2nd 'Detailers' Meeting in Madrid

04/02/2015. By SIMON. [MAD] Spain
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO

Do you believe details make perfection? If you do, you can't miss the second 'Detailers' meeting which will take place on February 19th at Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, with Carles Ferrater, Fermín Vázquez and Oscar Mariné as guests.

Professionals from the arts and other disciplines will get together to celebrate the value of details in this event organized by SIMON on occasion of the presentation of its new Detail82 collection.

Architect Alfredo Arribas presented images from Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher who defended functionality and talked about gestures in architecture “not all of the human body's gestures are gestures, just like not all buildings are architecture”.

Architect Alfredo Arribas presented images from Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher who defended functionality and talked about gestures in architecture “not all of the human body's gestures are gestures, just like not all buildings are architecture”.

Ningbo Museum by Wang Shu, 2008.

According to Carme Pinós, the main detail has its roots in poetics, “even if we want to be austere, this is something we shouldn't forget." Le Corbusier. Maison Cabanon, 1952.

She also presented references from Le Corbusier in which we could see “how the details absolutely follow the most essential needs, the most practical; just like the lamp at Maison La Roche, a tube with a light bulb at the end. On the one hand, there is the delicacy of the essential, and on the other, the brutality of saying no more than the strictly neccessary.” Le Corbusier. Maison La Roche, 1925.

Carme Pinós is interested in the way the essentials can turn into a game, “as a legacy from Lewerentz , the playful essentials.” An exercise she applies in her own furniture collection 'Objects', which she admits to be a real challenge. Sigurd Lewerentz - Quisco Flores, Cementerio Malmo, 1969.

Interior designer Fernando Salas declared that his interest for details in his work has to do not only with physical things, but also with intangible aspects, such as creating an atmosphere. “I think the details make the ambience's climax.”

As an example he presented an image of the Thermal Baths in Vals by Peter Zumthor, where not only dimension and volume are interesting, but also indirect light plays a main role in the walls' light sensation, their reflection on the water and finally, the creation of the atmosphere.

He also presented a detail image of the strings of a Spanish guitar to show how details mostly respond to function, “it must sound good no matter what”.

Salas referred to the natural elements that help reach interesting results with little effort, being both beautiful and useful, as a contrast to designing an object which has a specific function.

He mentioned the japanese culture and showed some images of gardens and houses, as well as one of his own projects, Dos Torres restaurant, in which a mural painting of flower petals exposed the texture on the walls.

The details can also be found in the simplicity of shapes.

Oil bottle design.

Clip Chair designed by Fernando Salas.

Shoe by Manolo Blanik.

First Detailers meeting in Barcelona.

Carme Pinós, Alfredo Arribas, Salvi Plaja and Fernando Salas. First Detailers meeting in Barcelona.

First Detailers meeting in Barcelona.

Oscar Tusquets and Carme Pinós. First Detailers meeting in Barcelona.

First Detailers meeting in Barcelona. Photography courtesy of SIMON.

New collection Detail82 by SIMON. Image courtesy of SIMON.

The details are not the details. They make the design.

Charles Eames

The first 'Detailers' meeting was held last summer in Barcelona featuring architects Alfredo Arribas, Carme Pinós and interior designer Fernando Salas. The three of them, rigorous professionals whose work shows exceptional attention to detail, shared with the audience their cultural models and references in 'attention to detail', as well as some of their own projects and works from other professionals who have inspired them throughout their carreers.

This second meeting at Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid will feature architect Carles Ferrater, from OAB - Office of Architecture in Barcelona, architect Fermín Vázquez, from b720 Arquitectura and designer Oscar Mariné. The meeting will be moderated by Juan Mellen, director of design businesses association RED, Reunión de Empresas de Diseño.

'Detailers' meetings by SIMON invite us to reflect on the importance of detail both professionally and in architecture and interior design. Through the experience of renowned personalities, their own challenges, their references and sources of inspiration, this inspiring talk turns to look at those elements who spend more unnoticed but that are essential to their authors.

Attendance is limited. You can sign up for an invitation to the meeting at rrpp@communicology.es

The importance of detail is reflected in the new collection of mechanisms Detail82 by SIMON. The firm's design director, Salvi Plaja, will introduce the collection's most important aspects, which aim to connect people to their architectural environment.

Are you a 'Detailer'?

As a Detailer we would like you to share with us 4 or 5 cases / references that illustrate some of these issues:

a. Masters and references that have inspired the culture of detail, as well as other contemporary professionals.
b. Works by others in which attention to detail stands out. These may be from any discipline.
c. Your own work showing special focus on the challenge which the details involved.