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left, matteo garrone, il racconto dei racconti

right, george miller, mad max: fury road

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by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

ancona, italy, festival tipicità in blu (29-31 maggio)

http://www.tipicita.it

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singapore

http://www.visitsingapore.com

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architecture

following the completion of the gammel hellerup high school multi-purpose hall designed by big-bjarke ingels group in 2013, a new 1400 m2 building for cultural activities has been inaugurated by the school’s art and sports enthusiasts

http://www.big.dk/#projects

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left, dutch studio mvrdv has been chosen to transform an abandoned section of highway in korea into an elevated public park. named the ‘seoul skygarden’, the design populates the overpass with 254 different species of trees, shrubs and flowers to create an urban arboretum that can be enjoyed the entire city

http://www.mvrdv.nl/

right, the a architecture have designed a childcare center in lodève, france, that features cut-out colourful shapes through-out, similar to those featured in shape sorter toys

http://www.aplus-architecture.com/

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left, work of bernard tschumi, the limoges concert hall may seem a puzzlingly conventional departure from the radical, intensively theoretical projects that introduced the world to the swiss architect

http://www.tschumi.com/

right, szczecin philharmonic hall by barozzi /veiga architects has won the european union prize for contemporary architecture–mies van der rohe award 2015

http://barozziveiga.com/web/

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left, sitting dramatically on the shores of liverpool’s mercantile world heritage site is the ‘mann island mixed-use development’, designed by matt brook, studio director at the local office of broadway malyan architects

http://www.broadwaymalyan.com/

right, il progetto green desert shadow prototype, firmato da alberto francini e franco masello, di metrogramma milano, è stato presentato a doha in occasione della prima conferenza del qatar green building council

http://www.metrogramma.com/

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mayank thammalla envisions maldives’ future with swim or sink concept

maldives is a small island nation located roughly 600 kilometers of the south-western tip of india. it has the lowest average ground elevation in the world, sitting a mere 1.5 meters  above sea level

https://nz.linkedin.com/in/mayankthammalla

interiors

rooftop villa by svetozar andreev

 http://www.hotei-russia.com/

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interior by moriyuki ochiai architects, tokyo, japan

http://www.moriyukiochiai.com/

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design

drawing influence from the unfeasible geometry of m.c. escher’s impossible cube, designer sebastiano tosi created the ‘illusioni table’

http://www.sebastianotosi.com/

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the sinuous, slender shape of clothes hangers are accentuated in the ‘hometto’ collection by barcelona-based designer federica sala. the ‘diamond’ and ‘star’ models are meant for use as small coffee or bedside tables

http://federicasala.net/

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table by paolo giordano for 1 1

http://www.i-and-i.it

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left, sam-son chair by constantin grcic for magis

http://konstantin-grcic.com/, http://www.magisdesign.com/

right, gorilla chair by robert brou

http://www.naturalismfurniture.com/

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kryddglad è la nuova collezione nata dalla collaborazione tra ikea e imprenditori sociali in india

http://www.ikea.com/it

livres

justin mcguirk‘s book radical cities: across latin america in search of a new architecture is fast becoming a seminal text in the architecture world

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1646-radical-cities

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alice o acciuga? di irene rizzoli, mondadori electa

http://www.mondadoristore.it/

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photos

big burger by michele gastl

http://www.michelegastl.com/

exhibitions

franco raggi, paesaggi italiani, galleria antonia jannone

http://www.francoraggi.com/, http://www.antoniajannone.it/

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maria mulas, sospetto penombra,  twenty14 contemporary, milano

http://www.twenty14contemporary.com

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life on foot, camper at design museum, london

https://designmuseum.org/, http://www.camper.com/it_IT

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rosa blu by laura panno at l'arte attraverso il vetro, pavia

http://www.museicivici.pavia.it/

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questa è guerra! 100 anni di conflitti messi a fuoco dalla fotografia

palazzo del monte di pietà, padova

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“remo bianco. 3d: uno sperimentalismo radicale”, galleria blu, milano

http://www.galleriablu.com

musées

museu da àgua, lisbon, portugal, design nino gusmao and vanda mota

http://www.p-06-atelier.pt/

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théatre

el teatro de la zarzuela de madrid ofrece por primera vez en su programación 'clementina', una zarzuela neoclásica con libreto de ramón de la cruz y música de luigi boccherini

