An original apartment by Marcante Testa
I am going to show you today a truly original apartment in Venice designed by the studio Marcante Testa. This is the first apartment completed in the renovation of a nineteenth century building in a small canal near San Marco.
As you know I periodically ponder on the concept of originality (see my post about the Salone del Mobile 2015 and Salone del Mobile 2017) because I believe it is really difficult to do something new these days. Andrea Marcante and Adelaide Testa managed to mix Memphis studio inspired objects (to know more about Memphis Studio and see the inspired Kartell collection, read here) , vintage glamorous brass elements, unusual combination of colors and iron frames and furniture in bright colors.
I would have never said that all these things could look good together but they somehow do and the result is interesting and very balanced.
I love the idea of ‘framing’ the doors and windows and to encapsulate the kitchen with iron structures.
I love the fact that on the page dedicated to the project on the Marcante and Testa website you can find out, room by room, where all the furniture is from.
This latest project by Andrea Marcante and Adelaide Testa is set in this exceptional city, a city of the past, coming to grips with the inevitable collision of contemporary developments. The apartment is a renovation of a h-century building facing a small canal in Sestiere San Marco.
It’s easy to get swept up in the seriousness of architecture, but for Andrea Marcante and Adelaide Testa, there’s always a playful element in their designs. photos by Helenio Barbetta