Driving onto the Brentwood Hotel’s gravel courtyard—which itself clamors with growls of welcome—one can’t help but let out a sigh of relief. It’s a four-hour commitment from NYC, and the Taconic State Parkway doesn’t offer much to look at in the colder……
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Nous vous présentions récemment le travail de l’artiste Nairone dans le cadre du partenariat entre Fubiz et Nissan pour le lancement de la nouvelle Micra. Après vous avoir montré le rendu de son travail réalisé à partir de la technologie Tilt Brush, développée par Google, nous vous proposons de vous dévoiler l’envers du décor, en découvrant l’oeuvre se créer au fur et à mesure, à travers une vidéo à la fin de cet article.
Raya Sader Bujana nous a offert une jolie animation élaborée à partir de papier pour la sortie de la nouvelle Nissan Micra. Elle nous propose également de découvrir la fabrication d’une adorable réplique de la citadine, en papier, et découpé avec précision. Les différents éléments sont ensuite assemblés pour donner forme à la création finale.
Pictures by : Leo García Mendez
Dezeen promotion: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka is collaborating with LG to create an installation of illuminated chairs during this year’s Milan design week.
Titled SF Senses of the Future, the installation will be made up of 17 glowing chairs, arranged in a large grid.
They will be made out of LG‘s ultra-thin OLED lighting panels – a type of light source that creates illumination across a surface rather than from a point.
These dynamic lighting elements will create a setting that LG claims will feel like science fiction.
“When we were children, we freely imagined the future and we sensed our destinies in our dreams, and SF Senses of the Future is an expression of science fiction, technology, space and life highlighting the state of LG’s technology,” explained Tokujin Yoshioka.
“The installation is a poetic phenomenon that can only be described as a tapestry of light – a truly futuristic dimension which confounds and transcends the human senses.”
Tokujin Yoshioka has worked on a number of impressive installations in the past. He recreated a snow storm at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo in 2010, while his Spectrum project experimented with light projection.
For this latest project, his aim is to combine LG’s pioneering lighting technologies with everyday objects. Visitors will be invited to interact with the exhibition, which will include sitting on the illuminated chairs.
The project will mark LG’s first appearance at Milan design week, coinciding with the brand’s 70th anniversary.
“The marriage between cutting-edge technologies by LG and Tokujin Yoshioka’s design perfectly expresses LG’s human-centered design philosophy and our commitment to delivering of our promise of innovation for a better life,” said Noh Chang-ho, head of corporate design for LG Electronics.
SF Senses of the Future is on show at Superstudio Piu from 4 to 9 April 2017, as part of Milan design week.
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Iceland happens to be almost exactly 1,000 miles from the Baltic Sea as the crow flies, but it is an honorary member of region for the intents and purposes of an noteworthy exhibition at the Nordic House in Reykjavík. On view from March 13–31 at the Alvar Aalto-designed cultural center, DesignMarch was the occasion for the fourth iteration of Roundabout Baltic, which has traveled to Tallinn and Riga since its debut in Malmö in June 2016.
A well-curated survey of contemporary design from the eight countries that form the coastline of the body of water, curator Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka has duly seen fit to bring Iceland into the fold with projects from seven local studios, interspersed among the 60-odd other pieces from the northeastern corner of the Continental Europe. Mostly based in Reykjavík, the new contingent joins designers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland in the ground-floor gallery space of the Nordic House.
From left: “Nouvelle Vague” by Lisa Hilland (SE); “Cavi” side table by Rikke Frost for Bolia (DK); “Sipp op Hoj!” hammock and swing by Thorunn Árnadóttir (IS); “Weave” cabinet by Ringvide (SE); lamp by Margrét Gudnadóttir (IS)
Clockwise from top left: “Deform” chair by Milena Krais (DE); “Tubo Motus” by Alicja Patanowska (PL); “Bendy” bench by Studio Fem (DK);If the sparse snippets of wall text are any indication, Roundabout Baltic is an unapologetically auteuristic exhibition. Billed as “a personal narration of the curator,” the show “portrays the visual connection between the designers, their work and the seaside landscape etched into their creative sensitivity through design, usable and decorative objects.”
