upon coming into CASACOR throughout miami art week 2019, designboom was greeted with a pastel-hued room by moniomi that screamed play with me now. from a marble and onyx ping pong desk to a memphis-inspired punching bag, every object featured on the house was the place it wanted to be, expelling a way of it has all been thought via. as we continued exploring, new textures, colours and supplies have been revealed with every stare, whereas a typical string linked all of them: historic greece and the game of trend.
designed by ronald alvarez and monica santayana of moniomi, and titled altis ornamentum, this curated assortment of customized furnishings and equipment incorporates a wide range of sports activities parts with luxe supplies. in CASACOR, the house reinterpreted an altis — the sanctuaries the place athletes retreated to in historic occasions and the sacred grove of zeus and the primary olympians. a better look revealed that not solely have been we surrounded by sports activities tools, however that the ground plan resembled a courtroom embraced in an arched colonnade design taken from historic areas just like the coliseum.
hanging from the ceiling have been an array of white basketballs accompanied by the lux mini hoop — a wall-mounted basketball hoop that mixes marble, onyx, copper and hand-woven cotton threads. accessible with a sq. or arched backboard, the delicate hoops could possibly be used to really play a sport. the show-stopper was for sure a marble and onyx dinning desk that doubles as a ping pong table. with a striped black and white border, the desk had a leather-based white internet that added to its sumptuousness.
total, moniomi incorporates a wide range of sports activities parts with luxe supplies and a demure palette, ensuing within the softening of a historically masculine house with a contact of femininity.
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venture data:
identify: altis ornamentum
designer: moniomi
offered at: CASACOR
throughout: miami artwork week 2019
juliana neira I designboom
dec 22, 2019