6. Mirror
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Nanda Vigo, coffee table four corners, 1970 - Edition Driade - Crystal mirror - Courtesy of Alexandre Guillemain
Nanda Vigo, mirror Cosmos, PR4, 1981 - Edition Glas Italia - Crystal mirror, black paint - Courtesy of Glas Italia
Nanda Vigo, Wonderbox, 1971 - 2015 - MD structure, plastic laminate, smoked glass, mirror, glass, neon, led - Courtesy of Luca Preti collection
© Valérie Sadoun
Echoing the works of the Trigger of the Space series, in which mirrors are used for highly symbolic purposes, the furniture pieces shown in this space reveal the way in which the artist-designer transposes her artistic research to design. The Four Corners table produced by Driade, the Cosmos PL4, Cosmos PR4 and Andromeda 686Q mirrors produced by Glas Italia and the Wonderbox produced by Luca Preti all communicate through their reflections. Indeed, in Nanda Vigo’s extended research into light, the mirror represents a strong central element capable of making the furniture disappear, by way of the environment it reflects.
The Wonderbox was part of a private project initiated by Luca Preti, a collector of historical Italian design pieces and a friend of Vigo. In 2015, he suggested to the artist that she reinterpret the TOP hi-fi cabinet, designed in 1970 for Fai International. For that reinterpretation, Vigo chose to incorporate a Cronotopo piece inside the cabinet, which she renamed Wonderbox. As she herself put it, “the solution was created with mirror materials, frosted glass, LED elements and blue neon lights. The cabinet is displayed with the doors closed, and they may only be opened if necessary.”
Nanda Vigo, mirror Cosmos, PR4, 1981 - Edition Glas Italia - Crystal mirror, black paint - Courtesy of Glas Italia © Valérie Sadoun
Nanda Vigo, mirror Andromeda, 686Q, 1974 - Edition Glas Italia - Crystal mirror - Courtesy of Glas Italia © Valérie Sadoun