Everything Stormo Studio creates is informed by the designers’ shared background in architecture. Elena Calabrò and Michael Carion investigate the intrinsic relationship between space and material and seek physicality in emotions, letting the form resulting from this process be naturally meaningful and evocative. Manifesto is inspired by the potential the pair saw in concrete and the challenge of seeing how far they could take it. The collection echoes the architectural theories of Metabolism, while incorporating some of the studio’s recurring themes such as the aesthetics of the void and Oriental philosophy. Manifesto’s tables, in different sizes and configurations, appear to rest on massive supports but in truth feature a delicate balance. A technical challenge, met by none other than Pulkra.