Alice Corbetta

MEET THE MAKER

I define myself as a surface designer: in recent years, I focused mostly on the study of surfaces and their application on the surface coating of furnishing objects. I employ contemporary materials, such as micro cement and resin, or lime, to impress textures and prints. I am primarily inspired by nature. I borrow some ancient techniques from the restoration in order to create antique patinas and metallic corrosions. I love surfaces because they introduce the substance as a manifestation of the possible. Leather is one of the main tools to communicate his own being externally: it can be the medium to transmit emotions, to send messages, to describe personal characteristics.  Both in a human body and in a design object, the external coating has not only a protection function, but it has the opportunity to communicate the beauty and the harmony, to enhance the intrinsic qualities of the product and the object.

WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TAKE PART IN iATELIER ONLINE PROGRAMME?

I believe that iAtelier online programme could be an extremely challenging experience, both at the creative and human level. I feel that it is an opportunity of personal growth from which I take advantage to create new artifacts and to start new collaborations.

From this programme, I expect to:

• gain new knowledge, new incentives from other design visions and productive realities;
• personally and humanly enrich interacting with different competences: it is an occasion to experiment and implement new creative tandem processes;
• employ new technologies to increase the quality level of the project, combining artistry and technology;
• have to opportunity to raise my ability to collaborate.

WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK?       

The thing I loved the most about iAtelier Online was its hybrid matrix: design, technology and artistic craftsmanship. All the “Expert Talks” were really fascinating, they enriched my knowledge: I particularly appreciated the one by Riccardo Marchesi about technology fabrics and sensors because it instilled new ideas in me. I wish that new collaboration and interesting forums could emerge from the meetings with other professionals and designers that I could make during this experience.

5 things that I’ll bring with me from this experience:

• The opportunity to collaborate remotely in the creation of a project, using new technologies
• The confidence in the possibility of creating a harmony with a design partner, even without meeting directly
• The mix between the technological knowledge and the craftsmanship, which simplify the productive process making it possible to create new products
• The incentive and the discussion that emerge from a group, where every participant express his specificities best
• The exercise of presenting themselves and their projects to a virtual audience

FINAL PROJECT FOR iATELIER ONLINE

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