Ross Lovegrove Design

Ross Lovegrove collection Organic Dreams for Maletti Group, leader in beauty design.

Organic Dreams Design by Ross Lovegrove.

Danilo Premoli interview.
The world I have attempted to create with Maletti is unreal and in continuous progress, with ideas and forms that stimulate our senses and permit us to experience the beauty of technology and materials, the perfection of their application". This is how Ross Lovegrove introduces his project for Maletti, a company founded in 1936 and now an industrial group subdivided into five distinct units, world leaders in the field of furnishings and equipment for hairdressers, beauty centers, beauty farms and health spas. "After having invented, with the PresenceParis trademark, the segment of 'very high design' in the niche of furnishings for hair salons, with the collections designed by Philippe Starck, Borek Sipek and Claudio Silvestrin -says Danilo Maletti, president of the group- now we have gotten Lovegrove involved, for the historic Maletti brand. He has designed the collection Organic Dreams, characterized by sinuous forms, futuristic lines, refined materials, rich detailing, sensuality. For us the designer has managed to combine his distinctive fluid forms with technology, creating veritable contemporary sculptures". And Ross Lovegrove adds: "The Organic Dreams series is comprised of a set of furnishings and accessories that reflect the 21st century in their design, their technology and their aesthetic vitality. Each single piece in this collection represents a sizeable investment of time, energy and investment, in an attempt to break with a tradition of this particular sector, usually filled with dull, banal furnishings". The first available pieces are the Styling Dream styling station and armchair; in the coming months they will be joined by shampoo equipment, tables, waiting chairs and complements, for a collection of 22 different pieces in all.

Ross Lovegrove Design

1995
Ross Lovegrove - Design RL Chair, Driade
Apollo, Driade
Teso, Driade
1998
Ross Lovegrove - Design Spin, Driade
Magic, Chair Fasen
1999
Ross Lovegrove - Design Water Kettle, Hackman
Fluidum, Mathmos
2000
Ross Lovegrove - Design Pod Lens, LucePlan
Agaricon, Luceplan
2001
Ross Lovegrove - Design Skysleeper, Japan Airlines
Loom, Lloyd Loom
2002
Ross Lovegrove - Lovenet outdoor chair, Moooi
2003
Ross Lovegrove - Brasilia, Zanotta
Biolove, bicycle Biomega
2004
Ross Lovegrove - Biolite Eon, Yamagiwa
Bd Love, BD Ediciones
2005
Ross Lovegrove - Design Organic Dreams, Maletti Group

Ross Lovegrove Life

Born 1958 in Wales, graduated from Manchester polytechnic in 1980, master of design of Royal college of art, London in 1983.
In the early 80's worked as a designer for frog design in west Germany on projects such as walkmans for Sony, computers for Apple computers, later moved to paris as a consultant to Knoll international.
Invited to join the atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Phillippe Starck, consulting to amongst others Cacharel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont.
Returned to London in 1988, in 1990 Lovegrove inaugurated studio X, his own personal studio in London's notting hill.
Winner of numerous international awards his work has been published and exhibited internationally including the museum of modern art in new york, the Guggenheim museum NY, Axis centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the design museum, London, when in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection.