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Entwurf • Design Sasha Bikoff, US-New York
Bauherr • Client Versace Home
Standort • Location Via Gesù 12, IT-Mailand
Ausstellung • Exhibition Andy Dixon, Los Angeles
Fotos • Photos Versace
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 150
VERSACE HOME
INSTALLATION IN MILAN
Milano meets Miami - designed by the American inte-
rior designer Sasha Bikoff, the installation, which was
presented by Versace, the Italian company steeped in
tradition, as part of this year's Milan Furniture Fair, im-
presses with the appealing combination of the, as
„Ich habe schon immer eine tiefe Verbindung zu usual, glamorous and extravagant exhibits with a no
less imaginative setting of colour and light.
Versace verspürt. Das Unternehmen verkörpert für
mich alles, woran ich glaube: Spaß zu haben und zu hile Dior has always been the epitome of elegant, modern
experimentieren. Mich faszinieren die glamourösen W creations in the tradition of "Paris chic", the Versace label
from Milan has been staging the exact antithesis to this fashion phi-
Farben und Muster, die Regeln brechen und Selbstbe- losophy since the early 1980s. Vibrant colours, fancy designs and a
wusstsein versprühen. Das ist genau mein Stil. pronounced feeling for the sophisticated break in style have charac-
terised the family-run business ever since. Above all, the pompous
Versace war für mich immer eine Inspirationsquelle.“ designs created by the company founder, Gianni Versace, deter-
Sasha Bikoff mined the fashion world of the late 1980s and early 1990s with their
playfulness. A fashion world that was characterised – among other
things due to the popular TV series Miami Vice – by the southern
flair and the lascivious lightness of the US metropolis of Miami. It
was therefore no surprise that the fashion designer moved to South
Florida in 1992, where he, inspired by the Caribbean charm and the
iconic Art Decò streets, worked on the creation on ever new collec-
tions until his tragic death in 1997. And it also comes as no surprise
that the company is now returning to these times for this year's ex-
hibition of its Versace Home collection comprising lifestyle products,
home textiles and furniture. Interior designer Sasha Bikoff, who
grew up in New York and Miami, was commissioned with the design
of the exhibition at the so-called Palazzo Versace on Via Gesù for the
annual Fuorisalone. Inspired by the Fall/Winter 1994 collection, she
created a fabulous-looking combination of vintage design elements
in an island setting skilfully accentuated with neon light. The floor,
which is covered with a wide variety of swirling Versace patterns
that are hard to surpass in terms of their freakiness, perfectly com-
plements the three pastel-coloured, cloud-shaped islands on which
various products from the latest collection are displayed together
with two tropical palm trees. For the design of the corridors and
staircases inside the building, the architect received additional sup-
port from the Canadian artist Andy Dixon, who uses the obligatory
neon lights and pastel shades to present three oversized, hand-pain-
Aquarellskizze • Acquarello ted shirts in a wacky luxury look – typically Versace.
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