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a today’s cartoon, by peter kuper for the new yorker

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by paolo rinaldi, rinaldi.paolo@fastwebnet.it, 0039.3483577940

filicudi, giugno 2017, ph carmine gulli, elaborazione manfredi bellati

voyages

oman

http://www.omantourism.gov.om,  http://www.originaltour.it

new orleans, usa

https://www.neworleans.com/

architecture

tbilisi. the palace of ceremonies/rituals, by victor djorbenadze (1984-1985). the country's remaining soviet landmarks give georgia an air of being caught between the past and the present. italian photographers roberto conte and stefano perego capture this in their photo series, soviet architecture heritage in georgia

http://www.georgia.travel, http://www.gnta.ge

https://www.archdaily.com/879780/georgias-soviet-architectural-heritage-captured-by-photographers-roberto-conte-and-stefano-perego?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ArchDaily%20List

antistatics architecture have created a unique and sculptural facade for a building in beijing, china, that has a somewhat hidden portrait of chairman mao within it. the sculptural facade is located in a hutong alley that’s adjacent to the people’s art house print shop, that was once one of the primary producers of the chairman’s now iconic image. the concept for the experimental facade, which is made from concrete, combines the portrait, the history of the area and the element of a flowing fabric. ph xia zhi

https://www.antistatics.net/

museum of contempory art and planning exhibition (mocape), shenzhen, china. coop himmelb(l)au worked with ag licht. ph shu he

http://www.coop-himmelblau.at

interni/interiors

between 2013 and 2015, american photographer adam reynolds documented israel’s ubiquitous bomb shelters. as he explains in his new monograph architecture of an existential threat, edition lammerhuber, “israelis are required to have access to a bomb shelter and rooms that can be sealed off in the event of a chemical weapons attack.” due to this law, there are “approximately one million bomb shelters, both public and private, found throughout israel and the occupied territories.”

left, adam reynolds, “community centre”

right, cover of architecture of an existential threat

(courtesy edition lammerhuber)

http://www.adamreynoldsphotography.com/

hotels/restaurants/bars

san francisco proper, luxury hotel on market street, san francisco

https://www.properhotel.com/hotels/san-francisco/

thali by blacksheep, an unconventional restaurant in oxford with an indian soul 

http://www.blacksheep.uk.com/

design

the bund pieces pay homage to the art deco style. designed by neri&hu and yabu pushelberg for stellar works

http://www.stellarworks.com/

divano paipai by studio lucidipevere fo ligne roset

http://lucidipevere.com/, https://www.ligne-roset.com/it/

poltrona domostols by bengt ruda, distributed by bemodern. bemodern è un progetto curato da cinzia ferrara e monika unger, entrambi architetti e collezioniste di design di metà secolo scorso

http://www.bemodern.net

http://www.gebruederthonetvienna.com/?lang=en

fatto ad arte. ceramiche mediterranee di ugo la pietra realizzate da sandro de boit. galleria fatto ad arte, milano

http://www.fattoadarte.com

installazioni/installations

paul cocksedge designs 33-metre long canopy inspired by the sun's movements, a sculptural shade in one of the world’s largest botanical gardens in oman. designed by grimshaw architects, in collaboration with arup and haley sharpe design, the garden will be located 35 kilometres outside the capital city muscat in the foothills of the al hajar mountains

http://www.paulcocksedgestudio.com/, https://grimshaw.global/

italian architecture office 2A p/a has bought an ettore sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in orléans, france. the rome-based architects took the axonometric watercolour painting of an arched building with irregular windows made by sottsass and used it as a basis for their structure

http://www.2ap.it/

lumières

firefly by alexander ahnebrink for è de padova

http://www.depadova.com/

lamp alba by roberto vitadello for italamp

http://www.italamp.com
 

sempé w103 lighting collection by inga sempé for swedish brand wastberg

http://www.ingasempe.fr/, https://www.wastberg.com/

photos

royal floraholland winner of the dda best client award 2017

photo by elsperth diederix

royalfloraholland.com

arte

the many spheres of hell as seen In japanese art. depicts of hell in japanese art are intricate fantasy that were used to inspire moral behavior and the only figures smiling are the demons

