Mar 26
Waste Less Chair
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"The chair can be used in the garden or at home, as a rocking chair or as a chair with a leg re..(Read…)
Mar 26
Interview: Chris Brown of Refueled Magazine: The magazine’s founder talks about his passion for print and offers a sneak peek at the next issue
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by Madison Kahn Born and raised in Texas, Chris Brown cultivated his penchant for the publishing world at an early age. At a meager eight-years-old, Brown created an illustrated zine about his neighborhood, and has been working hard ever since to both tell the stories of people he encounters and…
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Mar 26
Brand New IDEO: San Francisco Bay Build to Think, Dive Into Abstraction, and Embrace the Infinite Grid
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On Monday, IDEO Bay storytellers (San Francisco and Palo Alto) gathered in the San Francisco studio, bracketed by palm trees and sunshine.
We began by exploring the Global Make-a-Thon inspiration from our colleagues around the globe. We also looked to the science and math underpinning our logo for inspiration. IDEO Chicago designer Sara Frisk, whose first job was at Pentagram under Michael Bierut, flagged the geometry underneath the IDEO logo and showed us the IDEO logo laid out via X’s and Y’s. Kismet, anyone?
We broke up into teams for three short design charrettes. At the end of each charrette, we shared concepts with the larger group and then shuffled teams for the next session, building on the previous session’s ideas.
Three early concepts here in the Bay Area:
1.) The Logonator/Configurator: How might we platform the logo to create a human-centered identity configuration tool that showcases the full spectrum of we are and what we do, from micro to macro, from playful to serious? We were inspired by Issey Miyake’s playful video, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s curation by color.
2.) The Dialogue Between Context/Content: We are inspired by local context, from Japanese cherry blossoms to Australian aboriginal installations of local materials. How might we adapt for context? How do we make something feel inevitable, yet also customizable/personal?
3.) The Listening Logo: Are we there to absorb and learn? Are we there to present a point of view? The logo is a symbol of our modes of interaction. How might it shift accordingly? A business card is a souvenir of a personal interaction. How might we invite people to interact with us in a compelling way?
Check out IDEO San Francisco + Palo Alto’s concepts (under #sfbay) on our Six Themes Tumblr site, and stay tuned for a comprehensive synthesis of the ideas generated during IDEO’s 24-Hour ‘Brand New IDEO‘ Make-a-Thon!
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Brand New IDEO centers on a 24-hour global Make-a-Thon taking place on Monday, March 25th in IDEO’s eleven offices around the world, starting in Tokyo and ending in San Francisco.
Brand New IDEO:
» Preview with Michael Hendrix and Paul Bennett in Conversation
» Opening Remarks by Michael Hendrix
» Tokyo: Robots, Cherry Blossoms & Bento Boxes
» Singapore: Origami & Experiments with 3D
» Mumbai: Minimum Viable Logo & Windows on the World
» Shanghai: Morning Exercise, Jump Rope and Calligraphy
» Munich: Personalize, Simply and Move
» London: The Grid Grows
» Boston: Crafting and Prototyping with Wood, Dye & Cornstarch
» New York: Exploring Music, Verbs and Cubes
» Chicago: Sketching Sine Waves to R&B
» San Francisco Bay: Build to Think, Dive Into Abstraction, and Embrace the Infinite Grid
» What We Learned and What’s Next
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Mar 26
Ubi de Feo Figures Out How to Teach Coding to Code-Challenged Designers
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“Creative technologist” Ubi de Feo is part of Hello Savants!, an Amsterdam-based creative collective. In recent years he’s been teaching—or trying to teach—Arduino coding to creatives, but ran into the following barrier: “For the beginner, the artist, the industrial designer who wants to start prototyping, [the difficulties of learning to code] can appear as walls they constantly have to crash against,” de Feo observed. “If you ask them why, most of the times the answer will be something along the lines of ‘I’m a creative person, this structured stuff is not for me.'”
Realizing that the traditional approach to teaching coding was not working for this type of student, de Feo created a new coding workshop called “From 0 to C,” starting with a rather radical step: Removing all of the computers from the classroom. Instead, he introduced physical objects the students are meant to interact with.
There will be no code, no editor, no screen. The tools to become a programmer are paper, pens, tape, candy, ping-pong balls, wooden boxes, cups and other common objects.
…The whole class moves through several stages of interaction with the teacher, in which they execute simple tasks [with the objects] and are able to document them. In a few hours the class is (unwillingly) turned into the human representation of a program. This program becomes more and more complex, but because the whole class is involved, it is simple for the single student.
While these mechanisms are implemented more concepts are learned, and digested slowly, with breaks and more games involving boxes and ping-pong balls, the way we “count” using them, challenging each other to represent quantities in optimized ways. When the machine is running, all that we have is sketched out and if the system works, it’s time to write it down. From that point on it’s just a matter of teaching you the simple syntax of a language (it could be C, Processing, ActionScript, JavaScript. it won’t matter).
