Where Art and Architecture Meet
May 2021
Vincenzo de Cotiis does not shy away from abstraction. The objects he designs are gestural—both brutal and elegant, organically raw and technically refined, futuristic yet informed by Italy’s rich history. Their austerity points to 1970s industrial design, when Carlo Scarpa and Gio Ponti revolutionized the field with their less-is-more approach. But de Cotiis doesn’t let functionality stand in the way of aesthetics. His pieces balance on the invisible beam between architecture and art.
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