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lissoni new york introduces lissoni architecture.

May 29, 2023

above> pierro lissoni photo veronica gaido

a new studio offering comprehensive architectural services in the us piero lissoni is pleased to announce the establishment of lissoni architecture, a dedicated new york-based studio offering comprehensive architectural services for the united states.

led by renowned architect piero lissoni and ceo stefano giussani, the mercer street studios will now integrate interior and architectural expertise, providing a distinct and unique approach to projects.

previously focused on interior projects for the luxury hospitality and residential markets in the americas, lissoni new york has now expanded its operations to include lissoni architecture, marking a significant milestone in lissoni’s interdisciplinary history and presence in the us market. the new architecture studio aims to offer a 360-degree service, transforming the scale of lissoni’s operations in the us.

“here we are america, we’ve arrived! we can finally be architects here too!” remarked piero lissoni.

stefano giussani adds, “this achievement, eight years after the interiors studio was founded, represents both a remarkable milestone and a crucial challenge in this market. with new resources and boundless inspiration, we are poised to provide innovative solutions to our existing and future clients who share our design philosophy.”

the launch of lissoni architecture reinforces lissoni new york’s commitment to delivering exceptional design solutions, now encompassing both interiors and architecture.

household waste drives nendo design of n02 recycle chair for fritz hansen.

Nov 8, 2019

above > courtesy nendo and fritz hansen / photography akihiro yoshida

household waste redesigned – introducing the n02™ recycle chair from fritz hansen. n02™ recycle is a new, all-purpose chair from fritz hansen made of upcycled plastic, household waste – it is our first chair produced in colored, recycled polypropylene.

the chair is fritz hansen’s first move towards creating a chair for the circular economy, as it is made from recycled plastic and can be recycled again at the end of its life.

the strong, stackable chair is designed in collaboration with japanese studio nendo and inspired by a simple crease of paper on the designer’s work table. the folded paper translated into a crease in the chair’s shell that makes the design support the sitter’s upper and lower back.

the chair’s elegant shell is made of circular plastic, meaning it is made of recycled plastic that can be recycled again if necessary. the plastic used for n02™ recycle comes from household, plastic waste collected, processed and upcycled in central europe, reducing transportation.

7 shell color options are inspired by earthy, warm tones in scandinavian nature. these colors and multiple leg options make n02™ recycle a strong solution for dining rooms, home offices, meeting rooms or as extra, multi-purpose seating. the wipeable, plastic shell is child-friendly and very easy to clean.

“we wanted to do a versatile, plastic, stacking chair in recycled materials. collaborating with studio nendo meant the design would be simple and elegant, a really nice blend of scandinavian and japanese aesthetics,” says christian andresen, head of design at fritz hansen.

“n02™ recycle can also be considered a statement of intent from fritz hansen. we have developed extensive knowledge and experience creating beautiful, well designed stacking chairs such as the iconic series 7™ and ant™. the n02™ recycle is the latest chair design in that tradition. it was not easy to create a recycled and recyclable chair that meets fritz hansen’s quality standards, but the result was worth all the experiments and hours spent brainstorming,” he added.

“the fact that the material is constructed from everyday recycled plastic creates an extra connection between the user and the chair. it’s an accessible design made for everyday use and made from everyday recycled, household plastics,” says oki sato of nendo. (below)

[ vitals ]
the shell is made of 100% recycled/recyclable polypropylene
colors: dark orange, dark red, dark blue, light blue, grey, black, off white
sledge base is chromed steel (50% recycled)
swivel bases is polished aluminum (95% recycled)
all other bases come in powder coated steel (monochrome) or chromed steel upon request
arms always match the base finish
available in stores november 2019

[ information ]
nendo / fritz hansen

london design festival 2019. porro i-made at saatchi gallery.

Sep 19, 2019

porro 30 years of purity

pure shapes and vibrant finishes: come to discover the extraordinary mastery of porro, the italian factory bridging traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology, through the most iconic pieces designed by piero lissoni in his 30 years of art direction.

i-made italian manufacture art & design exhibition presented at saatchi gallery.
19-22 september
saatchi gallery
king’s road, duke of york’s hq, london sw3 4ry

to get your ticket, please click here

opening night > 19 sepetember 2019
opening hours 10am to 8pm
cocktail party from 5pm to 8pm

london design festival 2019. porro i-made at saatchi gallery.

