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Ofiolite / LITHICA

Towel holder, 2025

Client: Lapilli

Team:

  • Francesco Vedani

  • Matteo Mina

  • Diego Spartà​

MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2025

SUPERSTUDIO PIÙ

Via Tortona 27 – Milano
7-12 april, 11:00 - 21:00

13 april, 11:00 - 18:00
6 april, 15:00 - 20:00  (VIP & Press Preview)

“Ofiolite”  takes  its  name  from  the  rocks  born  from  the  fusion  of  the  earth’s  mantle,  brought  to  the  surface  by  tectonic  motion.  This  bathroom  accessory  tells  of  that  same  force  with  a  minimal  and  geometric  structure.  Lava  stone  and  steel  coexist  in  balance  between  weight  and  suspension.  The  design  is  measured,  conceived  to  enter  the  domestic  space  with  discretion,  expressing  solidity  and  refinement  without  excess.

LITHICA is a collection born from the encounter between the geological memory of the Earth and the material culture ofcontemporary man. Lava stone and steel confront each other in a dialogue between opposing forces: on one side the naturalheat that forges the rock, on the other the artificial heat of the industrial furnace that shapes the metal. The identity of the projectlies in this tension: an aesthetic that is not decoration, but an expression of matter and function.Each piece of the collection is based on the principles of Max Bill's Gute Forme: pure, functional forms, in which beauty and utilitycoincide. At the same time, it recognizes itself in the Super Normal philosophy of Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa, whichinvites us to design discrete, profound, necessary objects. It is not the formal gesture that imposes itself, but the quality ofpresence, the ability to tell stories through matter. LITHICA is a tribute to myth and modernity. It evokes volcanoes and divinities, magma and landscapes, but it also speaksof industrial revolution, conscious production, design as an ethical gesture. It is a sober but monumental collection, whichrejects pomp to enhance the authentic strength of materials. Each element is a small domestic architecture, a point ofbalance between the Earth and technique, between an archaic past and a possible future. LITHICA is a landscape to inhabit, amaterial story to share.

© 2025 by Filippo Mambretti Design Studio

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