Serena Confalonieri designs Birdie

This is the stunning, unusual and visually-pleasing “Birdie”, designed by Serena Confalonieri as part of a collective exhibition during Milan Design Week 2024.

The collective exhibition, entitled “Sil Trespolo” or “On The Perch” was curated by Claudia Pignatale, created by Secondome + Studio F, and presented at Rossana Orlandi gallery last month for Milan Design Week.

The basis of the curated exhibition was established by Claudia Pignatale, Secondome founder and art director, who challenged a number of selected designers by asking them to design a piece of furniture that answers the question: “If I tell you Sul Trespolo, what comes to your mind?”.

When asked to be inspired by the concrete and poetic concept of the perch, Serena Confalonieri responded by designing an out-of-the-ordinary piece of furniture, that grows on a vertical structure where the “perch” is a small component of the entire furniture piece.

Inspired by the typology of free-standing furniture pieces created around the 1960s, Birdie is a sequence of different functional elements which, laying one on top of the other, compose an irregular column of geometric shapes. The result visually evokes the image of a block construction game, where each module keeps its distinct identity – an identity that is underscored by the use of different wood essences, such as maple, cherry and canaletto walnut.

From the bottom, the elements in this furniture piece are: a container element, a small table, a mirror, the perch – designed to be also a hanger –  and two additional containers.

Birdie can be dismantled and divided into 3 interchangeable modules, just as can block constructions. Thanks to a threaded central support and cube shaped stops, this design allows you to transform and customise it, in order to adapt it to each individual habits and preferences.

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Photos: Serena Eller Vainicher