At this point the student has a clearer vision of what he/she has to deal with, and when the logic is clear, the techniques and the virtuosism that will be implemented over the years are just the result of getting better at it, and the scope of this primer is not teaching you to be the best C/Processing/Flash/Arduino/MSP coder/hacker, but one who knows what he/she is dealing with and has a better attitude towards problem solving.
This sounds like a fascinating way to teach abstract concepts, one that even a computer dummy like me could potentially pick up, and I’m eager to try it out. If you’re in the same boat, we just may get our chance, eventually. Though he considers “From 0 to C” as still in the pilot phase, De Feo launched the workshop last year in Amsterdam, was subsequently invited to hold one in Italy, and is currently fielding offers to bring it to other parts of Europe as well as America. For updates, watch this space.
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Mar 26
Dezeen promotion: Dutch company Organisation in Design has announced the designers and brands that will exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2013 during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month.
Above: wooden shelves by 6467
Top: glassware by David Derksen
The Ventura Lambrate design district in a former industrial area in the north-east of Milan will be open from 9 to 14 April 2013, showcasing young and upcoming creatives and companies.
Above: pottery by Adital Ela
Dezeen are media partners for Ventura Lambrate 2013. You can see all our stories from last year’s event here and Ventura Lambrate 2011 here.
Read on for the full list of exhibitors in the press release below:
Welcome to Ventura Lambrate 2013
For the 4th time in a row, Organisation in Design proudly presents Ventura Lambrate: a completely curated exhibition area with an international mixture of upcoming talents, renowned names and excellent returns of exhibitors from the last few years.
The entire week, 9 – 14 April 2013, the industrial area of Northeast Milan transforms into Ventura Lambrate which will host 66 presentations of 135 international exhibitors, as well as creative restaurants and coffee bars.
Above: chair by Bamboo Studio
The exhibitions of Ventura Lambrate 2013 cover over 10.000 m2 of space and can be found in both familiar locations and new venues. Some new locations are: an old printing factory where Ventura At Work is exhibited, a new location for the academies, and the VL press desk which will host the Curators’ Choicepreview exhibition.
Here below you will find the complete overview of all participating exhibitors. Scroll all the way down to make sure you don’t miss anyone!
Check our website www.venturaprojects.com to find out more about Ventura Lambrate and other Ventura Projects! Also, follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more updates during the event!
Above: stool by Bernardita Marambio
Curti Metallo & Youtool, Italy
Pietro Bastia, Daniela Boni, Ernesto Messineo, Mr.Less & Mrs.More (Alias Antonella Di Luca E Ubaldo Righi), Enrico Maria Pastorello, Studio 06 (Alias Roberto Guadrini, Massimo Guglielmotto, Paolo Mattiolo, Massimiliano Turra), Sara Verlicchi
Presents: There was no design before, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 2
010-020, The Netherlands
Lex Pott, David Derksen Design, Mae Engelgeer, Jeroen Van Leur, Phil Procter, Earnest Studio, Studio Wm
Presents: 010-020, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 3
Associazione Artigiani Trento – Association of Craftsmen of Trento, Italy
Presents: the Triennale Internazionale del Legno 2014 is presented to Fuori Salone, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 3
Berto Salotti + Terre Des Hommes Italy, Italy
Present: #divanoXmanagua – Open work session to produce a 100% hand-made co-created sofa, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 3
SLOWD., Italy
Presents: The revolution of the diffused furniture factory, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 5
Presents: Established &Amp; Sons Limited., address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 5
Above: project by Catellani & Smith
Bamboo Studio, Italy
Pigazzani Stefano, Zanoletti Roberto, Balduzzi Marco, Pagani Nicola Langella Antonio, Ogliani Filippo And Babbini Greta
Presents: cradle-to-cradle, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 5
C12, Italy
Francesca Casati, Anita Donna Bianco, Maria Elektra Strachini
Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 5