http://teatrodelazarzuela.mcu.es/es/

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magasins

situated near paseo de gracia at the heart of barcelona, a boutique dedicated to children’s shoes has been designed by the team at nabito architects, the flagship ‘little shoes‘ shop

http://nabitoarchitects.com/

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tissus

pillow casas by society/limonta

http://www.societylimonta.com/

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et caetera

babak hosseiny jeffrey vanhoutte o les mains

http://www.babakmeetsjeffrey.com/

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left, andrey zvyagintsev, leviathan

right, ruben ostlund, forza maggiore

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by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

parigi, paris. lungo i 1.910 metri degli champs-élysées passano ogni giorno 300.000 persone e ne abitano solo 82

http://www.rendezvousfrance.com, http://www.franceguide.com

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architecture

shigeru ban architects, together with the voluntary architects’ network (van), has announced plans to send emergency shelter, housing and other community facilitates to the victims of Nepal’s deadly April 25th earthquake. As part of a three-phase plan, shigeru ban will first delivery and assemble tents with plastic partitions acquired though donation to provide immediate shelter. A few months after, the Japanese practice will collaborate with local architects and students to build temporary housing with materials found prevalent in nepal

http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/works/2015_nepal_earthquake/index.html

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arches have long been used to mark the greatest achievements of roman civilization. constantine, titus and septimus severus built them to commemorate their military victories.engineers at segovia and nîmes incorporated them into their revolutionary aqueducts.and fifteen hundred years after the fall of rome, rafaelmoneo gave a modern touch to the ancient structure in mérida’s breathtaking national museum of roman art, located on the site of the former iberian outpost of emerita augusta. soaring arcades of simple, semi-circular arches merge historicity and contemporary design, creating a striking yet sensitive point of entry to the remains of one of the roman empire’s greatest cities

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ritratti di architetti star by federico babina (4)

http://federicobabina.com/

hotels, restaurants and bars

wiener gäste zimmer, wiener essig brauerei, waldgasse 3, 1100 vienna

 http://www.gegenbauer.at

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parete vegetale by sundar italia per il ristorante tartufi&friends

http://www.sundaritalia.com/, http://www.tartufiandfriends.it/

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kengo kuma adorns yakitori bar with an assortment of colored cables

http://kkaa.co.jp/

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the milton café, elwood, australia by biasoldesign studio

http://www.biasol.com.au/

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cut architectures have designed a new location of pny, a hamburger restaurant in the marais neighbourhood of paris, france

http://www.cut-architectures.com/, http://www.pny-hamburgers.fr/

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design

1945 bruno munari alarm clock, called l’ora x, which had rotating half-discs instead of hands. it was produced in multiples in 1963

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Munari

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plug e taco by lanzavecchia wai for cappellini

http://lanzavecchia-wai.com/, http://cappellini.it/it

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left, hering berlin collection

http://blog.heringberlin.com/tagged/reference

right, studio dessuant bone designed a family of tableware, called fasted, that is stripped completely of its functions. the non-functional series is made out of blue metal wire showing the outlines of each piece, alluding to volume

http://www.studiodessuantbone.com/

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left, il lanciatore di coltelli by nicola gironda for lando

fhttp://www.madeinlando.it/

right, little gerla by paolo ulian & moreno ratti

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

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left, design steve baines & eliza frickers

http://www.bainesandfricker.net/

right, design studio’s tonella chair for sancal

http://www.sancal.com/

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interiors

left, emmanuelle moureaux has completed a vibrant indoor playground for the young children in ibaragi prefecture in japan

http://www.emmanuelle.jp/

right, project by piet hein eek, mavalex, chalai, france

http://www.pietheineek.nl/nl

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left, villa d'adda, italy. project by gianluca gelmini

http://www.gianlucagelmini.it/

right, scaloro, helical staircase by carlo caretta for rizzi

http://www.rizziscale.com

lumières

standard millefeuille en l'air grandallume by barda

http://barda.ca/

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yoy light by yoy for innermost

http://www.innermost.net/

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lamps stupa by freshnet for innermost

http://www.freshnet.co.uk, http://www.innermost.net/

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 pendant lamps by lolli e mammoli

http://www.lollimemmoli.it/

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photos

lori nix, the power of nature, stiftung museum schloss moyland

http://www.moyland.de

art

golden by el-anatsui, venice biennale

http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/artists/anatsui/

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hense has just completed a large mural in northam, western australia

