Mese: gennaio 2016

happy new chinese year

carnet de notes 325

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

salalah, oman

http://www.originaltour.it

architecture

villa méditerranée, marseille, project stefano boeri, ph carlo alberto mari

studio@stefanoboeriarchitetti.net

junsekino architect and design, bangkok, thailand, ph spaceshift studio

http://www.junsekino.com/

interiors

in the brazilian city of são paulo, studio mk27 has completed the design of ‘ramp house’, a residential dwelling connected — as the name suggests — by a 25 meter incline. ph fernando guerra

http://studiomk27.com.br/en/

hotels and restaurants

vimar villa d'arte, marostica (vi)

http://www.vimar.com

a narrow alley in adelaide, australia, which was once a place where garbage cans lived, is now home to the pink moon saloon, a recently opened bar and restaurant, designed by sans-arc studio

http://sansarcstudio.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/pinkmoonsaloon/

located in the basement of a tenement house in poznan, poland, the zród%u0142o.bar is a brand-new whiskey bar on one of the most popular streets in the city center. designed by adam wiercinski architekt

http://www.adamwiercinski.pl/

http://www.adamwiercinski.pl/ZRODLO-BAR

design

philippe starck partnered with brazilian shoe brand ipanema on a new spring/summer 2016 collection of footwear called ipanema with starck

http://www.starck.com/fr/design/categories/design_industriel/vetements_accessoires_et_parfum.html#ipanema_with_starck

a seguito di un incontro con vito nesta e l'esperienza maturata lavorando il legno, pennini e caracciolo decidono di dar vita ad un nuovo marchio dal nome cadriano, da cui nasce la prima collezione "vegetable collection"

luca pennini e nicola caracciolo, http://www.tlglegno.com/

http://www.vitonesta.com/

speaker wireless portatile e radiosveglia firmati rubik’s

http://www.bigbeninteractive.it/

wallpepper racconta un mondo di fiabe per bambini

http://www.wallpepper.it/

lumières

exploring the idea of mobile lamps, designer tommaso caldera created elma, an indirect floor lamp produced by incipit

http://www.tommasocaldera.eu/, http://www.incipitlab.com/

    at the netherlands-based design studio named truly truly, australian husband and wife design team, joel and kate booy, have made a collection of lights that use a flexible led loop as part of the design

http://www.studiotrulytruly.com/

"live & let dye", a limited edition of aqua creations' designs

http://www.aquagallery.com

art

wolf d. prix and sophie c. grell of coop himmelb(l)au have designed a sculpture to be erected in front of the vienna state opera, one of the austrian capital’s most prominent sites. the piece will be built by the alban berg foundation for the composers of the viennese school – alban berg, arnold schönberg, anton webern – and the composer and court opera principal gustav mahler

http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/, http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at

katherine bradford, “surf party” (2015), acrylic on canvas, images courtesy canada, new york

https://www.canadanewyork.com/

left, studio swine gave the phrase “fishing expedition” a whole new meaning with gyrecraft, where they traversed 1000 nautical miles collecting plastic trash. Using this trash, they created fine objects for modern consumption

http://www.studioswine.com/gyrecraft

right, domenic bahmann personifies everyday objects as whimsical scenes. the artist has been developing his ongoing ‘stop, think, make’ for more than two years 

http://stopthinkmake.com/

using colorful thread and vintage tennis rackets, cape town-based artist danielle clough forms vibrant floral compositions interwoven between the mesh of nylon cord

http://www.danielleclough.com/

livres

alejandro aravena, pritzker prize 2016, electa editore

http://www.electaweb.it/

photos

prima visione 2015, i fotografi e milano. galleria belvedere

http://www.belvederefoto.it, http://www.facebook.com/belvederefotografia

french-moroccan photographer leila alaoui dies after ouagadougou attacks. the artist was in burkina faso in working visit to take photographs for amnesty international

http://www.leilaalaoui.com/

exhibitions

occhiomagico, col fiato sospeso, inventario 1971/2011, sabina raffaghello art gallery, milano, 18 febbraio