Catellani & Smith, Italy
Presents: Casa della Luce, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura, 5
Milano Design Plaza, Italy
Refin, Bazzea, Ghenos Communication, Observer Network
Present: Milano Design Plaza, address:Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 5
Andrea Caputo Studio, Italy
Presents: Unit, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
Above: products by Curtimetallo & Youtool
Dante Goods And Bads, Germany
Aylin Langreuter, Christophe De La Fontaine, Aku Zak, Pietro Russo
Presents: Admit One Gentleman, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
Danish Crafts, Denmark
Mathias Bengtsson, Katrine Borup, Nina Bruun, Christina Schou Christensen, Rasmus Bækkel Fex, Christian Flindt, Lisbet Friis &Amp; Uffe Black, Michael Geertsen, Astrid Krogh, Eske Rex, Pernille Snedker Hansen, Søren Ulrik Petersen, Grete Sørensen, Mette Saabye
Presents: Mindcraft13, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
De Invasie, Belgium, The Netherlands
Atelier Belge, Bernaer Design, Bram Vanderbeke, Cariboudifcifelle, Carina Van Den Bergh, Heidewinne, Filip Janssens, Interror, Jenna Postma, Katja Van Breedam, Lore Van Keer, Manon Garritsen, Studio Mats, Moupila, Nathalie Henderickx, Not Too Arty, Sampliing, Xavier Coenen, Supported By Ann Van Hoey & Theo
Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
Form/Design Center / Malmö By Proxy, Sweden
Andréason & Leibel, Apokalyps Labotek, Martin Björnson, Oskar Ek, Lisa, Hilland, Louise Hederström, Olof Kolte, Martin Vallin, Ola Wihlborg, Green Furniture Sweden, Mines Above Ground, Minus Tio, Rvw
Presents: Malmö By Proxy, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
Löfström Ab, Twistin’ of Sweden, Sweden
Mikael Löfström, Anne Elmdahl, Elisabeth Johansson, Tini Andersson
Presents: Overlapping, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
Above: Dante
Smool by Robert Bronwasser, The Netherlands
Presents: Enjoy everyday design, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
TJEP., The Netherlands
Presents: Future Nostalgia, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6
Wyssem Nochi, Lebanon
Present: wyssem nochi 79Au, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Massimiano 25
Design Gallery Milano, Italy
Andrea Branzi, Michele De Lucchi, Hans Hollein, Philip Michael Wolfson
Presents: Simplexity, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Massimiano 25
Analogia Project, Stefano Pugliese, Italy
Stefano Pugliese, Analogia Project, Alessio Sarri
Present: Memory And Matter, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Massimiano 23
Above: furniture by Diesel
Diederik Schneemann, The Netherlands
Presents: Mash-up collection, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Massimiano 23
T S R R J D, Thailand, Portugal, Japan, Spain, France
Thinkk Studio, Studio 248, Rui Pereira &Amp; Ryosuke Fukusada, Jeremy Murier &Amp; Daniel Martinez
Present: Another Perspective curated by COTTO, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Massimiano 23
T.I.V.D. + Homeless Design, Spain, Italy, England, Cyprus, France, Iceland, Sardinia, Canada, Norway, Portugal
Alan Smith, Alberto Mora, Adrián Froufe, Alessandro Dimauro, Anna Fabrizi, Constantinos Economides, Corentin Ferbus, Elodie Gobin, Helga Jósepsdóttir, Jacopo Sarzi, Mikael Baillairge, Paula Sevilla, Runa Klock, Sergio Mendoza, Vitor De Castro Lopez
Presents: T.I.V.D.: ´My grandmother…´ and Homeless: ´Future under construction, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Massimiano 23
Padiglioneitalia, Italy
4P1B, Alessandro Zambelli, Alhambretto, Antonio Aricò, A/R Studio, Carusod’angelistudio, Cristina Celestino, Ctrlzak, Gio Tirotto, Emanuele Magini, Lanzavecchia + Wai, Leonardo Talarico, Studio Natural, Stefano Rigolli, Uovodesign, Usedesign, Whomade
Presents: FOODMADE, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 3
Aalto University – School Of Arts, Design And Architecture, Finland
Mirella Abe, Hanna Anonen, Natalia Baczynska Kimberley, Shin Goeun, Vesa Kattelus, Nina Kosonen, Pekka Kuivamäki, Mikko Lehtola, Anna Van Der Lei &Amp; Laura Timosaari, Noora Liesimaa, Matias Liimatainen, Satu Maaranen, Kristos Mavrostomos, Matti Mikkilä, Ai Ono, Man Mandy Yau
Presents: NORTHER, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Above: DMY Berlin
Aarhus School Of Architecture, Denmark
17 Students From Studio M:A:D, Making Architectural Design
Presents: MATERIAL CHANGE, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Academy Fine Arts & Design Maastricht, The Netherlands