mostre/exhibitions

rosa genoni, una donna alla conquista del '900, a cura di elisabetta invernici, archivio di stato, palazzo del senato, milano

http://www.milanotoday.it/eventi/rosa-genoni-mostra.html

http://www.archiviodistatomilano.beniculturali.it/

jane mc adam freud, l'autoritratto impossibile. freud's study merge, c/e contemporary, milano

http://www.cecontemporary.com/

théatre

from 25 january 2018 till 3 march 2018, witte de with center for contemporary art in rotterdam will turn into the kunsthalle for music, a contemporary space for the live exhibition of musical works

http://kunsthalleformusic.org/

compagnia teatring, dr. jeckyll e mr. aspie, teatro fontana, milano, in occasione della giornata internazionale della sindrome di asperger, 17/02

https://www.teatrofontana.it/index.php/news/item/150-dr-jeckyll-e-mr-aspie-17-feb

tappeti/tapis/wallpapers

tappeto erba, beppe caturegli

http://www.caturegliformica.com/

dedar, geometrie definite su fondo goffrato

http://dedar.com/it/

et caetera

george vargas design

http://georgevargas.webs.com/digital-fine-art

do we really have to ask if trump is a conceptual artist? trying to label the border wall prototypes as land art artist christoph buechel raises some unpleasant questions. ground views of different border wall prototypes as they take shape during the wall prototype construction project near the otay mesa port of entry. ph mani albrecht via us customs and border protection

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by paolo rinaldi, rinaldi.paolo@fastwebnet.it, 0039.3483577940

filicudi, giugno 2017, ph carmine gulli, elaborazione manfredi bellati

voyages

the city of london has released new visualizations showing how its fast-changing skyline will look by 2026, as 13 schemes are currently under construction or due to begin construction in london’s financial district

http://www.visitbritain.com

reggio emilia, collezioni, mostre e architetture

http://turismo.comune.re.it/it, http://www.inchotels.com

parma, città creativa della gastronomia unesco

http://www.turismo.comune.parma.it/en

architecture

in berlin,  on the banks of the river spree, between the reichstag and the central station, lies the futurium, whose architecture complements the urban environment of the government district. spanning three floors and around 3,200 square metres of exhibition space, the centre for shaping the future offers insights into the world of tomorrow. designed bythe berlin architects richter and musikowski

http://www.richtermusikowski.com/

https://drivenxdesign.com/BRL17/project.asp?ID=16389

http://www.futurix.it/

institute for contemporary art by steven holl architects, richmond, va,usa. the open design of the ica features dynamic exhibition and programming spaces that can be creatively activated in order to support widely varied forms of contemporary art. the glass walls and windows create continuity between the interior and exterior spaces of the building. ph iwan baan

http://www.stevenholl.com/

in veracruz, mexico, rojkind arquitectos has completed ‘foro boca’, a structure designed to house the city’s philharmonic orchestra. the building’s shape was informed by the stones used for the foundation of the neighboring breakwater, with large sculptural volumes housing the concert hall and other programs. ph jaime navarro

http://rojkindarquitectos.com/

interni/interiors

the starting point was two independent dwellings on top of each other on the ground floor and mezzanine of a modest, old apartment building between dividing walls in the heart of the raval (barcelona). project raùl sanchez. manufacturers hay, santa & cole, nanimarquina, soft line, zanotta, sancal, menu. ph josé hevia

http://www.raulsanchezarchitects.com

hotels/restaurants/bars

lensvelt delivered the furniture for a special project: the movement hotel. a pop-up hotel staffed by refugees, in one of the towers of the amsterdam bijlmerbajes, one of the most notorious former prisons in the netherlands. lensvelt transformed the lobby and common areas into a colorful environment

https://www.lensvelt.nl/, http://www.themovementhotel.com/

japanese architect yasube horibe has designed a boutique nineteen-room floating hotel named guntû, that makes its home in the seto inland sea