http://www.hensethename.com/

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installations

chiharu shiota weaves an immersive labyrinth of keys and yarn. the installation seeks to explore the notion of memory, using tens of thousands of keys collected from people across the globe in its realization. at venice art biennale

http://www.chiharu-shiota.com/en/

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exhibitions

teresa cinque, déjà-vu, tessuto su parete, galleria effearte, milan

http://www.effeartegallery.com/

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stigma by elmgreen & dragset at massimo de carlo gallery, milan

http://www.massimodecarlo.com/?&lang=ita

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anish kapoor, mostra personale, galleria continua, san gimignano

http://www.galleriacontinua.com/

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fausto salvi at spring masters, new york

http://faustosalvi.net

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antony gormley, forte del belvedere, florence

http://www.galleriacontinua.com/

wallpapers

misha handmadewallpaper at dimore studio

http://www.mishawallpaper.com/home.php http://www.dimorestudio.eu/

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tapis

left, sitap

http://www.sitap.it/

right, minale maeda for nodus

http://www.nodusrug.it/it/

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capsule collection di alessandro enriquez per illulian at biffi boutique, corso genova, milan

http://www.illulian.com/

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magasins

left, il negozio è stata un'idea del direttore artistico di sonia rykiel, julie de libran, insieme all'editore thomas lenthal e all'artista andré saraïva, ma purtroppo è temporaneo: durerà solo fino a quando sarà definita la nuova immagine per i punti vendita della casa di moda

http://www.soniarykiel.com/en_uk/

right, dimore studio collection, milan

http://www.dimorestudio.eu/

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body ornaments

giovanni raspini, bracciale marine

http://www.giovanniraspini.com

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et caetera

menswear dogs

menswear dog presents the new classics: fresh looks for the modern man, a guide to dressing well for each season

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carnet de notes 291

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

je suis nepal

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voyages

bac son valley, vietnam

http://www.vietnamtourism.com

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architecture

a new report from the wall street journal suggests that big may replace foster partners to realize the world trade center 2 (wtc2) tower – the final tower planned to be built on ground zero. The 79-story tower, originally designed in 2006, was stalled due to the economic crash of 2008. just last year, som completed the 1 world trade center. richard rogers 3 world trade center is on track to complete in 2017, after years of being on hold

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/5075167.article?origin=BDdaily

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fondazione prada, milano

rem koolhaas wanted new and old going seamlessly together – and creates with the fondazione prada in milan a collage of materials and architecture

a visitor walks past statues displayed o in the new venue of the prada's foundation. it expands the repertoire of spatial typologies in which art can be exhibited and shared with the public. the entrance building will welcome visitors to two new facilities, developed through special collaborations: a kids’ area designed by a group of students from the école nationale supérieure d’architecture de vVersailles, and a bar where director wes anderson has recreated the typical mood of old milan café

http://www.oma.eu/

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ritratti di architetti star by federico babina (3)

http://federicobabina.com/

around expo today and yesterday

townhouse galleria insieme ad alessandro rosso group e con la collaborazione dell’impresa percassi hanno inaugurato la passeggiata sui tetti della galleria vittorio emanuele II, da sempre il salotto di milano. Il nuovo passaggio sui tetti è di circa 250 metri lineari

http://www.assogroup.com

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from left: paris the tour eiffel, londres the crystal palace, milan the padiglione galleria del sempione

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installations

by adjoining 200,000 fabric-lined floatable components, christo hopes to allow the residents of two mainland towns in italy‘s lombardy region to walk on water for a duration of two weeks in june 2016. if approved, the ”floating piers” would connect both towns with the lake iseo islands via an extended, brightly colored fabric dock that would stretch across two miles

http://christojeanneclaude.net/

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design

spring is a busy time for us at pinch. our whole team has been working their tails off. this week was particularly challenging due to all the breakfast events on top of our usual late night partying. so with all our early mornings on the brain, we thought the latest collaboration between berlin-based set designer and stylist rebecca martin and photographer rita braz to be very apropos for this month’s contribution. ‘morning rituals’ is a series of tongue-in-cheek photos capturing the humor of our daily routines such as showering, drinking coffee, eating breakfast

http://pinchfooddesign.com/, http://rebeccamartin.co/INDEX-1

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magnetico by martino gamper at valextra

