David Aliperti's Paper Flower Sculptures at Nilufar During Milan Design Week

David Aliperti creates intricate floral sculptures from colored paper pulp, hand-molded without armatures. Each piece requires 300–700 hours of work; his latest contains 8,000 micro-details. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Aliperti lives between Paris and the fashion world. After a 2017 heart attack, he began working with paper pulp and has continued since. His new collection, presented by Nilufar at Milan Design Week during the exhibition "La Casa Magica" curated by Valentina Ciuffi, draws on Brazilian feminine mysticism—healer women who used plants, a practice nearly lost to colonization. The sculptures explore nature, resilience, and spirituality, growing upward or unfolding horizontally.