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5445.html

design

chips lounge chairs by lucie koldova studio

http://www.luciekoldova.com/

copenhagen-based art and design studio wang & soederstrom has used algorithms to form the patterned surfaces of these vases, which are 3d-printed from plaster and set inside lumpy bases

http://wangsoderstrom.com/

nido leather lounge chair was the result of playing with the juxtaposition of shapes. the egg-like shape of the leather upholstered wood seat nesting in the cross shaped solid wood frame, gives it the name nido, meaning nest in spanish. designed by estudio persona, a simple name for two personalities: emiliana gonzalez, an industrial designer and jessie young

http://www.estudiopersona.com/

thai designer apiwat chitapanya has designed a collection of brass armchairs for masaya. the ‘fig’ armchair’s structure refers to branches of trees. the designer deconstructed their lines and added an ethereal vibe to give the impression of natural growth

https://www.apiwatchitapanya.com/

mexican studio ad hoc collaborated with brazilian designer guilherme wentz on a pair of freestanding mirrors. the circular and elliptical reflective surfaces are interrupted at their bottoms with metal coverings, which fold out to form small shelves. both slot into tapered concrete bases, coloured light pink and mid grey to match the metals

http://www.adhoc.mx/

installazioni/installations

at the triennial of contemporary art and design at the national gallery of victoria (ngv), australia, the digital installation by teamlab, ‘moving creates vortices and vortices create movement’, is stirring up something otherworldly. teamlab is a collective, interdisciplinary creative group based in japan that brings together professionals from various fields of practice in the digital society. ph teamlab, courtesy ikkan art gallery, martin browne contemporary and pace gallery

https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/565/teamlab

lumières

moment factory illuminates montreal's notre-dame basilica with multi-sensory installation. the 45-minute installation, aura, combines sound, light, and colorful projections to enhance the existing architecture and emphasize important elements of the gothic style interior

https://momentfactory.com/home

left, laurent verly, o-line, https://www.laurentverly.com/

right, lampada a parete caterina by thdp e bretti per italamp

http://www.italamp.com
 

studioventotto, filo e ferro

https://www.studioventotto.com/en/home-en/

photos

from left

salvatore o' pazzo ritratto da ornella tondini nel 1978 e poi nel 2014 da maria vittoria backhaus
stefanino cappadona ritratto da ornella tondini nel 1978 e poi nel 2014 da maria vittoria backhaus

http://www.scuolapermanenteabitare.org

https://www.facebook.com/ornella.tondini

http://www.mariavittoriabackhaus.it/

arte

from left

bouke de vries, sometimes look east, sometimes look west, at officine saffi

http://www.officinesaffi.com

martin puryear at the museum voorlinden

http://www.voorlinden.nl

mostre/exhibitions

markus fraeger, dame mit statue at galerie clairefontaine

http://www.galerie-clairefontaine.lu

musei/musées

the mt. fuji world heritage center designed by shigeru ban has opened in japan: a landmark that celebrates the mountain’s relatively recent status as a unesco site and its symbolic value in the country

http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/

tappeti/tapis

nuala goodman rug design with ceadogan rugmakers for nilufar gallery milano and minima of dublin

http://www.nualagoodman.com/

http://www.nilufar.com/, http://www.minimahome.com/

et caetera

eleni kalorkoti's interpretation used the popular iconography of atwood's writing to illustrate how the distance we've come since 1984 isn't nearly as far as it ought to be.” from the new yorker magazine

fino al 28 gennaio la mostra di bill viola alla cripta di san sepolcro a milano. l'artista crea un dilogo tra la chiesa e le sue tre opere video, che affrontano i temi della nascita e la morte, la rinascita e la coscienza umana. il gruppo milanocard gestisce la visita ai monumenti culturali milanesi grazie a una carta turistica che permette anche il libero accesso ai mezzi pubblici

https://www.milanocard.it/,  http://www.arsemilano.it

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by paolo rinaldi, rinaldi.paolo@fastwebnet.it, 0039.3483577940

filicudi, giugno 2017, ph carmine gulli, elaborazione manfredi bellati

voyages

micronesia: palau – carp island resort 

http://www.originaltour.it

a fog day in san francisco, ph michael shainblum

http://www.sftravel.com/, http://www.sanfrancisco.travel.it

mammoth lake, california, usa

https://www.visitmammoth.com/, http://www.media.visitcalifornia.com

panama

http://www.visitpanama.com

architecture

the samphran district of thailand holds one of the most unique buddhist temples found in the country. the bright pink temple, called wat samphran, stands 17-stories high and is wrapped in a scaly green dragon. the design of the structure came to the founder of the temple during a 7-day fasting meditation, and is built 80 meters tall to honor the number of years that buddha lived

