Fuorisalone meets Martinelli Venezia

Name:
Martinelli Venezia - Carolina Martinelli e Vittorio Venezia 

Describe what you do:
We are designers.

Where do you live and where is your studio?
In via Paolo Diacono in Milan and in via Calderai in Palermo.

What are you designing today?
We are expanding the collection of Officine Calderai, the micro museum of metalworking that we will soon inaugurate in Palermo.

ph. Federico Villa


Outdoor walk or tour in a museum?
It depends on the museum and where you are walking. In general we prefer outdoor spaces rather than indoor ones.

Shopping at the local market or night supermarket?
Shopping at the market, but it has to be authentic. It doesn’t matter if it’s historical or not, the important thing is that it’s true. You can tell by the people who frequent it.

If you could build a secret passage in your house, where would it lead?
Our wish would be to have two homes, one in Palermo and one in Milan, connected by a secret passage.

In your opinion, what does represent most the relationship between Milan and design?
Milan and design are inextricably linked. Reflecting on the thin red thread that links many institutions such as the Museum of Science and Technology, the Triennale, or the current Fondazione Prada, it seems clear to us how Milan expresses in a complex way the various facets of design.

Your favorite bar in Milan: 
The café located inside the garden of Villa Necchi: an oasis of taste and culture.

ph. Federico Villa


What was the very first thing you designed in life?
A sandcastle on the beach.

Something you have at home that you designed yourself:
Some lamps made in via Calderai.

The thing to never say or ask a designer:
"Can you do something that looks like this one?"

ph. Federico Villa


Your masterpiece in the kitchen:
Baked anelletti.

If you could only eat one food your entire life, what would it be?
Hahaha, pasta with “sarde a mare”. It means that there are no sardines. It would be pasta with oil, wild fennel and toasted breadcrumbs.