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    Topp

    The soccer ball
    Production:
    Apotropaici
    Year:
    2018
    Photography:
    Apotropaici

    There’s a very interesting memory of the past, the so-called transplant practice. When a leather ball was leaking it could reuse its skin by tearing the broken part and inserting inside a second ball, cheaper and more elastic, which inflated gave a second life to the dying ball. But this compromised the shape, no longer spherical but slightly elliptical.

    We reconsidered the process designing a previously soaked balloon, much more durable than the original, combining the elasticity of the inner ball with the robustness of the leather outer skin.

    The result is a tribute to all the kids in the future who will play football in the street.

    * Topp is the translation of the Italian word "toppa" (patch) into the Apulian dialect, associating it with the same sound of the English word "top".


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