From Mexico last month, we move on to enjoy the beaches of Versilia and the cafés of the French Riviera: it’s time for stripes, a 100% summery mood. Stripes are everywhere, on deck chairs and big umbrellas. A pretext to also narrate the canneté technique, that refined grosgrain craftsmanship in wood with small vertical ribs, a favorite in the 1950s and now back in vogue, applied to all sorts of materials.

The base from which we begin, formed by the juxtaposition of four different carpets and a surface in glazed volcanic stone, is an imaginary Cartesian plane where vertical and horizontal lines cross to sort our selection of objects. Three “vitrines” of different color representing three possible corners of the living area.

The protagonists we have chosen are historic items and contemporary creations, all featuring a rigorous striped look. The colors, ranging from yellow to blue, have low saturation to create a sophisticated, harmonious visual effect. Red, placed at the center, becomes a focal point that divides the other hues. The resulting palette is coordinated and coherent, maintaining its visual balance because all the pigments have the same tonal value. The binder between one image and the next is black, the most graphic (non) color of all, which has a natural affinity with the lines.

The background texture is composed of two carpets: left, Stellatop from the capsule collection designed by SUNNEI and cc-tapis, in Econyl yarn, a 100% recycled nylon obtained from old carpets, fishing nets and fabric remnants; right, with red and blue stripes, the outdoor rug made with Olyna yarn, a man-made high-tech product, 100% recyclable, from the Marras + Nodo Italia collection. At the center of the composition, we see the Odissea collection in lava stone by Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces for Ranieri.

The first setting on the left contrasts yellow stripes with the black grosgrain effect of Eternel, the bar cabinet in solid ash wood with a metal structure designed by Thinkobjects for Milla & Milli, and Inout 44 by Gervasoni, the ottoman-table in GFRC concrete, envisioned by Paola Navone.

For the lighting, a touch of caramel and glossy orange: the blown glass sphere of Bollicosa Small by Cassina. For an overall perspective view, the Bob indoor-outdoor carpet by Pappelina.

At the center, on the “wall” clad in lava blocks by Ranieri, two cult items from the history of design: the Storet chest of drawers by Nanda Vigo, produced by Acerbis, and the Up chair designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia with covering in beige-teal striped fabric, as in the original color chart. 

The set is completed with the Carousel matte black chandelier by Lee Broom and another design icon, the Shogun table lamp in metal created in 1968 by the Swiss architect Mario Botta and produced by Artemide.

The reading corner on the right is furnished with the Rico chair with an enveloping back by Ferm Living, outfitted using Louisiana striped fabric. To the side, the Mite floor lamp in the Anniversary version, designed by Marc Sadler for Foscarini. On the wall the art print SDO 06 Studiopepe for Paper Collective and the Venus lamp from Servomuto, a creation in metal and Lycra by Serena Confalonieri. To add depth, there is also another version of the Bob carpet by Pappelina.