Design Superstar Visits Australia
Design superstar Michele Rondelli recently flew into Australia to present his groundbreaking fabric collection “design opulence” at the Design Gallery of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) in Melbourne.
Rondelli is the Creative Director for Jakob Schlaepfer Décor, a new division of a century-old Swiss-based company that produces haute couture textiles for fashion giants including Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Lacroix, Marc Jacobs and Prada, among others.
Under Rondelli’s direction the company has recently produced an extraordinary collection of magnificently coloured, opulent fabrics for residential use. These handcrafted designs have made their way into art installations, drapery, wall coverings and upholstery, and were presented to a handpicked audience of Melbourne designers at the exhibition’s opening night last week. Fabrics made of metal that weighed only five grams per metre, and another with more than one million sequins per square metre, formed part of this extraordinary collection.
Rondelli, an architect by profession, drew respect and admiration from his design audience as he demonstrated the extraordinary qualities and breathtaking technical skills found in his creations.
The exhibition, “design opulence”, sponsored by the Hoad Group, was a sneak preview before its release in Europe and ran in early February at the DIA Design Gallery in Melbourne.
For more information:
Design Institute of Australia
Website: www.design.org.au/gallery
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