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Magika by kirsti Taiviola

Paula — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:14:39 +0000

Kirsti Taiviola’s wall lamps, are made of simple, almost transparent structures, that disappear when the lamp is turned on, letting the texture of the surface decorate the walls around.

Marbleous Garden, Oversize

Paula — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:18:00 +0000

When you see the oversize garden designed with Marsotto, Testi Fratelli, Budri, Grassi Pietre (Marmomacc-Veronafiere) you immediately realise it was designed by a woman, and when looking for a name it comes with no surprise: Patricia Urquiola.
The collection of pieces, originally conceived for Landscape by Rosenthal, is made out of natural materials such as marble, stone and onyx, illuminated to enhance the harmonies of contrasts not just on light and dark, but also different textures , patterns and carved bas-reliefs.

Shige Hasegawa Design

Paula — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:35:31 +0000

One of the good things about living in Milan is the possibility to follow yearly the Salone del Mobile: the trends, the progress of the design companies and the most rewarding one: the evolution of designers.
It’s been three years since Shige Hasegawa appeared on the milanese scene and from that point to follow him (his way of working, the simplicity, the harmony, the clean lines, and the attention to every detail) is to oversee the path of a big name.

Wood is everywhere

Paula — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:31:09 +0000

Wood, laminated wood, is always a great option to express your creativity, especially when a reduced budget doesn’t allow the use of particular machinery. The results, depending on the designer can be exhilarating, or just boring. But from a wide range of products, starting with the stand’s decoration, passing through lamps and furniture (these last ones being a more elaborated version, than simply dye cutting and joining) here below are some examples of the diffused use of laminated wood during this past year.
Hoping to see the developments in the case of the school projects, and fresh and new products in the shops.

Stands

Lamps

Extras
The pieces seen here come mostly from design schools: the french V.I.A., the Dutch Design Academy Eindhoven with the artEZ; and in the “Salone Satelite” Milan 2009.

Light games

Paula — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:08:26 +0000

When the “Salone del Mobile” arrives everyone knows “novelties” are on their way, the odd thing is that “novelties” never come alone, (despite the secrecy of the companies and the early rise of trends) when you see a “new object” there is always a twin sister around and some cousins, spy cases or trend sharing?
In any case, this time we are talking about light and interference, fragmentation, and magnification. Lamps with lenses, textured surfaces that enhance light or just give fancy decorations.

Among the different examples there is an important one, in which light is really enhanced by Fresnel lenses: Hope, by Francisco Gomez Paz and Paolo Rizzatto, for Luceplan, a modular “not crystal” chandelier, made in polycarbonate film.

Why is Hope listed within our Environ-Mentally category? Very simple, although I’m not a friend of plastic, Hope’s packaging is very compact due to the modularity of its components and the weight being reduced to the minimum. Something else, it fits different light bulbs, encouraging the use of energy saving ones; the result is better than ever, thanks to the thoughtful design the quality of light is not lessened by the use of these bulbs but is just as pleasant as we hope.

-Another example is Ross Lovegrove and his “Cosmic” lamps/sculptures for Artemide

-Two noteworthy installations:

Swarovsky’s stand in Euroluce, a interactive combination of crystals, light and colour.

Foscarini’s huge kaleidoscope in Zona Tortona, by Vicente Garcia Jimenez

And coming soon… the Organic LED, but for now just some pictures.

Rotaliana

Paula — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:55:39 +0000

This beautiful lamp produced by Rotaliana recalls the warm feeling old chinese paper lanterns, even the delicate glow of a firefly. The choice of the material allows you to have it your garden, but not writing off the possibility of using it indoors.

Moooi’s windows

Paula — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:32:53 +0000

A see trough maze, full of windows and corners was laid out for the exhibition. From the wallpapers to the carpets, the whole space was wrapped with the Moooi style. Full saturated colours, as the pink used for the ambience where Nika Zupanc’s Lolitas where starring.

Fuori Salone

Paula — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:33:10 +0000

The very best of Milan’s furniture fair is what you see during the design week, outside the fairgrounds, the “Fuori salone”. Young designers looking for companies, new companies trying to become visible, and the really established companies doing their best to captivate the public.

Above: Pieke Bergmans bases for Rosenthal, and works from the French V.I.A. (Valorisation de l’innovation dans l’ameublement)

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Japanese designer Nendo combines the simplicity and elegance of nature with technology. Hanaby is a lamp that follows the natural cycle of light, made in shape-memory alloy, when the bulb gets hot the lamp opens, and when light starts to dim, the temperature triggers the closing.

Madeindhoven, Drinking glasses and ”One of a kind” these are two rings produced in one piece, that becomes unique when two people decided to share it.

Cinderella, by Jeroen Verhoeven. Project “Industrialized Wood”, Demakersvan
Table with hanger. Agape

Patricia Urquiola and Benedini Associati for Agape

Zaha Hadid for Wallpaper magazine’s 10th anniversary.
“GlobalEdit/06”

Antonio Citterio for B&B

Swarovski

Paula — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:02:39 +0000

No wander why The “Crystal Palace” every year gets more and more admiration, beyond chandeliers, what is shown in Swarovski’s installations are creations, spaces to transport us in a surreal and magic world.

Above: “Science and Fiction” by Basso & Brooke

Above from left to right: “Mediterraneo” by Gaetano Pesce, “Hover” by Michael Gabellini, “Crystal Aerospace” by Ross Lovegrove, “Cosmos 1 & 2” by Naoto Fukasawa

Moroso

Paula — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:55:23 +0000

With no doubt Moroso is the Italian company that gives more input to the design world. Thanks to the participation of an international team of designers and to the special attention paid to the innovation and research processes, its products reach the higher levels of quality and full-fill all the public’s expectations.

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The video shows an overview of the stand by Patricia Urquiola, Martino Berghinz and graphics by Corinna Cadetto. In the images projects by: Patricia Urquiola, Konstantin Grcic, Tomita Kazuhiko, Massimo Gardone and Luca Nichetto, Tomek Rygalik, Ron Arad & Issey Miyake ( the covering of a chair that becomes a waistcoat ) and Tord Boontje.