations. Far removed from mainstream decorative style, the refractory clay surface is carefully worked to leave the exterior deliberately rough. Surprisingly, the enameled interior is pleasantly smooth to the touch and shiny. An evocative play of contrasts between roughness and smoothness joins artisan handiwork to make each washbasin a unique, distinctive, and valuable object. The washbasins will be available in two different sizes in dark lava stone and refractory clay in a red or dark grey finish. The interior is available in four different colors.
Salvatori
The Village Kore Petra, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a decorative object pair of contrasting yet complementary houses. Kore is the name given by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola to her pair of contrasting yet complementary houses, in homage to Ancient Greece's delicate but majestic statues that depict young women on the cusp of adulthood. This piece is characterized by clean lines and a deceptively simple form. Alma is a tiny house in Petra is made from travertine, an evocative and tactile material that epitomizes the long tradition of natural stone in architecture and art.
Salvatori
The Village Kore Alma, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a decorative object pair of contrasting yet complementary houses. Kore is the name given by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola to her pair of contrasting yet complementary houses, in homage to Ancient Greece's delicate but majestic statues that depict young women on the cusp of adulthood. This piece is characterized by clean lines and a deceptively simple form. Alma is a tiny house in Rosa Portogallo marble, with its glorious coloring and veining.
Patricia Urquiola
Single Slinkie is a rug designed by Patricia Urquiola and hand-knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a design story revolving around color, a succession of chromatic evolutions developed in a composite universe of organic shapes. The rug is made with a cotton weave, Himalayan wool, and pure silk.
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Tatou Floor Lamp, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a diffused light floor lamp, a classical dome style with a surface interpreted through a creative language to screen and allow the light to filter through from inside. The inspiration behind Tatou design was to perform experiments with light filtration for remarkable results when it this floor lamp to experiment with light filtration, with excellent results. Tatou is a French word for armadillo: the mammal famous for its bone-plate structure protected by a layer of horn. The Exterior diffuser is in Polycarbonate, and the internal diffuser is in injection-printed opal Polycarbonate. The lamp support and base are painted steel in white color.
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Tatou Table Lamp, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a diffused light table lamp, a classical dome style with a surface interpreted through a creative language to screen and allow the light to filter through from inside. Tatou is a French word for armadillo: the mammal famous for its bone-plate structure protected by a layer of horn. The Exterior diffuser is in Polycarbonate, and the internal diffuser is in injection-printed opal Polycarbonate. The lamp support and base are painted steel in white color.
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Serena Table Lamp, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a leaf blown by a soothing wind, gliding through a course of the wind. The shape is inspired by nature, and the lamp features a dynamic reflector that can be directed to obtain an intense, precisely reflected light. The structure of the lighting body reduces the LED source’s visual impact, providing the user with a level of comfort that belies the design’s superior technology. Serena is an adjustable table lamp providing indirect and reflected light. It features playful diffusers, reflecting light or allowing it to glow where it is placed. Reflector in sheared and folded pre-anodized aluminum in copper color.
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Serena Table Lamp, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a leaf blown by a soothing wind, gliding through a course of the wind. The shape is inspired by nature, and the lamp features a dynamic reflector that can be directed to obtain an intense, precisely reflected light. The structure of the lighting body reduces the LED source’s visual impact, providing the user with a level of comfort that belies the design’s superior technology. Serena is an adjustable table lamp providing indirect and reflected light. It features playful diffusers, reflecting light or allowing it to glow where it is placed. Reflector in sheared and folded pre-anodized aluminum in black color.
