The manhole is a threshold between the underground and surface worlds, frequently overlooked and undervalued. Despite its widespread use, it has always benne a marginal, ordinary object, neglected in appearance. This gap in urban landscape design was instinctively filled by the ecletic insights of designers Giulio Iacchetti and Matteo Ragni who, in 2012, began collaborating with Fonderie Montini in Brescia to renew the image but above all the conception and perception of the unusual design object.

Luoghi non comuni / Uncommon places. Chiusini e caditoie Sfera / Sfera manhole covers and drains

I. Giola
2023-01-01

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The manhole is a threshold between the underground and surface worlds, frequently overlooked and undervalued. Despite its widespread use, it has always benne a marginal, ordinary object, neglected in appearance. This gap in urban landscape design was instinctively filled by the ecletic insights of designers Giulio Iacchetti and Matteo Ragni who, in 2012, began collaborating with Fonderie Montini in Brescia to renew the image but above all the conception and perception of the unusual design object.
2023
Le fabbriche pensanti. Storie di Compassi d'Oro da Bergamo a Brescia
978-88-947494-0-3
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Descrizione: The manhole is a threshold between the underground and surface worlds, frequently overlooked and undervalued. Despite its widespread use, it has always benne a marginal, ordinary object, neglected in appearance. This gap in urban landscape design was instinctively filled by the ecletic insights of designers Giulio Iacchetti and Matteo Ragni who, in 2012, began collaborating with Fonderie Montini in Brescia to renew the image but above all the conception and perception of the unusual design object.
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