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8 design stories, at  the art gallery MELARIAS CONTEMPORANEA, is an exhibition dedicated to Enrico Franzolini, one of the best-known architects of Friuli Venezia Giulia. He designed products for Moroso and Crassevig, Cappellini, Pallucco, Tisettanta, De Padova. We have chosen objects that are different from each other but which speak of a single design approach. Franzolini's professional career unfolds between art, architecture, design, areas he frequents without interruption, reserving the right to multiply creative solutions by osmosis and cultural references, ranging from the greats of rationalism to the works of Fontana and Nigro to design of the Italian masters.

Above: Lagoa (Potocco, 2004), a chair with a polished chromed steel frame and seat and back in polypropylene in different colours. The elegance, versatility of the collection and the concept of modularity behind the project earned Lagoa the Red Hot Design Award, a prestigious international award.

Right: Her (Verti, 2015 ) is the most recent of the many wooden chairs designed over the years by Enrico Franzolini. A comparison could be made with Thonet's Viennese and its continuous backrest, another with the use of wood in chairs of Nordic culture.

Above Enrico Franzolini explains the lamp Egg (Pallucco, 2015).

Left: Anna A. Lombardi tells about Narciso , mobile mirror designed in 1987 for the Artè company, whose catalog was taken over by the Zoltan brand of the De Padova group, currently owned by Boffi.

Above: Tia Maria (Moroso, 2012) is  a system of sitting inspired by  the Tripolina.

To the right Light box (Cappellini, 1993), where design, art, architecture merge in the idea of ??a piece of furniture that is "mobile", given that it is on wheels; it is like a painting that has a function: it illuminates; also divides and marks the space.

Below: Gilda (Pallucco, 1997) can be seen in the backgroung. Thanks to an extendable and foldable photographer's tripod, it  extends from one to three meters in height in  a perfect balance between contemporary and classic.

Enrico Franzolini explains  Highbrow (2014), the glasses with the peak.