Il Ted Hero, recentemente presentato in
occasione del Salone del Mobile 2013, è già una icona del marchio
Kubedesign e coniuga in sè l’attenzione alla sostenibilità
ambientale legata al cartone (in questo caso 3D) con le componenti
emozionali di un Art Toy.
A cavallo fra un manga, un elemento di
grafica e un toy da film di animazione Ted esprime a pieno la
filosofia Kubedesign:è in cartone, è una lampada, ma oltre alla
funzione per cui è stato pensato riveste, ovunque la si ponga, un
ruolo di segno, di oggetto esclusivo e non solo decorativo, di
comunicatore che a buon diritto lo possono rendere protagonista di un
contest.
BMW i e MINI alla Settimana del Design 2013
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Quest’anno il BMW Group Design
metterà ancora una volta in vetrina la sua passione per il design
innovativo e per le collaborazioni creative in occasione della
Settimana del Design. In una iniziativa esclusiva, BMW i ha fatto
coppia con i designer francesi Ronan ed Erwan Bouroullec per creare
l’installazione QUIET MOTION, un’interpretazione del concetto del
marchio BMW i per la mobilità sostenibile, che invita gli spettatori
ad una pausa di riflessione. Un altro progetto del BMW Group Design
proviene dal Team di Design MINI guidato da Anders Warming:
l’installazione di design dinamica MINI “Kapooow! che attinge
dalla versatilità della nuova MINI Paceman per trasportare i
visitatori in un interessante viaggio immaginario.
QUIET MOTION
di Ronan e Erwan Bouroullec per BMW
BMW i ed il duo di designer francesi
condividono la passione per i prodotti innovativi che traducono il
design all’avanguardia in forma tangibile. Il risultato di questa
iniziativa è costituito dall’installazione QUIET MOTION che ruota
lentamente e silenziosamente. Questa interpretazione del design BMW i
mette in evidenza l’aspetto visionario della mobilità elettrica.
BMW i e Ronan ed Erwan Bouroullec hanno scelto un luogo tranquillo
per la presentazione di QUIET MOTION: durante la Settimana del
Design, il pubblico internazionale viene invitato a vivere
l’installazione nel chiostro della Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia
Settentrionale.
Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale
Via dei Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro
3
20121 Milano
Orario di apertura:
9 aprile - 16 aprile /
dalle ore 10:00 alle 20:00
Il Team MINI Design presenta MINI
KAPOOOW!
Grazie al suo dinamismo, MINI KAPOOOW!
proietta gli spettatori in un’altra dimensione. In questa
installazione di design, l’ultimo modello della famiglia MINI –
la MINI Paceman – viene scomposta in due parti e sottoposta ad una
trasformazione di materiali e di colori. Con il suo lavoro creativo,
il Team di Design MINI illustra la versatilità della MINI Paceman e
trasporta i visitatori in un mondo diverso.
L’installazione sarà presentata
durante la Settimana del Design presso il MINI Paceman Garage. Dal 9
al 12 aprile 2013, questo luogo servirà come rampa di lancio e
piattaforma per scambi creativi tra artisti e designer ed allo stesso
tempo offrirà ai visitatori internazionali un variegato programma di
appuntamenti, che spazierà dai laboratori ai set DJ fino a sessioni
di dimostrazioni culinarie.
MINI Paceman Garage
Via Tortona 20
20144 Milano
Orari
di apertura:
9 aprile - 12 aprile / dalle ore 10:00 alle 21:00
13
aprile / dalle ore 10:00 alle 24:00
14 aprile / dalle ore 10:00
alle 18:00
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DAISY LO ART - "STONE ART"
Artista contemporanea,che si sta
affermando con grande successo a Milano, propone un nuovo stile per
comporre quadri.
Lo stile è "stone art"
proprio perchè i materiali impiegati sono dei piccoli sassolini i
cui colori predominati sono il bianco e il nero ad eccezione del
rossetto rosso fuoco "Marylin"...e chissà che il rosso non
diventi un rosso “ferrari” in una delle sue prossime creazioni!
Potete scoprire le creazioni presso la
galleria d’arte privata in quel di Milano2.
Per maggiori informazioni in merito
consultare la pagina facebook all’indirizzo web:
SALONE DEL MOBILE DI MILANO: CITROËN
ESPONE IL SOFA DS
Con oltre 90 anni di creatività e un
know-how di riferimento per trattamento di volumi, linee e
lavorazione di materiali nobili, lo stile CITROËN attinge a un
universo che va oltre la creazione automobilistica. Moda,
pelletteria, gioielleria, arredi, arti decorative e architettura sono
fonti d’ispirazione per prodotti sempre più raffinati: il
monogramma gioiello nei gruppi ottici dei fari di CITROËN DS3
Cabrio, i sedili in pelle che ricordano le classiche sportive del
passato inaugurati con CITROËN DS4, il logo DS sviluppato in una
trama degna della valigeria di lusso...