gamper unveiled the restyled retail space during the international design fair salone del mobile. he added magnetic sheets to the walls covered with kvadrat fabric and placed the bag collection in unusual compositions on the surface using magnets

http://martinogamper.com/, http://www.valextra.com/it

http://kvadrat.dk/

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left, the blowing man by antonio aricò for edimateria

http://www.editamateria.com, http://www.antonioarico.com/

right, monkey side by jaime hayon for bd

http://www.hayonstudio.com/, http://bdbarcelona.com/

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fattelo! is an italian design studio focused on re-purposing household waste materials for unexpected uses. the ‘noctambula’ lamp is no different. created by fattelo! designers federico trucchia and mireia gordi vila, the led light is switch-operated, battery-powered built with only a few standard components and one milk carton. no wiring, no soldering, and no big price tag

http://www.fattelo.com/

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left, sarteba: desk per reception in ferro ossidato "a corten" e acciaio satinato

http://fuorisalone.it/2015/specials/detail/3/lazio-factory-design

right, daniel libeskind composes gemma sofa for moroso with asymmetrical facets

http://libeskind.com/, http://www.moroso.it/

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the misoka toothbrush for cleaning your teeth with only water was first launched onto the market by yume shokunin in 2007. this ground-breaking new toothbrush uses bristles treated with a nano-mineral coating to assist with removing plaque from the tooth exterior simply by moistening the bristles and brushing

http://www.misoka.jp/salone2015/salone2015-en.html

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left, tavolo leonardo by marco ferreri for morelato

http://www.morelato.it, https://marcoferreri.wordpress.com/

right, plektra by ineke hans for iittala

http://www.iittala.fi, http://www.inekehans.com/

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matryoshka by lera moiseeva for nason moretti

http://leramoiseeva.com/, http://www.nasonmoretti.com/

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from top left, clockwise

studio thomas vailly. treated with contemporary methods, the material possesses crystalline qualities that one normally only finds in nature, in the highlands of iceland. the result is a product of wonder with multi layered colours and a dynamic effect on light.

http://www.vailly.com/

ruutu by ronan and erwan bouroullec for iittala

http://www.bouroullec.com/, https://www.iittala.com/ruutu

low table by patricia urquiola for glas italia

http://www.patriciaurquiola.com/, http://www.glasitalia.com/

philippe starck‘s series of low tables, along with closed and open storage furniture for glas italia, appear as ‘box within a box’ compositions

http://www.starck.com/fr/, http://www.glasitalia.com/

lumières

standard millefeuille en l'air grandallume by barda

http://barda.ca/

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philippe rahm presents ‘spectral light’ for artemide as a representation of visual wavelengths that are required to see, grow and photosynthesize

http://www.philipperahm.com/data/, http://www.artemide.com/home/index.action

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left, pendant lamps by maarten baas

http://www.maartenbaas.com/

right, pendant lamps kreis by roberto labella for covo

http://www.covo.it/

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photos

hassan hajjaj, mr m. toliver, 2013

http://www.gusfordgallery.com

art

los artistas cabello/carceller, francesc ruiz y pepo salazar serán los protagonistas del pabellón de españa en la 56 edición de la bienal de venecia. el comisario martí manen presenta un proyecto coral titulado 'los sujetos', que hace una relectura de salvador dalí (figueras, 1904-1989) como sujeto desde un punto de vista contemporáneo

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berlinde de bruyckere, kunsthaus bregenz, until 5/7/15,  ph marco ceroli

http://www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at/

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a new sculpture has risen in the desert of qatar: “east-west/west-east,” richard serra‘s second public commission by the gulf nation. sited in a barren landscape that was suggested by sheikh hamad bin khalifa al-thani, the former emir, the installation is comprised of four steel plates incrementally placed and standing perpendicular to the ground

http://www.gagosian.com/artists/richard-serra

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as a graffiti artist, fra.biancoshock spends a lot of time on a scaffolding, painting his urban surroundings from unreachable heights. during the memorie urbane street art festival in gaeta, the italian artist has reinterpreted this tool to become an art piece in itself, turning the structural framework into a personal living space

http://www.fra-biancoshock.org/

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exhibitions

left, art acquarium: dal giappone l'arte del pesce kingyo, circolo filologico milanese