A Selection Of Students And Alumni Of The Past Few Years
Presents: the beauty of things, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Kasselcollection, Germany
Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Faculty of Design and Art – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Presents: A bite is not enough, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
HKU Design, Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands
Renée Boute, Robert Glas, Joost Haas, Rianne Mast, Mickey Philips, Winde Rienstra, Lieske Schreuder, Judith Van Vliet
Presents: New connections, surprising solutions, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Above: cabinets by Mathieu Gustafsson and Niklas Karlsson
Kolding School of Design DK, Denmark
Republic Of Fritz Hansen/Troels-Hansen &Amp; Knap, Lego Group/Toestesen, Ecco/From, Ege Carpet/Jacobsen, Grundfos/Mentze And Kolding School Of Design/ Ellegaard
Presents: The Tube, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Master of Interior Architecture & Retail Design, Miard, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem De Kooning Academy Rotterdam University, The Netherlands
Bo Baalman, Joanne Choueiri, Giulia Cosenza, Maddalena Gioglio, Ilias Markolefas, Povilas Raskevicius, Nathalia Martinez Saavedra, Kine Solberg, Egle Tuleik
Presents: Altered Appliances, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic
Matej Cincera, Elena Gergova, Daniel Gonzalez, Radim Jurda, Karel Matejka, Jakub Petr, Pavla Podsednikova, Janja Prokic, Katerina Vorlova
Address: Ventura Lambarte, Via Privata Oslavia 7
Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Furniture Design, USA
Tanya Aguiniga, Scot Bailey, Ben Blanc, Vivian Chiu, Annie Evelyn, Debra Folz, Tyler Inman, Misha Kahn, Conor Klein, Taylor Mckenzie-Veal, Daniel Michalik, Josh Owen, Matthias Pliessnig, Rich Brilliant Willing, Ian Stell, David Wiseman, Hyun Yoo, Yumi Yoshida
Presents: Furniture Design Alumni Exhibition: Risk and Certainty in Uncertain Times, Curated by John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 7
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture And Design (KADK), Denmark
Satoru Mochizuki, Onni Aho, Kevin Josias Opstrup Larsen, Bjarke Frederiksen, Peter Willemoes, Helle Sveistrup Klausen, Tobias Koefoed-Nordentoft, Anette Byberg, Camilla Aggestrup, Elinor Anna Malin Eriksson, Shannon Catherine Payton, Arunas Sukarevicius, Emil Lagoni Valbak, Frederik Alexander Werner, Jakob Sievers, Celina Hirsch Rolmar, Tobias Foged Permin, Alvilde Sophie Holm, Stine Keinicke Jensen, Anne Sofie Østerby, Yi-Haw Liu, Joël Bourquin, Jan Dethlefsen, Mihkel Masso, Tiziana Ponzio, Miki Morita, Rakel Karlsdóttir, Iris Egilson, Sandra Myrthue, Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir, Christel Nisbeth Madsen, Christina Parrish, Elin Mjöll Thorhallsdottir, Hamidreza Edalatnia, Moa Renström Liew, Misako Kidokoro, Nanna Færgemann
Presents: TYPE
Above: project from Lund University School of Design
DMY Berlin, Germany
Branca Blasius Bureau, Coordination, Joa Herrenknecht, Rauber Henning, Shapes In Play, Super Equipe
Presents: Berlin trails, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 17
Eindhoven Avant-Garde: Tessa Koot, Niek Van Der Heijden, Lisa Klappe, The Netherlands
Akko Goldenbeld, Job Martens, Michiel Martens, Frans Meijer, Dennis Parren, Etienne Reijnders, Karmen Saat, Tomm Velthuis, Erwin Zwiers
Presents: WE ARE WELCOME!, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 17
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK), The Netherlands
Students & Alumni of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Presents: The Royal Academy of Art: Make My Day!, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 17
Vienna Design Week in cooperation with MAK, Vienna, Austria
Curator: Sophie Lovell; Exhibition Design: Studio Makkink & Bey; Designers: Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky, Adrien Rovero, Charlotte Talbot, Daphna Laurens, Julia Landsiedl, Lucidipevere, Marco Dessí, Mark Braun, Martino Gamper And Kim Tien, Matylda Krzykowski, Max Lamb, Maxim Velcovsky/Qubus Design Studio, Mischer’traxler, Polka, Soda Designers, Steffen Kehrle, Tomás Alonso; Companies (Selection): Augarten, Lobmeyr, Mühlbauer Hats, Riess Email, Rozet &Amp; Fischmeister, Wiener Silber Manufactur, Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten, Woka
Presents: WerkStadt Vienna – Design engaging the City, address: Via Privata Oslavia 17
Diesel – Successful Living From Diesel Home Collections, Italy
