The ever-popular and always growing Poppin continues its way converting one boring office at a time into inspiring workspaces. With four years already under his hat, Senior Design Manager Matteo Bonacina has worked closely with Jeff Miller and the team to create the recently launched furniture line, desktop and writing items, as well as bringing the first-ever Ping Pong Conference Table (what??!?) to the masses. Prior to Poppin, Bonacina worked in Italy, England, Japan, and the U.S. for various studios and designers after studying product design at Brunel University in London. Luckily, he found his way to the Poppin team helping us all learn to #WorkHappy. For this Friday Five, Bonacina shares five design-focused spots that keep him inspired.
Photo by James Ewing
1. Park Armory
For me, inspiration comes from experiencing things. Park Armory, for instance, is a cavernous space that once belonged to the military and has been reappropriated into a cultural institution. Its scale coupled with the powerful shows it houses, make it an immersive experience, akin to stepping into a new world each time.
2. Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick is another source of inspiration. A multidisciplinary with an inspired approach to projects, he’s inquisitive and experimental, asks questions and builds a narrative before coming to formal conclusions. His most recognizable piece is probably the UK Pavilion that he created for the 2010 World Expo. The structure is part architecture and part exhibit – it’s a collection of seeds from 25% of the world’s plant species embedded within transparent rods that make it ethereal both outside and inside.
3. Instagram
Believe it or not, Instagram is the tool I use most as a source of inspiration and memory bank for not fully formed ideas. I typically capture cropped, zoomed in photos, leaving room for interpretation (in the hopes of capturing imagination).
4. La Sagrada Familia
La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is a monumental piece of architecture. For me it is more than a symbol of religion – it is a celebration of past, present and future. Construction began in 1882 and is scheduled to be completed in 2026 so we get to be a part of history in the making.
5. The Reservoir at Central Park
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir at Central Park is a serene landscape, almost ironically located at the center of a densely populated city. It offers visitors a good view of a city’s skyline from within its walls, which feels like a welcomed–and sometimes necessary–outside perspective. It is a good example of synergy between nature and the man-made.
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