LANIFICIO LEO – Pensieri 2 Blanket Independent Designers

 

 

 

Pensieri Blanket by Lanificio Leo is a plaid-tapestry in jacquard knit with a piqué weaving technique.

Pensieri is the name of a collection of plaid tapestries. It comes from a play on words that emphasizes the value of the raw material by evoking the Latin etymology of the term “pensum” which meant the quantity of wool entrusted to the spinners.

An invitation to think freely following the lines of the drawing which, seen closely, appear as hand-made graphic strokes on a neutral background. As in the preparatory sinopias of the ancient frescoes, it was decided to renounce color to highlight the sign, intense as a human gesture. And, as in a contemporary triptych, the collection is made up of three independent but modular elements.

The vaguely surrealist iconographic story describes Calabria according to a horizontal and vertical reading that connects its paradigms: experienced orography, cultivated nature and intrinsic archeology.

 

DESIGNER: Luca De Bona

DIMENSIONS: 170CM (D) x 100CM (W) 

MATERIAL: 100% wool

 

ABOUT THE BRAND

Lanificio Leo is the oldest textile factory in Calabria. Founded in 1873, today it is a contemporary design hub where a monumental fleet of historic machines is integrated with the latest generation technologies, in a vision that combines the enhancement of heritage and the skills of traditional know-how with innovation.

It is a brand with an international vocation oriented towards the expression of new languages, a manufacturing reality in constant dialogue with the visual arts that sees the culture of design as the cornerstone around which to experiment, in order to always open new horizons of possibilities.

Lanificio Leo is one of the most significant examples of a company-museum whose management model combines doing business with the tools of culture.

Lanificio Leo, an ancient future.