Presents: Diesel with partners Foscarini/Moroso/Scavolini/Zucchi, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Above: lamp by Marc de Groot
BOOO, The Netherlands
Formafantasma
Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
DHPH den herder production house, The Netherlands
Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Marcella Del Signore, Giuseppe Morando, Elena Del Signore, Italy, Usa
Plastitex main sponsor, Autodesk, McNeel technical sponsor, with the support of Tulane School of Architecture
Presents: Parking for People, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Officine Tamborrino, Italy
Officine Tamborrino & Scaffsystem
Presents: Objects Retrieved – Giving Steel A New Personality, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Łódź Design Festival, Poland
Kafti Design, Noti, Vox, Ondesign, Paged Meble, Tabanda, Delivié, Libet S.A, Marmorin Sp. Z O.O., Red Poppy, Porcelana Kristoff, Mops Design, Beza Projekt S.C, 1. Wytwórnia Publishing House, Dookoła Świata Publishing House, Kaszubebe, Miniio, White &Amp; Black, Trzy Myszy, Od Rzeczy, Mamsam , Pan Tu Nie Stał, Boho, Cookie, Pracownia Florabo, 2+3D Spółka Z O.O., Manufaktura Fera Bikes, Color Stories, Orska, Jaga Hupało, Muchomor Publishing House, Bisk
Presents: Must have from Poland, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Above: Meiko lamp by Arik Levy
Imperfect Design, The Netherlands
Presents: Imperfect Design by Arian Brekveld, Imperfect Design by Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe , address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia
Moozeum & Cultuurplatform Design, Belgium
Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
KASK – School of Arts Ghent, Belgium
Presents: Milan Bench, address: 2 locations: Ventura Lambrate at Via Privata Oslavia 8 and Ventura Lambrate at intersection of via dei Canzi and via Gaetano Crespi
Paul Kroese, The Netherlands
Short stop-motion film by Paul Kroese and Ivo Hoppers, photography by Iwan Baan
Presents: Daily Dynamics, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
O-Cults Barcelona, Spain
Maurizio Capannesi, Oriol Barri, Ooo My Design, Trends Objects
Presents: Brand Design Network, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Above: shelf by Studio Besau Marguerre
RiZZ, The Netherlands
Presents: The entrance makes the difference, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Silesian Design Cluster, Poland
Academy Of Fine Arts In Katowice; Aimms Krystian Klosek; Arket; Bielsko Technological Park Of Aviation, Enterprise And Innovation; Bogdan Kosak Ceramic Workshop; Centre Of Polymer And Carbon Materials Of The Polish Academy Of Sciences; Code Architecture &Amp; Design; D–Zion; Delta Partner; Design Alive; Designbox; Fulloutdoorprintservice; Genius Loci Jacek Rypula; Industrial Areas Ecology Institute; Infobox; Institute Of Medical Technology And Equipment; Kafti Design; Komag Institute Of Mining Technology; Kotulinskiego 6; Latko Michal Latko; Malgorzata Pekala Design; Media Press; Medusa Group; Paged Meble; Pajak Sport; Pilch; Sokka; Silesian University Of Technology; Vianat; The “Being Together” Social Enterprise Development Foundation; The University Of Bielsko-Biala; Uppersilesian Regional Development Agency; Wojcik Design; Zalewski Architecture Group
Present: La Dolce Silesia, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8
Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Recently graduated bachelor and master students Design Academy Eindhoven
Presents: Linking Process curated by Miriam van der Lubbe, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Cletto Arrighi 19
Z33 – House For Contemporary Art, Valerie_Traan Gallery, Aldo Bakker, Han Gallery, Chi Ha Paura…?, The Netherlands
Cohen Van Balen, Tal Erez, Tobias Revell, Muller Van Severen, Sofie Lachaert &Amp; Luc D’hanis, Aldo Bakker, Nendo, Bertjan Pot, Dinie Besems, Formafantasma, Gijs Bakker, Hector Lasso, Hoko Studio, Kerianne Quick, Manon Van Kouswijk, Natasja Boezem, Noon Passama, Paolo Ulian, Studio Homunculus, Studyoportable, Sylvain Georget, Ted Noten
Presents: It is happening at LAP, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Cletto Arrighi 19
Head – Geneva Ma Design Students, Switzerland
Head – Geneva (Haute École D’art et de Design – Genève / Geneva University for Art and Design), MA Design Students / Exhibition Curated by Alexandra Midal / Workshop Lead by Nitzan Cohen and Dominic Robsonr
