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No Country for Old Men collection (2012): I-cane & Assunta Chair (Cover’s Comment)
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No Country for Old Men collection (2012): I-cane & Assunta Chair (Cover’s Comment)
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                                                      Cover’s comment


Lanzavecchia + Wai, No Country for Old Men collection (2012):
I-cane & Assunta Chair

To read, to get-up, to move yourself and your possessions around, at
home; the project No Country for Old Men is a small family of objects
that is not only attentive to the daily difficulties encountered by the elder-
ly but also how it can finally complement our domestic living spaces and
acquired laziness.

We initiated this project as a reaction to the scarcity of well-resolved and
well-designed products for the elderly at-home. Because of this scarcity,
the cosy and intimate home artfully built up over the years is invaded and
eroded by alien medical products from the hospital context. For the blunt
re-establishment of function, pride and ownership of these most used
lifestyle support objects are relinquished. Our aim was to generate enthu-
siasm, desirability, a sense of ownership towards elderly aid objects. A
healthy and robust relationship with them by nature ensures consistent
benefits to the user twofold; both as safe physical support and also psy-
chological reconciliation and acceptance of their advanced stage of life.

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Photocredit: Davide Farabegoli
