Тарчизио Koltsani (Tarcisio Colzani) studied at the artist in the famous Milan Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, but then became interested in industrial design. "Still, work with materials, in particular, with wood, is closer to me. My father was a carpenter, and I remember coming to his studio, taking planks and making some of them. I’m doing this now, too," explains he. In an interview with our magazine Tarcisio spoke about his latest experiments in the field of furniture design.

SALON: Sinner Koltsani, in the furniture that you design, it is difficult to find a common theme. For example, for the firm sleepless You made a semicircular Globe module for a TV that is embedded in the Concerto storage system, and for the company ADVICE - home theater, which is mounted on a bar and rotates around its axis ...

 - You are right, these are two completely different ideas. When I designed the Globe home cinema, I thought that TV today began to perform the same function that the fireplace had previously performed. After all, the whole family used to gather not in front of the TV, but near the fireplace. At the same time, I understand that modern people have another need: they want the TV to be where they are, to “follow” them. So I came up for the company ADVICE home theater that can be rotated 360 degrees. This is a very convenient solution for homes where there is no wall between the kitchen and the dining room.

S: Recently you have done for the company sleepless several objects with unusual, curved facades, for example the Boboli console, the Artex bar, the Fly console. What you do not like the usual flat facades?

 - I do not deny the idea of ​​flat facades. I just want furniture to have a pronounced character. Look at the modern architecture. Buildings have become more expressive due to more complex shapes and unusual facades. Emotions arise when there is movement, the play of light and shadow, and this is a general rule both for the buildings themselves and for objects in the interior.

S: Please tell us about the Artex bar. Its surface is decorated with inlay, which creates the effect of three-dimensional shapes. What was your source of inspiration?

 “Architecture was also a source of inspiration.” In the Renaissance, the facades of buildings were trimmed with faceted stone rust. One of the most characteristic examples is the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara. But there the figures really have volume. I decided to use the optical illusion. The effect of three-dimensional "pyramids" occurs due to inlay, collected from different wood species.

S: A few years ago, the most fashionable tree was cherry, then wenge, after more exotic species, such as rosewood. Do you personally what kind of wood like most?

 - walnut wood. This is a tree with tradition. Walnut was used to make furniture in the Renaissance. The walnut has a beautiful texture, a beautiful shade, and this wood is very beautifully aged. I also like pine, generally conifers. Unfortunately, in the furniture industry, this wood is almost never used for the manufacture of expensive furniture, but it seems to me that this is unfair. The plank of conifers has a very beautiful, expressive pattern.