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2022 / / Professional

Sciaca

  • Company
    marcofiorentinodesign , Italy
  • Lead Designer
    Marco Fiorentino
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Its simple, clean lines and slightly inclined truncated cone shape make it look like a delicate vase, but inside it hides a powerful "torture" tool: wake the nutcracker / everything!

The larger base serves as a container while the smaller base is used for squeezing. The two truncated cone parts fit together perfectly and by rotating them one on the other you can give Sciaca an ever-changing geometry.

When not at work sciaca is a design object to furnish tables, shelves, etc ...
with the characteristic that it can be placed on both the major and minor base.

It is made of olive wood

Bio
From an early age he developed an interest in freehand drawing that led him to first attend the artistic high school and, subsequently, the faculty of architecture of the University of Genoa, where he graduated in 2005. It is precisely in the university years that he passionate about design and begins to participate in various national and international competitions.
His design starts from the freehand drawing of objects and furnishing accessories which he then digitizes, but above all he realizes in 1: 1 scale in order to better analyze them and interact with them in the environment.

Other prizes
"The smallest furnishing objects for domestic spaces" 2013 - Morelato - 1st place with Ceppo stool / coffee table, put in the catalog and exhibited at the Salone del Mobile in Milan 2014. - International Competition “From Nature to Design” 2014 - Bruno Zanet Marmi - winner with Thicky family, prototype created and exhibited at the Abitare il tempo fair in Verona; - Competition “Design in Corso” 2014 - 2C workshopdesign - 1st place with Littlemissunshine table lamp; - “Off the Wall” International Competition 2015 - Mabele - Special mention with FUR bookshop. - International Competition “Make More” 2016 - Veneta Cucine - 1st place with multifunctional shelf sheets for the kitchen and more. - International Competition "Author's Bench" 2018 - DiBiase Marmi - 1st place with Arca, outdoor marble bench. - International competition "Art light and colors" 2020 - Venice design week - first place with misirizzi light portable table lamp. - International competition "Agorà Design" 2021 - Agora design - first place with Sciaca nutcracker

Photo Credit: Marcofiorentinodesign