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carnet de notes 266

by paolo rinaldi

chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

giordania

http://www.viaggigiovani.it/tour-piccoli-gruppi/giordania

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khiva, uzbekistan

http://www.aforismidiviaggio.it/index.php/guide-menu/168-khiva,uzbekistan

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architecture

the design for the united kingdom pavilion at expo milan 2015, led by artist wolfgang buttress, has been revised following its state at the time of initial commission

http://www.wolfgangbuttress.com/

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left,  project by azl architect

http://www.azlarchitects.com/

right, nuova sede artigo

http://www.artigo.it

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arc2 completes the massive afrykarium oceanarium in wroclaw

http://arc2.com.pl/

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haworth tompkins’ everyman theatre has won the riba stirling prize for 2014. “haworth tompkins have struck the perfect balance between continuity and change… a ground-breaking example of how to build a daring, bold and highly sustainable large public building in a historic city centre”

http://www.haworthtompkins.com/

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tausendsassa friedensreich regentag dunkelbunt hundertwasser. often cited for his colorful and curvilinear forms, his name translates to “multi-talented peace-filled rainy day dark-colored hundred waters"

http://www.hundertwasser.com/

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hotels 

amsterdam-based volkshotel doesn’t go about room design the standard hotel way where every room looks the same. they have a series of rooms that were each designed by a different designer or design team like edmund, a one-of-a-kind room designed as a collaboration between jos blom and jasper eustace 

http://volkshotel.nl/

http://www.josblom.nu/, http://www.eustace.nl/

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canopy portland, pearl district

hilton worldwide ha annunciato il lancio di canopy by hilton, un nuovo brand di hotel che ridefinisce la categoria del lifestyle in base alla mentalità moderna di chi viaggia per piacere o lavoro

http://www.canopybyhilton.com

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magasins

shop by zemberek design office, gunesli kavsagi, istanbul province, turkey

http://www.zemberek.org/

interiors

room 506: jaime hayon si confronta con arne jacobsen e l'iconica room 606

in accordo con il sas royal hotel (ora radisson blu royal hotel), jaime hayon ha creato un nuovo look per la stanza 506, che si combina con originale di arne jacobsen, preservato nella stanza 606. la camera 506 celebra il rilancio sul mercato della sedia drop, disegnata 50 anni fa per l'hotel, e i nuovi prodotti progettati da jaime hayon negli ultimi anni  

http://www.fritzhansen.com/en/fritz-hansen

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salle de yoga,de massage et café bio, situé au centre ville de casablanca

project by frédéric bekas

http://www.fredericbekas.com

design

3d printed, hand colored accessories by studio-eposh at intel hotel art eindhoven and van abbemuseum shop, eindhoven, netherlands

http://studio-eposh.com/en/

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from the collection 40 x 40 by paolo ulian & moreno ratti

http://www.paoloulian.it/, http://www.morenoratti.com/

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sgabello e tavolino frida  by andrea zanocchi e carolina starke

zanocchistarke.com

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left, sting by aud julie befring brings together two of norway’s oldest traditions, embroidery and log building. the seat-slash-storage-box is made from birchwood with a double cross-stitch top in wool

http://www.audjulie.com/

right, printed plywood stool by piet hein eek for the nlxl lab editions

http://www.pietheineek.nl/nl, http://www.nlxl.com/collections/all

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left, biomimicry: 3d-printed soft seat by lilian van daal

http://lilianvandaal.com/

right, tehila guy inflates anda armchair of translucent and wooden parts

http://www.tehilaguy.com/

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left, cappa filtrante e illuminante by elica

http://corporation.elica.com/it

right, engraved tumblers by bcxsy (boaz cohen & sayaka yamamoto) for the vienna crystal manufacturer j. & l. lobmeyr at vienna design week

http://www.bcxsy.com/, http://www.lobmeyr.at/

http://www.viennadesignweek.at/index.php

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left, gravity colletion by vanessa mitrani

http://www.vanessamitrani.com/

center and right, lampade servomuto by secondome

 http://www.secondome.biz/

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left, the idea of aggo studio is an electric bike as a public transport. this bike is enough different to the current electric bikes, it have the possibility to have different accessories and different decorations or advertisement, depending on the needs of each city

http://www.aggoid.com/electriccitybike/

right, aleaf chaise longue è flessibile, può essere usata per il relax o come workstation temporanea. design by michele franzina dye design team for design you edit

http://www.designyouedit.com/

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le porcellane millennium di jingdezhen