Presents: RE-THINK THE EAMES, Workshop lead by Nitzan Cohen and Dominic Robson, curated by Alexandra Midal, with the kind collaboration of Eames Demetrios and courtesy of The Eames Foundation, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Sbodio 30
Above: cabinet by Studio Roso
Logotel, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Nederland, USA, UK, France, India, Spain, Israel, Switzerland, Thailand
Cora Bellotto + Laura Malinverni – Berg – Fernanda Bertini Viegas + Martin Wattenberg – Marc Bretillot + David Edwards – Eyal Burstein – Oscar Diaz + Yuri Suzuki – Pierre Favresse – Alicia Framis – Amanda Ghassaei – Ai Hasegawa – Anna Haupt + Terese Alstin – Jannis Huelsen – Jinhyun Jeon – Gabriele Meldaikyte – Nicolas Nova With Katie Miyake, Nancy Kwon And Walton Chiu – Pieter-Jan Pieters – Veronica Ranner – Matt Richardson – Superflux – Thomas Thwaites – Varathit Uthaisri – Andrea Valle – Alissa Van Asseldonk – Imme Van Der Haak – Dane Whitehurst – Dominic Wilcox
Presents: (In)Visible Design – 100 Stories From The Future And Beyond, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 15
Cos, UK, France
Cos Installation By Clémente And Maccari
Presents: COS installation by Clémente and Maccari, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 15
Spd Scuola Politecnica di Design, Italy
Presents: Call to action, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 15
SUBALTERNO1, Italy
Adami, Bortolani, Contin, Cos, Damiani, Gianni, Resign, Ulian
Presents: HERE WE GO AGAIN “autoproduzioni italiane” available now!, address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Conte Rosso 22
Marco Papa Max Botticelli, Italy
Fondazione Milano Teatro Scuola Paolo Grassi, Asset &Amp; Retail Managementi
Presents: Coniugi Project, address: Ventura Lambrate, Intersection of via dei Canzi and via Gaetano Crespi
Above: vases by The Cottage Industry
Ventura Curators’ Choice – Via Ventura 5
Another reason to visit the Press Desk on via Ventura 5, besides a warm welcome and great help to visitors and press, is the Curators’ Choice Exhibition. The curators of Ventura Lambrate, Margriet Vollenberg and Margo Konings, have composed this exhibition, inspired by the hundreds of applications they reviewed. They have brought together a small selection of works as a first glimpse of what Ventura Lambrate 2013 is about. The exhibition contains works by: Dom Van Der Laan Meubeldesign, The Cottage Industry, Vanessa Redondo Design, Alberto Fabbian, Svenja Keune, Archivia, Kuppers&Amp;Wuytens, Halloessen And Ricardo Carneiro.
Ventura Warehouse – Via Privata Oslavia 8
The new Ventura Warehouse will occupy approximately 1500 m2 of exhibition space. Ventura Warehouse is an extension of the successful Ventura Runway concept, a collective exhibition for those talented designers who do not have the means to create an individual show yet. Ventura Warehouse will host works of: 6474, 56Thstudio, Adital Ela, Alien And Monkey, Ben Ryuki Miyagi Architectural Design, Benedicto Lopez, Bernardita Marambio, Bert Loeschner, Capolinea Design, Chris Hardy Pty Ltd, Creazioni Zuri , Diplopie, El Nebot Del Persianer &Amp; Angulorecto- Ed, Elena Salmistraro, Erik Griffioen Furniture Design, Fred&Amp;Juul, Grand, Gt2P, Hanieh Heidarabadi / Superformlab, Hettler.Tüllmann, Hopf, Nordin, Incartamenti, Inger Steinnes, Kosmos Project, Laura Noriega, Lova, Luca Bassani, Maïza Editions, Marc De Groot Design, Maria Scarpulla, Marta Lavinia Carboni, Mieko Levy, Ministry Of Mass, Moran Barmaper, Naoya Matsuo, Ovchinnikov Studio, Passaro Produzioni, Rakso Naibaf Furniture, Rjw Elsinga, Rooms, Rui Pereira, Ryosuke Fukusada &Amp; Haf By Hafsteinn Juliusson, Sarah-Dehandschutter, Si Studio, Stijn Ruys / Guilielmus, Studio Avni, Studio Philipp Beisheim, Studio Roso, Tina Rugelj,Werner Neumann, Umberto Dattola And Yousra Shaher.
Ventura at Work – Intersection of via dei Canzi and via Gaetano Crespi
Ventura At Work is a must-see exhibition dedicated to labor in design, works and presentations that are connected to the themes of making, producing, processing and transforming, but also to design that uses labor as a means of communication. Ventura at Work will host the works of: Academy Of Art And Design Basel, Fhnw, Institute Id, Alberto Fabbian And Paola Amabile, Andrea Brena, Atelier Bonk, Atelier Van Asseldonk, Bulbo, Cookie Bros., Gruppo Di Installazione, Hironori Yoshida, In Flagranti, Kask – School Of Arts Ghent, Lund University. School Of Industrial Design, Marco Morandi // Vincenzo Pacella, Mammafotogramma Studio, Noumenon, Peter Pichler, Rutger De Regt And Marlies Van Putten, Studio Besau-Marguerre, And Works.
