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With Mirror Iris, Tonelli Design offers a new perpspective on housing

Signed Tonelli Design Studio, this novelty imagines a multiverse of unique lines and shapes in perpetual mutation.

The saying goes that the eye is the soul’s mirror, but what if it’s the latter taken inspiration from the iris? Tonelli Design, leading brand in the high range glass furniture sector, rises to the challenge with Iris, a mirror that imagines a different, warped world and returns it to the outside under an unpredictable reflection.

The magnetic inspiration

Result of Tonelli Design Studio’s research work, Iris combines the perfection of the sign with the magic of the warped reflection of space. Just as the human iris, from which it draws inspiration, this mirror is a fascinating element, creating attraction with the magnetic power of its pure shape and the depth of the diffused light. Looking and looking at oneself in this mirror means getting lost in a vortex of exciting curves, crossing a portal to emerge in a parallel dimension where nothing is trivial and obvious and where a new aesthetic is born.

The creative process

The creation of Iris begins with a flat glass panel, shaped and curved through heating inside a mould that outlines its shape. It is a meticulous work process and purely artisanal, to which the silvering is added, that too carried out by hand, through deposition of layers of silver oxide and several layers of protection, until obtaining a bright and resistant mirrored surface. As each masterpiece of artistic merit, any small imperfection of the surface is a peculiar feature of a purely artisanal and authentic processing.

The technical detail

Wall mirrors in curved convex glass, silvered by hand, available in clear, smoked or bronze mirror. Available optional lighting LED COB 3000K with or without remote control for on/off switching and regulation of the light intensity.

TONELLI DESIGN

Tonelli design produce dagli anni ’80 complementi d’arredo in vetro - tra cui librerie, madie, tavoli, lampade, specchi e molto altro - avvalendosi della collaborazione di designer internazionali, adottando un approccio che si basa sul rispetto di uno dei materiali più antichi e più nobili della storia dell’uomo. Nel 2020 Tonelli aggiunge un importante tassello alla sua crescita annunciando la direzione artistica di Massimo Castagna e un ulteriore ampliamento del catalogo con nuovi prodotti e nuovi materiali. Nel 2022, in occasione dell’Anno Internazionale del Vetro, presenta un originale Vademecum per guidare il pubblico alla scoperta di questo incredibile materiale dai mille volti.