EDEN

EDEN
Site specific installation
Feature Sara Ricciardi
Curated by Valentina Ottobri
For LUISAVIAROMA
March 2019, Florence
Ph. Marina Denisova per NumeroVenti

LuisaViaRoma turns the Florence store into “Eden”, an idyllic and harmonious garden.

The store’s interior was assigned to Sara Ricciardi, a young Italian designer who used her imagination to construct a dense and placid atmosphere, using feathers, palms, peacocks and lakes of turquoise water.The installation celebrates the exclusive Attico capsule collection for LuisaViaRoma. It’s inspiration was drawn from the image of a Goddess: a strong, introspective woman in search of herself. The collection consists of three mini dresses, three tops and a suit, developed in a palette of pastel shades and bright colors. Feathers and sequins are the core components of the world of Attico, embodying the characteristics of a libertine spirit, full of energy and self-knowledge. The natural symphony of the wind drives the Goddess of Attico to dance, binding nature with earth to create a supreme deity.Sara’s interiors depict an ethereal garden featuring moving brass and feather machines by Mazzanti, arches in aubergine-colored tiles by Ceramica Bardelli, printed Botanical wallpaper by Decogenius, and a series of sofas born from the collaboration between Valencian Houtique and the precious moire fabrics of Antico Setificio Fiorentino. The atmosphere is completed with Bianco Bianchi’s scagliola tables, golden palms designed exclusively for LuisaViaRoma by Duccio Conti Caponi, a twenty-year-old chaise longue by Jonathan Adler and ostrich feathered trees by A Modern Grand Tour. At the center of the installation is a fountain with pink colored water, symbolizing life and fruitfulness. The fountain will be created in collaboration with Marioni, paying homage to Bosch’s “Garden of Delights”.

“A garden of pleasure, where you can stay and let yourself be caressed by the birds of paradise.

An eden of the libido with feathers, fringe and slow, erotic movements for

swooning women who love to have fun with their bodies.To pay homage to the new collection of Attico, with its attractive “bird women”, all feathers and sequins. LuisaViaRoma welcomes you into an intimate garden full of warm, seductive and ironic notes.”