Good Vibrations Sideboard by Ferruccio Laviani

The creative blending of styles paired with an innate sense of wittiness, lead to the production of furniture such as the Good Vibrations storage unit by Ferrucio Laviani. The piece exemplifies this new design philosophy and the harmonious juxtaposition of the languages and cultures it is based on. Echoes of distant places as well as Oriental elements can be identified in the ‘disorienting’ design of this storage unit, which seems to have been ‘deformed’ by a strong jolt or by swaying movements. Although it appears to depart from the aesthetics of the past, in reality it draws upon ancient knowledge in the use of carving and fine wood workmanship. The appeal of this extraordinary piece of furniture lies in its ability to overturn and question classical stylistic principles such as purity, cleanness and symmetry, while evoking a comforting feeling of deja-vù and a sort of primitiveness, matched by unquestionable artisanship.