DRAGA & AUREL STAGE A DUAL EXPLORATION OF MATERIAL AND PERCEPTION

Images courtesy of Draga & Aurel

At Galleria Rossana Orlandi: The Shift ; At Salone Raritas: Glass Is Affinity

At Milan Design Week 2026, Draga & Aurel present a twofold preview that deepens their ongoing investigation into material experimentation and perceptual transformation—spanning an immersive installation and a new body of lighting developed in Murano glass.

At Galleria Rossana Orlandi from April 20, The Shift unfolds as a spatial and conceptual dialogue between art and design. Anchored by a painting by Aurel K. Basedow, the installation introduces a system of sliding resin panels by Draga Obradovic that glide across its surface. These translucent layers do not alter the artwork itself, but continuously recalibrate its depth, rhythm, and intensity. The result is a dynamic interplay where painting becomes spatial, and design becomes performative—transforming perception through stratification. Each movement generates a new visual configuration, extending colour and gesture into the surrounding environment and dissolving the boundary between object and space.

Draga&Aurel – The Shift Galleria Rossana Orlandi

Draga&Aurel – The Shift Galleria Rossana Orlandi

At Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026, within Salone Raritas, where the duo collaborates with Salviati to debut Glass Is Affinity. Here, their research shifts toward glass as a living material shaped by light, process, and unpredictability. Moving beyond its functional role, glass becomes a medium of experimentation—its surfaces carrying traces of fire, gesture, and transformation. Two lighting collections articulate this direction. Soffio explores the expressive limits of blown glass, with spherical forms enriched by traditional Murano techniques such as cotisso, pulegoso, and crackle. Paired with a restrained metal structure, the pieces emphasize the tension between material richness and formal clarity, while light appears to emanate organically from within. In contrast, Crisalide investigates color as substance: fused glass plates appear weightless and translucent from afar, yet reveal density and complexity up close, as light traces their layered composition like an evolving gesture.

Presented by Magran Living

Draga&Aurel – Crisalide

Both presentations, Draga & Aurel reaffirm a methodology rooted in openness to material behavior—whether resin or glass—allowing process, rather than predefinition, to shape the outcome. From shifting surfaces to luminous forms, their Milan preview showcase a fluid continuum between matter, light, and perception.

Draga&Aurel – Soffio lamp