Alias presents “A summer storytelling”, a photographic project by Ellisse Studio

An object designed for rest, to welcome the body and pause, is transformed into a pretext for movement, observation and crossing. The Green Sun Lounger by Giandomenico Belotti - an icon of outdoor design signed by Alias - is the protagonist chosen by Ellisse Studio of a photographic tale that reinterprets its meaning and places it in dialogue with the landscape.

From the dawn among urban lines to a promontory facing the sea, from the shadow of a lake to the green hills, the sunbed accompanies a silent journey, transforming itself into light architecture, a discreet trace of human presence. An object that does not dominate space but inhabits it with respect and the right measure. In order to narrate this relationship between object and landscape, Ellisse Studio realised a series of travelling shots in natural and urban contexts distributed among different Italian provinces. The sunbed was brought to these places in a visual exploration that aims to let it find a context, a possible home, outside any pre-constituted setting.

A Summer Storytelling was born within the 2025 edition of Interpreting Something Else, the editorial format launched by Alias in 2023. A laboratory of visions that invites contemporary talents to freely reinterpret the brand icons through new visual languages, capable of decontextualising design and constructing new narratives.

This edition focuses on the outdoor collection, including projects by Giandomenico Belotti and Jasper Morrison. Ellisse Studio chooses to work with the Green Sun Lounger, an outdoor sunbed with a brushed or lacquered stainless steel structure and white nylon wheels with a black polyurethane edge. The seat and backrest are made of fireproof polyester mesh coated with PVC, designed to guarantee lightness, resistance and comfort.

“Decontextualising subjects is our way to bring them back into our view” Alice Beltrami and Filippo Telaro say, the founders of Ellisse Studio. “We seek a balance between what we encounter and our way of seeing reality. In this project, design meets spontaneous and unprepared spaces, finding a new breath and intimacy”.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Green sun lounger, designed by Giandomenico Belotti

Resistance and practicality characterise the GREEN outdoor collection, designed by Giandomenico Belotti in 1983. Stainless steel structures, brushed or lacquered, create stackable chairs, with or without armrests, comfortable armchairs and stools, proposed with seat and backrest in PVC-coated polyester mesh. The collection includes the Green Sun Lounger, an elegant outdoor lounger whose recognisable feature is the design of the large wheels inspired by those of the caddy on golf courses.