Sous les Étoiles

Location

Milano, Palazzo Litta

Year

2022

Type

Scenography

Client

Creative Academy

Area

120 sqm

Photo credits

Alessandro Saletta - DSL Studio
ABOUT THE PROJECT

Creative Academy, Richemont Group’s post-graduate design school based in Milan,offers every year to 20 talented young designers from the world’s best designschools a unique training programThe chosen material is glass; the very poetic andinspiring theme is “Under the stars”: a theme indicated by the Maison of highjewellery Van Cleef & Arpels, which every year launches an important and evocativebrief for the young creative talents of the School.

Under the guidance of the Milanese design duo Eligo Studio, Alberto Nespoli andDomenico Rocca, they were asked to make specific reference in their designs to thehistory, architecture and decorative complex of Palazzo Litta as a cultural reference.

The projects of the young designers were realised by Simone Crestani, one of themost interesting and original glass masters on the Italian and international scene.

Franco Cologni, Honorary Chair of Creative Academy

To be a designer the most important thing is to have heart. Without passion you cannot create art.

Simone Crestani - maestro del vetro

«Sono un artigiano, prima di essere un artista. Lalavorazione del vetro è una tecnica moltocomplessa che richiede anni di studio ed estremadedizione. Ho avuto la fortuna di impararequesta tecnica quando ero ancora giovane. Ilvetro ha scelto me, prima che avessi idea di cosavolessi diventare»