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Specular asymmetry

Paula — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:47:34 +0000

Pond by Nendo, (yes Nendo is always here). This time with a table set for Moroso, at a glance you see only the mirrored surface, but looking carefully all the graphics appear underneath the tops, reflected on the lower part. The black and white decorations contribute to the light and shadow, full and empty contrast, that this table set is all about.

Roots

Paula — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:38:24 +0000

Mut design “emotional design studio” presented its new work during the design week in Milan. Between their projects, I’d like to mention Roots, a modular structure, produced in wood and porcelain, that allows the composition of a biombo like screen or just a mini vertical garden.

Satura

Paula — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:00:40 +0000

Within the ”Plus Edition 2011″ of the swiss Ruckstuhl we wish to point out Satura by Alfredo Häberli a delicate yet functional modular rug, a composition of natural colours and geometrical cuts, made out of 100% pure new wool (wool felt).

Jamal, another creation of Häberli dated 2005.

Did you see the monkey?

Paula — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:50:32 +0000

Because of the oddity of the creations by Gaetano Pesce and Fabio Novembre, Meritalia is not one of the stands I’m often visiting, but because of a “friendly” oddity this time I did enter and to my surprise, there was this fantastic stand wall, full of animals with big white eyes, waiting to be discovered.

Ransmeier – turning stool

Paula — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:14:29 +0000

Despite the fact that I find Established & Sons vain and futile, “Revolver” the stool designed by Leon Ransmeier, is one of the pieces on show during the MIlan’s furniture fair that I’d love to possess myself, not just playful, but simple and elegant.

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.

Magis

Paula — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:19:20 +0000

In these difficult times for the industry Magis, and its inspiring stand, shone during the design week in Milan. Showing new products, proposing new ideas and even materials.
Featured here are a couple of “Cyborgs” by Marcel Wanders, like the original ones, these chairs are the combination of both artificial and natural systems.

Zartan by Starck & Quitllet , is a promise of a natural daily future, a chair resulting from the use of elemental materials, such as bamboo, linen, hemp, with a high ecological technology. The reminder of an old post: Artek and UPM ProFi is not completely casual, and we hope for more developments.

Last but not least Vigna by Martino Gamper, like a climbing plant the Magis wire swirl creates a structural feature which supports the chair leg. The seat is in bi-injection-moulded plastic, a technology allowing to obtain a seat pattern in many combinations of double colours.

Envelope Calendar

Paula — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:17:39 +0000

The envelope calendar described by the designer Ioana Halunga: “Every month people have to take care of paying bills. Every month there are tasks which have to be completed. People have to keep an evidence of these papers they process in an organised way. It happens many times that people lose bills that they already paid for and they have to pay some appliances twice, or they just can not keep count of the things they have to do. Many times people use envelopes and folders to organise their papers. An envelope for every month of the year could solve the organisational problem of the bills.”
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Wooden-plastic joints.

Paula — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:27:26 +0000

During the Furniture Fair in Milan 2010, in 3 different locations, 3 different designers, 2 materials getting together, plastic and wood. Not with glue neither with nails, they are joined through a molding process that makes the components interlace each other, creating a unique body.

Elastic wood by Gil Sheffi (another Bezalel’s Academy of art and design student) from bakery-design is the first one of the 3 examples.

Jonas Trampedach showed in Hotel RCA his Folding chair.

Closing the examples with these crates exhibited at the Ecal Design, they have the same concept, but in a subtle way (in means of size), the joints are little coloured plastic details, that hold the wooden pieces together.

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.