Zoeli Rota Galindez

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Argentinian designer Zoeli Rota Galindez graduated at IUAV University of Architecture of Venice in Industrial Design in 2007. After a few years working in graphic and interior design in Veneto, Italy, she joined the Resign group in 2010. Basing her contribution on the concept of the reuse and recycling of waste materials. Within the group, she develops this vision in design, taking into account the symbolic value of the object itself, considering its history and the relations with those who have owned and used it. 

’1000 Bubbles’ Installation by Zoeli Rota Galindez

In 2011 Zoeli exhibited at Salone del Mobile in Milan with two collections. The first was ’1000 Bubbles Chandelier’ in the Salone Satellite, exhibited with the Resign group. The chandelier is made up of hundreds of burnt light bulbs; taken from a hospital, held securely in place by hand woven hemp wire to create a tridimensional net.

Close up of ’1000 Bubbles’ Installation by Zoeli Rota Galindez

‘Poltrone’ Chair by Zoeli Rota Galindez

The second collection exhibited was ‘Embodied Memory’, part of which is the ‘Poltrone Chair’. This project started from a chair found on Murano Island, Venice, the chair carries an embedded value; given by its history and place of retrieval. The designer has taken action on the object by printing her body onto the chair, to convey impressions, memories and feelings in the users, they can be very different depending on their experiences.

 

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