A window installation created for the “Radical Reuse” issue of About: magazine by interior architect and designer Aysel Ballıkaya, a graduate of Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD), was showcased at Biffi Boutiques during Milan Fashion Week. Part of a collaboration between Biffi and Hearst magazines, the project was unveiled at an opening event on 23 September.
Ballıkaya was directly invited to design the installation as part of a project developed at NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti under the curatorship of Stefano Regina. Completed over approximately three weeks, the design took its starting point from the idea of care and protection central to the “Radical Reuse” approach.
Drawing inspiration from birds’ nests and the way birds build with materials found in their surroundings, ARUCAD graduate Ballıkaya translated concepts of protection, belonging and reuse into spatial design. By repurposing objects and materials previously used by Biffi Boutiques, the installation explored sustainability through caring for what already exists and giving it new meaning.
Ballıkaya was directly invited to design the installation as part of a project developed at NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti under the curatorship of Stefano Regina. Completed over approximately three weeks, the design took its starting point from the idea of care and protection central to the “Radical Reuse” approach.
Drawing inspiration from birds’ nests and the way birds build with materials found in their surroundings, ARUCAD graduate Ballıkaya translated concepts of protection, belonging and reuse into spatial design. By repurposing objects and materials previously used by Biffi Boutiques, the installation explored sustainability through caring for what already exists and giving it new meaning.