On 24 May 2007, Brick: the exhibition will open at the Groot Handelsgebouw in Rotterdam during the manifestation Rotterdam 2007, City of Architecture. Brick: the exhibition shows the experiments architects, designers and visual artists ventured into with the brick as a starting point.
Exhibition: Brick the Exhibition [ Via: Core 77 ]
In conjunction with Random International – the young London based tech-design collaboration – lighting guru extraodinaire Ingo Maurer displayed some very hi-tech lighting. Random International had its UV printer on display again, able to print random images on UV film which disappear after a few seconds. Is this the future of advertising
Designer: Ingo Maurer
Designed by Massimo Morozzi, the Edra stand is not just a backdrop for the company’s new products – Leatherworks by Fernando and Humberto Campana; Chantilly by Inga Semp – and the display of collection items, some turned out in black for the occasion. The stage set for the Edra show is a stand-alone piece of architecture made from component parts of Paesaggi Italiani, Edra’s modular furnishing system.
Manufacturer: Edra
Showing that luxury and creativity can mix, this years design from Serralunga combines more traditional forms with interesting layering and transparency to create some very chic but challenging product. New Wave by Ross Lovegrove is a singular design that appears to change and adapt within space in a kinetic way as one moves around it generating a flow and dynamic from a static object.
Designer: Ross Lovegrove & Zaha Hadid [ Manufacturer: Serralunga ]
Droogs 15th presentation during Salone del Mobile in Milan reflects the zeitgeist of cutting-edge design as well as timeless necessity. A fascination for high tech materials, advanced techniques, human interaction and re-use of our waste.
Source: Droog
For the sixth consecutive year, Swarovski Crystal Palace have revealed 19 exciting new designs at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Challenged to reinvent the chandelier, leading contemporary designers and artists from around the world have used their skills to experiment with Swarovski crystals and produce dazzling creations.
Source: Swarovski Crystal Palace
For their 2007 exhibition at the Milan Swiss cultural centre, the three designers from Big-game, Grgoire Jeanmonod (CH), Elric Petit (B) and Augustin Scott de Martinville (F), create the plus is more collection. Taking basic elements as starting points, such as a material, a principle or an archetype, Big-game transforms them in a simple way to design functional objects.
Designer: Big-game
The world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, whose designs have shaped urban landscapes across Europe since the 1970s, will present in Milan Corian Nouvel Lumieres, an exhibition featuring a large-scale, innovative, multi-sensorial loft-style environment (with kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and living areas), all made in DuPont Corian solid surfaces creatively interfacing with light and hi-tech solutions.
Architect: Jean Nouvel [ Via: Dupont ]
Having highlighted the two installations by Jaime Hayon and Studio Job in our Salone preview, we couldn’t wait to see the finished pieces. And we certainly weren’t disappointed.
Studio Job’s Silver Ware’ installation was spectacularly show-stopping. Gaudy but surprisingly delicate, they played with the scale and material of traditional tableware pieces, supersizing each object and covering them in white gold mosaic.
Designer: Jaime Hayon & Studio Job
Marcel Wanders sent us this statement regarding his Personal Editions Series showing in Milan this week.
In this installation, I wanted to go beyond the sentiments and needs of daily life to create a sense of wonder and find a new space for design. I wanted to create intimate personal objects, close to my heart, close to my hands; from my studio, straight to you.
Designer: Marcel Wanders
Just last week we provided you with a preview to the highly anticipated, not to mention comprehensive, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, one of the world’s most revered furniture and design shows. This week we’ve put together a preview of Turkish Design that will be exhibited at the Salone del Mobile which will run from April 18 to 23.
Source: ILK
The highly anticipated, not to mention comprehensive, Salone Internazionale del Mobile is one of the world’s most revered furniture and design shows. With over 2,500 exhibitors from nearly 40 different countries, it goes without saying there’s quite a bit to see.
Source: Salone Del Mobile
With just two months to go until New York’s ICFF, influential designer Tobias Wong’s plans for a guerilla store are finally being realised. Over the coming weeks, as preparations gather momentum, Tobias, who has just been named one of Forbes’ 100 top Tastemakers, and Gregory Krum, director of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Shop, will keep us posted on the highs and lows of their exciting enterprise…
Designer: Tobias Wong
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