Following in his father’s footsteps, Italian designer and architect Tobia Scarpa has quietly made a name for himself while staying true to his quest for simplicity
Tobia Scarpa photographed in his studio in Treviso in July 2022, holding a prototype of the engraved wooden sign that now hangs on the main entrance door of the new Ca’ Scarpa cultural centre, and a green plate made in collaboration with the Milanese silversmith San Lorenzo. The dish has been carefully produced using a delicate oxidation process to give it a colourful vitrified and iridescent finish.Years ago, the architect and designer Tobia Scarpa was asked what he dreams about.
Scarpa’s famous last name comes with a certain burden – his father Carlo was an exceptional talent, who had the unique distinction of teaching architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice while not being officially an architect, having refused to sit for the certification exams that became obligatory in Italy after the Second World War. When I ask Tobia about his first encounter with architecture, he answers with a smile: ‘There was not a first time.
Scarpa always produces many sketches when working in his studio. The sketches he deems the most inspiring are displayed in the workroom, in a constantly changing composition. , their first project together, conceived for a decorative arts course taught by Franco Albini at the IUAV. A year later, they opened their design studio in Montebelluna, Afra’s hometown. They lived in nearby Trevignano, in a home with the wildest garden.
For B&B Italia, they designed the ‘Coronado’ collection of armchairs and sofas , pioneering the use of cold polyurethane filling, which is elastic, flexible, allergen-free, and allows for shorter production times; while for Stildomus, they made the ‘Torcello’ bookcase , whose wooden panels were joined by a metal profile. Their client list further included Knoll, Fabbian and Veas.
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