Barnaba fornasetti biography
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And from there I worked with him until the end, in 1988.
Wakapedia: We were born in 1988!
Barnaba: Eh, blessed are you who are so young, do not show off too much! Curios and non conformist, Barnaba dreems to apply the decoration at other discipline, trepassing the confines of design.
But I always like to be elegant. It’s funny this brand comes from Naples, which is so Mediterranean. He took that face, revisited it in his own way and turned it into the “trademark” of the Fornasetti design.
Then he also did extensive research on Lina Cavalieri, she had become a passion-obsession for him.
He discovered that she was a soprano at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s: a star and at the same time an incredible woman.
It was me, her and two witnesses.
Wakapedia: Eh well, an original wedding! I wear it every day. They are the most elegant and beautiful animals. Once it was the dogs. When she returned to retrieve them, the bomb exploded … a tragic death, but like a true diva!
Wakapedia: Nooo, it’s very sad … but at the same time so chic!
Barnaba: American citizens, including many of Lina Cavalieri’s fans, became angry when they discovered that one of their favorite stars had been killed by their planes.
With a nonconformist, pioneering spirit that is true to his nature, he guides the historic brand, now known all over the world for its creations that straddle art and design.
“The Fornasetti objects featured in the exhibition are decorated with two of the most representative themes of the atelier’s artistic language.
She’s much younger than me, unfortunately. Rooms should all be different, not standardised.
Playful design is all about a brilliant representation of the obvious. And a cat because I love cats. My parents tried to make me learn piano but I didn’t want to because I was a little rebel and was against having such an imposition in my life.
The telephone is the only thing that I can’t avoid.
An object I would never part with is my leather pocket diary. Florence, Rome and Venice are more touristy. He was a visionary, a little crazy too.
Wakapedia: Here’s another one, there’s no lack of family! The façades of the buildings have styles from all periods, from Roman to modernism.
I don’t smoke a lot, maybe three or four cigarettes a day.