Jury-GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN / Published on August 11, 2020
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Franco Marchesan
Europe Area Director
Bonaldo
Villanova di Camposampiero, Italy
PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE – PEOPLE OF DESIGN VERSION!
What prescient youthful memory relates to your present career?
The shape of mountains embedded in the sky which I could see from my house. Today,I observe the shapes of items and the harmony they can create in their milieu with just as much fascination.
What are three basic rules you learned from your mentors?
Projects should be
■ Recognizable
■ Evocative
■ Functional
What project launched your career?
As export manager for Bonaldo, I have seen many original ideas submitted by designers and become icons…
PIERROT KING by Piervittorio Prevedello
(‘’Good Design Award” 2004)
BIG TABLE by Alain Gilles
(‘’Good Design Award’’ 2009)
OCTA by Bartoli Design
(‘’Good Design Award’’ 2014)
DRAGONFLY by Karim Rashid (2006)
SQUARING by Giuseppe Viganò (2004)
LOVY by Sergio Bicego (2017)
PANORAMA by Fabrice Berrux (2018)
LOCK by Alessandro Busana (2017)
TIRELLA by Paolo Grasselli (2018)
KADOU by Ryosuke Fukusada (2013)
TREE by Mario Mazzer (2006)
What is your current design state of mind?
More and more minimalist…
Big Table by Alain Gilles for Bonaldo, 2009
Octa by Bartoli Design for Bonaldo, 2014
How would you like your designs to go down in history?
As leaving a mark of beauty…
What peer quality do you most value?
Simplicity
What always inspires you?
Proportions
If a spell were to transform you into an object, by all means, what would you like to be, and why?
An Arabian horse, for its elegance…
What is your favorite place in the world?
Italian villages…
What design or architecture project do you wish you would have thought of yourself?
Big Table designed by Alain Gilles
If you could host any three guests, past or alive, over for dinner, who would you choose and what would you dare serving?
PIERVITTORIO PREVEDELLO, ALAIN GILLES and CARLO BARTOLI.
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