Dopo la recente collaborazione con Uomo
Vogue per realizzare una CITROËN DS3 Cabrio inedita, il centro stile
CITROËN si rivolge ora agli arredi.
In occasione del prossimo salone
internazionale del mobile di Milano, CITROËN presenterà
un’interpretazione inedita di un elemento chiave dell’arredamento
contemporaneo: la seduta, e in particolare il sofa.
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German Design Award 2013 Nominee:
8000 Bench system for Airport and
Public Seating
Design by Porsche Design Studio
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Bentley: la nuova immagine parla
il linguaggio del successo
La zona d'ingresso e la reception
ridisegnati presso la sede di Bentley Motors a Crewe,
sono valsi alla casa inglese la nomina
di "Vincitore assoluto" al "Society of British
Interior Design Awards 2012".
Il prestigioso riconoscimento è stato
consegnato da una serie di personalità influenti, tra cui il
Professor Jimmy Choo..
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OUYA rivoluziona il mercato delle
console
Ouya è un nuovo tipo di console di
gioco per la TV che rivoluziona il mercato dei videogiochi, portando
per la prima volta la mentalità aperta di internet e del mobile
gaming al mondo delle console.
Ouya è:
Una console di gioco da attaccare alla
TV e un controller di design
Costruita su Andorid, con interfaccia
personalizzabile e game store
Permette a chiunque di pubblicare
giochi, come non avviene in nessun'altra console
Abbastanza potente da supportare i
giochi in HD - grazie a un processore Tegra3
Progettata da Yves Behar e fuseproject
- già noti per Jambox, SAYL chair e altri prodotti vincenti
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ALPACA GUITAR
The Alpaca is a go-anywhere adventure
guitar designed to withstand the elements. Its rugged build is
comprised of top quality fiberglass, carbon fiber, and bio-derived
resins, all made in the US. This combination produces an incredibly
lightweight and strong instrument with a brilliant, resonant sound.
The Alpaca will handle anything a good
adventure brings; dirt, water, bumps and bruises. An embedded daisy
chain on the back provides a strong universal attachment to any of
your outdoor gear.
If there’s one thing we’re sure
about here at Alpaca Guitar it’s that music + nature = hapiness.
With every instrument we build, we tie together innovation,
adventure, excitement, and good conscience. Our guitars are great
sounding, go everywhere instruments built with materials you can feel
good about. With deep roots in our community and local agriculture,
we think obsessively about our choices in materials and tooling.
These include flax fabrics, resins from pine sap, and solvents from
fermented sugar.
Our materials are all sourced in the
U.S., and we give preference to emerging and growing companies. Our
guitars are built here in Vermont, by us and our team of locally
employed craftsmen. We are constantly looking to be more sustainable
in every facet of our business. Because after all, we’re in the
business of bringing music to the great outdoors and it is our
imperative to keep them great.
We love what we do, and we love hearing
our guitars being played by beaches, campfires, lakesides, and
mountaintops. If you can get there, the Alpaca can too. Happy trails!
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UNA NUOVA DIMENSIONE ESTETICA FEBBRAIO
2013
Fendi Casa presenta “Fendi Casa
Contemporary”,
la nuova atmosfera realizzata in collaborazione con
il Designer Toan Nguyen.
“Fendi Casa Contemporary”
rappresenta un invito al viaggio, un ideale punto dell’orizzonte
per una nuova simbologia visuale nella ridefinizione del lusso.
La nuova campagna “Fendi Casa
Contemporary”, ambientata in una villa moderna ai confini con le
distese desertiche del Marocco, è caratterizzata da un’aura che
pervade tutti gli elementi di una luce calda e trascendente, creando
una nuova dimensione estetica eternamente sospesa tra razionalità e
contemplazione.
E’ qui - in una cornice
architettonica minimalista - che le pelli e i tessuti tornano a una
sorta di stato primordiale nella loro sobria matericità, declinati
nei toni cromatici che, non a caso, ci riconducono al cuoio, alla
lava e alla terra.
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Piastrelle ecologiche restistenti al
calore da Fraunhofer
Anche le piastrelle possono essere
organiche, se prodotte con materie prime rinnovabili. Sono più
efficienti rispetto alle loro controparti in ceramica e lasciare
spazio a nuove opzioni creative per il design.