http://www.filologico.it/

right, gentucca bini for alcantara, technology of dreams

http://gentuccabini.tumblr.com/, http://www.alcantara.com/it/index.do

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 left, pino pascali alla galleria art house di bagno vignoni

http://www.art-house.it/

right, caterina silva, soggetto. oggetto. abietto. galleria riccardo crespi

http://www.riccardocrespi.com/

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galleria antonia jannone, gaetano pesce, frammenti e figure architettoniche ai quattro angoli del mondo

http://www.antoniajannone.it/

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jardins

giardini di villa landriana

http://www.aldobrandini.it/sito/giardi/cale.shtml

http://www.grandigiardini.it/

musées

shanghai's natural history museum by perkins will opens in china

http://perkinswill.com/

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the new amos anderson art museum in helsinki goes underground

http://amosanderson.fi/en/

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danse

a file picture taken on november 20, 2005 shows russian ballet dancer maya plisetskaya dancing during a performance in her honor on stage at the kremlin palace in moscow. she's now dead at the age of 89

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tapis

calicut by ruckstuhl

http://www.ruckstuhl.com/it/

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cosmo by paola lenti

http://www.paolalenti.it/

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et caetera

jessica fulford-dobson tells the story of skate girls of kabul

saatchi gallery, london

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thomas cailley, the fighters, addestramento di vita (les combattants)

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by paolo rinaldi

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voyages

portofino

http://www.comune.portofino.genova.it/

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architecture

jean nouvel has lost a court battle aimed to remove his name from the newly opened philharmonie de paris. as the telegraph reports, nouvel claimed that the £280 million concert hall was inaugurated prematurely and parts of the building was “sabotaged” in doing so, thus believing it to be morally inapt from him be associated with the building

http://www.jeannouvel.com/

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ritratti di architetti star by federico babina (2)

http://federicobabina.com/

hotels et restaurants

eight hotel, portofino

dopo un’attenta e accurata ristrutturazione ad opera della solido interior design, guidata da brunella pignatiello, l’eight hotel portofino ha una veste e un marchio completamente nuovi. gli interni, dai tessuti ai materiali, alla qualità degli accessori come le composizioni floreali e le candele sono stati pensati per offrire la massima esperienza sensoriale e ricreare un'atmosfera intima e avvolgente di casa privata aperta agli ospiti

portofino.eighthotels.it

http://www.slh.com/

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eight hotel, paraggi

l’eight hotel paraggi, situato nella baia più esclusiva della riviera ligure, è una villa dell’800, tra la macchia mediterranea e il mare, tra santa margherita ligure e portofino

paraggi.eighthotels.it

http://www.slh.com/

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gong restaurant, milano, project nisi magnoni studio

http://www.gongmilano.it/, http://www.nm-architetti.it/

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design

left, irish designer martin gallagher, has created cascade, a chest of drawers that features hand-sculpted elements inspired by the sea

http://www.martingallagherfurniture.com/

center, surface by b&b italia

http://www.bebitalia.com/it/

right, solatium by maxalto

http://www.bebitalia.com/it/prodotti.html/

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droog, constructme, hardware collection, selected designs

http://www.droog.com/

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from left, 969 by gio ponti (1936); otto by werther toffoloni (compasso d'oro 1981), ispirata alla sedia di otto wagner per thonet; ginevra by achille castiglioni

venezia homedesign (collezione marchio bbb)

http://www.veneziahomedesign.com/

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left, the ‘kaleidoscope’ table’s surface bursts in an rainbow of fractured, reflected light. modeled after handheld kaleidoscopes. by andré teoman studio

http://www.andreteoman.com/

right, the israeli designer ilan garibi, represented by gal gaon from tel aviv's talents gallery, presents their latest work in milan at brand new world, curated and produced by vesna and jovan jelova

http://www.brandnewworld.ch

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st. mark by martino gamper for moroso rethinks the traditional bentwood chair

http://martinogamper.com/, http://www.moroso.it/

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left, honken sofa b y blà station

http://www.blastation.com/, http://www.enginux.eu

right, culptural ella polycarbonate chair by jacopo foggini for edra

http://www.jacopofoggini.com/, http://www.edra.com/

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left, balance by francesco lucchesi for de vecchi 1935

http://www.devecchi.com/it/index.php

center, cachepot voliere by richard ginori

http://www.richardginori1735.com/

right, undefined objects by romin heide for neue wiener werkstaette

http://www.nww.at, http://www.nww-designaward.org

lumières

lyte hovering light uses magnetic levitation and wireless technology

acknowledging that the light bulb has not changed much since edison’s time, the ‘flyte‘ drastically motifies this, by hovering using magnetic levitation. it is described as a new way to experience light, one that is free from the constraints of gravity and enhances wireless technology to receive power. combing tesla laws of induction with the signature bulb, the screwless light can rotate continuously with almost no friction

