Space and light. Davide Groppi at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.
Davide Groppi reinterpreted the light of the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Pavilion with the site specific installation “DENTRO FUORI” in a vibrant and harmonious interaction.
Mies van der Rohe’s minimalism has been a huge source of inspiration in Davide Groppi’s vision of light. The purity of the lines, the ability to synthesise and subtract are the basis of the Euclidean concepts (point, line, plane) on which the designer and founder of the eponymous company has based his alphabet of light.
“DENTRO FUORI” has been a unique spatial experience, which synthesised functionality, aesthetics and technology, offering a rational and essential, suggestive and conceptually coherent vision.
A vision told in the conversation between Davide Groppi and Maurici Ginés, the Spanish designer and founder of Artec Studio, with whom the company collaborates for the creation of lighting and product design projects. Moderated by Miriam Giordano from Labóh, the interesting talk was organized in collaboration with the Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the Italian Consulate in Barcelona, and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona and ADI-FAD.
DAVIDE GROPPI'S LIGHT: ESSENCE AND ABSENCE
Davide Groppi's lamps are the result of a continuous work of synthesis and subtraction, a complex simplicity capable of maximizing the magic of light. A light that creates full and empty spaces, discovers hidden corners and unexpected details. A light that is never neutral, always the protagonist, rational but also seductive, that outlines changing scenarios and suggests hypotheses of possible magic.
