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Towards the end of his speech during the Grand Design Tour, Elio Fiorucci once again underlines the importance of decoration and of the detailed use of colours which has always been a cornerstone of his aesthetics in the field of fashion-design. Summing up, he reported an interesting anecdote connected with his friendship with Andy Warhol in the 70s and a discussion they had about the theme of aesthetics in modern times.

In this extract, Elio Fiorucci goes into depth commenting on his ceramic slab prototype designed for DesignTaleStudio, and on “the mouth” as a positive visual archetype with a huge semantic potential yet easily understandable even though it was difficult to draw. The intense use of colour and the sensation of global sweetness and sensuality make this ceramic slab a “100% Fiorucci” work of art.

We have divided the speech Elio Fiorucci gave at the Stefano Forni gallery during the opening of the Grand Design Tour into 3 parts. This is the first extract.

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Fiorucci underlines the key role of ceramics in contemporary design as well as the forsaking, by many architects, of the limited “functional” rationale of ceramic tiles: today ceramic is the perfect material for decoration thanks to its resistance and, at the same time, its strong aesthetic potential.