(foyer spazio oberdan, milano 4-16 november)

http://www.provincia.milano.it/cultura

lumières

orizzontale, winners of the 2014 young architects program (yap), have transformed the maxxi’s piazza boetti with an “8 1/2” meter-tall mobile theater made of timber and recycled beer kegs

http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/

exhibitions

left, michael graves paintings: landscapes and still lifes at studio vendome until december 31 

http://studiovendome.com/

alice neel, my animals and other family at victoria miro, mayfair

http://www.victoria-miro.com/

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light trek – nanda vigo, opere 1963-2014, galleria abc-arte, genova

until 13 february 2015

http://www.abc-arte.com

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left, ugo la pietra; right, africa

at triennale, milano

http://www.triennale.it/

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monir shahroudy farmanfarmaian at museo serralves, porto, portogallo

http://www.serralves.pt/en/

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fausto giaccone, a 40 anni dai garofani: una storia portoghese

polo piagge, pisa, nell'ambito del convegno giochi di specchi

http://www.faustogiaccone.com/

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body ornaments

by giorgio vigna

http://www.aibijoux.com

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et caetera

anything new?

giuditta by alessandro allori (1577-1621)

ainting from the exhibit ‘the 12 labors of putin". if you answered “c,” you may be a member of a group of russian president vladimir putin’s most creative supporters. their imaginative exhibit opened in moscow and features a dozen paintings that unironically depict the balding leader as a modern-day hercules

https://www.facebook.com/moiputin?hc_location=timeline

 http://www.afp.com/en/node/2917252

 

carnet de notes 265

by paolo rinaldi

chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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special issue

pilsen, plzen, czech republik

european capital of culture 2015

http://www.plzen2015.cz/en/, http://www.pilsen.eu

http://www.turismoceco.it, http://www.csa.cz

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pilsen, plzen

la piazza principale, the main square

la chiesa gotica di san bartolomeo, the st. bartholomew gothic cathedral

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the historic bells, la colonna della peste and the fountain

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the town hall, il municipio rinascimentale

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la sinagoga, the moorish revival synagogue

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pilsen liberty

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the plznsky prazdroj, il museo della birra pilsner urquell (since 1842)

http://www.plzenskepodzemi.cz/en

view of the underground tunnel/cellar long 20 kilometers

http://www.pilsen.eu/citizen

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hotels et restaurants

http://www.central-hotel.cz/en/home-page/

http://www.naparkanu.com/en

http://usulzmannu.com, http://www.thepub.cz/

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goulash czech style

houses and interiors by adolf loos

halka ul., skretova ul. and klatovska ul.

http://www.pilsen.eu/tourist/visit/other-places-of-interest/loos-s-interiors/looss-interiors.aspx

the great theater

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nové divadlo, the new theater by akad arch. vladimir kruzik

techmania science center  3d planetarium

http://www.techmania.cz/lang.php?lan=1

le manège carré sénart

http://www.manegecarre-senart.com, http://www.plzen2015.cz/manege

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w la birra

http://www.prazdrojvisit.cz

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the parade

carnet de notes 264

by paolo rinaldi

chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

taormina, italy

ph giovanni tagini

http://www.giovannitagini.com

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architecture

the design for the united kingdom pavilion at expo milan 2015, led by artist wolfgang buttress, has been revised following its state at the time of initial commission

http://www.wolfgangbuttress.com/

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rotterdam’s mrvd has completed the netherlands’ first covered market: the markhal rotterdam. unlike any other market in the world, the markhal presents a new urban hybrid that unites a market hall with housing. within the hollow core of the 228-unit, “horseshoe-shaped” residential building is an expansive, 40-meter-tall public market, offering 96 fresh food stalls, 8 restaurants and supermarket. colorful murals cover the arch’s vaulted interior, peering through the largest single glazed cable net facades in europe, which enclose the market

