Loggi Set
The Loggi Set project is inspired by the participatoryprocesses of radical design movements of the 1970s and rooted in a dialogue between historical andcontemporary design practices, combining craft, datavisualization, and community engagement.
Loggi Set
Design: Tramastudio - Francesca & Manuela Pucciarini
Production: Federica Paglia
Partners: ON APS, Arca di Noè Soc. Coop, Periferica Collective.
Materials: White and red casting clay.
Techniques: in-mold production.
Hand-glazed and engobed tile texture.
Year: 2025
In the photos: the neighborhood, some participants in the ceramics workshop, the three vases of the Loggi Set. Below: data key used to define the texture of the set.
Loggi Set consists of 3 ceramic vases that can be assembled in different compositions. The union of the three pieces creates a side-table.
The set is produced using molds with white and red casting clay. The texture consists of hand-colored and glazed tiles. The object was created following a ceramic workshop attended by women involved in a social inclusion and personal empowerment project (Progetto LEI) organized in the popular district of Loggi, on the outskirts of Perugia. The activity originated from the collaboration between Tramastudio and the ceramist Federica Paglia with Associazione ON, Periferica, and Arca di Noè Coop. Soc., operating in the area.
During the workshop, the participants worked on a personal ceramic object as a representation, through drawing and color, of their place of origin. A translation of data and information, seemingly abstract at first, yet understandable through a shared alphabet of shapes, quantities, and colors. Loggi Set is the transposition of this experience and the place where it happened into a new product created by Tramastudio and Federica Paglia.
Through the processing of data into a repetitive texture, each vase in the set describes an aspect of the neighborhood: the multiculturalism of the inhabitants, the quality of life, the composition of the territory. Its shapes and colors are also inspired by the district's architecture.
Located in the area of Ponte San Giovanni, on the outskirts of the city of Perugia, the district is home to a diverse community, where everyday stories, identities, and cultural stratifications coexist.
By observing its buildings, open spaces, and inhabitants, the project seeks to highlight the hidden narratives of the periphery and to reinterpret them through design. Data was collected starting from field research and comparing surveys conducted in the territory with statistical data from research institutes. The information - concerning people, territory, and perceptions - was analyzed, translated into graphic codes of colors, shapes, and finishes, and then applied to the vases' surfaces.
Loggi Set also represents a replicable social design process: a model that merges creativity, research, and participation, transforming data and collective stories into form, material, and objects. Its methodology can be adapted to different contexts, offering a flexible framework where observation, community involvement, and design experimentation converge. Part of the resources generated by the project are reallocated to the involved social organizations.