I materiali
Bioplastici di polilattidi (PLA), stanno diventando sempre più
resistenti al calore, rendendole adatte ai processi di riempimento ad
alta temperatura nell'industria alimentare. I ricercatori Fraunhofer
mostreranno come queste materie prime rinnovabili, biodegradabili e
biostabili possano essere
utilizzate in architettura, interior
design e nell'industria del packaging all'International
Green Week
di Berlino dal 18 al 27 gennaio
Fraunhofer shows bio-tiles and
heat-resistant biopolymers
Even tiles can be organic – if they
are made of renewable raw materials. They are more resource-efficient
than their ceramic counterparts and unlock new creative options for
design. Bioplastics made of polylactides (PLA) are becoming more
heat-resistant, thereby making them suitable for high-temperature
filling processes in the food industry as well. Fraunhofer
researchers are exhibiting how renewable, biodegradable and biostable
raw materials can be used in architecture, interior design and the
packaging industry at this year’s International Green Week in
Berlin from January 18 to 27 (Hall 5.2a, Booth 103).
This bio-tile not only comes with an
excellent ecological balance, it even unlocks new design options. ©
Fraunhofer IWM
They consist of a mixture of linseed
oil epoxy, various natural fibers and diatomaceous earth, a material
that is procured from fossilized diatoms. New bio-based tile systems,
like the ones designed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of
Materials IWM in Halle, are more environmentally friendly,
lighter-weight and – depending on their manufacturing and material
properties – more resource- and energy-efficient than conventional
ceramic materials. “The composite is not hard as glass and brittle
like conventional epoxy, but flexible and more pliable instead. This
makes it easier to work with the tiles,” as Andreas Krombholz,
scientist in the natural composites division at IWM, describes
another advantage. They also put a completely new spin on
architectural perspectives. In the molding process, they can be
shaped on an entirely customized basis, and shaped into squares,
triangles or circles, for example. Even patterns and colors can be
tailor-made.
Another design advantage: By adding
fluorescent pigments to the blend, they are transformed into light
tiles. This means they can be used both outdoors and indoors, serving
as illuminated guideposts on floors and walls. The same bio-tiles can
also be installed in kitchens and bathrooms and can serve as indoor
floor coverings. There are cost benefits to both producer and
customer here: this is because the tiles can handle the impact noise
abatement directly, so an entire work step can be dropped from the
production process.
Heat-resistant plastic from corn starch
The packaging industry is increasingly
using biopolymers made from polylactides (PLAs) as an environmentally
friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastic. They are obtained
from corn starch and completely biodegradable. Previously, however,
PLA began to soften at about 60 oC, so it was not suitable for
heat-intensive processes. But now, researchers at the Fraunhofer
Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam have found a
way to make this bioplastic even moreheat-resistant. An interesting
application comes from the food industry: The filling of yogurt in
plastic cups, because this process takes place at higher
temperatures. Cups made of PLA stereo complexes retain their shape
and remain stable even at temperatures of up to 120 oC. Dr. Johannes
Ganster, division director at IAP, explains the principle behind
this: “To make PLA plastics more form-stable at higher
temperatures, we introduced stereo complexes with special components
of L- lactides and D-lactides. These right-and-left rotating
molecules complement each other and make the bond even more stable.”
Corporations have already expressed
tremendous interest, because the potential is massive. Production of
biopolymers made of PLA is independent of the growing scarcity of
petroleum. In addition, they can be readily composted, and they are
ideal for recycling by decomposition in lactic acid. The greatest
advantage is that they have since become just as durable and sturdy
as any petroleum-based plastic, and can even be used for other
products, such as protective films, computer housing and shopping
bags. IAP is already working closely with a German factory builder
that intends to incorporate the new process into its business
operations soon.
http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2013/january/bio-tiles-and-heat-resistant-
biopolymers.html
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Completion of MVRDV Glass Farm,
Schijndel, Netherlands
Una Cascina in vetro al centro di
Schijndel dagli architetti di MVRDV
Glass Farm, edificio polifunzionale
progettato dallo studio MVRDV e sviluppato dal consorzio RemBrand
nella piazza di Schijndel è stato portato a termine e consegnato
alla cittadina olandese
L'edificio comprendente negozi,
ristoranti, uffici e un centro benessere si sviluppa su una
superficie di 1600 m2.
L'esterno è in vetro stampato con un
collage di tipiche aziende agricole locali, un monumento al
passato,
ma con dimensioni di circa 1,6 volte maggiori rispetto ai modelli
reali. Questo concetto può essere visto come una risposta
contemporanea all' architettura del passato in accordo con il gusto
romantico della popolazione per le costruzioni tradizionali...
