We met the duo outside of Ronco’s Copenhagen studio where they’re hard at work, working at sculpting the pieces for the Ukurant Perspectives 2021 exhibition. It’s a sunny day in the end of summer, meaning a perfect opportunity for working outside. They seem like they know what they’re doing as well, Ronco and Dorigo. After all, they’ve worked together for quite some time.

Speaking on their collaboration, Ronco tells: “We met while studying our bachelor’s degrees in Venice and became friends then. After graduating, I went to Copenhagen to study ceramic design while Pablo went onto Lausanne and studied product design. However, Pablo relocated to Copenhagen in 2019 where our paths cross once more and we started collaborating from there.”

Now, the duo looks ahead on the coming Ukurant Perspectives exhibition for 3daysofdesign 2021. When asked about their motivation to create pieces for Ukurant and Muuto, Dorigo ponders: “It was an occasion that allowed us to work at the exact intersection that is home to our collaboration—being in-between the spheres of contemporary art, design and craftsmanship. It allowed us to begin the process at a very specific and tangible point, being the Muuto universe, and then let our imagination loose from there.”

Ronco also partook as an exhibiting designer in the first edition of Ukurant in 2020. On his participation then, he says: “We need innovative perspectives such as Ukurant to lead the way for new ways of thinking and working in the design field. In a world that can often seem too commercialized from afar, Ukurant’s holistic approach is crucial as it allows us all to discuss the status quo and raise the quality of design that is put out into the world.”

Zooming in on the actual pieces and how they went about them, Dorigo explains: “We chose the Fiber Armchair, Kink Vase and Ambit Pendant Lamp as we found them to be easily recognizable while embodying the codes of Muuto. From there, we explored the counterforms of the designs; being the empty space surrounding each object. In that sense, the work represents the importance of the void that is present before a design is created—it’s like a hidden element that is invisible to the eye yet the very thing that breathes shape and form into the objects of daily life.”

Before we leave the duo to power through with casting, sculpting and pondering on how best to depict the empty space that is found within our designs, we asked them what they find to be defining of a new perspective: “To us, a new perspective is something that is unexpected; a way of thinking that takes you out of your comfort zone and oversteps boundaries in a sense.”

If you’d like to experience the outcome of Ronco and Dorigo’s work, they will be exhibited at both the Muuto HQ during 3daysofdesign alongside the Muuto collection as well as at the Ukurant Perspectives 2021 exhibition.

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The Ukurant Perspectives 2021 Exhibition will be open from 16^th to 26^th of September 2021 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Ukurant Perspectives 2021
Amaliegade 38
DK-1256 Copenhagen K

Muuto HQ
Østergade 36-38
DK-1100 Copenhagen K