Swedish woven design imprint Bolon works in collaboration with designers Luca Nichetto and JoAnn Tan on the launch of the Exodus installation. This is a theatrical exhibition that reimagines the brand's flooring as an artfully surreal journey through texture and transformation.
It is set inside a historic Milanese house, which once operated as a textile factory. Tan speaks about the design project, "In a landscape of solo acts it was so much fun to create a duet. While we work in different fields, Luca and I found common ground in our mutual interest in oddities and monsters. This was a creative process much encouraged by the carte blanche from Bolon and punctuated by great conversation and laughter."
Theatrical Art Installations
Bolon Joins JoAnn Tan and Luca Nichetto on the Exodus Installation
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