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Metaverse design at home? The digital world plays out in a Bologna apartment

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Metaverse design at home? The digital world plays out in a Bologna apartment
  1. When designing an apartment for a young couple in Bologna, Italy, Mario Montesinos sought to create a hyperreality, where digital influences converge with the physical living environment. - Francesca Lanza
  2. The 75 sq-m space balances opposing forces. - Francesca Lanza
  3. Materials were chosen for their linear or organic form, porosity or impermeability, tactility or roughness. - Francesca Lanza
  4. Using different shades of bright blues and greens along with stainless steel, plastic, mirrors and glass, the apartment adopts a distinctly new-age digital aesthetic. - Francesca Lanza
  5. The designer also designed and produced custom furniture pieces and decorative elements, using 3D printing technology. - Francesca Lanza
  6. Organic forms comprising light fixtures, tables and table bases invoke the movement of water and the underwater environment. - Francesca Lanza
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  1. When designing an apartment for a young couple in Bologna, Italy, Mario Montesinos sought to create a hyperreality, where digital influences converge with the physical living environment. - Francesca Lanza
  2. The 75 sq-m space balances opposing forces. - Francesca Lanza
  3. Materials were chosen for their linear or organic form, porosity or impermeability, tactility or roughness. - Francesca Lanza
  4. Using different shades of bright blues and greens along with stainless steel, plastic, mirrors and glass, the apartment adopts a distinctly new-age digital aesthetic. - Francesca Lanza
  5. The designer also designed and produced custom furniture pieces and decorative elements, using 3D printing technology. - Francesca Lanza
  6. Organic forms comprising light fixtures, tables and table bases invoke the movement of water and the underwater environment. - Francesca Lanza
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Location
Map pointer Via di Villa Pardo, 6, 40134 Bologna BO, Italy
Design
Mario Montesinos
Client
Vitoria Lanza and Marco Melandri
Floor Area
75 sq-m

Borrowing metaverse aesthetics, Mario Montesinos created a hyperrealistic living environment in a 75-sq-m Bologna apartment.

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When designing an apartment for a young couple i

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