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by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

namibia

http://www.namibiatourism.com.na

architecture

savioz fabrizzi architectes sets gabled concrete dwelling beneath alpine peaks

http://www.sf-ar.ch/architect/home-savioz-fabrizzi-architectes-17.html

amit apel has designed a house in los angeles, that features geometric shapes and angular lines throughout the space, inside and out

http://www.apeldesign.com

characterized by its nature-influenced façade, ‘villa saitan’ in kyoto by eastern design office is a collective housing composed of eleven units

http://www.easterndesignoffice.com/

interiors

mexican design studio anagrama has completed the interior of a library in monterrey, mexico. commissioned by conarte, the city’s council for culture and art

http://www.anagrama.com/home

when kjellgren kaminsky architecture were designing the interiors of the swedish hotel oijared, they decided to use a variety of wood panels to cover the walls in the lounge area of the hotel

http://www.kjellgrenkaminsky.se/, http://oijared.se/

hotels and bars

ha riaperto a torino il turin palace hotel, polo dell’ospitalità cittadina e rinnovato luogo di charme e relax

http://www.turinpalacehotel.com, http://www.spacehotels.it

if you’re looking for a hotel that’s completely outside the box, amsterdam’s hotel not hotel is just that place. “normal” hotels have hallway after hallway of rooms that tend to resemble each other, but this place, it gives you options like sleeping in a completely restored antique tram car or behind a secret bookcase

http://www.hotelnothotel.com/

worldhotel ripa roma, project simone micheli

http://www.worldhotelriparoma.com/

http://www.simonemicheli.com/

cafe 27 by four o nine, beijing, china

http://www.four-o-nine.com/#!cafe-27/c1cm

fairs

marmomacc, digital lithic design

margraf, design raffaello galiotto

http://www.marmomacc.com/it/, http://www.margraf.it/

http://www.galiottodesign.it/index.php

design

arche chair by ralph van der made, a chair inspired by the museum's architecture by french architect joseph jacques ramée, at the cabinetmakers autumn exhibition, copenhagen

ralphvandermade.com, http://www.se-design.dk/udstillinger/2015/arche

etc.etc. studio assemble naïve chair for emko at maison et objet

http://www.etcetc-studio.com/, http://www.emko.lt/#home

whereas most furniture brands use recycled or discarded wood to do their part in being eco-friendly, the castaway by ilaria bianchi goes one step further. rather than hiding waste, castaway re-contextualizes industrial and urban waste into a new aesthetic language

http://ilabianchi.com/cast-away/

wingback sofa by tom dixon

http://www.tomdixon.net

tulintu crafts glass sculptures depicting finnish folk story firebird

http://tulintu.com/, http://www.finnishglassmuseum.fi/Suomen-Lasimuseo/The-Finnish-Glass-Museum/

photos

franco pagetti, della fame e della guerra, new old camera, milano

http://viiphoto.com/author/franco-pagetti/

http://www.newoldcamera.com, http://www.moozproject.it/

dolci, profumi e balocchi

left, los angeles-based monroe workshop has launched a new line of handmade toys made from hardwood and natural rope

http://www.monroeworkshop.com/

center, scatola decorata di macarons assortiti

https://www.laduree.com/en_int/

aromatica signature by fornasetti

http://www.fornasetti.com/it

books

left, ilaria guidantoni, marsiglia-algeri, albeggi edizioni

http://www.albeggiedizioni.com/

center, francesca diotallevi, amedeo, je t'aime, electa storie

http://www.electaweb.it/home/news/

right, michal ajvaz, l'altra praga, atmosphere libri

http://www.atmospherelibri.it/

il giardino è aperto
mostra del libro d'artista di alessandra angelini con testi di paolo cottini

porticato salita dei frati, lugano, until november 21

http://www.alessandraangelini.org, http://www.centoamicidellibro.com

jardins singuliers, sophie barbaux

• http://www.sophie-barbaux.odexpo.com

lumières

studio cheha’s bulbing lamp etches acrylic to create 3d appearance

http://kickstarter.studiocheha.com/

yoylight by innermost

http://www.innermost.net/

musées

designed by antonio gaudí in barcelona when he was 30, and designated a world heritage site by unesco in 2005, casa vicens will be converted into a museum and open its doors to the public during the second half of 2016

