A tribute to two of the greatest masters of Italian architecture: Ignazio Gardella and Carlo Scarpa. The narrative project Molteni & C | Dada 2021, conceived by creative director Vincent Van Duysen, is a tribute to two great protagonists of one of the most creative seasons of Italian architecture and design, two interpreters, in parallel but with autonomous languages, of the Movement Modern and the revolution of Rationalism: Ignazio Gardella and Carlo Scarpa

From Ignazio Gardella we learned the kindness of the shapes, the attention to materials that know how to make clear spaces for their rigor of proportions, vibrant and warm, a palette of colors and materials that follow each other delicately, giving a character made of elegance of the simplicity.

Then, the brilliant moments of character such as the bright colors - lacquer orange, burgundy - and the idea of making modernity dialogue with masterpieces of ancient art, also hanging and protagonists of the space, with the refinement of knowing how to stand out without showing off.

Carlo Scarpa, Tobia's father, inspired us the architecture, where sharpness is underlined by elements that bring geometry. A line, a graphic sign bind and identify geometric backgrounds that recall the paneling of the traditional Japanese house, a great passion of the Master who spent the last season of his life in Japan.