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When the movers arrive, one piece of furniture will cause the most cheerful hippie to behave like a lunatic. Hovering as it’s shifted one centimeter at a time, monitoring the progress in piercing octaves, “gently, please, gently,” things are becoming very Type A. Even a smudge on designer Philippe Delzers’ glamorous five drawer, white hot, reptile leather bureau would lead to hysteria. This alluring chest from the hip French studio Élitis is named, My Tailor is Rich, a title that winks at its luxurious attitude with modern unconventionality. Fluted legs and handles crafted of polished bronze flaunt a sultry magnetism in a deft juxtaposition of materials and influences. All of the offerings in Élitis’ new Appartements Privés Suite herald that creative blend, double daring traditional furniture to mix it up a little. For showrooms, elitis.fr
23 Third place takes home the bronze—a sad alloy of what was and what could have been. Precious moments belong to gold and silver, elements that have never known periodic obscurity. Designer Ferruccio Laviani’s astonishing bookcase for KME Design debuted at Salone, a daring metallic storm of hot reflections and curved angles, vamping up the feisty, caramelized ore of semiconductors and loose change: copper. With his expansive, handmade grid, Laviani endeavored to “reveal the material before the design,” a spell cast via KME’s expertise in producing pieces with a russet future. The metal’s intensity, tonality and unbounded character are ripe for interiors willing to take the chance. Perhaps copper will have the last laugh. For information, 630 990 2025 kme.com