While the theme of nature can at times risk coming across as facile, Jacobson-Cielecka does well to present the motifs in varied permutations of material, palette, and craft. The objects are organized not by nationality or typology but rather landscape features such as sand dunes, beaches, and vegetation, as well as maritime touchstones such as fishing nets.
All told, it’s a strong showing of small-to-medium-scale work from independent studios, and if you’re not planning to be in Reykjavík before the end of the month, perhaps you can catch Roundabout Baltic in Gdynia or Stalowa Wola later this year.
From left: ceramics by Maria Kristofersson (SE); “Forefathers’ Eve” rug by Kosmos Project (PL); “Farming” pouf by Sampling (LV/BE); “Warm up Home” by Mare Kelpman (EE)
From left: “Touch of Blue” by Modus Design (PL); “Inblue” tableware by Monica Förster (SE) for Rörstrand; “Blue Line” by Modus Design; “Yacht” stools by Malafor (PL); “Float” carpet by Annike Laigo (EE) 
From left: “Warm up Home” by Mare Kelpman; “Meet the Wicker” basket by Chudy and Grase (DE/LT); “August” stool by Aamu Song & Johan Olin (FI/DE) for Nikari; “Earth Stone Wood” by Anna Bera
Installation view. Glass pieces, from left: “Plantation” by Alicja Patanowska; plates by Marija Puipaitè (LT); vessels by Hanna Krüger (DE) for Rosenthal. (Other pieces are identified in previous captions.)
Installation view. (Pieces are identified in other captions.)
From left: vessels by Pia Wüstenberg (DE) for Utopia&Utility; “RGB” by Hanna Krüger; “Pi-no-pi-no” vase by Maija Puoskari & Tuukka Tujula (FI) for New Works; “Aquarelle” side tables by Meike Harde (DE); “Mjölkpall” stool by Fredrik Paulsen (SE) 
At left: “Bombay” vases by Anki Gneib (SE). (Other pieces are identified in previous captions.) 
At center, from left: “Hnúturinn” by Helga Björg Jónasardóttir (IS); “Bow” chair by Lisa Hilland for Gemla; “Compiled” lamps by Sebastian Jansson (FI). (Other pieces identified in previous captions.)
Clockwise from top left: “Gesso” Lamps by Jonas Edvard (DK); “Biophilia” vessel by Stoft Studio (SE); “Nordic Mash Up” candle holders by 1+1+1 (FI /SE / IS); “Sirens” lamps and mirrors by Olga Bielawska (PL) for Trizo 21; “Concrete Meets Porcelain” by Raili Keiv (EE); vases & mirror by Chmara Rosinke (PL/AT) 
Detail of vases & mirror by Chmara Rosinke 
From left: “Bridge” armchair by Variant Studio (LV); “Naula” coatrack by Mikko Laakkonen (FI) for Inno; “Vanamo” pendant by Maija Puoskari (FI); “Zick Zack” side table by Olga Bielawska for No Sir; “Tripod” lamp by RingvideLa paper artist espagnole Raya Sader Bujana confectionne des oeuvres d’art à partir de papier. Pour offrir encore plus de magie à ses créations, elle en fait de jolies animations. Pour le partenariat entre Fubiz et Nissan, elle a choisi d’animer la nouvelle Nissan Micra sculptée dans du papier et roulant sur une route sinueuse, surplombant la mer et bordée par des rizières. La superbe animation est à découvrir en fin d’article.
Aurélie Cerise, paper artist reconnue, a réalisé une jolie création colorée dans le cadre du partenariat entre Fubiz et Nissan pour le lancement de la Micra nouvelle génération. Nous vous proposons de découvrir sa technique et son processus créatif au travers de clichés qui nous montrent les différentes étapes d’élaboration de sa création au sein de laquelle elle a découpé la silhouette de la citadine.
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Milan design week is a few days from kick-off, but a number of trends are already emerging from the world’s biggest and most important design fair.
Milan design week takes over the Italian city in April each year – and Dezeen has already selected 15 must-see exhibitions and installations to see.
Politics, technology and the environment are the drivers for a lot of this year’s trends, which are seeing designers working with recycled materials, ancient crafts and new processes.