http://www.mvrdv.nl/

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enric miralles benedetta tagliabue (embt) and bordas peiro have been announced as winner among five proposals of a two-stage competition to design the future clichy- montfermeil metro station in paris. the competition, organized by the société du grand paris, is part of the ambitious grand paris express project which seeks to modernize the existing transport network and create an automatic metro that will connect new neighborhoods to the city

http://www.mirallestagliabue.com/, http://www.bordaspeiro.eu/

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"micro-yuan’er’ is a project by zhang ke’s beijing-based standardarchitecture, which revitalizes a historic hutong courtyard for bjdw beijing design week 2014. the inserted structure, which contains a miniature art space and library, is part of the organic re-development taking place around the old dashilar area southwest of the city’s tiananmen square

http://www.standardarchitecture.cn/

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as a testimony to the rich cinematic culture of south india, the images by german photographers stefanie zoche & sabine haubitz document the vibrantly-colored façades and abstract architectural facets of movie theaters

http://www.haubitz-zoche.de/en/

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hotels et restaurants

‘we are not a hotel, but we are not your typical rental apartment either. think of our casas as your own private home that comes with a hotel-like service and the social fun of your local hangout.’ this how ‘yok casa cultura‘ defines its company philosophy and how the atmosphere it provides caters to everyone’s needs  

http://helloyok.com/

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strategically positioned at the confluence of two german rivers, ‘the hedonist hotel’ reinterprets this locational dichotomy into a transformative physical volume. designed by portuguese architect nuno pimenta, the design has been selected to be one of hotel shabbyshabby‘s rooms for theater der welt in mannheim – a prestigious german theater festival that sees 20 temporary units built in unexpected public spaces

http://www.nunopimenta.com/

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the site of an original roman ruin provides for alessandro isola the unique and fascinating surrounding for nyu, a new concept restaurant located in the historical town of oderzo, in the veneto region of italy

 http://www.alessandroisola.com/

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if you combine fine french dining, a touch of art deco, and a bohemian twist, you have bibo, a newish restaurant in hong kong

http://www.bibo.hk/

interiors

‘the joy luck pie club’ by dutch designer henny van nistelrooy of studio hvn has been especially created for ‘bjdw beijing design week 2014’. situated on yangmeizhu xie jie in the heart of the city’s historic district of dashilar, the renovated hutong interprets multiple local motifs from the surrounding area

http://www.studiohvn.com/

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urban design

vancouver-based green over grey designed ‘mountains & trees, waves & pebbles’, a living wall project with 120 unique plant species and over 50,000 individual plants, for guildford town centre in surrey, british columbia, canada

http://www.greenovergrey.com/

design

snøhetta’s pixilated concept for the norwegian banknote has been selected by the central bank of norway to serve as the “foundation” for the backside of the new kroner notes

http://snohetta.com/

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7 giovani designer, 7 progetti originali e una vetrina di grande prestigio: il design supermarket della rinascente apre le porte per la seconda volta ai nuovi talenti promossi dal salonesatellite: arturo erbsman, dossofiorito, garay studio, maria volokhova, tania da cruz, tsukasa goto, uto balmoral

http://www.rinascente.it/rinascente/it

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left, multipot è un vaso raccogli-cavi che al suo interno ospita una presa multipla con 3 spine e 4 attacchi usb. design donegani & lauda per rotaliana

http://www.rotaliana.it

right, centrotavola la trama e l'ordito di luca galbusera per alessi e italcementi, realizzato in malta i.design effix

http://www.alessi.com/

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cristina bulat has designed the unbutton collection, a sideboard and two bedside tables, that were inspired by the clothes of pin-up models

https://www.facebook.com/cristinabulatdesign

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left, orwell, a furniture piece by goula figuera, the fusion of a sofa, a bed, and a cabin has led to a series of multifunctional advantages

http://www.goulafiguera.com/

right, bruijn set by ivory

http://www.ivory-web.com

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jen stark is a contemporary artist who creates intricate sculptures from paper. Using bright colors, often reminding people of kaleidescope visions, she creates a variety of artwork from stand alone sculptures to wall pieces to painted installations and animation

http://jenstark.com/

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the irish chair, a project by nuala goodman on chairs by james howett and giovanni arangino: the images of irish people are only on one side, which you see in the picture 

