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Art director Robert Vattilana used expanses of pale marble, gauzy curtains and an array of curious ornaments to create a “dreamy” atmosphere inside fashion boutique Forte Forte, in Milan.

The store is situated in the historic Brera district, an area of Milan recognised for its art galleries and selection of design boutiques. It is the first physical retail space for Forte Forte, which until now has exclusively sold women’s clothing and accessories online.

Brand co-founder Giada Forte turned to her partner, art director Robert Vattilana, to develop an aesthetic for the inaugural store, asking that it reflect the “tactile, atmospheric, and dreamy values” of the clothing items.

Vattilana began by stripping back the site to an empty shell. Excluding a handful of partitions that have been painted jade green, the majority of surfaces have been clad in beige-hued travertine marble.

Grooved panels feature on the upper walls, while small pieces of the stone have been arranged to form a mosaic floor that’s dotted with offcuts of coloured glass.

“The primary concept was also to create an atmosphere capable of presenting and emphasizing the collection,” Vattilana explained to Dezeen.

A gauzy, full height curtain has also been drawn across the store’s front display window. In front of the window sits a “sculptural curtain” comprised of thin brass wires that link together in a ladder-like formation.

It’s adorned with small globular sculptures by Italian glassware brand Massimo Lunardon, inside of which are contained seemingly random items like spindles of yarn.

Other items including lumps of coral, a nude sketch by Belgian artist Didier Mahieu, and a bust of the Roman goddess Venus that was sourced in a French foundry, have also been scatted throughout the space.

Garments are hung from spindly brass rails, complemented by organically-shaped mirrors that are edged in gold-hued metal.

Peach carpet has been laid down in the store’s rear changing area, which has been designed to resemble a passenger cabin on a 1940s steam train – doors have been completed with portholes, while walls are upholstered with buttoned, blush-pink velvet.

Similar to Vattilana, Swiss architecture practice Valerio Olgiati applied blue-tinged marble throughout a fashion store in Miami – they finished the space with pyramidal concrete columns and grey, suede-like furnishings.

Photography is by Paola Pansini.

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L’été vient de se terminer, et efface avec lui son lot de longs voyages qui, pour beaucoup, représentent un véritable cauchemar. Le mal des transports est une affection très répandue, baptisée cinétose, qui touche de façon chronique plus de 30 millions d’Européens. Une personne sur trois en développe les symptômes au moins une fois dans sa vie.

C’est en partant de ce constat que la marque Citroën s’est lancée dans la création de lunettes anti-mal des transports : SEETROËN.

Les lunettes SEETROËN utilisent la technologie Boarding Ring inventée par cette start-up française. Ce dispositif paramédical, grâce au liquide coloré en mouvement dans les anneaux disposés autour des yeux, recrée la ligne d’horizon pour résoudre le conflit sensoriel à l’origine du mal. Les lunettes permettent ainsi à l’esprit de se resynchroniser avec le mouvement perçu par l’oreille interne.

Les lunettes SEETROËN sont le fruit d’une collaboration inédite entre trois corps de métier : l’idée et la communication avec l’agence Traction BETC, l’ingénierie avec Boarding Ring et le design avec le studio 5.5. Une conversation croisée autour de la genèse de ce projet unique qui rencontre un incroyable succès commercial aura lieu le 4 octobre prochain, Salle Pleyel, lors de la Masterclass Fubiz Talks.

Pour participer à cette matinée Masterclass des Fubiz Talks, rendez-vous sur la billetterie en ligne.

Vous pouvez également prendre part à l’après-midi de conférences en réservant vos places sur les billetteries de la Salle Pleyel, Digitick et la FNAC.

Dutch graphic designer Anthon Beeke, the creator of the 1969 Naked Ladies typeface, has passed away aged 78 following a stroke.

Based in Amsterdam, Beeke was renowned for his provocative poster designs that explored themes of love, sex and violence for clients including theatre groups Zuidelijk Toneel Globe and Toneelgroep Amsterdam, and the art fair KunstRai.

Beeke’s death on 25 September 2018 was confirmed in a statement.

“On Tuesday afternoon, September the 25, 2018, the esteemed Dutch graphic designer Anthon Beeke died in his home city of Amsterdam as the result of a cerebral infarction,” it read.

Born in 1940 in Amsterdam, Beeke learnt graphic design without any formal training. He worked as an assistant for designers including Ed Callahan in Germany, Janvan Toorn in The Netherlands, and Jacques Richez in France, before starting as an independent designer.

In 1976, he was made a partner at agency Total Design in Amsterdam, but left in 1981 to set up his own agency titled Studio AnthonBeeke.

Survived by his trend forecaster wife

He is survived by his wife, the renowned Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort.

“Anthon thought and acted absurdly. He loved the theatre and pantomime and could provoke the public like a cultural clown. His whole existence was shaped by graphic design,” Edelkoort wrote in her 2013 book, an hommage to Beeke titled It’s a Miracle.

“He is not only the poster boy of design but also the poetic image-maker, the naughty collector, the naive player, the avid photographer or the potent architect of collage layouts that are realised far before the cut-and-paste era,” she explained.

Among those paying tribute to the designer is Studio Roosegaarde, which wrote on Twitter, “R.I.P. Anthon Beeke, was amazing to work with you”.

Provocative designer and teacher

Some of Beeke’s best-known works include his erotic theatre posters for Toneelgroep Amsterdam and poster series for Amsterdam-based art fair the KunstRai, in which he portrayed his take on prominent cultural figures from the arts – including Daan Roosegaarde , Wim Pijbes and Gerardjan Rijnders – each dressed in personalised masks.

He founded and headed the Man and Communication department at the Design Academy of Eindhoven between 1985 and 1997, but continued working at the institution until 2008.

Many of Beeke’s designs have won awards, including the Amsterdam Award for the Arts, formerly known as the H.N. Werkman Prize, and the Frans Cocq Medal from the City.

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