For Milanese people, "michetta" is everyday bread. It's the smell of the bakery down the street, it's the taste of being together for no particular reason other than the desire to share a moment. It's the most recognizable shape – a "rosetta" made of yeast and flour petals – yet never the same, irregular because it's handmade. What do Meritalia® and Gaetano Pesce, the most radical among the radicals, do with these concepts? They mix them, knead them, and finally bake stuffed items that are out of the ordinary, fragrant every day like bread.
A sofa that doesn't conform to a predetermined style, not designed as a piece of furniture but as a multifaceted protagonist in the reinvention of domesticity. An object made of many objects, eclectic modules that can only form unconventional patterns. Gaetano Pesce conceives Michetta as a game between the mind that designs it, the hands that produce it, and the creativity of those who choose it.
The capitonné upholstery rises randomly, now flexing, now growing, in contrast with the geometry of each rectangular or cubic module, delimited by the wooden structure. Buttons mark the depressions of the surface and punctuate it, outlining a three-dimensional and irregular motif that invites exploration of the seating comfort.
There are no limits to its use either. The michetta is for sitting, for lying down; in fact, sitting and lying down become actions to reconsider, depending on whether the module is horizontal, vertical, a seat or backrest or armrest, single or multiple. It's a welcoming sofa, an icon of shared comfort: a comfort that invites conviviality.
The Michetta is for the center of the room, and it attracts anyone who wants to indulge this gravitational force, but also those who prefer a state of constant exploration. The modules can be continuously rearranged, allowing for varied configurations to be imagined, which each time reactivate and renew the most diverse spaces, intimate like a living room at home or a reception area, designed to welcome and impress!
