Opened in Milan in 2024 along the Naviglio Grande canal, Imperfettolab is a gallery, a meeting place, and a space for experimentation focused on the creation of artworks, furniture elements, and self-produced, independent collections, whose beauty is discovered through imperfections.
Founded with the aim of becoming a point of reference for an audience passionate about the world of art and design, it is an expression of a modern laboratory concept.
The new Vestigia collection, designed by Verter Turroni and made of fiberglass, is inspired by imagined relics of the past, re-elaborated in a contemporary key.
These works are the result of craftsmanship, deliberately distant from technology and its simplifications, “in antithesis to the automation that conforms everything,” where “matter maintains its most archaic, raw, imperfect appearance, yet allows itself to be shaped to take on ever-changing and innovative forms.”
The collection includes the Matau seat, with a sculptural and primitive appearance, a provocative and destabilizing project. Those who sit on it are left to manage their balance, to experiment with the most suitable position. A tall and narrow chaise longue, “with a line that forcefully inserts itself into the space,” in dialogue with shapes of the past. More welcoming is Phil, with a fabric seat, while the Berliner armchair seems to “come from a mysterious world, a relic of unknown civilizations…”
On the first anniversary of its exhibition space, Imperfettolab also presented Sodalizi Temporanei (Temporary Partnerships): artistic collaborations “that combine disciplines and connect different languages.”
On this occasion, Imperfettogallery invited Henzel Studio to participate in a dialogue between Calle Henzel‘s monumental rugs and the sculptural works of Verter and Erich Turroni. The exhibition also extended to the spaces of Carlocinque Gallery in Brera, where Henzel Studio’s textiles interacted with a limited-edition selection from Imperfettolab’s new collection.
On the upper floor of Imperfettogallery, visitors were welcomed into I-livingspace, a more intimate and domestic dimension, surrounded by artworks, in which the “primordial design of Imperfettolab defines the aesthetics and functionality of the space.”
On display were pieces from the Bosa collection, designed by Jaime Hayon, the olfactory furnishings of Omatiiq, the lights of Accento, and a sound design in collaboration with Soundohm.