http://www.occhiomagico.com/

http://www.sabrinaraffaghello.com/

yugen, contemporary japanese ceramic, officine saffi

http://www.officinesaffi.com/

charlemagne palestine, divinitusssanimalusssacr%uFFFDusssorganusss (2014), at experimental sound studio, photo: dan mohr

http://www.wdw.nl/

left, frida kahlo, foto di leo matiz, ono arte contemporanea

http://www.onoarte.com/

right, umberto nariani, la forma celata, mariani chez capucci, villa bardini, sede della fondazione parchi monumentali bardini e peyron

http://www.bardinipeyron.it/

li hongbo hand carves school children from textbooks at klein sun gallery

http://www.kleinsungallery.com/

no curves, geometric journey, tape art, poliambulatorio giardini margherita in collaborazione con spazio san giorgio arte contemporanea

http://www.spaziosangiorgio.it

body ornaments

satellite paris, brand francese di gioielli creato circa trent’anni fa dalla coppia globe-trotter sandrine dulon e daniel ouaki, aprirà a febbraio il suo primo monomarca italiano a milano

http://www.satelliteparis-boutique.com/

gioiello contemporaneo. from left, chiara scarpitti, martha pachon, oki izumi, fabio cammarata. officine saffi, milano

http://www.officinesaffi.com/

et caetera

ph spencer tunik

http://www.spencertunick.com/

david bowie

carnet de notes 324

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

eastern island, rapa nui, isola di pasqua

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island

http://www.chile.travel

architecture

pritzker prize 2016 alejandro aravena, quinta monroy  housing

http://www.elementalchile.cl/en/

wespi de meuron romeo architects, switzerland, ph hannes henz

http://www.wespidemeuron.ch

architectural practice kientruc-o transformed an old monolithic space, into a bright, exuberant, and full of vitality kindergarten, a place that fosters the new generation of vietnamese people, ph oko hiroyuki

http://www.kientruco.com/

claire & max turn the city of paris into a fake movie set

http://menilmonde.com/

musées

egypt's minister of antiquities, mamdouh al-damaty, has announced plans to move forward with an underwater museum project in the eastern harbor area of alexandria's abu qir bay, according to a report by the smithsonian magazine.in the works since 1996, the project not only seeks to bring historic sunken artifacts and structures into public view, but also to preserve the site, which is at risk of damage from pollution, fishing boat anchors, and poaching by divers

http://www.egypt.travel

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/underwater-museum-egypt-could-bring-thousands-sunken-relics-into-view-180957645/?no-ist

giorgio lupattelli, the dark side of the moon, marca, museo delle arti catanzaro

http://www.museomarca.info/

hotels and restaurants

     adventure hostel, bangkok thailand, designed by integrated design office,       ph boonchai tienwang sitthisak nakham

https://www.facebook.com/integrateddesignoffice/

situato nel centro di utrecht, il nuovo eye hotel

http://www.eye-hotel.nl; http://www.visit-utrecht.com; http://www.holland.com

spa

aqua dome, tirol therme laengenfeld, austria: percorso sensoriale tra piscine, saune e trattamenti

http://www.aqua-dome.at

magasins

boutique christian dior, seoul, corea del sud, project christian de portzamparc

http://www.portzamparc.com/fr/

design

left and center, kengo kuma's triangular block set. light, wooden and soft to the touch, each four by four inch component is made of cedar from japan's miyazaki prefecture and notched at the tips for easy stacking

http://kkaa.co.jp/

right, with the goal of combining several functions into one design that gives birds a place to call home, katia tolstykh created orator, an ergonomic bird feeder, bird’s nest, and a “speaker” to project the sounds of the birds singing

http://katiatolstykh.com/

left, you never know where you’ll be when inspiration hits. for artist and designer sebastian errazuriz, this happened when he was walking down a street in santiago, chile, and came across this branch

http://www.meetsebastian.com/

right, new york-based artist jongyoon choi‘s work ranges from fashion to photography to design and to art. with ‘no bond to bond’, the designer wanted to experiment with stability, and the result is a chair composed of two laser-cut discs that work as the body and twelve sticks that support them