Sep 19, 2019

porro 30 years of purity

i-made italian manufacture art & design exhibition presented at saatchi gallery.
19-22 september
saatchi gallery
king’s road, duke of york’s hq, london sw3 4ry

to get your ticket, please click here

opening night > 19 sepetember 2019
opening hours 10am to 8pm
cocktail party from 5pm to 8pm

from shipyard to courtyard by sanlorenzo during milan design week 2019.

Apr 8, 2019

as if the sea had run dry, the silhouette of a yacht has settled placidly inside a courtyard of the university of milan, a creature whose only recognizable element is the structure defining its original purity.

confirming its design and creative approach which made contamination an actual distinctive value of its, sanlorenzo, one of the world’s main shipyards for the production of yachts and superyachts, takes part in milan’s fuorisalone for its third consecutive year with the installation from shipyard to courtyard which will be set up in the context of the exhibition-event interni human spaces, in the beautiful setting of università degli studi di milano (“university of milan”).

piero lissoni, sanlorenzo’s art director

rossana orlandi guiltlessplastic master’s pieces exhibition. milan design week 2019.

Apr 6, 2019

above > studio job master pieces

during fuorisalone 2019 guiltlessplastic will unfold in 3 events:
ro plastic prize
ro plastic-master’s pieces – see below
ro ring

ro plastic-master’s pieces
april 6-14
ro plastic-master’s pieces, curated by rossana orlandi, is an exhibition of 29 one-of-a-kind pieces in recycled plastic made by world-renowned artists, designers and architects. exhibition design: studio vudafieri • saverino partners. from april 6th-14th, the exhibition will be open to the public at the railway pavilion of the museo scienza e tecnologia leonardo da vinci in milan.
on exhibit: massimiliano adami – william amor – nacho carbonell – matteo cibic – enrico marone cinzano – jacopo foggini – formafantasma – barnaba fornasetti – maurizio galimberti – jaime hayon – piet hein eek – thierry jeannot – studio job – max lamb – piero lissoni – massimiliano locatelli -fernando mastrangelo – alessandro mendini – lucio micheletti – brodie neill – fabio novembre -studio nucleo – italo rota – james shaw – patricia urquiola – dirk vander kooij – tiziano vudafieri -marcel wanders – nika zupanc.

#roplasticprize #guiltlessplastic #rossanaorlandi @rossanaorlandi

icon architects: 100 international stories and visions. design miami 2018.

Dec 4, 2018

interni magazine and istituto marangoni look forward to seeing you at istituto marangoni miami for the presentation of the special issue of the italian magazine interni: icon architects: 100 international stories and visions. guest speakers representing architecture, entrepreneurship, publishing and education at an international level will discuss the role of the designer and the architect in contemporary society, the present relationship between the two disciplines and the new viewpoints towards which design culture seems to have shifted.

welcome speech by cristiano musillo (general consul of italy in miami), gilda bojardi (interni magazine editor) and hakan baykam (istituto marangoni miami president and ceo)

speakers will include: nasir kassamali (ceo luminaire), giulio cappellini (art director and designer), piero lissoni (architect, lissoni associati founder), massimo perotti (sanlorenzo chairman and ceo), mauro porcini (pepsico svp and chief design officer) and allan shulman (architect, shulman + associates founder).

an initiative produced in collaboration with the consulate general of italy in miami.

thanks to: society limonta

italian brunch to follow on the rooftop terrace.

glaslove: redesigning the course of cancer.

Sep 19, 2016

continuing luminaire’s innovative use of design to raise awareness and funds for cancer research, the groundbreaking love philanthropic series of charity auctions returns for its fourth edition this fall with glaslove. glass, characterized by the duality of its strong yet fragile nature, is a poetically fitting medium that reflects the spirit of those battling the disease. for this special event, highly collectible, one-off, limited-edition, or prototype works created in glass glass were created by distinguished international designers and design manufacturers, including nendo, piero lissoni, marcel wanders, tadao ando, naoto fukasawa, patricia urquiola, fernando and humberto campana, glas italia, lasvit, arcade, and venini, among others.

coinciding with breast cancer awareness month, the objects from glaslove will be exhibited at luminaire lab starting september 19th, culminating in a live auction and gala dinner on thursday, october 6, 2016. phillips, the international auction house, is partnering with luminaire to lead the joint live and online auction taking place september 19 – october 11, 2016 with funds benefiting research at the sylvester comprehensive cancer center at the university of miami’s miller school of medicine. glaslove will reinforce the multiple roles design can play as a problem-solving endeavor. #breastcancerawareness

the best nycxdesign 2015 exhibits to visit at the 11th hour or later.

