2013-01-28

Richard Meier - Architecture and Design


From May 8th to July 7th 2013, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Richard Meier's career, the spaces of the Bisazza Foundation will host a retrospective of the work of American architect. Richard Meier will design also a site-specific installation that will enrich the permanent collection of the Foundation.

2013-01-24

toBEeco

 
Dal 2 al 10 marzo al Lingotto Fiere di Torino si terrà la quarta edizione di toBEeco, la mostra-concorso incentrata sul tema dell’ecologia e del riutilizzo, durante la quale designer, architetti, creativi e aziende vengono chiamati ad esporre progetti e concept che uniscano creatività, responsabilità sociale e innovazione industriale. Un’occasione di confronto, quindi, attorno al tema della sostenibilità ambientale con il fine di promuovere il design ecosostenibile, possibile motore di una nuova economia.

2013-01-16

Three PhD positions in Architecture

The Umeå School of Architecture (UMA) is the newest school of Architecture in Sweden. It was established in 2009 and is gradually being developed into a laboratory of experimental architecture where both education and research are conducted. Here future architects are being trained in a unique environment based on an integrated approach of the artistic, technical and academic fields. The Umeå School of Architecture has an international profile and focuses on sustainability and integrated design. The school has internationally qualified architects and subject-specific teachers.

2013-01-14

Unexpected pleasures


Unexpected Pleasures presents the world’s most surprising works of contemporary jewellery. It challenges the conventional function of jewellery as a symbol of status, sentimentality and taste – forcing the limits of human adornment. Can a ring manufactured to mimic a finger blister be considered a thing of beauty? Does the migration of the iPod from the pocket to the lapel cross the role of industrial designer with jeweller? Does plastering gold leaf to the gums mean the beginning of true self-expression and the ‘end of the trend’?

2013-01-11

Colonne portanti

© Federico Ridolfi

Fino al 15 febbraio presso la Fondazione VOLUME! di Roma sarà possibile vedere ciò che Michele De Lucchi ha creato per il luogo. L’architetto ferrarese cerca nelle pareti della galleria le tracce stratificate negli anni, fino alle sue origini di laboratorio artigiano. “I muri sanno sempre tenere i segreti”, scrive nel 2005 in 12 racconti con casette. E così interviene sul corpo dello spazio espositivo, va a riscoprire antiche nicchie ormai nascoste e ne costruisce di nuove. Ogni nicchia è un micromondo, un ulteriore spazio da esplorare, dove trovano posto alcune colonne in legno che realizza personalmente.

2013-01-10

Vitra Eames


Venerdì 11 gennaio al Castello Carlo V di Lecce si terrà l'inaugurazione della mostra dedicata a Charles & Ray Eames.

2013-01-09

Basic Armchair

© lagranja

This armchair is basic twice: once because it's been expressly designed for the Chic & Basic Hotel lobby; twice because it is the minimal yet acceptable image of an armchair. A gentle interpretation of the Danish archetype…with a Mediterranean touch. 

2013-01-07

Architecture of the world

Alessandro Bonadio, barrios, Lima, 2011

The exhibition is entitled: Architecture of the World. Infrastructure, Mobility, New Landscapes. You can visit it until February 10th at Triennale Design Museum in Milan.
The title refers explicitly to those works, such as roads, railways and airports, that most give shape to the world and that enable it to function, and it examines how they relate to changing uses and habits and to an increasingly endangered environment.