For the Stealth low table, Visionnaire returns to cotisso, not as a simple reclaimed fragment, but as matter reimagined through a process of transformation. Successive fusions generate a thick, compact top, resembling a carapace — an archetypal surface, unexpectedly opaque, that subverts the conventional notion of glass as transparent and fragile.
The top is composed of a stratification of three layers of cotisso, annealed and fused in the furnace, and rests on the base through brass studs — a constructive detail that makes the point of connection between the elements explicit. The bases, crafted in Moltrasio stone with a manually executed split-face finish, introduce a sculptural and monolithic presence.
The collection unfolds through distinct families, ranging from sculptural expressionism to a formal presence defined as stealth — almost alien — evoking the cinematic, nocturnal atmosphere of the villas perched on the hills of Los Angeles. The architecture of John Lautner resonates in the sharp volumes and in a modernism concerned not with purity, but with tension. At the same time, a muscular presence inhabits the forms, transforming discipline into monumentality and comfort into an emotional experience.
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