Created by Andrea Forti and Eleonora Dal Farra, alcarol listens to matter — merging innovation and craft to translate the fleeting breath of nature into timeless presence.
Rooted between the Venice Lagoon and the Dolomite UNESCO World Heritage mountains, alcarol captures the atmospheres of these contrasting lands — often freezing time at the end of a material’s life cycle to grant it a new one.
Between experimentation and tradition, alcarol explores the silent narratives inscribed within natural materials — where time, environment, and transformation intertwine.
Every surface bears the marks of its encounters with air, water, light, and other elements: traces that reveal a specific Genius Loci, the spirit that inhabits each place.
In classical mythology, the Genius Loci was a guardian presence, shaping the atmosphere and essence of the landscape.
Today, alcarol seeks to make that spirit visible, preserving the soul of environments within contemporary forms.
Through its environmental sections, alcarol unveils unusual and hidden aspects of the world — revealing what ordinarily remains unseen.
Inside the materials, veins, cavities, and subtle marks of time and elements disclose an intimate and truthful story, where the landscape becomes both memory and matter.
Often choosing ordinary materials — humble woods, stones, and fragments that might seem insignificant — alcarol exposes their extraordinary character.
By framing these overlooked details, each piece becomes an invitation to observe more closely, to rediscover the wonder concealed within the everyday.
Through an experimental process employing transparent substances reminiscent of frozen water, alcarol preserves the organic skin of matter — complete with its native mosses, lichens, and other traces of place — while the sectioned planes remain uncovered, allowing direct tactile and visual contact with the material’s inner layers — the hidden landscape usually unseen by the eye.
By sectioning and recontextualizing materials, alcarol unveils unseen dimensions of nature — cross-sections that transcend the ordinary perception of a place.
Through touch, sight, and scent, these fragments invite us to perceive the world anew, awakening a deeper awareness of nature’s fragile and enduring presence.
ANDREA FORTI
Born among the Dolomite mountains, Andrea Forti grew up surrounded by the raw poetry of stone, wood, and silence. Later, graduating in Architecture in Venice — a city suspended between land and water, and founded upon the timber of his mountains — he refined his architectural vision.
As an artist and sculptor, Andrea also explored the expressive potential of matter through form and transformation. With alcarol, he discovered a new language — born from contemplation rather than intervention. Guided by a profound sense of wonder and respect, he no longer shapes or alters materials, but studies and preserves them — revealing their inner memory and the silent story of their origin.
His work celebrates the raw identity of matter: wood, stone, and other elemental substances retain their natural voices, revealing what is usually unseen. Through alcarol, Andrea translates his fascination for the landscapes that formed him — transforming fragments of place into objects that embody both origin and transformation.
ELEONORA DAL FARRA
Born in the Dolomite mountains and educated in Venice, Eleonora Dal Farra merges the disciplines of artistic restoration and contemporary experimentation. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts and later in Artistic Restoration, she deepened her understanding of color, matter, and perception through artistic productions and collaborations, as well as restoration on ancient Italian works and the Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Her work has always been guided by a deep curiosity for the dialogue between natural processes and human craftsmanship.
Her approach bridges the care of preservation with the freedom of creation. In her hands, conservation becomes a poetic act — not to arrest time, but to honor its traces.
Through alcarol, Eleonora channels her sensitivity for textures, patinas, and the silent dialogues between nature and decay. By merging restoration and conservation techniques with experimental processes, she unveils the living essence within materials — preserving their spirit in a moment of suspended time.
What emerges from thirteen years of research, experimentation, and contemplation is more than design — a dialogue between matter and time, where nature finds its voice in stillness.
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Exhibitions
2025
IN-BETWEEN, Japan Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia — Venice
RO COLLECTIBLE DESIGN, Rossana Orlandi Gallery — Milan
2024
HOMO FABER 2024: The Journey of Life, Fondazione Giorgio Cini — Venice
BOUNDLESS, Mint Gallery — London
RO COLLECTIBLE DESIGN, Rossana Orlandi Gallery — Milan
Somewhere Else, installation by Philippe Starck for Cassina — Milan
2023
PROCESS 10 YEARS OF ALCAROL Solo Exhibition, Cibone — Tokyo
RO COLLECTIBLE DESIGN, Rossana Orlandi Gallery — Milan
STRANGE BUT BEAUTIFUL Superstudio Più — Milan
NOMAD, with Rossana Orlandi Gallery — St. Moritz
NEOCON with Econyl — Chicago
2022
HOME LIFE, curated by Elisabetta Pisu — Design Camberra Festival
RO COLLECTIBLE DESIGN, Rossana Orlandi Gallery — Milan
NETS, in collaboration with Econyl and Napapijri — Milan,
ONE PACIFIC PLACE, Lane Crawford — Hong Kong Solo Exhibition
SAVE THE WASTE IS VALUE GuiltlessPlastic at M7 Quatar Museum — Doha
CLERKENWELL with Econyl — London
2021
PUUL SPACE — Vienna Design Week
WASTE IS VALUE, Henderson Land x Rossana Orlandi — Hong Kong
GUILTLESS PLASTIC, Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia — Milan
FUTURE HABIT(AT), archiproducts — Milan
2020
BOKEH, Mint Gallery — London
COLLECT with Mint Gallery — London
MILAN DESIGN CITY, Rossana Orlandi Gallery — Milan
CASA ROSSANA ORLANDI, Msheireb Downtown district — Doha
2019
RAW, Mint Gallery — London
EDIT — Napoli
ROSSANA ORLANDI — Milan Design Week
ROGARAGE, featuring Ro Plastic Prize 2019 Finalists — Milan
COLLECT to Saatchi Gallery, with Mint Gallery — London
2018
Younique — Lugano
CUTTING EDGE, Vitraria Gallery — Venice
DESIGN AFTER DARWIN. ADAPTED TO ADAPTABILITY, Design Ve — Venice
STRANGER PINKS, Artemest — Milan
BESPOKE with Vaselli — Milan
ROSSANA ORLANDI — Milan Design Week
COLLECT with Mint Gallery — London
2017
MINT LUMINATES, Mint Gallery— London
SELECTED 2017 Natural History Museum – Graz
METACRAFT, Mint Gallery — London
SALONE SATELLITE — Milan
2016
DESIGN SUPERMARKET selected by La Rinascente — Milan
WHITE CANVAS, Mint Gallery — London
BOIS D’ORIGINE, Bensimon Gallery — Paris
SPRING FORMS, Mint Gallery — London
SALONE SATELLITE — Milan 1
UP IN THE SKY with Rossana Orlandi Gallery — Milan City Life April
2015
TWISTING TRADITION, Mint Gallery — London
CONTOURS OF SPRING, Mint Gallery— London
VITRARIA GLASS+A MUSEUM — Venice
2014
ELEMENTS OF CRAFT, Mint Gallery— London
LIGHT REFLECTIONS, Mint Gallery— London
ROSSANA ORLANDI — Milan Design Week
2013
CABINETS OF CURIOSITY, Mint Gallery— London Design Festival
Showrooms
In dialogue with architects, designers and collectors, we shape bespoke pieces — where matter becomes language and creation is always a shared exploration.