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 Salone Selection The most exclusive 5-star design hotels in Italy From Milan to Rome, taking in Capri and Ostuni: a selection of new hotels designed by the most important international designers Pamela Menichelli Stories Designing outdoor spaces: parks and playgrounds to (re)discover From the new permanent installation by Parasite 2.0 in Piedmont to the skatepark outside the Centre Pompidou designed by the artist Raphaël Zarka and local architect Jean-Benoît Vétillard Serena Scarpello Exhibitions Vases, carpets, plates, screens: the barometer of decoration The latest edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano confirmed the trend towards ornamentation, marking out contemporary living spaces. Celebrating its buzz in the name of expressive freedom. Giulia Zappa
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