http://jongyoonchoi.com/

left, brazilian design curator, journalist, and writer allex colontonio partnered with architect guilherme torres to design his first piece of furniture. bar/sotti is multifunctional in that it could work as a credenza-type storage piece or it could be a really cool home bar

https://www.instagram.com/allexcolontonio/ http://guilhermetorres.com.br/

right, based in portland, oregon, harkavy furniture was launched by two young brothers Dylan and Wesley Harkavy who craft clean, modern furniture. the cortado coffee table is made of walnut and powder coated steel and looks as if the diagonally placed wood is slicing the piece in half

http://www.harkavyfurniture.com/

http://www.harkavyfurniture.com/cortadocoffeetable

left, firm herzog & de meuron has created a growing number of design objects: lamps, stools, and even coathangers

https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index.html

right, designed and produced in hong kong by italian designer andrea ponti, ‘kanban’ is a side table that pushes the boundaries of form and aesthetic, past and present. the project’s aim was to capture hong kong in a product: to convey the spirit of this cosmopolitan metropolis at the crossroads between east and west

http://www.andreaponti.com/

left, mark for linteloo by sebastian herkner

http://www.sebastianherkner.com/, http://linteloo.com/

right, dublin-based notion, made up of ian walton and marcel twohig, began a collaboration with heritage hand-weaving brand mourne textiles out of northern ireland

http://designbynotion.com/, http://mournetextiles.com/

lumières

the lux helsinki light festival in finland has just ended, but here are some photos of the installations that were displayed during the the festival. the aim of the festival is to offer inspiring light artworks and a festival atmosphere during helsinki’s darkest time of the year. The free event includes works from over 500 artists from all over the world. ph lauri rotko

http://www.luxhelsinki.fi/en

     gabriel dawe weaves 60 miles of rainbow thread through renwick gallery,       ph ron blunt

http://www.gabrieldawe.com/, http://renwick.americanart.si.edu/

tissus et tapis

a collection of artist-designed products inspired by the night sky

https://society6.com/

using only soft urethane foam,rotterdam-based nightshop is making some really cool “carpets”. showdown is a series of carpets that are created by “drawing” with foam-filled syringes full of colors they mix themselves

http://www.intothenightshop.nl/

installations

a group of dutch entreprenuers and designers from mothership, spotted an art piece named ‘in search of habitus’, by artist jorge bakker, and were inspired to create a life-size version for the city of rotterdam, by installing 20 trees that will bob in the water, just like a fishing float

http://www.enterthemothership.com/

http://www.onderwerper.nl/

photos

patrick willocq, i am walé respect me/forever walé, studio clelia belgrado, vision quest, contemporary photography

http://www.visionquest.it/

exhibitions

"métamorformes" par sacha walckhoff , verre soufflé. édition galerie gosserez

http://www.galeriegosserez.com/

fondation beyeler, jean dubuffet, metamorfosi del paesaggio

http://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/

food

jaime oliver

http://www.jamieoliver.com/

et caetera

come si ride nella tua lingua

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/laughing-on-social-networks?utm_source=Una cosa al giorno&utm_campaign=68c1fa852a-Come_si_ride_nella_tua_lingua1_6_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_170e3ab091-68c1fa852a-190614257s

macbeth, un film di justin kurzel

carnet de notes 323

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

pompei

http://www.pompeiisites.org/

the new domus opened to the public

agli scavi di pompei aperti al pubblico sei edifici restaurati dalla sovrintendenza speciale: la lavanderia fullonica di stephanus, la casa del criptoportico, la casa del sacerdos amandus, la casa di fabio amando, la casa dell'efebo e quella di paquis proculus

architecture

edificio a milano, architects modourbano, ph simone bossi

http://www.modourbano.it/

palermo soho by fernando mosca archtect

http://www.architettofmosca.com/

the scarcity and creativity studio has just completed a new project called the wave

http://scs.aho.no/

‘eye of rock’ is a conceptual design for the viewpoint in pulpit rock competition hosted by rethinking architecture. the proposal would sit atop preikestolen — english: pulpit rock — some 600 meters above lysefjorden near forsand, norway. fly architecture, creator of the project, based their concept on salvador dali’s famous ‘the persistence of memory’ painting