http://casavicens.org/?lang=en

et caetera

orson welles, il mercante di venezia

venezia film festival

everest, un film di baltasar kormákur. con josh brolin, jake gyllenhaal, jason clarke, john hawkes, sam worthington, emily watson, robin wright, keira knightley. fuori concorso

carnet de notes 305

by paolo rinaldi

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voyages

cape cod, massachusset, usa

http://www.capecod.com/, http://www.capecodonline.com/

malahide castle, irlanda

http://www.irlanda.com

architecture

designed by studio olafur eliasson, and built by the non-profit charitable foundation nordea-fonden, cirkelbroen bridge is a gift to the city of copenhagen to promote good living in denmark

http://olafureliasson.net/

ganti asociates (ga) design has won an international ideas competition with a radical shipping container skyscraper that was envisioned to provide temporary housing in mumbai's overpopulated dharavi slum. taking in consideration that steel shipping containers can be stacked up to 10 stories high without any additional support, ga's winning scheme calls for a 100-meter-tall highrise comprised of a series of self supported container clusters divided by steel girders placed every 8 stories

http://www.ganti-associates.com/

jarmund/vigsnæs arkitekter have designed a cottage for a writer in oslo, norway, located in the backyard of their home

http://www.jva.no/

a picture taken on march 14, 2014 shows the temple of baal shamin seen through two corinthian columns in the ancient oasis city of palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of damascus. islamic state group jihadists on august 23, 2015 blew up the ancient temple of baal shamin in the unesco-listed syrian city of palmyra

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/23

interiors

appartamento a torino by uda architects

http://www.uda.it/

hotels and bars

mmx architecten, together with jord den hollander and other interior designers, have completed the “letters,” a group of additional hotel rooms, that have been placed on the roof of the botel, which is a floating hotel in amsterdam

http://mmx-architecten.nl/, http://www.amstelbotel.nl/

when the designers at jouin manku (patrick jouin and sanjit manku) were designing the happiness suite at the swatch art peace hotel, in shanghai, they surrounded the bed in a half-birdcage basket made from rattan

http://www.patrickjouin.com/

http://www.swatch-art-peace-hotel.com/

thai design firm party/space/design, have created villa de bear, a restaurant in bangkok, where the design is based around the idea of a european teddy bear factory

http://partyspacedesign.com/

installations

if you’re in london before the 27th of september, make sure to stop by covent garden, to see french artist charles pétillon’s first public art installation, made from 100,000 giant white balloons, that will gently pulsate white light to symbolise the beating of a heart, and reflect the history, energy and dynamism of the district

http://www.coventgardenlondonuk.com/

http://www.charlespetillon.com/

design

tom dixon at maison & objet paris 2015

http://www.tomdixon.net

designjunction, 24-27 september

http://thedesignjunction.co.uk/

the ‘egg map’ by hungarian designer dénes sátor is an unusual tool for urban navigation. designed for those tired of fighting a folding map for ten minutes between points or to avoid the difficulty of finding wifi for an outlet in the city the analog object fits in the palm of your hand and nestles comfortably in a pocket or backpack

satordenes@gmail.com

designed by ototo, and made from bpa free toughened nylon, the ‘nessie’ set of ladles model the loch ness monster

http://www.ototodesign.com/collections/all-products

ikea

http://www.ikea.com/it/it/?cid=it|ps|exact|go|20150507_2

the q5 chair’s structure is made up entirely of triangles, each one folding into another one to form the geometric design. ukrainian design firm odesd2 wanted to pay homage to buckminster fuller, the creator of the geodesic dome

http://odesd2.com/en

art

azuma makoto is known for planting his blooming sculptures in unconventional locales such as suspending a bonsai tree within an abandoned power plant, as well as sending the same species of ornamental shrub into space for his exobiotanica project. now the japanese artist is back on earth, where he has sailed out into the hinoba-an sea, nearby the negros island in the philippines, planting a monumental floral work in the middle of the ocean