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flyte/flyte-levitating-light

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lzf lamps have created koi, a large wood veneer light shaped to look like the fish with the same name, designed by inocuo the sign

http://www.inocuothesign.com/

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aspartame by adrien rovero

http://adrienrovero.com/

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left, lamp by jacopo foggini for slamp

http://www.jacopofoggini.com/, https://www.slamp.com/it/

right, snowflake by david trubridge

http://www.davidtrubridge.com/

from top left, clockwise

tokujin yoshioka rounds out planet, his first lighting design for kartell

http://www.tokujin.com/en/, http://www.kartell.com/it

lampada gioiello in limited edition designed by gianni veneziano e luciana di virgilio dello studio veneziano team per vetreria vistosi

http://www.venezianoteam.it/it/, http://www.vistosi.it/

five butterflies by ingo maurer for j.b.schmetterling

http://www.ingo-maurer.com/it/prodotti/j-b-schmetterling

c7oled in fibra di carbonio by romolo stanco per t°red

https://about.me/romolostanco

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from top left, clockwise

moti lamp by castor and wouter of  studio toer

http://studiotoer.com/

table lamp tonda by cretea

http://www.cretea.it

table lamp cappuccina by inga sempé for luceplan

http://www.ingasempe.fr, http://www.luceplan.com

pendantgroup pomi by luca nichetto for zero

http://nichettostudio.com/, http://www.zero.se/

lamp matrioshka by innermost

http://www.innermost.net

pendant lamps pineapple by matteo zorzenoni for mm lampadari

http://www.matteozorzenoni.it/, http://www.mmlampadari.com/

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from left

the eden wall lamp by matteo ugolini for karman

http://www.matteougolini.com/, http://www.karmanitalia.it/

tooy by gibas, lampade eclisse, direzione artistica roberto giacomucci

https://www.facebook.com/tooylightinmotion

armchair lamps by xavier mariscal for vondom

http://www.vondom.com, http://www.mariscal.com/es.home

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photos

from top left, clockwise

joachim Brohm – c-black, 2015 at fotohof, salzburg, austria

http://www.fotohof.at

michael wolf, paris rooftops at m97 project space, shanghai, china

http://www.M97gallery.com

reuben wu’s photographs of uncommon places look like alien landscapes

http://reubenwu.com/home

parfums

kentaro yamada develops fragrance for the contemporary neanderthal

http://www.kentaroyamada.com/

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rose privee bottle, l'artisan parfumeur

http://www.artisanparfumeur.com/shop/home.html

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essenze sardine, fornasetti

http://www.fornasetti.com/it

art

left, kris ruhs, hanging garden

http://www.krisruhs.com/en/home

center, fornasetti, cuscino libellula

http://www.fornasetti.com/it

right, detail of empress dowager’s surcoat (back), china, late 19th century, Morris Collection, Goucher College

http://museum.gwu.edu/

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left, bernhard buhmann, 'jenny',  carbon 12 at art brussels

http://carbon12dubai.com/

center, dolls by flavio lucchini

http://www.flaviolucchiniart.com/

right, béla iványi grünwald, “drying clothes” (1903), magyar nemzeti galéria, budapest

http://www.mng.hu/

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et caetera

‘office smart’, ‘casual friday’ and ‘party tuxedo’ are, surprisingly, not the names of three different business suit styles — they are the variations of quiksilver japan’s latest innovation: the ‘true wetsuits‘. made with high spec waterproof material, the wearables can literally be worn from beach to the office, with no need to change at all. the collection comprises a jacket, made from 2 millimeter thick super stretchy neoprene; a water repellent shirt, tailored with ‘dry flight’ technology originally developed by quicksilver and 3M; a tie, made of wet suit fabric; and amphibious, waterproof pants. watch the two videos below to see ‘true wetsuits’ in action, and a detailed look at the fashion forward technology that went into the making of the collection

http://www.quiksilver.eu/, http://truewetsuits.jp/