Loro Piana: Apacheta

Loro Piana Interiors’s “Apacheta” looks to the Andean traveling traditions and Argentinian culture of the designer Cristián Mohaded, by which the collection was imagined. Installed in a dreamlike landscape within the Cortile della Seta, these rounded, organic furniture shapes have been inspired by their namesake, the stone Apachetas that have marked the paths in the Andes mountains for centuries, gradually built up by travelers in thanks to Mother Earth, until they became the massive rock towers that exist today. Encompassing a series of seating options and side tables, Mohaded’s designs have been created responsibly in harmony with the earth, appearing like smooth rocks and stones and imagined in tactile materials like natural fabrics, hand-carved wood, and ceramic.