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ALPI presents the

autumnal exhibition

"Mostly Sunny with Spells

of Rain" featuring
Konstantin Grcic

is pleased to present
ALPI the results of its new
collaboration with Konstantin Grcic in
an exhibition titled "Mostly Sunny with
Spells of Rain" on 24 October 2023 in
Milan. ALPI has chosen to present his
designs in a new location with industrial
charm in the heart of Milan: the Rimessa
dei Fiori.
This will be the fifth annual exhibition
organised by ALPI, an autumnal initiative
that celebrates the fruitful connection
between industry and design. After
Martino Gamper with the Ettore Sottsass
veneers, Alessandro Mendini, Piero
Lissoni, and Ron Arad, ALPI has asked
Konstantin Grcic, a designer with in-
depth knowledge of wood, to interpret
ALPI veneer. His approach is artistically
and technologically innovative.
These collaborations are a fundamental
opportunity to present unique projects by
architects and designers invited by ALPI
to give shape to its veneers. Vittorio Alpi,
the company's president, conceived the
partnerships to give three-dimensionality
to ALPI products. The resulting one-
off objects, a blend of art and design,
communicate the company's outlook and
vision of the future.
"This is the fifth episode in a series
where we ask a person who has already
conceived new veneers for the company
to design objects using their wood. The
aim is to illustrate the possibilities of our
veneers by offering free rein to creativity.
After Gamper, Mendini, Lissoni and
Arad, we are introducing objects by
Konstantin Grcic, a versatile designer
gifted with great attention for detail," says
Vittorio Alpi.
Grcic's design expression uses
geometric shapes, formal rigour and
functionalism to create minimal objects
without superfluous features. "Mostly
Sunny with Spells of Rain" displays a
series of mostly vertical totems made
of irregular volumes with sudden shifts

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