carnet de notes 318
by paolo rinaldi
premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine
voyages
nicaragua
http://www.visitanicaragua.com/, http://escapetoshape.com/
architecture
danish firm bystrup has been selected to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge across the river thames in west london. bystrup-led team, which also includes london architecture studio robin snell & partners, has been recommended as the winner of the nine elms to pimlico bridge competition
http://www.bystrup.dk/, http://robinsnellandpartners.com/
the new national gallery of hungary will be constructed in budapest’s vársoliget city park, as part of a large cultural masterplan that involves the development of five new museum buildings. project by sanaa. the museum will be joined by a design from fellow japanese architect sou fujimoto, who will complete the site’s ‘house of hungarian music’
http://www.sanaa.co.jp/, http://www.sou-fujimoto.net/
project by mario cucinella architects, accra, ghana
http://www.mcarchitects.it/
stefan glerum spans stained glass façade across amsterdam housing complex. local artist stefan glerum has translated the manifold history of the region onto a stained glass façade that spans 18 meters across a new residential complex. the two colossal compositions embedded into the housing project designed by heren 5 architecten illustrate the colorful journey of the site
http://www.stefanglerum.com/, http://www.heren5.nl/
hotels and restaurants
there’s a recently opened hotel in amsterdam called “cityhub, which is aimed at generation y (currently 25-35 years old) travellers that are all about a digital lifestyle
http://cityhub.com/
magasins
tandem design studio have designed yellow earth’s flagship store in melbourne, australia
http://www.tandem-studio.net/, http://www.yellowearth.com/
design
swing by morelato
http://www.morelato.it/
functioning as both a practical and playful interpretation of an ordinary desk organizer, italian designer antonio aricò has formed the ‘still alive’ collection for seletti
http://www.antonioarico.com/, http://www.seletti.it/index.php
research, development and innovation have guided amorim cork factory to more sustainable and wasteless processes that comprehend the advantages of harvesting natural materials. a good example of this is the cork oak, a tree native to the western mediterranean basin where it finds its ideal growing conditions
http://www.amorimcork.com/
left, arandalasch forms railing series for gallery all at design miami 2015
http://arandalasch.com/, http://gallery-all.com/
http://miami2015.designmiami.com/
right, tabouret by cattivo frank
http://www.cattivofrank.com/
me and my dolls: a social design project by alexa lixfeld
me and my doll is a social design project in partnership with the selyn socio-economic development foundation based in sri lanka. the foundation helps rural women irrespective of caste, creed, religion or race attain their common goal: to make a better life for their families and children. the dolls are adapted from drawings from school children of the royal international school in kurunegala
http://www.shop.alexalixfeld.com/products/dolls?utm_source=sendicate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015-11-23 The Dolls Are Back In Town!
lumières
left, pendant lamp stochastic by luceplan
http://www.luceplan.com
right, floor lamp lady v by tato for colé gallery
http://www.tatotato.com/, http://www.coleitalia.it/
lamp colosseum by j.p.meulendijks for plankton
http://www.n-u.nl/, http://www.planktonstation.nl
kurage by luca nichetto and nendo for foscarini
http://nichettostudio.com/, http://www.nendo.jp/en/
http://www.foscarini.com/
interiors
cape town-based ad agency, radar, hired jp de la chaumette to design their newly renovated office space that pays homage to creativity
http://www.radar.co.za/, http://jpinc.co.za/
art
margraf è stata protagonista a la valletta, durante il vertice internazionale sull’immigrazione, con il monumento “the knot”, collocato direttamente in piazza castilla, fulcro vitale e simbolo della capitale maltese
http://www.margraf.it/
azuma makoto documents a bonsai tree’s 10-year journey around the globe
azumamakoto.com, http://zhulonggallery.com/
la tomba degli scudi, rinvenuta nel 1870 in località “primi archi” presso il calvario è una delle più grandi tombe della metropoli etrusca e un esempio tipico di sepolcro gentilizio di epoca ellenistica (terzo quarto del IV sec. a.c.), arricchito da una raffinata decorazione pittorica che ritrae i personaggi principali della importante famiglia velcha, titolare dell’ipogeo e nota anche dalla tomba tarquiniese dell’orco
http://www.archeologialazio.beniculturali.it/
on an island in a pond behind the potala palace in lhasa, tibet sits the lukhang temple, or "temple to the serpent spirits," a secret meditation space created by the dalai lama in the 17th century
http://wellcomecollection.org/secrettemple
photos
polaroid by cathleen naundorf, edwynn houk gallery, new york
http://www.cathleennaundorf.com, http://www.houkgallery.com
irving penn, red rooster, new york, 2003, printed 2007, smithsonian american art museum, gift of the irving penn foundation
http://irvingpenn.org/, http://americanart.si.edu/
installazioni
at the foot of new york’s soaring flatiron building, local design studio softlab has built an aluminum pavilion that reflects and reveals kaleidoscopic views of the surrounding cityscape. ‘nova’, commissioned by the flatiron 23rd street partnership following a competition by the van alen institute
http://softlabnyc.com/, http://www.flatirondistrict.nyc/
https://vanalen.org/
exhibitions
artek art&technology, vitra museum
http://www.vitra.com
oggetti narranti, gumdesign per otto luogo dell'arte
http://www.gumdesign.it/gum/index.html, http://
http://www.ottoluogodellarte.it/wordpress/
natale nel nasjonalmuseet, oslo
http://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/
et caetera
miklos kiss' silent consent raises awareness on women's freedom of choice
http://kissmiklos.com/