RIVA 1920: EAST AND WEST MEET

When we decide to furnish our home, we think about how to combine furnishings styles with the different materials as best as one can and, why not, to the energy we want to burst within the various rooms. 

For this very reason, there are people who let themselves be inspired by the Yin and Yang rules, the philosophy of the Chinese culture that studies the best division of rooms, shapes, materials and colours to give balance to everything that surrounds people in the different rooms.

What is the secret to choose correctly the original style of the objects that will fill the spaces of your daily life?

The first tip is to consider every company's passion for their products. The second aspect that must not be undervalued is the unique design that is created when different cultres are met. 

Are you looking for an advice? Let you inspire by the Riva 1920 company, established in the heart of the Brianza region and specialized in the production on solid wood furniture.

For almost 100 years, it has been handing down over the generations the culture and passion for lasting furniture realization that respects the environment. Its sustainable design is thanks to the use of wood that comes from reforested American forests. They use reclaimed wood as well, such as the millenary Kauri wood from New Zealand, Briccole wood from the Venetian Lagoon and Cedar-wood from Lebanon, to convey and not forget that wood is a renewable resource but it is not endless.

Pushed by the research of a harmonious balance among the aesthetic beauty, the know-how and the contamination  of a different culture, the company has started a collaboration with Steve Leung, one of the most important architects, interior and product designers of Hong Kong. He boasts more than 130 prizes worldwide, including the 9th Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year Award.

For Leung, real supporter of the contemporary style, this is the first collaboration with Riva 1920 thanks with which he has created the Yin and Yang collection - presented at the Salone del Mobile of Milan this year - that includes two extraordinary pieces: one lounge chair and a coffee table where the materials are perfectly combined to one another like a reference to the duality and to the oppositions of the philosophy itself.

The lounge chair is made of a wooden structure that is wrapped around by a soft leather upholstery with visible stitchings that give a refined and sophisticated effect.

The coffee table is combined with crystal, a hard and transparent material resting on a base of shaped solid wood slats positioned like a fan.

The synergy in the selection of materials and the rounded shapes reinforce the sense of wholeness designed to honor the centennial history of the company and the renowned craftsmanship.