The very close relationship between Emila-Romagna and design can be seen in the many locations where interest in this art form becomes a reality available to all. The entire regional territory is dotted with them, confirming what has just been said. And, among the places that must be mentioned in this regard, the Remo Brindisi ‘House-Museum’ in Lido di Spina, in the province of Ferrara, deserves special mention. The Rome-born artist and collector entrusted the architect and designer Nanda Vigo with the construction of this extraordinary building in the early 1970s. For both of them, art and everyday life had to coexist in those spaces that involve the visitor at every step. There is no detachment between the two realities, which are instead perfectly interpenetrated. One example, but there are many more, about fifty, is the steel handrail that accompanies visitors along the stairs connecting the various floors of the building. The furniture – some handmade especially for these spaces, others salvaged from the “Top” collection that Vigo herself designed in 1970 – is also part of the project, as are the lamps and chairs: among these pride of place goes to a creation by Glasgow-based Scottish designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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