Milan’s Porta Volta Rejuvenation – by Herzog & de Meuron
The new Herzog & de Meuron project for the Feltrinelli foundation will renew the entire Porta Volta area in the center of Milan.
Play Time (1967) by Jacques Tati – A Comedy Film about Modernist Architecture
French actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jacques Tati’s masterful 1967 comedy “ Play Time” is a classic satire on modernist architecture, urbanisation and tourism, a perfectly orchestrated city symphony
Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology, reached their apex with Play Time where characters, story, and dialogue are all but absent, creating a lasting record questioning whether the new is really all that better than the old it is replacing.
Shanghai Expo 2010 – Denmarks’ “Wellfairytales” Pavilion
The Danish Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo is designed as a continuous geometric knot,…
“The Social Cave” @ Milan Design Week 2011
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Furniture Fair of Milan, the Salone Satellite…
Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney – Redevelopment
The redevelopment of the MCA at Sydney’s Circular Quay was approved in 2008, but the…
“The Walk” by Michele De Lucchi @ Salone Milan 2015
Renowned Italian architect Michele De Lucchi’s installation “The Walk”, a circular never-ending path through the labyrinthine meanderings of the workplace, puts the stress on the importance of moving about even when in the office in order to spark the crucial stimulus for the creative process.
Tom Dixon LookBook @ Salone Milan 2015
Constantly on the hunt for more interesting spaces to show and more exciting adventures to share with his partners, customers and friends, Tom came across this abandoned cinema in central Milan, mysteriously never before used during the Salone.
With its monumental ceilings and entertainment history, it becomes the perfect setting to show, animate and sell the new Tom Dixon collections.
Salone Milan 2010 – Glass House by Santambrogiomilano
Designed as a part of Simplicity, a new series of products by Santambrogiomilano, the Glass…
MADA Students Fashionable Building Art
Students from Monash University Art, Design and Architecture have transformed a selection of ten iconic Melbourne buildings into wearable art
Working in collaboration with the architects as well as artist Callum Morton, fashion designer Miriam Borcherdt and architect Cate Hall, the designs dissect the buildings’ language into human scale, exploring the way the tectonics react to human movement.
Cildo Meireles
This documentary by award-winning director Gerald Fox, presents an intimate portrait of the artist’s life and…
“In the Key of Colour” ( Pt 1/3 ) @ Salone Milan 2013
The “leitmotif” for the exciting new Paola Lenti 2013 Collection is once again “Colour” – something which Paola Lenti is internationally renowned for, and has interpreted beautifully again this year.
Florence Knoll Interview – Knoll’s history
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