http://www.flyarchitecture.net/

pelli clarke pelli architects' buerger center for advanced pediatrics

http://pcparch.com/

víctor enrich twists and bends buildings into contorted city landscapes

http://victorenrich.com/home

hotels and restaurants

situated in the middle of the koggala lake in sri lanka, lies tri, an island vacation resort, designed by architecture firm a00

http://azerozero.com/#zone1, http://trilanka.com/

angama mara is a new safari lodge, balanced on the rim of africa’s great rift valley, overlooking kenya’s maasai mara. designed by architects silvio rech and lesley carstens, and interior designer annemarie meintjes

http://silviorech-lesleycarstens-ink.blogspot.ca/

mezcal bar by ezequielfarca arquitectura y diseno, ph jaime navarro

http://www.ezequielfarca.com/en

design

cyprus based designer stelios mousarris has realized the ‘wave city’ coffee table that bends a landscape of buildings in half, using the overlapping surface as the tabletop. made from wood, steel and 3D printing technology

http://www.mousarris.com/

svetlana ko%u017Eenová's collection for czech home goods retailer lauriger ushers czech cubism into the 21st century

https://lauriger.com/

adeas podracky brings traditional chinese bamboo chair into a contemporary context

http://tadeaspodracky.com/

nuno ladeiro has reimagined the infamous ‘portuguese chair’ for italian furniture manufacturer colico. the design features a few slight changes to the original — mostly to increase comfort — but stays as close to unchanged as possible. ph steve stoer

http://www.nunoladeiro.com/

http://www.colico.website/dev/it/home.html

seoul-based yoonki lee is currently a sophomore at hongik university, majoring in woodworking and furniture design. for a small chair-making project he has designed the ‘raw chair’, a seating object made of tree branches sticked together with liquid epoxy

http://yooonki.tumblr.com/

keisuke fujiwara designs flower vase that swings as petals fall

http://www.keisukefujiwara.com/

lumières

marcin rusak creates intricate flora collection using resin & flowers. the small series of bespoke furnishings utilizes flowers and their natural characteristics to form durable, valuable pieces that engage rusak’s dual interests of botanical aesthetics and material significance

http://www.marcinrusak.com/

coral & anemone lights by maurizio galante & tal lancman for veronese

http://www.maurizio-galante.com/index.php/interware

http://verone.se/en/designer/galante-lancman/

art

matisse, la leçon de piano

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse

liubov popova, “subject from a dyer’s shop” (1914), oil on canvas,  the riklis collection of mccrory corporation, museum of modern art (image ©moma/licensed by scala/art resource, ny)

http://www.moma.org/

installations

blaffer art museum is presenting in real life by san antonio-based artist kelly o’connor as the next installment of its window into houston series

http://blafferartmuseum.org/

glowing trees, new installation by spatial practice, hong kong

http://www.spatialpractice.com

exhibitions

kara walker, masks, 2015, victoria miro mayfair

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

jan macko, serie skin, organic latex, dox, praga

http://www.dox.cz/cs/

body ornaments

nazan pak's 'essays' showcase her new enamel work

http://ecnp-jewelry.com/

et caetera

the colossus of rhodes, a thirty-metre high sculpture depicting the greek titan god helios that once stood guard at the entrance to the city's harbour, may be realised once again. standing for only 54 years until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226bc, its position in the ranks of seven wonders of the ancient world has become almost mythological. plans to construct a new, much larger inhabitable statue—that will stand almost four times taller at 122 metres—have now been put in motion by a small collective of architects, engineers, and tourism agents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes

la isla mìnima, un film di alberto rodriguez

carnet de notes 322

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

cina e armenia

http://www.cartorange.com

architecture

santiago calatrava is celebrating the opening of the museu do amanhã (the museum of tomorrow) in rio de janeiro

http://www.calatrava.com/, http://museudoamanha.org.br/

amsterdam-based architecture studio bureau sla teamed up with the crystal workers of leerdam to shape a glass dome for ‘fort asperen‘, a museum in the netherlands dedicated to contemporary art

