Verter Turroni’s Matua Blurs Art and Functionality

Imperfettolab's Matua, designed by artist Verter Turroni

Part sculpture, part seat—Matua, part of Imperfettolab's Vistigia Collection, designed by artist Verter Turroni, translates bold artistic vision into everyday function. Built to last and effortless to move, they bring refined impact to commercial spaces. Here, we chat with Turroni about the creative process behind his singular approach to form and function.

How do you find inspiration for creating your pieces, especially your seating designs?

“It’s an instinctive process, free from rules and functional constraints. I approach every project with the eye of a sculptor, not that of an industrial designer. The forms emerge from a continuous flow that has been renewing itself for 30 years, without the need for a rigid plan. Self-production and freedom are the two pillars upon which my work is built.”

What do you want to convey through your pieces?

“In Vestigia, my latest collection, I wanted to evoke something eternal: objects that seem like relics, but are not. They are contemporary forms, detached from technology, born from artisanal work. In this sense, my pieces convey an idea of sculptural, imperfect beauty—alive and ever-changing.

How do you manage to create such sculptural forms with such mastery while still maintaining their functionality?

“I never think of function as a starting point. The work generates the forms, and the forms adapt themselves to function. Mine is a pursuit that places aesthetics above all else, an aesthetics made of cuts, scraps, intuitions, and contaminations.

“In Vestigia, this is even more evident: Each piece is shaped from a material that retains its archaic, hard, and imperfect appearance, yet manages to transform into a usable object without ever losing its expressiveness. This balance between sculpture and function, between rough and smooth, fragile and resistant, empty and full, is what defines my work.”