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marco ripa catalogue 2016

Product catalog summary
Biography
Marco Ripa is a craftsman and designer known for his unique iron and steel furniture. Born in 1977, he started his career at 15 and established his own metal workshop at 33. His designs are influenced by Calder and the Arts and Crafts Movement, focusing on the uniqueness of both the creator and the creation.
Dentro
This section describes tables with identical patterns but different dimensions, creating geometric transparencies through their nesting design.
Essenza
Essenza is a lighting design featuring a thin metallic stem and twig-like structure, offering adjustable directional lighting with a focus on simplicity and elegance.
Chiodo
Inspired by a nail, this collection includes versatile pieces designed to optimize space, such as tables that double as seats and bottle holders, and wall pieces that serve as hangers or towel racks.
La Supermodulare
A dynamic bookcase with thin geometric modules, creating a light structure with alternating shelves adaptable to any domestic space.
Pixel
A coat rack inspired by 8-bit video games, featuring a staggered silhouette that combines functionality with abstract art aesthetics.
Who’s Next
A magazine rack based on cube geometry, playing with positive and negative space to create an essential structure.
Who Are You
An umbrella stand using overlapping geometric shapes to create a versatile and artistic piece.
Technical Details
The catalogue includes detailed information on materials, finishes, and maintenance. Items can be customized in size and finish, with options for powder coating, spray painting, and galvanization. Materials include super mirror steel, Carrara marble, and Corten steel.
Materials
  • Steel: Galvanized high gloss steel plate available in gold or chrome. Requires specific cleaning products.
  • Hot Rolled Iron Plate: Features imperfections and shadows, protected with beeswax, requiring annual maintenance.
  • Carrara Marble: Finest marble quarried in Carrara.
  • On Request Materials: Corten and Blackening for specific finishes.
Paintworks
  • Indoor: Spray painting.
  • Outdoor: Galvanization and powder coating.
Product Descriptions
  • Nest of Tables: Set of three tables with specified dimensions and weights, handmade welding used.
  • Floor Lamp: Features a bended iron pipe, available in white and black.
  • Hangers and Mirrors: Various designs with lacquered iron and high gloss chromed or gold steel, some with walnut inserts.
  • Tables and Stools: Available in multiple sizes and weights, made with lacquered iron.
  • Bookshelf: Modular design requiring wall fastening, available with Carrara marble or waxed iron shelves.
  • Hangers: Galvanic finishing options in shiny black, silver, gold, and champagne.
  • Magazine Rack and Umbrella Stand: Handmade with TIG welding, suitable for indoor and outdoor use.
Notes
  • Outdoor use available on request for certain products.
  • Beeswax protection requires annual maintenance.
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Catalog excerpts

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Bio Z > TO O o » ita — Marco Ripa e artigiano e designer. Realiz- "O > za oggetti unici d'arredamento in ferro e acciaio. Marco nasce nel 1977. Verso i 15 anni va a botte-ga per lavorare ferro e alluminio. Si diploma come Perito Meccanico presso l'lTIS Montani di Fermo e prende a lavorare tempo pieno in officina. Scegliera il ferro come metallo principe perche o meno ripetitivo, piu rumoroso e dannatamente sporco. Nelle sue letture scopre Calder, il metallo CQ ° prende forma, colore ed equilibrio. Scopre Ruskin e l'Arts and Crafts Movement: l'uomo e unico e irri-petibile esattamente...

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Dentro ita — Tre tavoli identici nella trama ma non nelle dimensioni. Il loro intersecarsi, uno dentro l'altro e l'altro fuori dall'uno, da vita a trasparenze infinite, inaspettate e geometriche. eng — Three tables with identical weft but different dimensions. Nesting inside and outside each other, they give life to endless,unexpected and geometric transparencies. Design? Studio Associato — 2016

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Essenza z > TO o O » ita — II gambo e metallico ma sottile come uno "O > stelo. La struttura e resistente e sinuosa come un fuscello. La luce e una pioggia che bagna dall'alto. Per una luce direzionale, o lampada a sospensione, dalla presenza discreta ed essenziale. eng — The metallic stem is as thin as a stalk. The o structure is tough and sinuous like a twig. The light is a downward pouring rain. A directional light or a pendant lamp sticking to the essentials. Design? Studio Associato

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Essenza Catalogo ENG — The light cone can be regulated by pulling the wire through the structure and choosing the height of the spotlight. Its direction can be calibrated through the desired angle. ITA — Il cono di luce può essere regolato, facendo scorrere il filo nella struttura, scegliendo l’altezza del faretto. La direzione si può calibrare attraverso l’inclinazione che si desidera.

