Extra-Ordinary Gallery by Fabrica

Italian based communication research centre Fabrica recently launched ‘Extra-Ordinary Gallery’, a self-produced series of objects that reinterpret Italian craft traditions with materials like marble from Canova and blown glass from Murano. This collection of ordinary objects, designed by a team of Fabrica’s multicultural designers, is entirely made by hand in Italy.

Daily rituals are made special through attention to detail. The formal simplicity, shapes and materials of these objects become a tribute to the beauty of basic and small pleasures in life. Common actions such as hanging a picture on a wall, a morning exercise or having drinks with friends are rendered a little bit more special than they already are. Domestic, yet exquisite.

The stunning collection is available online at Fabrica Store.

Blank Page // Sam Baron (France)
A simple white sheet in A4 format, as the blank page which precedes a new idea, a letter, or an hour spent doing. One corner of the clock is folded up to create a shadow and lift it, somewhat, from the wall where it will be placed. The speed and pace of time is complemented by the calm whiteness. Simple, anonymous and as common as time is for everybody.

Bling // Sam Baron (France)
The value of physical money is lost in the use of the credit card. The card holder re-expresses this symbolism – adorned in gold, as reference to the value of the most expensive metal. A little message written on the card holder wishes us to spend well for 2014. The holding of the card is a way of hiding what people possess, always recognized as a sign of human elegance.

Bu! // Federico Floriani (Italy)
Bu is a metal wire wall organizer inspired by the decorative door railings of southern Italian heritage. You are welcomed by a friendly face hanging on your wall as an extra host in your home, that makes arriving home unique every day.

High-Wire // Kristy Minns (UK)
High-wire is a series of hanging baskets that can be used in a multitude of ways, such as for fruit, plants or indoors as an interesting suspended storage solution. The shapes have been shifted from their historic recognised typology to offer a contemporary twist to this well-loved peculiar object.

Quadro // Caterina Carreiras (Portugal)
A frame that draws a surface for everything and anything, perfect for an empty space that needs to be filled up. A simple drawing made of metal, which can hold notes or pictures with its small black magnets. From simple to complex artworks, a different composition appears every time you add a new memory to it.

Solifleur // Margaux Keller (France)
A collection of hang little Solifleur made of glass. They remind us of an animal, a vegetable, or a little doll depending on which one you choose. You can hang them on the wall and make an ordinary flower become particular.

Chiloris by Ryu Yamamoto (Japan)
A geometric wireframe sculpture, which functions as a flower vase, is balanced by a stone base and formed by an abstracted angled square. It makes a spatial ambiguity creating a floating “frame” which reveals and emphasizes the flower stem in order to show the beauty of an entire flower’s existence, not only its blossom.

Vanity Affair // Giorgia Zanellato (Italy)
A rounded beauty mirror nested in a geometry of metal wire. The decorative structure becomes the container of the mirror, giving an architectural presence to a vanity piece.

Pinco Panco by Giorgia Zanellato (Italy)
Pinco Panco are a couple of paperweights, one made in stone and the other in marble. The heavy bases are contrasted by wooden handles with peculiar ways to be held. They are reminiscent of artisanal tools that are inherently intuitive through a refined sense that they should be held.

Prêt à Boire by Giorgia Zanellato (Italy)
A glass container is suspended in space. A metal wire structure frames the carafe becoming a support and also an unconventional handle. It can be used as a centrepiece to serve beverages, or as a vase that can be easily carried.