During Fuorisalone in Milan Design Week 2019, Tortona Design District (Opicio 31 Via Tortona, 31, 20144), Alex Chinneck will present his new provoking installation, a project concerned with the current state of the environment, inspired by IQOS, the smoke free latest technology discovered by Philip Morris International. His project is called IQOS World.
Milan Design Week 2019: Merging the fields of art, architecture and theatre, the work of British sculptor Alex Chinneck is monumental in ambition and impact, producing contextually functional art pieces that give life to the place in which they stand. Photo: ©Elle Decor
This site-specific design project will involve the front buildings, at Opificio 31’s entrance. A distinctive feature of it is the zip, a visual disruption through which the artist gives rise to a surreal opening from which a mysterious light comes out, connecting the audience to an immersive experience.
Milan Design Week 2019: Alex Chinneck is a graduate of Chelsea College of Art and a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. His work has been featured extensively by international media with selected projects welcoming over one million visitors. Photo: ©Crisalide Press
The surfaces of the space were designed by the artist as metaphors of an ideal process of transformation in which the opening owns a special ability to create a new narrative.
Milan Design Week 2019. Photo: ©Dezeen
Milan Design Week 2019: “Take my lightning but don’t steal my thunder”. Photo: ©Convent Garden
This is one of his several mesmerizing art and design public creations in the last years.
“Birth, death and a midlife crisis”. Photo: ©Booooooom
Alex Chinneck is considered one of the best contemporary designers in the world thanks to his ability to adapt his creative vision to the context.
“From the Knees of My Nose to the Belly of My Toes”. Photo: ©Uncube Magazine
In this project, the architecture of the buildings in front a former manufacturing area is going to be the protagonist, while inside there will be sculptural exhibitions.
“Birth, death and a midlife crisis”. Photo: ©Colossal
Grandfather Clock. Photo: ©HUH Magazine
Grandfather Clock’s Detail. Photo: ©HUH Magazine
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