http://azumamakoto.com/

books and magazines

fueled by a similar nostalgia for the form of signage dubbed as "liquid fire" in its heyday in the 1920s, husband and wife photography team randall ann homan and al barna have spent the last five years trekking around san francisco documenting their favorite signs before they disappear. In their book, san francisco neon, they collect over 200 photos of classic neon signs lighting up the city's diverse neighborhoods, from the martini glass sign that has become a mission district icon to the art deco blade signs for the city's historic movie theaters

http://www.neonbook.xyz/index.html

left, inventario n° 10

http://www.inventario-bookzine.com/about.html

right, the walking society (camper), lars mueller publishers

http://www.camper.com/it

http://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/

lumières

cyborg lamps comes from karim rashid who designed the organic shaped table light for martinelli luce

http://karimrashid.com/

http://www.martinelliluce.it/home-en?back

lamp my little neighbour by marcantonio raimondi malerba for seletti

http://www.marama.it/, http://www.seletti.it/index.php

et caetera

does form follow function?

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voyages

oman

http://www.omantourisgov.om, http://www.originaltour.it

architecture

the jerusalem municipality has approved plans for mixed-use "pyramid tower" designed by studio libeskind. a collaboration with local architect yigal levi, the tapered tower will rise 105-meters in the heart of the city, adjacent to mahane yehuda market – commonly known as "the shuk"

http://libeskind.com/

entrance building van gogh museum, amsterdam 2013-2015

in 1999 kisho kurokawa architects & associates designed a new wing for the van gogh museum in amsterdam.part of this wing is a large pond on basement level. this pond will now be changed into a new entrance building. kurokawa architects made a preliminary design for this purpose that will be elaborated and realised by hans van heeswijk architects

http://www.heeswijk.nl/

gubbins arquitectos have designed the mirador house in tunquén, chile, where it is perched above a steep cliff with views of the ocean

http://www.gubbinsarquitectos.cl/

interiors

arsenal flat, project h2o architectes
charlotte hubert / jean-jacques hubert / antoine santiard

ph http://www.stephanechalmeau.com/

hotels and bars

opening its doors at the beginning of march 2015, the  ‘kameha grand zurich’  designed by marcel wanders is a hotel that celebrates the rich heritage of switzerland

http://www.marcelwanders.com/news/kameha-grand-zurich-a-home-away-from-home-in-images!/

travel company aqua expeditions collaborated with peruvian architect jordi puig, to create the aria amazon, a 5 star river cruise ship

http://www.aquaexpeditions.com/, http://www.jordipuig.com.pe/

musées

inaugurato a mosca il nuovo spazio per l'arte: il garage museum of contemporary art, firmato rem koolhaas

garageccc.com, http://www.oma.eu/

situated in the pudong district in shanghai, the zendai himalayas center opened several years ago to coincide with the previous world expo event that occurred in the city. with an area of 150,000 sqm, the high profile project was designed by arata isozaki. commissioned by the zendai group, the brief was to create an ‘archisculptural masterpiece for 21st century china’

http://www.zendaihimalayas.com/about_en.aspx http://www.isozaki.co.jp/

design

since 2011, tatsuya tanaka has been engaged in his ‘miniature calendar‘, a project which has seen the creation of pocket-sized scenes of everyday life, on a daily basis. his ideas are for 365 days of the calendar year, and of the more than 1000 scenes he’s made

http://miniature-calendar.com/

monad studio | eric goldemberg veronica zalcberg, together with musician/luthier scott f. hall, have collaborated to create the 2-string piezoelectric violin.

