Flap

Back in the 1950s, Gio Ponti said that “Architecture is a crystal”. Today we can qualify Ponti’s statement and say that design, too, is a crystal when it produces pure forms that endure, unaltered, over time. As such, Flap is celebrating its 10th anniversary by dressing up in gold and crystal. Ten years, ten exceptional pieces. No more, no less.

This is not intended as a sign of luxury, but rather of eternity. Upon a gleaming gold-plated frame rests the multi-jointed body of Flap, sheathed in gold laminated leather. Affixed to this, like thorns on the stem of a rose, are 50,000 Swarovski ‘Golden Shadow’ crystals, creating a magical atmosphere that imbues the surrounding air with a golden hue, refracting it into a million sparkles.

While it may appear at first glance as an exercise in style, it is most exceptional for the application of the unprecedented and revolutionary ‘rose pin’ technique, used here for the first time, which makes it possible to ‘set’ the crystals directly on the leather. The result is curiously organic, like the body of a strange creature encrusted with tiny shards of ice.

FLAP ‘GOLD DIAMOND’, upholstered in gold laminated leather with 50,000 Swarovski ‘Golden Shadow’ crystals, applied with the ‘rose pin’ technique.

Limited edition of ten pieces numbered 1-10, plus an artist’s proof (no. 00), created by Edra in 2010 for the 10th anniversary of Flap.