Bright Woods Collection Sculpture

GIANCARLO ZEMA Born in Rome in 1973, Giancarlo Zema graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the “La Sapienza” University in Rome, with professor and architect Giovanni Zuccon, one of the most important naval architects on the international scene. Since the beginning, Giancarlo showed his highly futuristic style but, at the same time, a style that is embedded in nature itself as to be unconsciously attractive. This is how the new housing on water types were created. They are the result of fervent creativity combined with a rigorous method and were imposed on the international scene as examples of a new way of living. With constant personal research, kept alive with by his endless passion for architecture and love for soft shapes with clear biomorphic references, architect Zema expands onto new architectural horizons and boldly blends architecture and design into innovative projects that are impossobile to catagorise in pre-existing schemes. Therefore, in 2001, he started creating his “sea creatures” in the field of architecture. These are the futuristic Trilobis 65 (an innovative eco-yacht with underwater “visionarium” and hydrogen fuel cell motors) and Jelly-fish 45 (a floating house with underwater “visionarium”), both created for the SemiSubGeneration firm. In 2004, he broke into the sailing world with the intriguing Poseidon 180, a 55-meter superyacht completely created in aluminium, for the EXTRAORDINARYachts firm. In 2006, he was affirmed again with the impressive Amphibious 1000, the first extra luxury semi-submerged hotel resort with floating suites for the English company Seaquest Marine Technology. Leaving no field unexplored, he opened the doors to the world of interior design at the 2008 edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan with the very attractive Ring Collection: table, chair and stool for Giovanetti Collezioni. During that same year, he confirmed his plastic abilities with his seductive Harps, intinerant exhibition installations made of DuPont™ Corian® for Runtal. In 2009, he started to collaborate with the Avanzini Group by creating the magical Petals exhibition from DuPont™ Corian® and continued in 2010 with the interesting limited editions of the Leaf Collection and Bright Woods Collection. During that same year, the triennial Design Museum in Milan hosted, for three months, the DESIGNin’NATURE exhibition by Giancarlo Zema and, thus, presented his sculptural design creations to the general public.