M'afrique Arco Cocoon

The collection has been made using woven threads normally used for fishing nets, the designs are all different and original, like their names. Handwoven,they are human in their imperfections and flaws.

The Arco cocoon is designed using simple curves and radiuses.
While weaving, the frame, is under tension which enforces the visual language of the curves.
Each of the woven surfaces is in contrasting colours to emphasise the curvy shapes.

by Martino Gamper, 2017

Martino Gamper (b. 1971, Merano, Italy) lives and works in London. Starting as an apprentice with a furniture maker in Merano, Gamper went on to study sculpture under Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. He completed a Masters in 2000 from the Royal College of Art, London, where he studied under Ron Arad. Working across design and art venues, Martino Gamper engages in a variety of projects from exhibition design, interior design, one-off commissions and the design of mass-produced products for the cutting edge of the international furniture industry. Gamper has presented his works and projects internationally, selected exhibitions and commissions include: ‘100 Chairs in 100 Days’, Touring Show, RMIT, Melbourne, Aus; ’Transformers’, MAXXI, Rome (2016); ’design is a state of mind’, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London (2014); ‘In A State of Repair’, Rinascente, Milan (2014). Gamper was the recipient of the Moroso Award for Contemporary Art in 2011, and the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, Furniture Award in 2008 for his project ‘100 Chairs in 100 days’.