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Read on for our trends forecast for this year’s event:
Designers get political
Inspired by Brexit, Trump and the rise of right-wing populism around the world, we expect this year’s Milan design week to be rippling with strong political undercurrents.
Atelier Biagetti’s God installation looks at the “all-consuming” powers of today’s society and how they govern the way we live our lives, while another exhibition curated by Raumplan is described as a farewell party for capitalism.
Invisible tech
It seems that while technology may be ubiquitous in our lives, we don’t want to feel surrounded by it.
Last year Samsung’s designer collaboration with the Bouroullec brothers yielded a true statement TV, but this year, the electronics brand has taken the opposite tack with The Frame, its new TV created together with Yves Béhar. Designed to “disappear into the decor”, The Frame is indistinguishable from a framed artwork when hung on the wall. While it launched earlier this month, it will be showcased in Milan.
Similarly, Bang & Olufsen will launch a new audio product with a non-techie appearance at an event called A New Way to Live with Sound.
Recycled materials
Brands have been touting their sustainable credentials for years, but lately several are attempting to further the discussion, by interrogating how we can help the environment when we work in an industry that revolves around making ever more stuff.
One result of this is a trend for new recycled materials, particularly plastics, that have their own strong aesthetic and character. This year, Kvadrat is bringing its newly acquired sustainability start-up, Really, to Milan design week. It will debut the company’s Solid Textile Board – a high-density material made from textiles discarded by the fashion industry, households and Kvadrat itself – in a series of benches designed by Max Lamb.
Meanwhile, Ecopixel will be showing a number of products rendered in their new terrazzo-like recycled plastic, including a version of the Alex lounge chair by Alessandro Mendini.
Modular furniture
Following on from last year’s trend for compact living, modular furniture is back with a vengeance at this year’s Milan design week. With furniture pieces designed to be long-lasting and felxible, it also taps into the sustainability discussion.
The highly talked-up release in this category is the Delaktig sofa and bed, designed by Tom Dixon and IKEA to explore “notions of adaptability and future-proofing”. Some add-ons for the product will also be on display.
Other brands launching modular designs include Blå Station, Cassina and Sancal.
Traditional regional crafts, rediscovered
The recent craft revival has led to interest in niche techniques specific to certain areas. Sometimes, these are presented in their traditional form, and at other times, given a contemporary interpretation.
This year’s Milan design week will see South African designer Christopher Jenner launch Yixing, a ceramics collections made using the rare Zisha clay from Yixing in eastern China – a style of pottery that can be traced back to the North Song Dynasty (960-1127 AD). Meanwhile, the Confluence: 20+ exhibition of Hong Kong design will showcase fresh takes on heritage textiles, porcelain and calligraphy.
The festivalisation of Milan
At the end of last year’s Milan design week, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs wrote that Milan had “stopped being a furniture fair and become something more interesting”, as tables and chairs came second to experiments and experiences. Later, Tom Dixon described Milan as the “Glastonbury of design” and suggested he might run bus tours rather than showing products.
He isn’t, but Airbnb is. Its Passeggiata “experience of Milan” includes designer-led tours of their favourite locales, like bars, a dried fruit shop and the Last Supper. Meanwhile, IKEA is throwing the IKEA Festival, complete with music and other live acts, while Dixon has settled on a programme including talks and films within his Multiplex concept at 1950s cinema Teatro Manzoni.
Bamboo furniture
Bamboo has risen in favour due to its eco credentials – its fast growth rate means it can be harvested more frequently than other trees and grasses, and it sends up new shoots without the need for replanting.
The material will be showcased by the Khora collection, a collaboration between Chinese designer Adrian Cheng and the recently deceased master Shigeru Uchida, as well as by Made in Ratio’s Stellar Nova table, which will feature a bamboo tabletop.
The future of food
With ever more reports highlighting the toll our meat consumption and intensive farming takes on the environment, discussion is increasingly turning towards alternative food futures.
At this year’s Milan, there’s an exhibition and taste testing dedicated to the topic. The Future Sausage will explore alternative recipes for your next barbecue, including bangers made with insects, fruit and offal. What will we be served at the week’s raft of parties? One can only imagine.
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