PIEGHE
The project consists of reintroducing the production waste of companies specializing in the processing of metal tubing, to reduce waste both from a material and energy point of view where feasible.
Thereby, what is often considered useless residual material in the numerous cemeteries of industrial rubble, acquires value through the experimentation of unexpected objects, as they derive from the production of other goods that would have no further use.
In this sense, Pieghe leads us to think about the infinite possibilities for the large quantity of residual material piling up every day that could be transformed into an infinite multiplicity of useful goods, extending the life cycle of materials down to their last fragment.
We could say that the design approach is of the inverse type, as the idea does not come from a necessity and thus from the development of an object capable of satisfying it, but rather arises from the consequences generated by the creation of other goods, seeking new meanings to attribute to the shapes found.
Pieghe is, therefore, the result of this type of research, and consists of a collection of candlestick and vases with extremely simple lines. The metal objects are scraps of semi-finished tubular products with circular and rectangular sections which are then painted.
The design actions are minimal, simply cuts and folds where deemed appropriate to achieve the pre-established functional shapes, avoiding welding where possible. This is in keeping with the methodological idea which consists in the extreme reduction of design and manufacturing actions ensuring a responsible use of energy resources.
