ANDRÉ’S OFFICE

Through design, it tells the story of the vision of those who shape taste, define its vocabulary and guide the language of fashion. ANDRÉ’S OFFICE is a temporary installation by Spazio RT, the Milanese design gallery, in the black courtyard of Senato Hotel Milano, on the occasion of Milan Fashion Week Men’s 2025.

From 13 to 24 June, the space imagines the ideal office of a fashion editor, inspired by the charismatic and visionary figure of André Leon Talley, the legendary fashion editor of Vogue.

The exhibition unfolds around an essential architectural structure that is at once intimate and permeable: deep red wooden partitions form deconstructed walls that allow light and sightlines to filter through. Multiple perspectives emerge, inviting visitors to discover the world of those who shape the collective imagination. Every element, selected with precision, translates the editor’s vision into form. The “office” becomes a narrative device: a place of work, reflection and inspiration that encourages an experience of critical contemplation beyond immediate aesthetic impact.

The installation brings together historic pieces of Italian design and furnishings from the Spazio RT Contemporary collection, creating a carefully considered tension between present and past, contemporary design and cultivated references.

On one side, the console table designed by Spazio RT, with a Gran Noir Antique marble top resting on cast bronze legs, establishes itself as a visual anchor. Its accompanying seat is represented by a sculptural stool in Carrara marble, designed by Sergio Calatroni for the Milanese gallery.

Behind it, the Pioli bookcase, designed by Spazio RT, rises like a monolith. Its panels are cut from a single slab of Arabescato Orobico marble, with adjustable shelves supported by polished brass pegs.

At the centre, the space is illuminated by a slender composition of five Notti floor lamps, designed in the 1970s by Gigi and Pepe Tanzi for Dalca, distinguished by their slim chrome-plated steel stems and cast-iron bases. Alongside them, a trio of Djuna side tables by Kazuhide Takahama, designed for Gavina in the early 1980s, balances the material presence of Gran Noir Antique with the lightness of their chrome-plated steel bases.

Completing the installation is Jumbito, the latest addition to Spazio RT Contemporary: a low table made from slabs of Carrara and Verde Guatemala marble, skilfully interlocked in a pattern that echoes the geometry of latticework. Created by repurposing offcuts from the production process, the piece transforms discarded material into a work of design.