ArtWorksAndExpositions

My impressions of art, design and architecture.

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Chandelier LC 1.0 by Denise M. Hachinger at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Chandelier LC 1.0 turns from static to a dynamic open shape. The light diffusors can be directed and combined to create the requested light effect in an endless thrilling metamorphosis.

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One Off Mosaico at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

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Tagina at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

The colour, the decors, the contrasts are three distinctive elements of the collection Deco d'Antan that, combined together, offer a big visual and compositional freedom. The geometrical patterns and engraved floral decors exalt the surfaces as to become true and real furnishing complements, soft to the touchy and precious to the sight thanks to the wise mix of the overlapping glazes.

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Elements by Massimo Crema and Ermanno Rocchi for Melogranoblu at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Elements is a large black box that lights up thanks to four luminous installations dedicated to primary elements. In the space, deliberately neutral, four luminous presences stand up like sculptures: mysterious, totemic, energetic and evocative of primordial power.

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Milan Dubai Superstudio Vip Lounge at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

The Vip Lounge is furnished by Poltrona Frau and Giulio Cappellini for Superstudio.

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Thai Craftology for Thailand's Slow Hand Design at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

According to exhibition curator and designer Eggarat Wongcharit, “Twenty or thirty years ago Thai designers were mainly providing OEM (original equipment manufacturing), but now we're shifting more into ODM (original design manufacturing), combining design with production rather than just producing other people's designs.” Mr Wongcharit is curating around 26 Thai designers this year, focusing on what he calls Thai Craftology, a mixture of craft and technology.

The Design Excellence Award (DEmark) was established in 2008 in order to recognise outstanding product design.

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“conic-vine” by Nendo for Alcantara at the Temporary Museum For New Design (Tortona Around Design) -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Fine layers of Alcantara are bonded by an unusual thermocompressing process to create romantic shapes which are tied to each other lengthwise to form, in Nendo’s vision, rows of climbing plants that are easily linked together. They form a screen of soft Alcantara, in an original textural pattern in shades of dove-grey and pastel, which exploits specific properties of the material to capture and enchant the viewer.

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Temporary Museum For New Design at the Tortona Around Design -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

#1 Art Interactions

#2 Superdesign - Collective Exhibit

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Peugeot Design Lab at the Tortona Around Design -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

#2 Onyx Sofa Designer: Pierre Gimbergues The ONYX sofa is a 3-metre long seat made of carbon fibre and Volvic volcanic lava stone. It is the first in a line of made to measure furniture.

#3, #4, #5 Pleyel / Peugeot Design Lab: Piano design by Cyrille Vayson de Pradenne Colors and trims by Sophie Gazeau The lowering of the mechanics allows the aligning of the pianos cover and keyboard. For the first time in the history of the piano, the audience can see the artist play from any viewing angle. This shows off the pianist’s hands and creates a higher level of interaction with the audience. Moreover, the pianist hears the sound of their instrument with a level of quality never previously attained. The lowered action no longer inhibits the sound projection, which consequently becomes immediate.

#6 Sculpted wood & 3D printing Seven sculptures, from 10 to 70 cm, accompany the ONYX sofa.

#7 Art Toys A total of 12 figurines have been designed, each one reflecting its artist’s particular skills. In the picture: Art Toy 002 by Claire Panel

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Moments of Life by Asus Design Center forOur Touch of Life exhibition at the Tortona Around Design -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

The interactive installations embody Asus Design Center’s objective to design experiences which make a human connection.

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boodo - Soft Pleasures for Design In Progress at the Tortona Around Design -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Driven by a desire to create a soft and cozy environment, the line includes carpets and various collapsible soft storage products.

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Design In Progress at the Tortona Around Design -  Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

above: Achab biciclette  "These are my paintings, poetry with pedals. Full carbon, hand painted or decorated by hand. Unique pieces.I would consider selling them, but only to whom will treat them well. They are my passion and my obsession. I am Achab, and these are my whale."

bottom: Krimberg T is different

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Rong – Silk: Handmade In Hangzhou at Triennale Design Week 2014 - Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Rong in Chinese means melting and fusion, and that is the core of the philosophy. 15 designers from different design fields (product, furniture, fashion, jewelry, textile, porcelain, photography and graphic design) deconstruct the traditional crafts of Hangzhou and apply them in contemporary design.

Left: Silkworm's home (Silk thread) by Ji Lingzi

Right: Yin (Mulberry silk) by Wang Shenghai, PINWU Design Studio

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Timeless Domain by Chi Wing Lo at Triennale Design Week 2014 - Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Chi Wing Lo considers his sculptures and drawings the soul of inspiration for his architecture and design. They reveal his hope and dream, their potentials and impossibilities. Belonging perhaps simultaneously to the past, present and future, his imaginary objects are traces of evidences from a civilization he has conceived. From the journey in searching for his ideal culture, he also brings back the pleasure and the fulfillment derived from the work of our hand, the precision and the sensibility that give the life and autonomy to an object. This exhibition will present eleven of these imaginary objects made of wood and bronze.

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REFLECTIONS - As a glimpse in the mirror by Belgium is Design at Triennale Design Week 2014 - Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

An exhibition about mirrors and reflective surfaces products created by Belgian designers and companies from Belgium and abroad.

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Peau d'Ane by Thierry Gaugain with BLACKBODY for Light Sculptures at Triennale Design Week 2014 - Milano Design Week (8-13 April 2014)

Inspired by a well-known French fairy tale, this monumental work of art radiates a luminous shower of light, transforming an ordinary space into a grand ballroom.