{"id":16510,"date":"2014-09-21T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/il-giullare-2\/"},"modified":"2015-10-07T18:30:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:30:51","slug":"il-giullare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/il-giullare\/","title":{"rendered":"Il giullare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor more than two years we are going through a severe economic times, but not as much as you hear. Many fearful, or lovers of \u201crest\u201c, deliberately exaggerate the seriousness
\nof this crisis. Certainly it exists, but pessimists magnify it to justify their reduced activity and lack of initiative. I would say that this\u00a0 is the worst consequence of unfavorable times and the fear, whether real or artificial, expressed by the slothful. Those who feel this state of mind should refrain from disclosing their thoughts: as we know, negativity is contagious. Instead, there is a small minority who doesn\u2019t care too much about today difficulties and who knows that in times like this we must invest more energy than we are used to do in \u201cnormal\u201c times. Fortunately, Meritalia and its leaders belong to this last category. This year at Salone del Mobile we feature a new model of sofa \u201cIl Giullare\u201c (The Jester). As you know, jesters of various courts in past times served to defuse and present points of view, less serious side stressed and anxious positive, optimistic and successful, all crowned by heavy doses of irony and good humor. This new product for my Meritalia wants to evoke what I have just said. Finally I would like to tell the remote history of this project. In 1992 I had the opportunity to refurbish the interiors of an apartment in New York, on Park Avenue. The owner, Ruth Shuman, at the time was cooperating, helping and actively supporting the \u201cBig Apple Circus\u201c in Manhattan. This inspired me an object of Ruth\u2019s house; In fact, I asked to upholster an old couch so that the back cushions were highly extended like trunks. So who had the opportunity to sit down could adjust them behind their back the easy way. On top of these long noses of elephant I made to attach \u201cChinese\u201c balls or rattles. This ensemble evoked the circus world and in particular a figure: the clown’s hat which, backwards, comes from the one of the jester.
\nHere’s the premise of\u00a0 \u201cIl Giullare\u201c, its origin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaetano Pesce, February 2011<\/p>\n