Archive for March, 2010

Salone Milan 2010 – Saved by Droog

Salone Milan 2010 – Saved by Droog

5135 items saved from liquidation sales and other leftovers revived by Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen, Atelier Ted Noten, Ed Annink, Eric Klarenbeek, Erna Einarsdóttir, Luc d’Hanis & Sofie Lachaert, Maison Martin Margiela, Marian Bantjes, Marije Vogelzang, Mieke Gerritzen, Minale–Maeda, Roelof Mulder, Stefan Sagmeister, Studio Makkink & Bey.

Rodolfo Dordoni interview

Born in 1954, Rodolfo Dordoni is a member of the Milanese tradition that generated master designers such as Castiglioni, Zanuso, Magistretti, Citterio and de Lucchi.

Reinventing the Automobile

Reinventing the Automobile

William Mitchell, Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, and Lawrence D. Burns have created blueprints for transforming the current automobile landscape into one that’s more appropriate for our social, city-based, interactive society.

Salone Milan 2010 – Crafted Kinetic Objects

Salone Milan 2010 – Crafted Kinetic Objects

“Laik actually means to play, Laikingland is built around the notion of encouraging playfulness. Complimentary to this, our work represents our interest in narrative, humour and craftsmanship. Our hope is that creating designs around these themes will encourage everyday playfulness in the lives of our customers.”

Salone Milan 2010 – Copy nature

Salone Milan 2010 – Copy nature

Copy Nature is an exhibition of 11 designers’ work exploring reproduction at the metal casting workshop The Beeldenstorm. The designers, invited by project initiator Max Lipsey, were provided with space and expertise by The Beeldenstorm to come experiment in the workshop.

Silhouette artist – Kumi Yamashita

Silhouette artist – Kumi Yamashita

“Through my work I wish to remind ourselves of how we preconceive what is around and inside us. It is easy to passively turn to prepared information. Knowledge, ideas, and values are too often accepted without questioning.” -Kumi Yamashita’s , 1997

Salone Milan 2010 – Dutch Invertuals

Salone Milan 2010 – Dutch Invertuals

Dutch Invertuals, a collective of dutch designers, present their latest work during the Salone del Mobile.The different disciplines of product, graphic, food, spatial, material and fashion design are represented in all their glory in the new space and restaurant of Italian fashion label Verger.