http://www.bureausla.nl/, http://www.kunstfortasperen.nl/

architecture firm encore heureux, have designed the circular pavilion, a temporary building in paris, made with recycled materials

http://encoreheureux.org/

http://www.pavilloncirculaire.com/en/

left, 42mm architecture were asked by their clients to create an extension to their home in new delhi, india, that would include a home theatre, lounge, pool area, changing room and gym. ph ravi kanade

http://www.42mm.in/

right, oslo studios koreo arkitekter and kolab arkitekter have transformed an old boathouse on norway's west coast into a summerhouse that becomes a glowing beacon by night

http://koreoarkitekter.com/, http://kollaboratoriet.com/

left, architects: studio gaon, location: seongbuk-dong, seongbuk-gu, seoul, south korea, ph youngchae park

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

right, architects: christian wassmann, location: 4225 royal palm ave, miami beach, fl 33140, usa, ph todd eberle

http://christianwassmann.com/

artist anastasia savinova travels the world and takes a little piece of each place with her. whether it’s the cities’ architecture, local flavor, bars, shops, flea markets, or every day life, anastasia looks for a commonality in every place of habitation and captures it through pictures. she is searching for that city’s “genius loci”— their distinct atmosphere or protective spirit of a place

http://www.anastasiasavinova.com/

when the central library in madison, wisconsin underwent a major renovation a few years ago, meyer, scherer & rockcastle architecture included these reading caves in their design for the renewed space

http://msrdesign.com/, http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org

magasins

beauty salon, architects: mel, location: almaty, kazakhstan, ph pavel chaunin

http://melspace.ru/#/eng/

design

nils holger moormann designed the abgemahnt to be your best friend, letting you take it to all of your favorite places. with the metal hoop on top, you can easily move it to wherever you need it

https://www.moormann.de/en/home/

berlin-based british designer ewan cashman has designed a lamp, inspired by the wooden toys that his mother used to make in his childhood

http://www.ewancashman.com/

left, bergère by de rucci

http://www.deruccimilano.com

right, divano tète-à-tète by promemoria

http://www.promemoria.com/default.aspx?lng=0

lumières

dan corson transforms dreary underpasses into interactive gateways in san jose

http://dancorson.com/

p-cube temporary pavilion in moscow, russia, designed by marcos zotes with music by pixelord

http://www.unstablespace.com/info/

photos

gabriele basilico, beirut 2011

http://www.unicreditpavilion.it/gabriele-basilico/

steve mc curry

http://stevemccurry.com/

livres

paolo aldi, pellegrinaggio civile della pace

http://www.fotopaoloaldi.it

left, cristina morozzi, terrific fashion, ed. 24 ore cultura

http://www.24orecultura.com/libri/

center, attilio brilli, all'epoca del grand tour, viaggiatori stranieri lungo le vie consolari, fotografie di andrea samaritani, minerva edizioni

http://www.minervaedizioni.com/, http://www.meridianaimmagini.it/index.php?idk=161

right, silvia vaccari, l'imperatrice, fazi editore

http://fazieditore.it/

installazioni

a neglected and previously underutilized part of skopje, the capital of the republic of macedonia, now hosts an open structure built to welcome both locals and visitors, host events and talks, and serve as a recreational space for both individuals and large gatherings. ‘nautilus’ has been realized by ten — a zurich-based association of creatives — and local studio city creative network (ccn) — a platform for young professionals to collaborate in public spaces,    ph joel tettamanti

http://www.ten.as/, http://www.citycreative.net/

luckey climbers construct specialized playground structures for children. with commissioned projects located in singapore and switzerland, each scheme works with height and is supported by a netting system; this allows the children to clamber up, while visually exploring their surrounding landscape.     ph andrew laker

http://luckeyclimbers.com/

exhibitions

michael young at grand hornu, until 29/01/2016

http://www.michael-young.com/

http://www.cid-grand-hornu.be

http://caracascom.com/fr/exposition-michael-young/297.html

rosamaria rinaldi. mondi sovrapposti, ad gallery anna deplano, 21-26/01

http://www.rosamariarinaldi.it/, http://www.annadeplano.it

et caetera

orbit clock by natasha kwok

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashakwok