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milan design week 2013

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Valcucine makes a case for the artisan in the kitchen. Milan 2013.

Jul 19, 2013

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The artisan appears in 1993 when the ‘Fabula‘ model was launched, the first kitchen with colored wood and doors inlaid with pictograms. For the designer Gabriele Centazzo, it represented the Mediterranean dream. In 2009 Valcucine presented ‘Invitrum‘, the first 100% recyclable base unit in glass and aluminum. In 2013, both art and tech reappear together as Valcucine’s Milan showroom creatively presents their master craftsmen who set up real workshops showing how they create inlays, mosaics and carvings. We also see the reappearance of Centazzo designing SineTempore (without time), a kitchen conceived to express the values of tradition through the recovery of various ancient handicraft techniques.

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With Invitrum, the production process of recycled aluminium has the advantage of consuming only one-twentieth of the energy needed to obtain primary aluminium. Traditional kitchens usually supply base units that are installed side-by-side which means that the chipboard side panel is doubled; Valcucine’s structure has simply a single carcass side in glass. The new glass system is designed to be easily disassembled using only mechanical joints instead of glues.

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In the showroom product technicians shared the tests, here Diego Skerlic, a quality official, uses an eyedropper of various stain producing ingredients such as coffee and red wine, as he helps develop fully resistant long-lasting materials.

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Laura Carraro and Lisa Battistutta were introduced to Valcucine as mosaic art students and the two continue to collaborate and create for them.

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above and below, kitchen program SineTemporare | 2013

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Wood sculpture Padovan Giovanni carves away.

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Most recently, after three years of research, Valcucine has developed a technique to make inlaid art on glass. The highly technological process is rooted in handmade craft and makes it possible to personalize a kitchen with ideas offered by artists, architects and designer or even by the home owner.

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And even more recently Chicago graphic designer Rick Valicenti and John Pobojewski of (thirst) alerts us to the very same process used for the Valcucine Chicago showroom for NeoCon 2013. The installation of The Elizabeth Project (formally named E) consist of ribbons of colored vinyl cut by hand and infused in glass. ‘Elizabeth’ is the daughter of Chicago architect Gordon Gill: the collaboration done in 2009 when Elizabeth was nine. thirst used motion capture technology and custom software to sample Elizabeth’s energy as she danced in place. [ details ]

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Snarkitecture. Now & then 5.13.

May 2, 2013

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[ New Museum’s IDEAS CITY StreetFest ] Snarkitecture will premiere Stack, a free, public installation and performance as part of New Museum’s IDEAS CITY StreetFest. saturday 4 may 2013 | 8:30 > 10P | mulberry and jersey streets nyc

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[ Snarkitecture at Collective Design Fair ] Snarkitecture is debuting two new pieces with Grey Area at Collective Design Fair in New York next week. The new works include Slice, an all black ping-pong table and Trunk, an all white cabinet commissioned by Grey Area.

Volume Gallery will present a new version of Bend, a series of upholstered seating, along with select pieces from the Funiture series.

Snarkitecture will also take part in “Predicting the Future“, a panel discussion moderated by Sight Unseen 8 May at 5p. wednesday 8 > 11 may 2013 | pier 57 west side highway at 15th street nyc

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[ Architizer A+ Awards Gala ] The Snarkitecture-designed statuette for the Architizer A+ Awards will premiere at the first annual A+ Awards Gala. 16 may 2013 | nyc

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[ New Museum Spring Gala ] Lift was a performance and installation for the New Museum Spring Gala that took place on 10 April 2013 in New York. An array of forty-five inflatable spheres transformed over the course of the evening, slowly manipulating the qualities of the existing architecture in a series of choreographed movements.

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[ Felt Light at Wallpaper* Handmade ] Felt Light is a new series of light fixtures commissioned by Wallpaper* in collaboration with Woolmark. Made from wool felt, the exterior of the fixtures recall familiar forms while the interiors reveal stacked topographic landscapes. Felt Light was on view with Wallpaper Handmade during Milan Design Week and will tour internationally with Wool Lab Design Fair tour.

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[ Snarkitecture Shop ] Snarkitecture’s online shop is open for business.

[ now & then ] snarkitecture’s latest news to DesignApplause arrived in a format that inspired a possibly new category ‘Now & then‘. if you’re unashamed of self-promotion, alert us to your current and recent latest & greatest. you just never know.

Car companies at milan 2013.

Car companies at milan 2013.

Apr 25, 2013

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Car companies were at Milan’s furniture fair—Salon del Mobile— en masse this year. Mazda showed a chair inspired by its new Kodo design language while Maserati’s chair was covered in the same Poltrona Frau leather as its seats.

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BMW hired the hot design team, the Bouroullec brothers, Ronan and Erwan, to design a carousel shaped installation for its electric cars.