http://monadstudio.com/

bike by roland kellenberger (stahlman)

http://www.stahlmann.ch

nendo designed a new chair “twig” for alias

http://alias.design/, http://www.nendo.jp

catable 2.0, a collection of stackable wood cubes that have small spaces for cats to hide and play inside of, by lyc architecture

http://lycs-arc.com/

wood

il legno dalla natura alle cose. paesaggio nomade, bergamo, 5 to 16/09

http://www.arketipos.org/edizione-2015/

top, from left

table adagio by ivan paradisi, http://www.ivanparadisi.com/

alma console table by amarist, http://www.amarist.com

from tables/chairs by nicolàs aracena mueller at chamber, new york https://instagram.com/nicoarmu/

http://chambernyc.com/collections/collection_1

exhibitions

"playing with tradition" at dublin castle, dublino

a cura di nuala goodman e mary heffernan of national historic propertries of opw (the office of public work)

from to left, clockwise: donatella pellini, isabelle de borchgrave; curneen, gorman, pesce, foggini; de vecchi; lisa farmer, seliena coyle, una burke

http://www.opw.ie/en/pressreleases/articleheading,34237,en.html, http://www.nualagoodman.com

thomas jefferson e il palladio. come costruire un mondo nuovo

palladio museum, vicenza, 19 sept to 28 mar 2016

http://www.palladiomuseum.org/exhibitions/jefferson

vintage festival italia, padova, 11-13 settembre

tabarri del tabarrificio veneto

http://www.vintagefestival.org/, http://www.tabarro.it/homepage.html

 fiona tan, geografia futuro at nasjonal museet, oslo
http://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/

left, la grande madre by fondazione nicola trussardi

palazzo reale, milano, until 15 november

http://www.fondazionenicolatrussardi.it/TGM_1.html

right, mito e natura. dalla grecia a pompei, palazzo reale, milano, catalogo electa, until 10 gennaio 2015

http://www.mostramitonatura.it/

dimore design bergamo. tradizioni e contaminazioni, 6/09-7/10

http://www.dimoredesign.it

street art

ill-studio has collaborated with french fashion brand pigalle to create a multicoloured basketball court between a row of buildings in the 9th arrondissement of paris

http://www.ill-studio.com/

street artist nespoon has recently transformed the wall of a building in poland, by adding an intricate painting of traditional lace

https://www.behance.net/nespoon

festival

oriente occidente 2015, corpi in conflitto 2. la bellezza della diversità

rovereto, trento, until september 6

http://www.orienteoccidente.it

mode

abito selene giorgi

http://www.atelierselenegiorgi.it

lumières

left, tabanl%u0131o%u011Flu architects debuts at somerset house in partnership with arik levy at london design festival 2015

http://www.tabanlioglu.com, http://www.ariklevy.fr/

on william f. lamb’s iconic empire state building, creative technology studio obscura digital helped raise awareness to animals on the brink of extinction. in collaboration with the discovery channel, the event spent the whole night illuminating 40 stories of the south façade with manta rays, blue whales, cecil the lion and many other important endangered wildlife

http://obscuradigital.com/, http://www.opsociety.org/

lamps apta by swarovski

https://www.swarovski.com/

photos

simon norfolk, time taken at michael hoppen contemporary

http://www.michaelhoppengallery.com

ph anuar patjane, http://www.anuarpatjane.com/#!/index

un'immersione accanto a una megattera e al suo piccolo appena nato mentre nuotano attorno a roca partida, una delle isole revillagigedo, in messico

et caetera

smart highways that can charge your electric car are coming to the u.k. a similar project in the netherlands imagined a smart highway that could charge electric cars as they drove

https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/smart-highway/

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voyages

new york, the site of the statue of liberty

los angeles-based kopeikin gallery and new york-based benrubi gallery present lany, a series of aerial imagery depicting the urban and fabricated landscapes of the two cities by photographer jeffrey milstein

http://www.jeffreymilstein.com/

http://kopeikingallery.com/, http://benrubigallery.com/home

architecture

brasil, edifício vitra, en são paulo, primer edificio diseñado por el studio libeskind en américa del sur

http://libeskind.com/

la tenuta dello scompiglio

un progetto di recupero e rivitalizzazione di una tenuta agricola vicino lucca, trasformata in centro culturale dove produzioni artistiche e agricole convivono in un complesso ecosistema fatto di bioarchitettura, tecnologia e tradizione

