Located in Udine, the house was designed by the Spanish architect, Patricia Urquiola, creative director of the super fab Italian furniture company Moroso. Incredibly stylish and beautiful, but quite modest and restrained. Some of the furniture seen in this house is one of a kind, like the painted metal chairs by Ron Arad. There are a few Moroso prototypes as well, like the Rift sofa by Patricia Urquiola covered in African fabric. Patrizia’s love for Africa is not so early…His partner ( that is also artist, and a very good chef ) is African, so his kids grown in both cultures. That’s why, maybe Urquiola made this cool mix of styles, so the family feel really confortable. Some pieces are sample rejects, like the Ron Arad plastic Ripple chairs on the terrace. Their colors were muddled in the molding process which really appealed to Patrizia Moroso. She says that she is drawn to ‘strange’ versions of furniture and mistakes from factories that have resulted in unique pieces made by the industrial process. Her house is a kind of testing place for her, and an extension of what Moroso do. Some of the art in the house includes a giant light box by Fathi Hassan and an oversize photograph by Boubacar Touré Mandémory. These two contemporary artists who were featured in Moroso’s influential “M’Afrique” exhibition during the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair. Unfortunately if you travel to Udine, will be difficult to see the house, as the street were is located looks like a private street, and the beautiful house now is covered by huge threes. So feel happy to see this few rare shots to have an idea about.