Today RemBrand developers, the Town of
Schijndel and MVRDV complete the Glass Farm, a multifunctional
building in the village square. The building with a total surface
area of 1600m2 contains shops, restaurants, offices and a wellness
centre. The exterior is printed glass with a collage of typical local
farms; a monument to the past but 1,6 times larger than life. This
concept can be seen as a contemporary response to retro-architecture
whilst respecting the public's wish for vernacular authenticity. In
1944 the small Brabant town of Schijndel which is the birthplace of
Winy Maas suffered from WWII Operation Market Garden damages
resulting in an oversized market square. In 1980 the then 20 year old
Winy Maas urged the mayor to fill in the gap, 23 years after this
first initiative the building is now completed.
Schijndel’s market square suffered
from Operation Market Garden damages during the Second World War and
has been subject to numerous enlargements and refurbishments. Winy
Maas wrote a letter in 1980, and in 2000 the town council adopted the
idea of a new structure in the square between the church, town hall
and main street. MVRDV since then iteratively proposed new options
that could fill the gap of this unusually large village square. The
Glass Farm is MVRDV’s seventh proposal for the site, earlier
designs included a theatre.
The village engaged vividly in the
process resulting in heated debates, polls and polemics in the local
press - by supporters and adversaries. The 1600m2 building which is
entirely covered by a glass facade consists primarily of a series of
public amenities such as restaurants, shops and a wellness centre.
By coincidence, the maximum envelope
that was defined by the town planners had the form of a traditional
Schijndel farm. All remaining historical local farms were measured,
analyzed and an ‘ideal’ average was conceived from this data. In
collaboration with MVRDV, artist Frank van der Salm photographed all
the remaining traditional farms, and from these an image of the
‘typical farm’ was composed. This image was printed using fritted
procedure onto the 1800m2 glass facade, resulting in an effect such
as a stained glass window in a cathedral. The print is more or less
translucent depending on the need for light and views.
At night the structure will be
illuminated from the inside, becoming a monument to the farm. At a
height of 14 metres the Glass Farm is intentionally designed out of
scale and is 1.6 times larger than a real farm, symbolizing the
village growing into a town. The printed image follows this
'augmented history', with the superimposed farm door for example
appearing 4 metres tall. When adults interact with the building, they
can experience toddler size again, possibly adding an element of
nostalgic remembrance to their reception of the building. To enhance
this further, there will be a table and swing next to the building, a
scaled up farmyard.Coinciding with the completion of the building, an
exhibition opens in the local Museum Jan Heestershuis about Context
and Authenticity. Later this year a book will be published by NAi
Publishers exploring the development of the Glass Farm, including a
literary description of the lengthy processes which lead to its
realisation.
MVRDV realised the building for
RemBrand developers, a combination of Van Den Brand Real Estate and
Remmers Construction Group, together with Hooijen Engineers, IOC
Ridderkerk for installations, Brakel Atmos for the facade and AGC for
the print.
MVRDV was set up in Rotterdam (the
Netherlands) in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de
Vries. MVRDV engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary
architectural and urban issues. A research based and highly
collaborative design method engages experts from all fields, clients
and stakeholders in the creative process. The results are exemplary
and outspoken buildings, urban plans, studies and objects, which
enable our cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future.
Early projects such as the headquarters
for the Dutch Public Broadcaster VPRO and housing for elderly WoZoCo
in Amsterdam lead to international acclaim.
MVRDV develops its work in a conceptual
way, the changing condition is visualised and discussed through
designs, sometimes literally through the design and construction of a
diagram. The office continues to pursue its fascination and
methodical research on density using a method of shaping space
through complex amounts of data that accompany contemporary building
and design processes.
MVRDV first published a cross section
of these study results in FARMAX (1998), followed by a.o.
MetaCity/Datatown (1999), Costa Iberica (2000), Regionmaker (2002), 5
Minutes City (2003), KM3 (2005), and more recently Spacefighter
(2007) and Skycar City (2007). MVRDV deals with global ecological
issues in large scale studies such as Pig City as well as in small
pragmatic solutions for devastated areas of New Orleans.
Current projects include various
housing projects in the Netherlands, Spain, China, France, the United
Kingdom, USA, India, Korea and other countries, a bank headquarter in
Oslo, Norway, a public library for Spijkenisse , Netherlands, a
central market hall for Rotterdam, a culture plaza in Nanjing, China,
large scale urban plans include a plan for an eco-city in Logroño,
Spain, an urban vision for Oslo or the doubling in size of Almere,
Netherlands and Grand Paris, the vision of a post-Kyoto Greater Paris
region.
The work of MVRDV is exhibited and
published world wide and receives international awards. The 75
architects, designers and staff members conceive projects in a
multi-disciplinary collaborative design process and apply highest
technological and sustainable standards.
Together with Delft University of
Technology MVRDV runs The Why Factory, an independent think tank and
research institute providing argument for architecture and urbanism
by envisioning the city of the future.
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