Stories Leonardo Scotti and the unimagined metamorphosis Text by Laura Ghigliazza Photo by Leonardo Scotti Add to bookmarks Reinterpreting simplicity is a courageous act. Images of landscapes, fashion and architecture blend together to change their meanings. HotHotHot HunterXItaly HunterXItaly CamerlataFountain-Como-Cattaneo&Radice CHAPTER MAGAZINE FEATURE SamitaurTower Culver City, Eric Owen Moss Torre Civica Gibellina, Alessandro Mendini Unité D'habitation Marseille, Le Corbusier PIN-UP MARSELL PIN-UP MARSELL Depending on how you look at it, everything changes shape. What might, at first glance, have appeared to be just a simple block of ice now, seen with different eyes, becomes a sparkling, angular sculpture perfect for the piece of wooden furniture in the corner of the living room. Making the everyday exciting, turning it into something exceptional and unexpected, is no mean feat. Simple things become even more striking when reinterpreted, and Leonardo Scotti, a young Milanese photographer born in 1988, manages to achieve just this, mixing landscape, fashion and architecture with bright colours and palpable contrasts. He has been travelling the world since the age of twenty-two, visually documenting the space around him, concentrating on urban settings, with a particular focus on the natural world; constantly changing scenography that blends ironically into the urban fabric. His film tells of feathers, leather and concrete, portraying an aesthetic of the present, in a perfect combination of commercial and personal. Everything can become part of the story, and thus the neck of a majestic swan speaks to us in the same language as Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation. 29 June 2021 Share See AlsoOther Articles Stories The holiday library. 5 important books to savor tranquilly From Robert Wilson’s chairs to fables about the Castiglioni brothers. From the Compasso d’Oro to Beatrice Leanza’s thoughts and a bookazine on luxury. Essential reading for all those with a passion for the topic. Patrizia Malfatti Exhibitions The latest outdoor furnishing, championing sustainability, material and colour Comfortable and sustainable, outdoor furnishing lends itself to many different interpretations, channelling innovation and constantly evolving aesthetics Marilena Pitino Stories The biology of light, according to Manuel Spitschan What does chronobiology have to do with design? Manuel Spitschan, professor at the Technische Universität München, explains why light is essential to our well-being. And why designers should know more about it to design better. Giulia Zappa
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