May 18, 2015

new york design week runs from from 8 > 19 may. surrounding these dates is a citywide offering of design related installations and exhibits. for visitor’s interested in taking something in on the 19th or later, here are the best.

thru 19 may | sofitel times square | 45 west 44th street nyc
french design connection / is back for its 34rd edtion featuring acabas, anouchka potdevin, armel soyer gallery, carpenters workshop gallery, dutko gallery, dyptique, servaire & co, valerie goodman gallery and wustenberg

thru 19 may | 11 a 7p | ingo maurer showroom | 89 grand street nyc
new works by ingo maurer and team see new and several world-first prototypes, concepts and finished pieces.

thru 19 may | 9a – 6p | nanimarquina | 588 broadway #607 nyc
nanimarquina: new collection launch designed by sybilla.

thru 19 may | 11a – 7p | vitra store | 29 9th avenue nyc
prouvé RAW office exhibition is a crossover project between g-star RAW and vitra. this is the second edition of this partnership. above photo courtesy of vitra – wundr studio

thru 19 may | 11a – 7p | the future perfect | 55 great jones street nyc
wonder room curated by piet hein eek features a major installation of one of-kind collaborations and works of art from dutch designers hansje van halem, paul heijnen, linda nieuwstad and floris wubben. in addition works by michael annastasiades and local designer bec brittain and the newest roll & hill lighting.

thru 20 may | 10a – 5p | next door | 4014 1st avenue #603 brooklyn
1:1 piero lissoni exhibition originating from chicago showing architectural models and many objects shown in varying stages of development, from concept to finished piece. In new york it’s curated by studio next door and represents a special partnering with elle decor italia, carin scheve’s styling including emerging brooklyn designers.

panel discussion thursday 21 may | 7p – 8:30p | thru 27 sept | 10a – 6p | museum of arts and design | 2 columbus circle nyc
women in industrial design: a changing field? in certain typologies in the design world – interios, textiles and tableware – women have been extremely successful while others – furniture and product design – they have been conspicuously absent. a panel of curators, industry leaders, teachers, journalists and designers share their thoughts. [note: more exhibit info on ‘pathmakers: women in art, craft and design, midcentury and today’ towards end of this post] above photo courtesy of gabriel ann maher

thru 22 may | 12noon – 6p | matter | 405 broome street nyc
matter made 2015 collection bold new works from in-house brand matter made. also ana kras, henry julier, philippe malouin, vonnegut kraft and visibility are shown. solutions include the latest energy efficient led technologies.

thru 22 may | 12noon – 5p | moma design store | 81 spring street nyc
moma design store presents: london tech city a new suite of products documenting the london tech scene in honor of nycxdesign.

thru 22 may | noon to 7p | project no 8 | 38 orchard street nyc
ward bennett: making sense is an installation of sensual minimalism of iconic new york designer ward bennett. a collaboration between design institutions herman miller and geiger, the environment designed by various projects. above photo courtesy of herman miller

thru 23 may | 11a – 7p | kikkerland | 493 6th avenue nyc
kikkerland celebrates china design challenger winners during beijing design week 20014 kikkerland in collaboration with leaders in design and innovation challenge young design talents. the winners are celebrated and their designs are being produced and sold worldwide through kikkerland’s distribution network.

thru 23 may | 9a – 8p | the center for architecture | 536 laguardia place nyc
praque functionalism is the first major exhibition at the center for architecture to focus on eastern european design. the photographs are of functionalist buildings, projects and drawings.

thru 31 may | 9a – 5p | moiety | 166 north 12th street brooklyn
design collective, field experiments presents a new project focused on the concept of ‘play as work’ featuring a host of visual and tactical programming [ program details ] moiety.nyc

thru 30 june | 11a – 5p | e.r. butler | 55 prince street nyc
rise by karl zahn is part II of the momentum series. a large collection of mezmorizing objects in a display of motion and physical interactions.