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Mini’s display was a multimedia wall called Kapooow.

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Lexus pulled in Pritzker prize winning architect Toyo Ito for its display.

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Ford’s “Futuring Team” of designers came up with a chair and table lamp that embody current trends, the company said. “The Ford Design team has for years attended events such as Salone del Mobile as creative observers, and now we are showing products designed by automotive designers,” said a Ford designer. “Many companies have access to technology, but it is design and innovation that elevates one product above another.”

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Car companies have used Milan as a showcase before. Ford famously (world’s first automaker to showcase a car) introduced Marc Newson’s O21C car there in 2000. That strategy was echoed in Renault’s partnership this year with Ross Lovegrove on an actual vehicle.

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Two years ago, Audi showed off a chair said to embody its design values.  
 
But never before has there been such a rush of automakers to show talents beyond car building, to latch on to name designers and to turn up the lights and sound at Mobile.

[ milan 2013 ] [ r18 ] [ twin z ]

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The ro chair by jaime hayón. Milan 2013.

Apr 24, 2013

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< With extremely tight schedules our talk with Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayón transpires amidst the Fritz Hansen open house filled with his fans. >

[DesignApplause] Jaime, why are you here tonight?
[Jaime Hayón] I’m here because I wanted to meet you. Also, I’m here because of the chair I designed and it’s a party and I’m here enjoying it. The new chair for Fritz Hansen is named ‘Ro’ which means tranquility in Danish. The size of the chair is a one-and-a-half seater, spacious enough to share with a book, laptop or a big fat cat. The concept is the inspiration from seven cities I’ve selected as well as to remind everyone how busy and hectic urban living is. The chair is meant to be some sort of form of peace and tranquility. We’ve also created a special exhibition which is now here in this showroom for the Salone del Mobile and then it will become a worldwide traveling show.

[DA] Fritz Hansen gave you a brief to design this new chair. You mix-up art, decoration and design ever so nicely. Does a brief affect your style, your aesthetics in any way and did you try something new on this project?
[JH] Well there’s a lot of exercises here in terms of trying to make a very comfortable seat first of all. In fact, I also tried to keep the price very low. Shape-wise there’s an effort to try and make it very human and almost soft.

[DA] It looks great. And I sat in it. It’s more comfortable than it looks which I like.
[JH] Thank you. Even though when you look at the side and edges which are very thin there’s a lot of weight to it. I’m happy about.

[DA] Tell us about the seven cities and the aesthetics and construction.
[JH] The seven cities are Copenhagen which reflects Scandinavia, Milan, Berlin, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo. The fabric colors and material selection for the legs are an expression of my sensibilities for each of the cities. The chair is sculpted to be beautiful from all angles. There are three pieces, head, body and seat. The upholstery comes in a range of fabrics, each with contrasting textures for the interior cushions. The shell and material and seam detail is very similar to the Egg chair, so it’s a polyurethane shell with a steel frame. The legs are very special and require three different moulds. The back legs have one mould and the front have a right and a left.

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[DA] The bracket is very unique and something we wouldn’t notice without the mirror base.
[JH] Yes, the mirror concept in the exhibit shows you the bracket detail under the seat plus you also see a map of each respective city which is tacked on the ceiling.

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[DA] Are these chairs residential or contract.
[JH] They are both. The construction of contract furniture must pass stiff commercial requirements and be durable. The chair is comfortable while it has the firmness of a contract piece.

[DA] Did you approach Fritz Hansen with this concept?
[JH] No, they called me in expressly to create a chair that would have the potential to become the next classic, something to add to their collection, so 50 years from now Ro would be a classic like the Egg. They called me in a little over two years ago. I worked with their design team to make a chair both comfortable and beautiful.

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[DA] What’s your design philosophy?
[JH] At this time of the day? Chilling. But normally have fun, enjoy. Look at things. Live on details. Make quality. Work with the people you like.

[DA] Did you get a chance to look at anything else at Salone?
[JH] Not a chance. I am working. I came here with the chairs to present and I’m going back home with my family, my wife and two young kids.

[DA] Ro will go on sale in nine colors selected by Jaime: violet, blue, yellow, sage green, light pink, sand, taupe, light grey and black. Of interest is each color has a hint of grey in it because he feels if the chair resides in a hotel lobby or one’s home, grey ties into that space. They goes to market September 2013. The chairs for the cities are just part of an exhibition and will not be available for purchase. [ hayón studio ] [ fritz hansen ]

Renault x ross lovegrove. Milan 2013.

Mar 21, 2013

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Ross Lovegrove has done a car for Renault. It will be shown in Milan on 8 April, part of a search for new forms of Renault design language in the future. The images suggest Lovegrove’s biomimetic vocabulary at work: check the branching wheel forms. [ renault ] [ ross lovegrove ]

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