Studio Irvine

PafPaf began as a chair: simple, honest, immediately itself.

Now it grows into a family of poufs and footrests in different heights and dimensions, all sharing the same DNA: a generous upholstered cushion sitting on solid ash legs turned with Mattiazzi’s industrial precision.

Wood and textile. Structure and softness.
Two materials that need each other.

Marialaura Irvine X
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Designed to be placed in a corner or on a shelf, TANK allows for freedom of orientation depending on spatial requirements and the position of the tap 🟡 A compact washbasin, with a soft, continuous form, conceived as a single controlled volume.

The internal shelf becomes a structural and functional element, organising the space and accompanying the gesture and can also accommodate the tap.

As an architect, I have always regarded my work as a designer as the opportunity to create small-scale architecture; fragments of landscapes capable of embracing gestures, light, memory and function.

Tank designed for .it
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Thought the Thread project redefines embroidery as an architectural act 🟡 lightweight walls to hang in a space, exploring textures, transparencies, soft colours and unexpected embroidery patterns, thanks to the machinery and expert craftsmanship.

Creative direction & design: Marialaura Irvine
Embroidery development: Maria Pia Colombo for
Project coordination: .co for Aurifil
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This is how a project begins.

Shapes cut from paper, held against the window. Behind them, Ca’ Br**ta, the building that has been my dictionary for years. Proportion, rhythm, misalignment.

I decompose its architecture into elementary forms. Then I recompose them, in thread. These fragments will become embroidered portals. Soft thresholds. Architectural acts.

Creative direction & design: Marialaura Irvine
Embroidery development: Maria Pia Colombo for
Project coordination: .co for Aurifil
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