Creative Kitchen Projects
Ventura Lambrate 2013 will host two special restaurants:
Diesel Social Cafe Club & Amaro’s Extravaganza
Successful Living from Diesel invites Lambrate visitors to experience the Diesel lifestyle 360 at the Diesel Social Cafe Club!!! The Diesel Social Kitchen will get alive with Amaro’s Extravaganza and Elita Festival performers giving you not just a place of culinary experiences and the best black coffee, but a place to relax, communicate using our free WIFI, share and enjoy! Andre Amaro will make it sexy with his silkscreen workshops, films and chocolate, all live performed by artists and chefs from different countries. A crossroad of culinary souls, art warriors and design adventurers. Diesel Social Cafe Club – DIESEL WITH PARTNERS FOSCARINI / MOROSO / SCAVOLINI / ZUCCHI Daily from 10:00 till 20:00 Amaro’s Extravaganza (Restaurant) – Amaro Creative Industries Daily from 10:00 till 23:00 To book a table and for event reservations please contact: HYPERLINK “mailto:reservations@amaro.nl” reservations@amaro.nl Address: Ventura Lambrate, Via Privata Oslavia 8 Contact details for press requests Diesel: Marco Milioli, HYPERLINK “mailto:marco_milioli@diesel.com” marco_milioli@diesel.com, +39 0424477555 Contact details for press requests Amaro: Birgit Trienekens, HYPERLINK “mailto:birgit@amaro.nl” birgit@amaro.nl, +31 621685151
Stampiet Kaas & Drop
Based upon his name and rather out of the blue, creative chef Piet Bergman develops food projects such as PIETsa, STAMPIET, Piedro Bolas, Pierre Camembert and Frites van PIET. The more unsuitable a space, the better it gets! Returning to Ventura Lambrate for the second year in a row, this year’s ingredients are Hollandse Kaas & Drop (Dutch Cheese &Licorice), Anna’s Bread by Anna van den Berg, and Brabants worstenbrood (sausage role). With a special appearance of Tom van de Wiel as the BARBIER. Daily from 10:00 till 20:00 Address: Ventura Lambrate, Ventura At Work, Intersection of via dei Canzi and via Gaetano Crespi Contact details for press requests: Piet Bergman, HYPERLINK “mailto:info@plumbum.nl” info@plumbum.nl, +31 647035990
Ventura Lambrate 2013: dates & times
General Opening Hours:
Tuesday 9 April 2012 – Saturday 13 April 2013,
10:00 – 20:00
Sunday 14 April 2013, 10:00- 18:00
Open Evening:
Wednesday 10 April 2013,
20:00 – 22:00
Ventura Lambrate 2013: addresses
The exhibitions are on the following addresses:
» Via Ventura 2, 3, 5, 6 and 15
» Via Massimiano 23, 25
» Via Privata Oslavia 3, 7, 8, 17
» Via Cletto Arrighi 19,
» Via dei Canzi and via Gaetano Crespi, intersection
» Via Sbodio 30, and Via Conte Rosso 22,
» Metro Lambrate, MM2 Green Line exit Lambrate FS (direct connection: 15 minutes from Zona Tortona / Porta Genova)
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Mar 26
Fiona Strickland’s wonderful egg illustrations
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To illustrate its new How To Boil An Egg book by chef Rose Carrarini of Rose Bakery, publisher Phaidon – and the book’s designer Studio Frith – turned not to a food photographer or illustrator but to award-winning botanical artist Fiona Strickland…
The hardback, 136 page book (cover shown above) features 39 illustrations by Strickland in total, all created meticulously in watercolour to an incredible, almost photographic level of detail.
So where did the idea to commission a botanical artist come from? “There was a beautiful show of botanical prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum a couple of years ago at which the seed was sown,” the book’s designer Frith Kerr of Studio Frith tells us.
“After the success of her Breakfast Lunch Tea book, Rose Carrarini was keen to try something other than photography,” Kerr explains, “so we did exhaustive research with Phaidon to find a botanical illustrator to work with.”
But, Kerr tells us, finding a botanical illustrator to work with wasn’t an easy task, given that they would be tasking an artist to step outside their comfort zone. “In the end we made a short list of botantical illustrators whose work we liked and asked them each to paint an egg, in what we referred to as The Egg Test,” says Kerr. “Fiona’s egg stood out for its intense detailing and precision.”
An egg, we’d imagine here at CR would be mere child’s play compared to some of the illustrations produced by Strickland for the book. Take, for example, this stunning illustration of a Pumpkin Cake:
Perhaps surprisingly, given the quality of the illustrations in the book, these images represent Strickland’s very first foray into food illustration, and when she was commissioned, it was the prospect of having her work published in a book that was, the artist told CR, one of the persuading factors that made her take on the project.
“I do like to work from life although with botanical art and the transience of subjects sometimes I have also to rely on photographic images to support my drawings,” Strickland explained to us when we asked about the processes involved creating these images. “In this case a photographer travelled to Paris with editors from Phaidon to take photographs of the recipes which they then forwarded to me,” she says.
“In drawing and painting the images I had to resize the images and make colour swatches to match the photographs. Each photograph took sometime to draw and then paint, some taking over three weeks.”
“Watercolour can be a difficult medium to handle,” adds Strickland, “and to recreate some of the textures and colours of the food took sometime to build up to as close to a photograph as possible, I like to work with only the very transparent group of watercolours slowly building layers of tone and colour and this can be time consuming although giving beautiful results.”
