Jan 13
Mother Nature is lovely, but relentless; more and more, it seems like recovery-mode is standard operating procedure for large swathes of the world. On a small scale, some designers are finding ways to give new life to the damage left behind by natural disasters. Following a 5.9 earthquake that shook northern Italy in 2012, prolific designer Patricia Urquiola teamed up with inlay brand Budri to utilize their extensive archive of marble and stones that were damaged in the trembler.