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id2hMkmcIMA

the future of the santiago calatrava-designed greek orthodox church at new york's world tade center looks uncertain, as the archdiocese has failed to pay construction fees. work on the saint nicholas national shrine, designed by the spanish architect to replace a 19th-century building destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been suspended

https://www.goarch.org/

mad architects’ ‘chaoyang park plaza’. the complex comprises a range of office, commercial, and residential buildings in beijing. ph iwan baan

http://www.i-mad.com/

rust house, oslo, architect jarmund/vignaes. the area is the oldest parts of oslo dating back to medieval ages, in decline for large parts of the twentieth century, now experiencing an upturn in popularity and gentrification. ph nils petter dale

http://jva.no/

wilson architects, in association with clarke and prince architects, has designed the new australian institute of tropical health and medicine (aithm) on thursday island. aithm was established by james cook university and encompasses three new health research facilities located in townsville, cairns, and in the torres strait

http://www.wilsonarchitects.com.au/

hotels/restaurants/bars

yueji architectural design office have completed the pure house boutique hotel, located in dali, a city in china’s southwestern yunnan province. ph arch-exist, mconcept

https://betttter.com/pure-house-boutique-hotel-china/

sospensioni custom ad anello di diversi diametri con luce interna, applique ghipur personalizzate sono le soluzioni di italamp scelte per il rinnovo completo del restaurant belvédère  dell’hotel steigenberger a davos, svizzera

http://www.italamp.com

design

egg collective has commissioned a capsule collections of ceramic work by natalie herrera, whose graphic is geometry-inspired

http://www.eggcollective.com/

philippe starck has teamed up with french tableware brand degrenne to redesign its range of kitchen tools and cutlery

http://www.degrenneparis.com/en/

bacco, mobile bar in morado con dettagli in bronzo by davide sozzi for promemoria

http://www.promemoria.com/promemoria_en.html

one of the latest pieces in louis vuitton’s objet nomades collection is the bomboca sofa from the campana brothers. the sofa is made up of eight cushions in various shapes that assemble together on a frame to form the blue-toned piece

http://www.louisvuitton.com/, http://campanas.com.br/en

retrobanco fluid, progetto organic collection by alessandro marchelli for ho.re.ca

 http://www.alessandromarchelli.it, http://www.horecaitalia.com/

installazioni/installations

for more than 30 years, artist tom sachs has been making one-off pieces of furniture as part of his sculptural practice. now, for the first time, sachs investigates industrialized production and presents a new collection at design miami/ 2017 for salon 94 design’s ‘curio’

http://designmiami.com/curio/view/salon-94-design

cyril lancelin’s studio town and concrete designed the ‘knot’ — an installation based on the trefoil knot, a primitive form of which inspired the artists to model a huge three-dimensional structure

https://www.townandconcrete.com/

lumières

taeg nishimoto — a japanese architect, designer, and educator — released a new ‘blurred’ series of white table and pendant lamps that surprise you with the appearance of colors on the surface when the light is turned on

http://cacp.utsa.edu/faculty-and-staff/taeg-nishimoto/

installazione di luce realizzata dallo studio miglioreservetto per il grattacielo di intesa sanpaolo a torino in occasione della xx edizione di luci d'artista.

