From boats to homes to hotels: a suspended ladder in a mirrored shell gives the visitor a sense of things flowing, while demonstrating Besenzoni's willingness to expand into areas beyond the nautical one.

When you board a boat, there is a moment when it’s as if you are suspended between the elements: the land, the sea and the sky are not just separate contours but they all seem to merge into one, a sort of dreamlike scenario in which you can choose to be protagonists or become part of the whole ourselves.

This is the concept behind Flow, the installation that Besenzoni will bring to Design Week 2023, in the prestigious setting of the Fuori Salone, hosted by Interni in the courtyards of the University of Milan.

At the heart of the installation, a collaboration between the market-leading company in the production of unique yacht accessories, and Francesco Forcellini, a highly regarded designer who, over the last few years, has come to be recognised as one of the top international young talents, is Oceano. This is a ladder/boarding platform for yachts equipped with an ingenious and innovative system that ensures it can be used as a bathing or boarding ladder, as an extension of the sun deck or as a tender lift.

What is so fascinating about the installation, which is located under the portico of the Cortile d'Onore, is the artistic choice of having positioned Oceano in the middle of a convex mirrored surface, with the result that the ladder appears to be suspended in the centre of a virtual space where the observer can imagine endless floating environments and feel completely immersed in them.