http://www.nualagoodman.com

lumières

left, birdie metal da tavolo, rame e nero cromo, by ludovica e roberto palomba for foscarini

http://palombaserafini.com/, http://www.foscarini.com/

right, umut yamac’s perch light: the architect's perfectly balanced, origami-inspired paper light

http://umutyamac.com/

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remix studio illuminates skeleton hutong with hidden lights for bjdw 2014

http://remixstudio.org/

exhibitions

gia wolff was asked to create an installation – part of which doubled as a performance piece – for the show up hill down hall: an indoor carnival in the tate modern‘s turbine hall

http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern

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piazza shading project for the prophet’s holy mosque, medina

building with textiles, textielmuseum, tilburg, the netherlands

http://www.textielmuseum.nl

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gianluca corona, still life, still alive at salamon, milano

http://gianlucacorona.it/, http://salamongallery.com/

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galleria marie-laure fleisch announcing hell'o monsters at delimbo gallery, seville, spain

http://www.galleriamlf.com/, http://www.delimbo.com/

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panareo art project nel salento, roberto visani e il mondo dei semi

masseria panareo, otranto, italy  

http://www.masseriapanareo.com/, http://www.robertovisani.it/

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body ornaments

ayala bar

http://www.aibijoux.com

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et caetera

painting from the exhibit ‘the 12 labors of putin". if you answered “c,” you may be a member of a group of russian president vladimir putin’s most creative supporters. their imaginative exhibit opened in moscow and features a dozen paintings that unironically depict the balding leader as a modern-day hercules

https://www.facebook.com/moiputin?hc_location=timeline

 http://www.afp.com/en/node/2917252

 

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by paolo rinaldi

chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

 lucerne, switzerland, the bridge’s a stage
 

a team of four dutch creative studios (studio drift, dus, digiluce and rombout frieling) has won the pitch to create one of the largest permanent interactive light installations in the world, for switzerland's most important landmark, the ' kapellbrueke'  in lucerne.

http://www.lucerne.it/, http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/lucerne.html

http://www.studiodrift.com, http://www.houseofdus.com

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“ski pustertal express”, il nuovo treno delle dolomiti

il 14 dicembre 2014 apre la nuova stazione ferroviaria versciaco-helm, collegamento tra il plan de corones e le dolomiti di Sesto 

http://www.s-dolomiten.it

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quay quarter tower by 3xn overlooks the sydney opera house

danish architecture office 3xn has unveiled news that it is underway on the design of the 50 bridge street ‘quay quarter tower’ in sydney, sited near the city’s landmark opera house

http://www.3xn.com/#/, http://www.sydney.com/

http://www.tourism.australia.com, http://www.australia.com

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architecture

vasily klyukin’s white sails hospital to be realized in tunisia economic city

envisioned as a medical facility and international clinic for patients to experience peace rather than fear, architect vasily klyukin has conceived the ‘white sails hospital & spa’ for tunisia economic city (tec), a planned beach front urban project and mega-metropolis

http://www.vasilyklyukin.com/

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architect sabaoarch, shibuya, tokyo, japan

http://www.sabao.jp/, http://sabao.jp/main.html

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left, british designer thomas heatherwick has completed work on a new complex for gin company bombay sapphire in hampshire, england, including two sculptural glasshouses that are heated using warm air created during the distilling process

http://www.heatherwick.com/

  right, design revealed for calgary new central library by snøhetta dialog. following a lengthy competition process, the design for calgary’s new central library has been unveiled, as conceived by the collaborative team of snøhetta and local practice dialog

http://snohetta.com/

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left, architect burak pekoglu of binaa, bursa, turkey

http://www.binaa.co/

right, colectivarquitectura designed the u-shaped aroeira III house in herdade da aroeira, portugal. with a natural slope, they went with a horizontal design that was split into two levels, one being partially buried underground

http://www.colectiva.pt/

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hotels

sole di giorno, luna di notte: si trasforma così il nuovo sunrise kempiski hotel a 60 chilometri da pechino: ventuno piani per 100 metri d’altezza, 306 suite e più di 20mila pannelli di vetro e lastre inclinate per riflettere il colore del cielo, del terreno circostante e del lago. L’ingresso richiama frontalmente la bocca di un pesce (simbolo di prosperità per i cinesi), e di lato quella di una conchiglia (fortuna). Progettato dallo studio Shanghai Huadu Design Co.

