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A priceless MINI dressed by Italian mosaic tile specialists BISAZZA has arrived
in Sydney on the second leg of a two-city Australian tour.
The specially commissioned MINI is one of four built by the Italian glass
tile experts.
The ‘MINI wears BISAZZA’ cars have been designed as static works of art. Two
of the cars are MINI Hardtop models and two are MINI Cabrios.
Following its Australian debut at ‘Saturday In Design’ in Melbourne, the MINI
wears BISAZZA Summer Flowers car is now in Sydney, and will form part of Space
Furniture’s in-store exhibitions for Sydney Design 06, which runs from 5-20
August. Space Furniture is Australia’s leading furniture designer.
The MINI will join the ‘Match Box Projects’ – miniature works on matchboxes
by selected designers and a lighting installation by Ruth McDermott and the team
from Corban & Blair.
Following the display at Space Furniture the MINI wears BISAZZA Summer
Flowers car heads to China for more art exhibition work.
Summer Flowers, Tartan and Zebra and Dama.
The ‘MINI wears BISAZZA’ design was created by Carlo dal Bianco and Marco
Braga.
The two MINI Hardtops in the Summer Flowers and Tartan Design cover 7 sq m
with around 37,000 tiles each. The mosaics were created using glass tiles which
are only 12 x 12 mm in size.
The MINI Cabrios in Zebra and Dama Design have a mosaic surface of 6 sq m
incorporating 31,700 tiles each.
In total more than 142,700 tiles adorn the four cars. In order to securely
fix the tiles to the car body, a special trowel was designed to spread the glue
evenly and to create the “tailored dress” effect in mosaic.
After carefully studying the bodywork of the MINI Hardtop and Cabrio, the
challenge for BISAZZA was to make the patterns and colours look homogeneous in
three dimensions.
MINI wears BISAZZA. The cars explained.
Summer Flowers offers a romantic decor with its natural flower motif in a
graphic pattern made of bright colours.
Tartan is a modern twist on classic British style and tradition.
Dama (designed by Carlo Dal Bianco) reflects perfectly the Optical style,
typical of the ‘Swinging Sixties’. It is sporty and energetic, the chequered
image recalling the multi-faceted motorsport history of the MINI brand, both in
the 1960s and today. Zebra (also designed by Carlo Dal Bianco) is an
example of the animal trend, considered a current décor because of its African
inspiration. The design delivers a wild and elusive effect.
Since their international debut on the catwalks of high fashion in Milan last
April, the cars have been shown at design and furniture exhibitions. The Salone
Internazionale del Mobile in Milan is a get-together forum for young designers
and successful manufacturers from the world of interior design.
Zebra and Summer Flowers then appeared at DesignMai Berlin, an international
design festival comprising of large-scale exhibitions across Berlin. MINI wears BISAZZA: The meeting of design icons.
Trump Tower New York, the Hanover Expo Plaza (with a 2,600 sq m mosaic) or
the Microsoft Italia headquarters in Milan, are all home to major BISAZZA works.
Based in Alte near Vicenza, BISAZZA was founded in 1956, just three years
before the first classic MINI first rolled off the production line.
Like MINI, BISAZZA has managed to turn its products into design objects of
desire.
Both MINI and BISAZZA brands are committed to imaginative and creative ideas,
the very inspiration for the MINI wears BISAZZA cars. Just as a mosaic can be
customised to a very high degree, MINI buyers too can personalise their cars.
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