Debonair Bronze Furniture by Conie Vallese and Super Yaya Sets a Fashionable Tone
During Milan Design Week 2025, Argentine artist and designer Conie Vallese and Lebanese-Ivorian fashion designer Rym Beydoun of Super Yaya, collaborated to create a captivating series titled 'Softness and Strength'. The collection, showcased at Villa Bagatti, featured a chair and two tables, each adorned with long textile strips that extended beyond the furniture's surfaces.
The collaboration marked the beginning of an ongoing dialogue between Vallese's and Beydoun's practices, building on Super Yaya's A/W 2025 collection, 'Sans-Soleil'. The creative process involved extending the visual language of Super Yaya's collection to Vallese's furniture pieces, resulting in a series of bronze furniture pieces adorned with floral motifs and hand-dyed ribbons in soft pastels.
Vallese and Beydoun found an intuitive alignment in their approaches to textile and form, with the hardness of bronze meeting the fluidity of textile, creating a poetic tension in their work. The atmosphere of Villa Bagatti provided a perfect counterpoint to their work, offering warmth and a grounded, majestic feel. The setting did not feel clinical or minimal, but instead held history without overpowering the present.
The interplay between indoor and outdoor spaces, shadow and light at Villa Bagatti, echoed the rhythm of their work, reflecting the collaboration's emotional core. Conie Vallese approached Rym Beydoun with the idea of a collaboration while Beydoun was developing her A/W 2025 collection, and the collaboration allowed for an open, fluid, and potential-filled dialogue.
The techniques and colour palette used in Super Yaya's collection were also used in the furniture pieces, resulting in a harmonious blend of art and design. The contrast between bronze and textile embodies the emotional core of 'Softness and Strength'.
For those interested in exploring more from Milan Design Week, visit super-yaya.com/conievallese. Although details about future collaborations between Conie Vallese and Rym Beydoun may not be documented in the available search results, further investigation may uncover more about their potential joint projects.
The collaboration between Argentine artist and designer Conie Vallese and Lebanese-Ivorian fashion designer Rym Beydoun of Super Yaya during Milan Design Week 2025, extended beyond their individual practices, delving into the realms of interior-design and fashion-and-beauty. The harmonious fusion of Vallese's furniture pieces with Beydoun's visual language from Super Yaya's A/W 2025 collection, 'Sans-Soleil', manifested in a lifestyle collection that also incorporated elements from home-and-garden, showcasing a unique blend of art and design.