http://www.kempinski.com/

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design research studio – under the creative direction of tom dixon – has completed the interiors for the mondrian london hotel. situated on the banks of the river thames, the original structure was finalized in the 1970s by american warren platner

http://www.tomdixon.net/eu/design-research-studio

interiors

the romantic experience of “grand tour” as the discovery of the distinctive nature of every individual location by studying traditions and popular culture in southern italy in particular: this is the starting point for the process of design by a.marcante and a testa – uda architects to restructure this apartment in bari

http://www.uda.it/

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best restaurant, project jouin manku, les haras, france

http://www.patrickjouin.com/

design

left, jacob granat reinterprets the classic kitchen sofa and turns it into an object that’s the combination of form and function

http://www.jacobgranat.se/

right, for a solo show at cristina grajales gallery in new york sebastian errazuriz presents a series of functional sculptures, which embody his translation of craftsmanship and mastery of material 

http://meetsebastian.com/

http://www.cristinagrajalesinc.com/

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left, poltrona by gio ponti rieditata da molteni, in mostra vivere alla ponti at the politcnico di milano

http://www.molteni.it

center, ab rogers' reading chair

http://www.abrogers.com/splash

right, if all you need are two legs. izabela boloz examines that further in her leaning bench, that hinges on balance

http://izabelaboloz.com

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left, brillante mirror by alessandro mendini at spazio pontaccio, milano

http://www.ateliermendini.it/, http://www.spaziopontaccio.it 

right, piastrelle, tiles tratti by inga sempé for mutina 

http://www.ingasempe.fr, http://www.mutina.it

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left, cushions by bokja

http://www.bokjadesign.com/

right, anna burns michael bodiam craft silent but violent mushroom clouds

http://www.annaburns.net/, http://www.michaelbodiam.com/

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left, chess collection by xyz integrated architecture

http://www.xyz.com.ge

right, plag vessel, upcycled from plastic shopping bags by edinburgh-based designer wael seaiby

http://www.waelseaiby.com/

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1. Helena Tea Pot by Georg Jensen  2. Kaico Enamel Tea Kettle by Makoto Koizumi  3. Marimekko Oiva Teapot by Sami Ruotsalainen  4. DeLonghi Kmix Kettle  5. Il Conico Kettle by Aldo Rossi for Alessi  6. Circulon Circles 2-qt. Tea Kettle  7. Bodum IBIS Electric Water Kettle  8. OXO Uplift Tea Kettle Anniversary Edition  9. K3 Picquotware Tea Kettle  10. Nambe Alloy Chirp Kettle

events

john lum architecture sets dining womb ablaze at burning man

http://www.johnlumarchitecture.com/

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livres

left, paolo pejrone, le foglie d'autunno, http://www.electa.it

center, susanna lavazza, m.chiara vigo, http://www.carlodelfinoeditore.it/

 right, alice avallone e leonardo staglianò, new york low cost, http://www.bur.eu/

exhibitions

left, harriet korman, ‘untitled” (2012), oilstick on paper

http://www.lennonweinberg.com/artists/korman/korman_pdf/2014_korman_release.pdf

right, la guerra che verrà non è la prima, mart, rovereto, casa d'arte futurista depero

mart.trento.it/guerra, http://www.mart.trento.it

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gianni pezzani, parma dorme, portici del grano, parma, catalogo skira

http://giannipezzani.com/

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frida kahlo at palazzo ducale, genova. until febr 8, 2015

http://www.palazzoducale.genova.it

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mode

 collection agatha ruiz de la prada

http://www.agatharuizdelaprada.com/

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graphic designer flnz lo has created a series of fictional timepieces for highsnobiety, which imagine what the smartwatch might look like if various famous fashion brands applied their own tastes and trends to it

from left, chanel, givenchy, alexander wang, louis vuitton, maison martin margiela

http://archive.flnz.tv/

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et caetera

tasse!

marinus van reymerswaele, “the tax collectors” (1540s), oil on panel

musée du louvre, paris