{"id":33302,"date":"2016-04-14T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=33302"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:26:05","slug":"discover-the-secret-garden-by-archibong-at-salone-del-mobile-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/discover-the-secret-garden-by-archibong-at-salone-del-mobile-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover The Secret Garden by Archibong at Salone del Mobile 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Secret Garden, <\/strong>designed\u00a0by\u00a0Ini Archibong\u00a0<\/strong>for Amen & Amen, was presented for the first time at\u00a0Salone del Mobile 2016<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0The new furniture and lighting collection is inspired by literature and fantasy. The opulent collection comprises a lighting sculpture, settee, side table and coffee table and is brought to life in materials including brass, marble, hand blown glass and traditional West African prints.<\/p>\n

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Storytelling is key to Archibong\u2019s work and he references many tomes with In The Secret Garden, including Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Bible, and Greco-Roman mythology.<\/p>\n

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The Jadis lighting sculpture is the crowning glory of the new collection. Consisting of crystalline flower buds hand-blown by famed Swiss glassblower Matteo Gonet,\u00a0fantasy brought to life by Archibong.<\/p>\n

See more from the trade fair:\u00a0MILAN DESIGN WEEK: BEST FURNITURE BRANDS AT SALONE DEL MOBILE IN MILAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The curved shape and \u2018oyster shell\u2019 construction of the Cheshire settee was inspired by the wide grin of the Cheshire cat in Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland. The outer shell is upholstered in a Vlisco Superwax batik print traditional to Western Africa and offered in a variety of options. The seat and back feature Alcantara ultra suede for comfort. Polished or brushed brass supports offer a sense of luxury.<\/p>\n

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The Orion side table and Galilee coffee table, both presented during Milan design week<\/strong>, are\u00a0made of hand carved Carrara marble sitting atop hand-blown glass legs, reference stories of characters walking on water in both Greco-Roman mythology and the Bible.<\/p>\n

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The Secret Garden was\u00a0presented for the first at time at Salone Satellite (Stand C8), the event devoted to the world\u2019s most exciting young designers during\u00a0Milan furniture show 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photos by\u00a0Andreas Zimmermann<\/p>\n

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For more information visit Brabbu<\/a>\u2018s Blog<\/a><\/strong> and Inspirations and Ideas<\/a><\/b>\u2018s page.<\/p>\n

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The Secret Garden, designed\u00a0by\u00a0Ini Archibong\u00a0for Amen & Amen, was presented for the first time at\u00a0Salone del Mobile 2016.\u00a0The new furniture and lighting collection is inspired by literature and fantasy. The opulent collection comprises a lighting sculpture, settee, side table and coffee table and is brought to life in materials including brass, marble, hand blown glass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":33307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1695],"tags":[107,7853,540,8030,7942,6468],"class_list":["post-33302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design_agenda","tag-design-events","tag-interior-design-show","tag-milan-design-week","tag-milan-furniture-show-2016","tag-salone-del-mobile-2016","tag-trade-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}