progetto caturegli formica architetti associati

http://caturegliformica.com/tenuta-dello-scompiglio-architettura

memorial center, utoya, donna, norway

project 3rw arkitekter

http://3rw.no/

musèes

italian practice archea associati has completed a vast complex for the chinese city of liling, a region known for its production of ceramics. alongside its primary function as a museum, the site also includes a hotel and an industrial area for hands-on processing

http://www.archea.it/

hotels and bars

celebrating japan’s ancient onsen (mineral hot spring) tradition in serene natural surrounds, amanemu is perched on the shores of ago bay, known as the ‘bay of pearls’

http://www.amanresorts.com

noma bar was commissioned by the momofuku ando foundation in japan to create a treehouse within the woods of the momfuku ando center in komoro, japan. the project offered bar the unique opportunity to translate his simple illustration style into a three-dimensional space. the result was a treehouse that references both the forms of birds and leaves

http://momofukucenter.jp/treehouse/treehouse.html

allestimenti

at milan’s università bicocca, italian sculptor edoardo tresoldi has collaborated with artist gonzalo borondo to realize ‘chained’, a mixed media work that interacts with architecture of the site. on the red façade of the building, borondo has painted five male figures that embrace each other in a circular configuration. large, coarse brushstrokes and a minimal palette grant the larger-than-life sized figures an abstract sensibility

https://www.behance.net/edoardotresoldi

http://gonzaloborondo.com/

interiors

a bed that drops from the ceiling by atelier décadrages

http://www.decadrages.com/

design

designed by maryam pousti, of studio pousti, the cheft collection is a series of furniture pieces that were inspired by persian architectural patterns seen on domes and traditional houses

http://www.studiopousti.com/

slovenia-based designer %u010Drtomir just puts a twist on the popular style of naming by depicting objects literally, or how they would look if they were truly made out of gold

https://www.behance.net/crtomirjust9b11

kaptura de aer designed counterpoise, a sculptural plywood chair made up of two curvy components that come together to provide balance

http://kapturadeaer.com/

tulip chairs by kazuko okamoto for chairs&more

http://www.chairsandmore.it/it

moon by marco poletti for cerasa

http://www.polettistudio.it/, http://www.cerasa.it/

art

ernesto neto and  the huni kuin tribe turn vienna's tba21 into a spiritual space

http://www.tba21.org/program/current

pge polish energy group commissioned a group of talented people to create an ‘eco-mural’ on the wall of the solina dam in poland

http://www.gkpge.pl/

mlle hipolyte recreates a tropical jungle with hand-cut paper pieces

http://www.hipolyte.com/

exhibitions

grazia varisco, meridiana at cortesi gallery london

http://www.cortesigallery.com

magasins

rinasce a manhattan la libreria rizzoli nell’elegante cornice del st. james building. carta da parati by fornasetti for cole & son

https://rizzolibookstore.com/

http://www.fornasetti.com/it, http://www.cole-and-son.com/en/

mode

l’universo di manolo blahnik si espande dalle calzature alle borse, tramite una capsule collection di sei clutch gioiello

http://www.manoloblahnik.com/

lumières

tree branches wall lamp by insidherland

http://insidherland.com/ING/index_ing.php

one of a collection of five lamps inspired by the transformation between the off and on state of a lamp and by the universal language of drawn electrical diagrams. by node

http://oddmatterstudio.com/contact/

marta bordes has designed elasticlights, a collection of ceramic lamps that have a moveable part held together by elastic so that you can easily change the direction of the light

http://www.marta-bordes.com/

at milan design week, lexus created a three-part experience inviting visitors to take a journey through the senses. a circular, ambient, architectural light that changes color depending on the weather or the user’s input, luz was inspired by mellado’s experience as an undergrad attending design school in the north of poland

http://www.lexus-int.com/, http://www.marinamellado.com/

et caetera

splashy fabric freshens mumbai cabs to showcase local designers

http://taxifabric.tumblr.com/