“I have used black very few times in my works,
to me, it is a useless and cold convention.”

– Vito Nesta 

Try and think back to a location from your childhood and create the most accurate image of it you can possibly imagine. We can start with physical objects, the architecture, natural landscape, etc… then move along to the people we shared this space with, what colors do you remember and what scents? The more we try and recreate this place the more feelings will start to arise, maybe you can start to feel the sun hitting your skin just as you had felt at that moment. You can start to remember how exactly you felt at that point in your life, the nostalgia sweeping up warm or mixed emotions inside you as you think of the journey you were in and who was with you at the time. How you have changed into the person you are today? These places that have had strong impacts on us in the past are deeply engrained within our minds and usually have been revisited multitude of times either in dreams or daydreams, but each time they are revisited these mental/internal locations change. This happens so much so that if you have seen this place many years later you may have been shocked with the reality versus your memories. Whose to say though if these mental locations, these interal portals to distant locations are any less important or any less real for that matter?
Italian designer, Vito Nesta explores this journey to places and locations inspired by locations and real-world locations and cultures, however through meticulous and intensive use of color, form, and texture is able to translate these emotional journies into objects that inhabit a physical world. Inspired by the grand archways, windows and gateways of the interiors of Milan, Italian designer, Vito Nesta chose to capture these De Chirico-esque portals and bring these objects to live with full vibrant colour this treatment and devotion to colour is a cornerstone of Nesta’s practice, and you will very rarely see black in any of his works, a color which he views as a useless and cold convention. Taking full advantage of color’s ability to transport us to different worlds, and its firm connection to memory and even scent, Nesta’s works always take us on a different journey, either to exotic, far-away lands or in this case to Via Fucini
Supported by the outstanding knowledge and techniques of Tappezzerie Druetta, which carries on his research on bespoke upholstery furniture since 1953, Vito Nesta balanced his peculiar vision with references from the past. The colors of this project, for instance, are inspired by Gio Ponti, which in 1952 titled an article penned for the magazine “Everything in the World Must Be Colorful”. “Cast a red floor throughout the house, a lake of fire, with white walls and ceilings, and curtains colored red, yellow, or red and yellow, which is another beautiful range. But also (emerald) green tones”, Ponti wrote. The same colors Nesta selected instinctively for his Via Fucini 5 project. A small, domestic, bright Italian architecture.

Where do you get the inspiration for your dense, rich and color palate?

I always loved colors as the world is made of colors, of intense ones. Also, tradition is something I always liked, the real and colorful tradition. Therefore, designing by using colors is a way to celebrate life and to improve it. When I start a new project I always try to imagine which color would suit better, which would succeed in transmitting the intensity of that narration. I used black very few times in my works as to me, it is useless and a cold convention

How is this color an important tool for you to relate a specific time, memory or emotion in viewers interacting with your works?