Discover Vista Alegre’s Exclusive Collaboration For Milan Design Week 2019 ⇒ The partnership between Vista Alegre and Sam Baron is one of the most anticipated of this year’s edition of Doppia Firma, an event by the Michelangelo Foundation and Fondazione Cologni that will take place during Milan Design Week 2019. Doppia Firma is a project that brings together innovative designers and excellent artisans to create a unique collection of original works. Each of the objects carries two signatures – doppia firma, in Italian – as each is the outcome of the collaboration between a designer and a uniquely skilled craftsperson. CovetED brings you all about these two brands that will wow us once again.
Photo: ©Piero Martinello
Sam Baron and Co. is a studio which offers creative solutions to design problems, embracing all kinds of projects from all over the world. He works together with a team of young thinkers, blending creative skills to find challenging and original visions in contemporary design. The designer loves the reinterpretation of traditional know-how to bring to life exceptional contemporary pieces. His creations are both artistic and functional, with cultural and historical pillars.
“Arcade” (2015) by Sam Baron for Just99. Photo: ©SB
Baron received the “Grand Prix de la Creation de la Ville de Paris” in the design category during the 2010 edition of Maison & Objet. Philippe Starck selected him as one of the ten important designers of the next decade. Sam also received a silver cube from the NYC Art Director Club and was integrated as a jury member. The AD&D London based creative association awarded him with a Yellow Pencil for the Colors magazine issue he curated.
Sam Baron for Vista Alegre (2009). Photo: ©Yatzer
His work is continuously featured in International press such as Monocle, Wallpaper magazine, New York Times, Le Monde, Elle or Vogue and included in international museum collections. His clients include Hennessy, Airbnb, la Redoute and Vista Alegre. Currently, Sam Baron lives and works between France and Portugal.
Sam Baron for Vista Alegre (2009). Photo: ©Yatzer
Founded in 1824, the porcelain manufacturer Vista Alegre was the first manufacturing company dedicated to the production of porcelain in Portugal. The success of this innovative project was achieved thanks to the founder, José Ferreira Pinto Basto, a persistent spirit. In the path of its evolution, Vista Alegre was always deeply associated with Portuguese history and culture, which conquered a marvellous reputation worldwide.
“Olive Dish Ornament” by Sam Baron. Photo: ©Vista Alegre
Exquisite Tableware. Photo: ©Vista Alegre
We can’t wait to see the masterpieces these to amazing names will create together!
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