Specular Oasis: Barbieri Magalini meet Christine Kalia in SPAZIO MM
Mirrored modular sofa immersed in a desert of sand
Milan Design Week 2025 – Creative duo Barbieri Magalini, founders of the creative consultancy MM Company, meet the Cypriot architect and furniture designer Christine Kalia. Their collaboration culminates in an installation at SPAZIO MM, located at via Maroncelli 3 in Milan, titled "Specular Oasis". The exhibition runs from April 1st to 13th, 2024, spanning both Milan Art Week (Miart) and Milan Design Week (Salone Internazionale del Mobile).
The "Specular Oasis" installation emerges as a visual paradox in the heart of the city, where a sand desert becomes the stage for an even more surreal apparition: a majestic modular sofa, seemingly inflatable, appears to float above the sand, challenging our perception of reality while creating an ever-evolving kaleidoscope of light and reflections. The sofa transcends its role as mere object to become a dimensional portal, a privileged vantage point from which to contemplate this urban mirage.
Entry into this parallel world occurs through a dreamlike portal: an organic structure that bridges the ordinary and extraordinary, inviting visitors to leave behind the solidity of the real and immerse themselves in a dimension where everything is possible, leaving ephemeral footprints in the sand, while mirrored surfaces multiply every movement, blurring the boundaries between real and imaginary.
In a world dominated by speed and concreteness, "Specular Oasis" stands as an invitation to contemplative conviviality. In this ephemeral desert in the heart of the city, each visitor leaves a weightless shadow but carries with them a fragment of eternity.
Exhibition curated by Barbieri Magalini & Furniture design by Christine Kalia
1 April to 13 April 2025
10:00 - 18:00
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Thursday, 3 April 18:00 - 23:00 (Vernissage Miart)
Tuesday, 8 April 18:00 - 23:00 (Cocktail of Milan Design Week)
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Barbieri Magalini
Barbieri Magalini is a creative duo, founders of MM Company creative agency & Caleido Diary mag. They curate creative directions in the furniture, fashion & interior design fields. Their distinctive approach, guided by a kaleidoscopic vision, is characterized by a convivial and humanist spirit.
Christine Kalia
Christine Kalia is a design studio exploring modes of spatial relations between architectural, interior and product design. The studio’s vision is calibrated towards ecocentric design and contemporary aesthetics; where the end products manifest the prime materials.
