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I love to set up spaces

ELISA OSSINO where time seems to stand
still.
Sensitive

GEOMETRIES

THROUGH HER OBJECTS AND SET DESIGNS, ELISA
OSSINO HIGHLIGHTS A MODERN, DREAMLIKE
WORLD, WHERE TIME SEEMS TO BE SUSPENDED.
HER GEOMETRICALLY-LINED CREATIONS DRAW
CONTEMPORARY SPATIAL LANDSCAPES WHERE
A CERTAIN DEGREE OF STRANGENESS MEETS
ABSOLUTE BEAUTY.

A graduate of the prestigious Polytechnic
University of Milan — like Renzo Piano
14 14 — Elisa Ossino has several strong strings Architect, designer, interior decorator, university lecturer... Is design a medium of expression for you? 15 15
to her bow. Both cerebral and sensitive, Where exactly did you start? E. O.: I think a project is successful when it can relay a message,
she approaches the world transversally. Elisa Ossino: After graduating in architecture from the Polytechnic set off an emotion without words, without an explanation. I always
As a designer — she created the famous University of Milan, I joined a research group studying the link try to create something strong, ...iconic, ...capable of conveying
"Elementi" lamp for De Padova —, as a stylist between linguistics and computer-aided language learning. a contemporary vision of the world.
for magazines and as an interior decorator, This allowed me to work with various artists and architects.
she builds bridges between disciplines and Together, we explored the synergies which interweave languages You give a lot of importance to geometric forms in your work.
forms that she calls "synergies". with other fields. And this is now my approach before taking on How does art influence you?
any kind of project.
E. O.: The recurrence of geometric lines is clearly one of the most
How do you describe your approach to design? recognizable characteristics of my work. I have a preference for
pure forms. I like creating interior landscapes which tend towards
E. O.: I always start by defining the meaning I want to give the abstract, like living, three-dimensional paintings. In both my
a project. I study the place, the choice of materials, and the installations and real interiors, I love to set up spaces where time
composition of the color range. I then try, through my sketches, seems to stand still.
to translate the stories I want my designs to tell. I never choose
anything by chance. You recently co-founded H+O, which specializes in tiling, with
designer Josephine Akvama Hoffmeyer. Can you tell us more
about this new project?
E. O.: It's a multidisciplinary project which I'm very proud of. It
was born out of a desire to rethink surfaces as genuine design
objects. We created a showroom in an apartment in Milan: a
space for experimentation and exhibition in which we presented
the installation "Perfect Darkness". Our hand-made clay tiles are
no longer reduced to their functional use but considered a key
feature of the decoration.