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/// IN THE AIR / Sébastien Caporusso                                                                                                                                                                           Sébastien Caporusso  / IN THE AIR ///





                  1                                                     2                                                            Simplicity, noble materials, sustainable sourcing... How do you   People highlight the "poetry" in your work.
                                                                                                                                     define your design approach??                           In what way are you a poet of objects?
                                                                                                                                     Sébastien  Caporusso:  I  am  into  the  connection  and  S. C.: Each project is a new opportunity to explore the variations
                                                                                                                                     interdependence between the different parts of a single ensemble;   of  a  strong  identity with a  touch of  poetry  and  elegance.  I love
                                                                                                                                     while taking into account space in itself, along with the emotions   finesse  and  lightness  as  a  contradiction  to  the  weight  of  the
                                                                                                                                     and soul that inhabit it. I want my clients to live with the material,   materials I use. Generally, the job of designers is to think up all
                                                                                                                                     to linger over the warmth of a wood, to appreciate the variations   kinds  of objects  which  must  meet  both  esthetic and  functional
                                                                                                                                     in the colors of marble, and to be attentive to details, especially   criteria. If I can bring something dreamlike to this, I am delighted.
                                                                                                                                     in  the  choice  of materials  which  is  too  often  forgotten.  I  work
                                                                                                                                                                                            You  were named  2021  Designer of  the Year.  Which  projects
                                                                                                                                     with  Belgian  craftspeople  and  follow  their  whole  process  from
                                                                                                                                                                                            have especially marked you during your career
                                                                                                                                     selecting the materials, to production and the placing of objects
                                                                                                                                     in my clients' home. I have control over all of my pieces.   S. C.: Each project has its own importance, regardless of its size.
                                                                                                                                                                                            It is a pleasure to start with a blank page for every project.
                                                                                                                                     We see a strong tendency towards organic design. Do you claim
                                                                                                                                     to be part of this movement?
                                                                                                                                     S.  C.:  It  is  a  term that  is  used  a  lot,  but  the  founders  of this
                                                                                                                                     movement were Charlotte  Perriand and Alvar Aalto. They  were
                                                                                                                                     the pioneers of these often irregular curves and lines. It inspires
                                                                                                                                     me, too, but it is not a goal in  my work. I am more inspired by
                                                                                                                                     the lines and esthetics found in animal, vegetal, and even human
                                                                                                                                     forms.
                                                                                                                                     From where do you draw your inspiration as a designer?
                                                                                                                                     S. C.: In this digitalized, high-speed, often dehumanized century, I
                                                                                                                                     draw lots of inspiration from Japanese culture, joyfully combining   Each project is a new opportunity
                                                                                                                                     beauty with  the  useful –  and sometimes  with  the  not so useful,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    to explore the variations of a strong identity
                                                                                                                                     which  is  undoubtedly the  greatest  of luxuries.  But  I  must  not
                                                                                                                                     forget another of my inspirations, very far removed from Japan:   with a touch of poetry and elegance.
                                                                                                                                     Brazil,  a  country bubbling  over  with  energy which  gave  us  the
                                                                                                                                     incredible architects and designers of the 1950s. They gave me
    38                                                                                                                               a taste for the breathtaking, and inspire my furniture-sculptures.                                           39







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          SÉBASTIEN CAPORUSSO
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Talent  does  not  only  emerge  with  experience.
                          Furniture in                                                                                                                                                                 It  can  be  there  from  the  outset.  That  is  the  strong
                                                                                                                                                                                                       impression  left  on  me  by  Sébastien  Caporusso,  the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           his
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              strong
                                                                                                                                                                                                       young his  firm  beliefs  that  impress:  esthetic  vision,
                                                                                                                                                                                                            designer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Beyond
        POETRY                                                                                                                                                                                         approach  to  design  which and calls  upon  noble  but
                                                                                                                                                                                                         is
                                                                                                                                                                                                       it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       responsible
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                local
                                                                                                                                                                                                            reused
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   materials,
                                                                                                                                                                                                       often
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      manufacture.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              his
                                                                                                                                                                                                          explained
                                                                                                                                                                                                       He
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            terms.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      moment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      simple
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   in
                                                                                                                                                                                                       vision  with  us his  artistic  approach  and  shared  one
                                                                                                                                                                                                       enters,  the  tone  is  set:  the  majestic  13-meter-high
                                                                                                                                                                                                       glass  roof  and  its  steel  structure  crown  the  ultra-
                                                                                                                                                                                                       contemporary lounge bar.
         A  MASTER   OF  BOTH   UNIQUE  PIECES  AND  MAJOR
         PROJECTS,   BRUSSELS-BASED  SÉBASTIEN   CAPORUSSO
         SURPRISES WITH THE POETIC NATURE OF HIS WORK. THE
         2021  DESIGNER  OF  THE  YEAR  BRILLIANTLY  COMBINES
         ORGANIC CONTRASTS, BOLD CUTS, NOBLE MATERIALS AND
         LOCAL CRAFTSMANSHIP.
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          1. VLC Project | 2. PR Project | 3. TER Project
          4. "Intermezzo" table for Spazio Nobile
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