A limited edition run of 35 one-of-a-kind stools,
crafted in wood, with panels of deadstock leather and intricate mosaic tiling.
They were created in a multi-faceted creative collaboration between Molloy,
Chambers, the Milan-based architecture and design studio FERRILLOBELLI,
and the historical expert mosaic company Friul Mosaic.
Using hand-cut natural coloured enamels from recycled glass powder to
decorate each stool with patterns from the collection. They stand like totems
amongst the clothing – paying homage to colour, form, and the ethos of
collaboration and artistic exchange that underpins this project.

I devised this collection for Friul Mosaic around three themes that were evocative,
contemporary and unprecedented: the humid tangle of tropical jungles, as a complex and
exotic expression of the plant world and the meanings linked to nature and respect for the
planet; the city of Milan, which through its architecture tells of the relationships between
places and people on the thread of time; and creatures that touch the sky, earth and water,
in a flight that is the most surprising of manifestations of the animal world.
Each of these themes is then declined into three specific groups of subjects, three different
representations of the plant universe, the human and social universe, and the light and
animal universe. Thus, Tropical Jungle is divided into three images related to the virgin
forest, three to the leaves of tropical plants, and finally three to giant alocasias. My
homage to the city of Milan investigates its most daring recent architecture, the design of
contemporary facades, the legacy of the 20th century masters. Flight in the animal world
is expressed through elegant dragonflies of intense blue, the plumage of pink flamingos,
fish that surprise by hovering in the air. Each of these images then lives on in three different
interpretations: in the fullness of its colours, in a sophisticated play of desaturation, in
refined fields completely in black, white and an infinite grey scale.
Three themes, nine subjects, twenty-seven declinations. Infinite possibilities

The apartment is located in Milano between Piazza Cinque Giornate and Via Spartaco in a 1932 building with a clear fascist shape. The apartment, of about 100 square meters is located on the fourth floor of a building that, as it was used in those years, is raised a couple of meters from the floor of the road, so it enjoys a lot of light during most of the day. The main purpose of the project was not only to respect but also to recover the original plan of the apartment. The entrance perspective crosses the octagonal atrium and closes on the curved opening of the living room, a view that makes this space special. Around the octagon the rooms are articulated in a symmetrical way: the bedroom, the dining room, the gallery towards the living room, the bathroom and the kitchen. The house is exposed on all four cardinal points, enjoying different natural lights depending on the exposure and the seasons, a truly exceptional feature. The high ceilings and the exposed concrete make the volume imposing and full of personality.