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Chiodo z > TO o O » ita — All'inizio era soltanto un chiodo piantato "O > su una parete. Ma l'immaginazione lo ha voluto tra- sportare a terra. L'ingegno gli ha cambiato la gran-dezza e modificato un po' le forme. Si ringrazia il "chiodo fisso" per aver trasformato un'intuizione in materia. Per una collezione funzionale e di forte impatto estetico. o 03 eng — At the beginning it was just a nail stuck in ° the wall. However creativity wanted to get it groun ded. Talent changed its size and modified its shape. An intuition hit the nail on the head and became a matter. For a functional...

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Chiodo Catalogo ENG — Multi-purpose collection whose pieces have got different shapes and dimensions and their own function. Thought up to optimise spaces. ITA — Collezione polivalente dove ogni pezzo, diverso per forma e dimensione, ha la sua funzione. Pensata e studiata per luoghi in cui la necessità di ottimizzare gli spazi è una regola.

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Chiodo Catalogo Catalogue ITA — I due tavoli più alti fungono da sedute per il tavolo da pranzo. La testa è saldata al gambo per essere spostata facilmente. Il più basso e capiente è anche portabottiglie con coperchio estraibile. ENG — The highest table may become a seat for the dining table. Its head is welded to the stem to be easily moved. The lowest and widest table is also a bottle holder with a removable top.

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Chiodo Catalogo Catalogue — 2016 ITA — I Chiodi da parete vengono utilizzati come appendiabiti o portasalviette. Il più grande è apribile e diventa contenitore che nasconde e cela al suo interno. Vengono forniti in acciaio dorato 24 carati o cromato per essere utilizzati anche come specchi. ENG — Wall Chiodo can be used as hangers or towel racks. The bigger one can be opened and it becomes a hidden container. They can be made in 24 carat gold or chrome plated steel to be used also as mirrors.

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La Supermodulare z > TO o O » ita — La ripetizione di un modulo geometrico dalle "O > linee sottili crea un susseguirsi di spazi e volumi. La leggerezza della struttura e messa in risalto dall'alter-nanza delle mensole, sospese e quasi in bilico fra loro. Una libreria dinamica e adattabile ad ogni spazio do-mestico. Una libreria supermodulare. o eng — A geometric and thin module repetition cre ates a space and volume succession. The product li° ghtness is emphasized by the alternation of shelves which seem to hang in a precarious balance. A dynamic bookcase which can be adapted to...

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Pixel z > 70 o O » ita — Quattro solidi geometrici in equilibrio fra "U > loro nascondono degli elementi per sorreggere gli indumenti. Ispirato ai videogiochi in 8 bit, questo appendiabiti porta all'interno delle case l'estetica dell'era tecnologica. Pixel non e solamente funzionale, ma diventa un vero e proprio pezzo d'arte astratta da mostrare e ammirare. 03 Q3_ O <Q ° eng — Inspired by 8-bit video games, Pixel is a clothing rack with attitude. The various blocks, perfectly balanced on each other, reveal concealed hooks. Featuring an abstract staggered silhouette, this lacquered iron...

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Who's Next z > TO o O » ita — Who's next e un portariviste che si basa "O > sulle geometrie di un cubo del quale pero riuscia- mo a cogliere solo la struttura essenziale, lo stretto necessario per creare la forma in un gioco di posi-tivo-negativo dove non si riesce a cogliere cio che c'e e cio che non c'e. o eng — It's a magazine rack based on the over lapping of a cube and a parallelepiped, of which ° we are able to see only the essential structure, just what is necessary to create the shape, in a positive-negative game where you can't tell what there is and what there is not. Marco...

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Who Are You z > TO o O » ita — Le figure geometriche si inseriscono una "O > nell'altra e le loro linee, che ora si intrecciano e ora si fuggono, creano appoggi e angoli, vani e vuoti. Lo spazio, sapientemente inciso, e ora pronto per svolgere le piu semplici delle funzioni quotidiane: accogliere, sorreggere, arredare. o eng — Who are you is formed by overlapping an angled cube with a parallelogram. The sculptural ° object, which functions as an umbrella stand, crea tes a contrast between positive and negative space. This object provides multiple options for stacking within the volume's...

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