“A 140-square-meter amazing space, full of eclecticism and cultural contaminations, with volumes and materials that pay homage to Lina Bo Bardi, Jorge Zalszupin and Oscar Niemeyer’s Brazilian modernist rationalism, along with Moroccan-inspired geometries and details. It is the new home of Manuel Barbieri and Marco Magalini, founders of MM Company, a creative consulting agency, and Caleido, a kaleidoscopic observatory on the world of creativity, who chose their hometown, the historic district of Borgo Venezia in Verona, and an early twentieth-century Liberty-style apartment.”
“Manuel and Marco have shifted between Brazilian modernist rationalism and Moroccan shapes and materials. They designed most of the furnishings, part of the Caleido Collection, a self-produced brand: the beds headboards come in the iconic Caleido color, the Caleido Marble dining tables by Marcolini Marmi have a base in natural iron, a walnut bench, the unhinged sideboard with staggered textured doors. All the pieces are made in Italy by expert craftsmen, who have used only carefully chosen, ancient raw materials: dark walnut wood, marble, iron, concrete.”
“The main element of the house, which separates the private residence from the guest area, is the striking floor-to-ceiling textile wall by Dooor, in sound-absorbing velvet fabric, which, in case of need, consents to join the spaces for a dinner with many guests, a party, a convivial breakfast or an exhibition.”
“Also accessories are connecting elements: small coffee tables, natural terracottas, Venetian glass and Colombian baskets. This also includes the works of art that they gave as a presents each other in the last years, including a selection of paintings by Matteo Giuntini, some illustrations by La Fille Bertha, a painting of a French traveler of the ‘700 and another by them renamed ‘Madame de l’Argenterie’, a lithograph by Floriano Bodini, photos by Arnaldo Abba and various tickets, including the colorful one by Brazilian designer Paula Cademartori and the selection of Carte de voeux designed by Yves Saint Laurent between 1970 and 2007”.
Ph. Beppe Brancato, styling Giulia Taglialatela
