EDITORIAL
Midnight flowers by Marni
Marni unveils its first tableware collection in collaboration with Serax — The Italian fashion house partners with Serax to launch an elegant 120-piece collection of porcelain tableware, celebrating the artistic spirit of the Marni brand.
Encompassing 120-pieces of hand-illustrated porcelain plates, dishes, cups, saucers and teapots, the botanical-inspired collection interprets the Marni brand values through a new medium, highlighting an avant-garde approach that holds a constant dialogue with the world of art, with Serax as proud partners. Envisioned by Creative Director Francesco Risso, the sophisticated yet offbeat tableware collection embodies Marni’s dynamic essence, with the intention to reawaken the tablescape with its playful energy and quirky elegance.
With a range of different-sized plates, dishes and bowls, teapots, cups and saucers in slightly asymmetrical forms, the shape of each piece materialises the importance of the hand touch and emphasises the quality of the porcelain. Embellished with colourful hand-illustrated botanical depictions, the collection’s nature-inspired motif presents a gentle palette of mauve, teal and rose with notes of lime, reminiscent of the floral patterns ever present in Marni’s ready-to-wear collections. With each piece intended to be freely composed to welcome an alternative visual narrative, the liberal amalgamation of these delicate designs draws a parallel between discipline and creative chaos and fosters an infinite alternative affinity.
“Marni is a brand appreciated for its distinctive approach to materials and colours, our irreverent attitude to mixing different prints and forms creates a language that is unique to the brand, and one that is evident in this tableware collection at a single glance. Despite the apparent dissonances in bringing to life a ready-to-wear collection and a tableware series, there are in fact many subtle touch points. Both leave space to dialogue, materiality, tactility and sensorial emotions, and by anchoring the new line to these notions,we translated Marni’s creativity through a new means of expression.”