How To Boil An Egg by Rose Carrarini is published by Phaidon at £22.95.
See more of Strickland’s illustration at fionastrickland.com, and more of Studio Frith’s work at studiofrith.com.
The April print issue of CR presents the work of three young animators and animation teams to watch. Plus, we go in search of illustrator John Hanna, test out the claims of a new app to have uncovered the secrets of viral ad success and see how visual communications can both help keep us safe and help us recover in hospital
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Mar 26
The Staples ARC notebook system
Posted in: arc, stapelsSeveral weeks ago, we were contacted by Staples about running a series of sponsored posts on their office products. Because Staples sells so many different products in their stores, we agreed, provided the arrangement would allow us to be free to review products we already use and have no hesitation recommending to our readers. Since both David and I purchased, have been using, and have even been recommending the Staples’ Arc Notebook system, we thought we would start there. So, the following is a sponsored post from Staples about a product we believe in. These sponsored posts will be infrequent, and they will help us continue to provide quality content to our audience.
I’m a notebook junkie. I can’t resist buying them. Even as the guy with an iPhone and an iPad, I still love writing on paper. There’s a pocket-sized notebook in my pocket at all times and I keep a larger notebook on my desk. For years I’ve used Moleskines, but in February I purchased an Arc Notebook from Staples and I’m in love. It’s highly customizable, folds neatly in half, lays flat when open, looks great, and suits my needs wonderfully.The Arc is similar to the Circa notebook system by Levenger, but much less expensive. (A basic leather Circa notebook for 5.5″ x 8.5″ paper is $80, and the same size basic leather Arc is $15.) It consists of various styles of paper (lined notebook, calendar, to-do, project manager, and more), pocket and divider inserts, and covers in poly, fabric, and leather that are bound together by a series of discs. The notebook also is available in two sizes — one for 8.5″ x 11″ paper and one for 5.5″ x 8.5″. An optional hole puncher lets you add your own papers to the system. In short, you can create a custom notebook with exactly the information and pages you want in exactly the amount and even order that you want. The line also includes adhesive notes, sheet protectors, page flags, business card holders, a built-in pen holder, and other accessories.
The pages are cut so that you can slide them on and off of the disks easily, yet they remain securely intact while in place. There are so many options available, that each setup will be unique. With that in mind, here’s how I’ve set up my Arc.
Setup
The very first item in my Arc is the adhesive flags. I resisted using these for a long time, as I disliked the way they protruded from the edge of whatever they happened to be stuck to. However, I’ve grown to love them. Today I use them for quick reference to something that doesn’t warrant a whole tab divided separator.
Next is a flowchart that describes the basic of the Getting Things Done system I download from DIY Planner. It’s a super, at-a-glance reference that reminds me of the GTD process.
After that, I’ve got five pages I’ve printed from my calendar, Monday through Friday. I print one day at a time, so I can remove each as that day passes.
Several copies of David Seah’s Emergent Task Planner come next. This document has been one of my favorite tools for years. I use it to list the priority tasks I’ll complete in a given day, record how long each task takes, record what I’m doing from hour to hour and capture ideas, tasks and more that need processing at the end of the day. It’s invaluable. You can print the Emergent Task Planner from David’s site, or order a pre-printed pad from Amazon.
Next is a plastic tabbed divider. I’ve added a label marked “Notes” with my labeler. The divider precedes about 60 notebook-style pages. These are the heavy pages that came with my basic Arc and I use them for scribbling all manner of information.
Those are followed by another tabbed divider labeled “Projects” and half a dozen Task Project Trackers, again from David Seah. I use these to identify an open project, all the steps that are required before I can mark that project as “Done,” time how long each step takes and finally scribble related notes. I also could have purchased the project manager pages from Staples, which are similar, just not what I have been accustom to using.
And, that’s it. The hole puncher is an added expense ($40) but worth it if you want the benefits of creating your own custom setup.
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Mar 26
Delete My Schedule
Posted in: Chen Yi Lin, Delete Clock, Li Ke, Pang Sheng LiReally love this simple Delete Clock, offering us an innovative way of planning our day and keeping with schedules. The whiteboard surface is good for jotting down notes and tasks, plus the fact that the schedule gets erased when the clock hand sweeps the face, is very poetic indeed.
Designers: Li Ke, Pang Sheng Li & Chen Yi Lin
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Mar 26
Paper by Irving Harper
Posted in: harper, industrial designer, Irving, Skira Rizzoli., Works in PaperVoici les travaux splendides du designer industriel Irving Harper, à la retraite depuis 2001, et qui ont été récemment réunis dans un livre à son honneur appelé « Works in Paper » par l’éditrice Skira Rizzoli. De beaux clichés mettant en avant les œuvres variées de l’américain. A découvrir dans la suite.
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