thru 30 august | 11a – 6p | socrates sculpture park nyc
agnes denes: the living pyramid new york city artist builds a 30 feet high, site-specific earthwork created from several tons of soil and planted grasses.

thru 13 september | 10a – 6p | museum of the city of new york | 1220 5th avenue nyc
everything is design: the work of paul rand features over 150 graphic design examples by an american design legend. it was rand who most creatively brought european avant-garde aret movements such as cubism and constructivism to graphic design in the usa.

thru 27 sept | 10a – 6p | musuem of arts and design | 2 columbus circle nyc
pathmakers: women in art, craft and design, midcentury and today features more than 100 works.

thru 15 november | 9a – 5p | cooper hewitt, smithsonian design museum | 2 east 91st street nyc
how posters work exhibition shows 125 posters from cooper hewitt’s permanent collection such as masters like herbert matter, paul rand, philippe apeloig, to lesser-known creators.

ongoing | 10a – 6p | moooi | 36 east 31st Street nyc
moooi new york technically not an exhibit but the opening on 15 may 2015 of a new moooi showroom. while we were in milan dutch designer marcel wanders alerted us to dutch lifestyle design company moooi crosses the ocean and lands in nyc to open its first showroom and brand store in the usa. marcel is moooi’s creative director among other things.

luminaire boasts two big events. design miami 2014.

Nov 25, 2014

this year design miami celebrates 10 years. fittingly, luminaire, a design exemplar in miami presents two events. on monday 1 december, celebrating 30 years in coral gables a newly renovated flagship showroom and a b&b italia miami mono-brand space is unveiled.

and on thursday 4 december, in their design district luminaire lab, continuing a commitment to promoting good design and education curates exhibition DesignJapan featuring three design giants: naoto fukasawa, tokujin yoshioka and nendo,.

[ coral cables ] the award winning, 15,000 sq-ft flagship showroom is inspired by renowned italian architect and designer piero lissoni and the luminaire design team. the new interior continues to be a background to the unparalleled collection in contemporary design and now features b&b italia miami mono-brand space spread across 7,000 sq-ft on the first floor re-affirming the two companies’ 30 years relationship and the alignment of their vision and philosophies.

originally opened in 1984, the kassamali’s built luminaire’s flagship store in coral gables. in the same year, the miami chapter of the aia recognized the showroom with the award of honor in architecture, while the aia’s florida association gave it the award for excellence in architecture.

the building, which was created to showcase the company’s philosophy that good design is a way of life, has continued to earn accolades from the aia, garnering the florida association’s 10-year test of time award in 1996, the 25-year test of time award from the miami chapter in 2008 and again from the florida association, the 25-year test of time merit award of excellence in 2012. and now in 2014, the new luminaire interior, inspired by renowned italian architect and designer piero lissoni.

the interior project, the blend of architectural details and materials, and the interplay of light and shadow, give rise to a setting full of personality, with a strong, original and international image rich of ideas, proposals and solutions that inspire people and create environments that affect peoples lives.

event> coral gables showroom – b&b italia miami
venue> luminaire coral gables | 2331 ponce de leon blvd
opening reception> 1 december 2014 / 7p / rsvp

[ designjapan ] blurring the boundaries between art and design, designjapan exhibits works by three japanese tokujin yoshioka, nendo and naoto fukasawa, who create enduring objects tokujin yoshioka, nendo and naoto fukasawa, who create enduring objects- ambiguous. though each designer has his own unique approach and vocabulary, designjapan invites guests to interact and explore how place, technology and material inform these designers.

harnessing its materials, whether natural or synthetic, japanese design is characterized for capitalizing on the material while at the same time combining respect for tradition with forward thinking experimentation. within the exhibit, the viewer is able to witness each of the three designers’ ability to reduce objects to their most essential elements. though pure in form, materiality adds richness to each product.

from the sculptural forms of yoshioka’s brook ottoman for moroso, designed especially for issey miyake, and the shimmering prism collection for glas italia, to the pureness of expression in nendo’s softer than steel collection for desalto, the zabuton for moroso and the brushstroke consoles for glas italia, to fukasawa’s approachable softness in the common bench system for viccarbe, each designer’s understanding of the world around them is on view.

event> designjapan
venue> luminaire lab | 3901 ne 2nd avenue miami design district
dates> 2 – 6 december 2014
opening reception> 4 december 2014 / 7p / rsvp