“Form & Textures” exhibition

Since we started our studio Masquespacio in2010 we have been working on a wide range of interior & product designprojects. Many times, during this process we have been questioning what are theboundaries between Art & Design. Isour work to be considered a 100% design work or could it be pronounced as a mixbetween both, due to its amount of details, emotions and profound sense,questioning the regular and searching for a specific sense behind each concept? Are the functional details we need tointegrate in our designs for restaurants, making our artistic features in thesame interiors being defined as a design element although it is purely anartistic feature? What if our furniture designs like the Alex& Andrea collection are not created with the purpose of being purely afunctional pair of seats, but as an artistic element that wants you to makereflect about what is to be considered a masculine and feminine material in ourgender-friendly world? With the “Forms & Textures” exhibitionwe want to start the discussion about the boundaries between Art & Design. Who is responsible to define if an object is considered an artwork or just adesign? Is functionality the only reason to justify an object as a designelement instead as an artwork? Or is it the reflection behind the object thatmakes it an artistic interpretation? The "Forms & Textures"collection in this sense is presented as a serie of individual objects thatcould be interpreted at first sight as a chair, a lamp or a room divider,although its unusual and at first sight uncomfortable forms are making clear thatwe are not speaking about a functional design object. The collection created from a line drawn onpaper to a 3D printed object thus recreates a serie of different forms thatcould represent a furniture and lighting collection, but although its unusualand unusable forms convert them in an artwork challenging the viewer to reflectabout the boundaries between Art & Design. Credits: Project: “Form & Textures” exhibition Where: Isola Design District ( ) Address: Via Confalonieri 11, Milan, Italy Design: Mas Creations collection byMasquespacio (h ttps://mas-creations. com ) Instagram: @mascreationsworld Instragram Ana & Chris:@masquespacio_ana & @masquespacio_chris