http://www.miglioreservetto.com
 

moment factory illuminates montreal's notre-dame basilica with multi-sensory installation

https://momentfactory.com/home

photos

photowork by paolo giordano

https://www.paologiordanodesign.com/copia-di-home

mode

from left

antonio marras, https://www.antoniomarras.com/, 

rahul mishra, http://www.rahulmishra.in/,

issey miyake, https://www.isseymiyake.com/en/

mostre/exhibitions

la rivoluzione russa. l'arte di djagilef all'astrattismo 1898-1922, musei provinciali di gorizia, palazzo attemps petzenstein

http://www.gomuseums.net/custom/sez_museo.php?tipologia=1&lang=&id=56

musei/musées

museo del caffé, còrdoba, messico, project by m da arquitectos, ph alan morgado

http://www.mda-arquitectos.com

il museo del vetro di murano è dedicato alle perle di vetro. vistosi ha voluto sostenere la fondazione musei civici veneziani per la pubblicazione del catalogo "il mondo in una perla" di augusto panini

https://www.vistosi.it/

et caetera

brigitte bardot mannequin pour vogue, en robe de jacques fath 1950 ph robert doisneau

da novembre a marzo protagonisti dell'inverno giapponese sono le luci dei fuochi e delle lanterne che illuminano città e villaggi

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2304.html

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by paolo rinaldi, rinaldi.paolo@fastwebnet.it, 0039.3483577940

filicudi, giugno 2017, ph carmine gulli, elaborazione manfredi bellati

voyages

guggenheim bilbao museum is illuminated with the "reflections" mapping projection by the video design company 59 productions during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the museum in bilbao

http://www.bilbaoturismo.net/BilbaoTurismo/en/tourists

il mondo della luna di franz joseph haydn, òpera de valencia, palau de les artes reina sofìa

http://www.lesarts.com, http://en.comunitatvalenciana.com/

architecture

the active energy building, developed by falkeis.architects, emerged as the winning project from an internationally invited architectural competition for an apartment building in vaduz/liechtenstein

http://www.falkeis.com/

3xn's timber-clad arena in residential copenhagen is designed to be a good neighbor. 'it was important to us to design it as an aesthetic contribution to the area, and not just a massive concrete block like other stadiums tend to be,' says the firm

http://3xn.com/

in the vicinity of the kalterer weinstraße in south tyrol, a single-family home was built according to plans by feld72, which consistently follows a radical concept and reflects the differentiation of a whole village within a small area

http://www.feld72.at

miami's institute of contemporary art has opened its dedicated building in the city's design district, featuring a metallic facade designed by spanish firm aranguren gallegos arquitectos to act as a "magnet" for visitors

http://www.arangurengallegos.com/ag/

interiors

yodezeen architects have completed the interior design and renovation of an apartment in kiev, ukraine, that features copper design elements throughout. ph andrii shurpenkov

http://www.yodezeen.com/

curiosity designed the lobby and sky lounge for a luxury tower residence situated in the heart of tokyo, close to tokyo station. ph satoshi shigeta

curiosity.jp

installations

scientist and artist carsten höller highlights miami art week 2017 in a three-night-only collaboration during art basel with milan-based arts institution, fondazione prada. titled ‘the prada double club miami’, the piece is set in a 1920’s film studio complex, formerly an ice factory, and comprises of an internal club and an outdoor tropical garden

https://www.gagosian.com/artists/carsten-holler

hotels/restaurants/bars

vector architects has transformed a disused sugar mill in china's mountainous yangshuo county into alila yangshuo resort hotel featuring a group of gabled masonry structures designed to complement the existing industrial architecture

http://www.vectorarchitects.com/m/index.php/home

the krypt.bar is located in a late 18th century cellar in vienna that’s 39 feet underground. by buro klk and bfa. ph david schreyer

http://www.krypt.bar/

design

"brutalist" furniture features in pl:vv collection by pldo and savvy. chairs made from volcanic rock, pigmented concrete furniture

https://ello.co/minimalist/post/_1vejdopvol4lijt6x1yvq

design academy eindhoven graduate roxanne brennen has created a range of dining tools designed to encourage a way of eating that she claims helps to trigger the same brain activity as sexual foreplay

https://www.designacademy.nl/

left, taiwanese designer cheng-tsung feng has designed daydreamer, an indoor leisure chair or sofa that’s derived from the imagination of a cloud from our childhood

http://www.chengtsung.com/

right, on the occasion of  design basel miami 2017, les ateliers courbet presents mario milana's limited edition asana chair for the webster, made with bouclé fabric by pierre frey

