Monica Bertini is a multimedia artist and fashion designer with 20 years of experience in Europe, the Americas and Asia. After Milan and New York, in 2002 she chose Shanghai for its important cultural ferment for 6 years. With artists, designers and architects, Monica become active part of an international network, participating in selected exhibitions in major museums and collaborating with fashion houses, celebrities and events for style & image creation. Her works range from Painting, sculptures and installations to video and photography. Her tribute to Shanghai took form with the H* Chairs Collection: 1930s Shanghai Art Deco restored with the ancient Florentine techniques and upholstered with 30's Qipaos, dresses from the Shanghai Golden era.
Combining her experience and knowledge, she aims at pushing the boundaries of art-design- fashion further; charmed by architectural contaminations, she sensuality of the shapes and the expression of life’s inner journey force penetrating matter.
Monica Bertini is a multimedia artist and fashion designer with 20 years of experience in Europe, the Americas and Asia. After Milan and New York, in 2002 she chose Shanghai for its important cultural ferment for 6 years. With artists, designers and architects, Monica become active part of an international network, participating in selected exhibitions in major museums and collaborating with fashion houses, celebrities and events for style & image creation. Her works range from Painting, sculptures and installations to video and photography. Her tribute to Shanghai took form with the H* Chairs Collection: 1930s Shanghai Art Deco restored with the ancient Florentine techniques and upholstered with 30's Qipaos, dresses from the Shanghai Golden era.
Combining her experience and knowledge, she aims at pushing the boundaries of art-design- fashion further; charmed by architectural contaminations, she sensuality of the shapes and the expression of life’s inner journey force penetrating matter.
INLAND EMPIRE
The mind-mirror Realm
casablanca
Unresolved Love and Troubled Decisions
DRACULA
Sensuality of a Dangerous kiss
HARRY POTTER
Magical world + -
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (2)
Man - Woman friend - Sex
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
Love at his Highest
LAST EMPEROR /
LAST EMPRESS (2)
Power rise and fall
LUST, CAUTION (2)
The enemy within
the
h-chair
collection
GEISHA
The arts of seduction
SHANGHAI EXPRESS (2)
To live by one’s own code
VACANZE ROMANE
Roma-nce in Roma-n dolcevita
The Garden Of Eden
Beyond the eye true bliss
VIA COL VENTO
Tomorrow is another day
Té Nel Deserto
Travel wild into new experiences
Singing In The Rain
And I love you
PULP FICTION
Violence and Redemption
MARY POPPINS
Magical adventures
LA DOLCE VITA
Pleasure-filled Extravaganza
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Struggle ar War
Woodwork-craftmanship excellence, restoration of armchair original springs and woods, old nails removed, holes filled with natural glue & wood powder, new nails replacement, structure stability enhanced, internal natural layers and structure seat molded for perfect ergonomics. Final touch with natural wax.
One of a kind 1930 contemporary art chairs
Collector’s items, handcrafted with the highest quality materials and traditional Florentine technique
1930s Art Deco Chairs| 1930s Shanghainese Qipao| Silk velvet | Coconut fiber | Jute | prime Bamboo fiber | Horsetail hair | Rough Cotton| Wool | Natural latex | colored titanium tag with embedded diamond or blue sapphire
Each chair in the collection conceals within a story that, through the choice of clothes, the symbolism of the colors, and the presence of details and volumes, revives the retro-glam spirit of the 1930s.
To the structures of the colonial-style armchairs of the time, found in Shanghai, already fervent and cosmopolitan cradle of the International Art deco, joins the use of ancient and increasingly rare Florentine upholstery techniques that wanted to pay tribute to important pieces , which cross between two worlds continue their journey.