The Marni FW 26 runway set by Formafantasma is the Winner of the sixth edition of the Shaping Surfaces competition by Cleaf.
The jury composed of multidisciplinary professionals of the design sector – Matteo Lavazza Seranto, Angela Lembo, Alessandro Ligabue, Enzo Mastrandrea, Michela Tacchini – took into consideration both the innovation of the interior design and the best use of Cleaf surfaces.
The Marni FW 26 runway set by Formafantasma is the Winner of the sixth edition of the Shaping Surfaces competition by Cleaf.
The jury composed of multidisciplinary professionals of the design sector – Matteo Lavazza Seranto, Angela Lembo, Alessandro Ligabue, Enzo Mastrandrea, Michela Tacchini – took into consideration both the innovation of the interior design and the best use of Cleaf surfaces.
The project reflects on how fashion operates within everyday life and how the format of the runway both frames and reshapes that reality.
The spatial concept is structured around a series of mirrored surfaces, partially hand-painted with fragments drawn from quotidian life: a car headlight, an office chair, leftovers on a table, a CCTV camera, an open tab on a computer. These elements are deliberately unremarkable. They point to peripheral details that accumulate in daily environments without demanding attention.
By combining reflection and painting, the mirrors operate simultaneously as images and as spatial instruments. They register the presence of models and audience while superimposing ordinary scenes onto the unfolding event. The garments appear frontally, laterally, and in reflection closer to how clothing is encountered outside the runway, in passing or in peripheral view. The set does not function as a neutral backdrop, but as an active surface that brings the present moment into contact with familiar surroundings.
Architecturally, the structure suggests a domestic interior, Poro Noce LS53 wood effect frames and recognisable proportions, yet remains intentionally fragmented. It evokes a room that has been dismantled and reassembled out of sequence.
As the winner, Formafantasma has been commissioned to design the 2027 exhibition for the CCube corporate showroom, which will be unveiled at Milan Design Week.
Thank you to all participants. You have inspired us!
Project name: Marni FW 26 runway set
Project type: Temporary installation
Location: Milan Fashion Week, Italy
Architect: Formafantasma
Photographers: Marco Cappelletti, Gregorio Gonella