http://www.ateliercourbet.com/

left, "ghraphein", in mostra capolavori della grafica contemporanea da burri a fontana e a picasso. galleria sudestasi contemporanea, milano

http://www.sudestasicontemporanea.com/

right, handsee, targa bonetto, premio della critica

http://www.adi-design.org/blog/targa-rodolfo-bonetto-2017.html

arriva dalla finlandia il giardino idroponico di design per coltivare in casa insalate, erbe e fiori senza terra: plantui, l’orto del futuro in pochi centimetri quadrati

http://www.plantui-italia.it

https://www.saint-louis.com/en/

books and magazines

left, the it factor energy, published by daniela de rosa

http://www.greennetworkenergy.co.uk, hello@theitfactormag.com

right, fattobene presenta il libro “fattobene – italian everyday archetypes”, edito da corraini edizioni. un viaggio nella storia industriale italiana attraverso i suoi oggetti iconici

shop.fatto-bene.com, http://www.corraini.com

luci/lumières

vapour light, studio thier & van daalen

http://thiervandaalen.com/contact/

from top left, clockwise

‘illusive luminaire’ is a light group at the crossroads of the virtual and physical worlds. ying chang’s ‘illusive luminaire’ lighting series, in collaboration with federico trucchia, uses digital tools as they allow designers to think without the constraints of mass manufacturing. ph peter guenzel

http://www.yingchang.co.uk/

at galerie gosserez the collection of lightobjects "the elusive nature of human perception" by maximilian michaelis

http://www.galeriegosserez.com, http://www.maximilianmichaelis.com/

nicolas destino, lampe seppuku, ph nicolas destino

https://nicolasdestino.be/en/

james plumb creates hand-sculpted lamps from lead and concrete, at gallery fumi

http://jamesplumb.co.uk/, https://galleryfumi.com/

chinese studio neri&hu has created a versatile, spherical glass lamp for italian lighting brand artemide that can be used as a table lamp or suspended as a wall lamp

http://www.neriandhu.com/, http://www.artemide.it/

snoopy, lampada da tavolo nata nel 1967 dal genio dei fratelli castiglioni, flos new limited edition

http://www.flos.com

left, ukrainian architecture and design studio nottdesign created the ra table lamp that encourages you to interact with it in order to turn it on and off. when the tube rests horizontally, it’s off and when you’re ready to turn it on, simply raise the tube into a vertical position

http://nott.com.ua/

right, joost van bleiswijk used disjointed steel rods to create this collection of furniture and lighting, which is based on huge abstract paintings the designer created in his studio

https://www.moooi.com/designers/joost-van-bleiswijk

musei/museums

a porto, in portogallo, casa da arquitectura – centro português de arquitetura ha aperto al pubblico la propria sede

http://casadaarquitectura.pt/

red pigmented concrete provides the geometric forms of this archaeology museum in peru, designed by barclay & crousse. the museo de sitio julio c tello stands at the entrance to the paracas national reserve, on exactly the same site as its predecessor, which was ruined during an earthquake in 2007

http://www.barclaycrousse.com/

mostre/exhibitions

from left, um realismo cosmopolita em torno do grupo kwy , marisa merz.

https://www.serralves.pt/en/

lanzavecchia wai, see yourself e(x)ist, at pratt manhattan gallery, new york

http://lanzavecchia-wai.com/, https://www.pratt.edu/the-institute/exhibitions/pratt-manhattan-gallery/

giacomo balla, agave sul mare, il mare di anzio, 1908, artcurial italia, milano

https://www.artcurial.com/en/artcurial-italia

art

émile gilliéron père or fils, “acrobats leaping over a bull” (20th century, before 1914), watercolor on paper, after a fresco from the court of the stone spout, knossos (courtesy harvard art museums, arthur m. sackler museum)

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/

et caetera

euphrates — a japanese collaborative of artists, researchers, and designers led by masahiko sato at keio university — has created an experimental short film that mesmerizingly follows the movement of a ballerina using a rotoscope animation method. the technique is ordinarily applied to trace motion picture footage, frame by frame. masahiko sato euphrates’ interpretation builds on the approach to accurately shadow the step-by-step motion of the ballerina as she dances across the room

http://euphrates.jp/