Living on 2,000 watts is harder than it sounds--that's roughly a sixth of the average rate of energy consumption in America.* But GFRY Studio, a graduate course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, challenged ...READ»
A side view of the MGX by Materliase concept car.--Julie Taraska
Inside the MGX by Materliase concept car.--Julie Taraska
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Teresa Sapey's Luce dal Lino project strings 100 lanterns above Via
Monte Napoleone. --Tim McKeough
Opening night design parties spill onto Via Monte Napoleone, illuminated by Sapey's lanterns. --Janet Eastman
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Limited edition vases by British design duo BarberOsgerby in the window of the Venini store on Via Montenapoleone.
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In Tortona, as part of the Public Design Festival, a cube was erected where fair-goers could play a reverse tug of war, with opponents pushing against a clear plastic panel while two men yelled, "PUSH IT!" from the sidewalk ...READ»
At the Danese brunch Sunday morning: Enzo Mari in front of the new
kids' toy he's launching with the Italian company. What he's hiding
behind his back? A lit cigar. --Jill Singer
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The long-standing link between alcohol and design is fully exhibited at the museum Veuve Clicquot erected in an enclosed bridge crossing a people-packed street in the Zona Tortona. On display, new promotional works by Tom Dixon ...READ»
Five days into an overwhelming six-day trade show has everyone seeking refuge. Vanessa Ferreira of Brazil found it on an old (2002) Boa sofa by fellow Sao Paulo residents Fernando and Humberto Campana, who gave a design talk at ...READ»
The graphic coat worn by Marenco Novella of Borgio Verezzi, Italy almost blends into the towering wall of painted porcelain plates at the Richard Ginori Taste Lounge on Via Tortona. --Janet Eastman
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Friday night at the Z Club: Swedish designers Front did a DJ set from midnight on at the new club/pop-up shop in Zona Romana --Jill Singer
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At the Love Design book launch in Zona Romana, which included sex-themed creations by Arik Levy and Matali Crasset, a young French duo presented Quisaz-Quisaz, a curtained room with two hanging stethoscopes for listening to your ...READ»
The creature that guards the Nhow Hotel in Zona Tortona (Not the Starck gun lamp in the top left corner). -Julie Taraska
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No one will be tempted to eat it, but this breakthrough LED panel is organic--the light emitting diodes are sandwiched between washi paper made from kozo fibers and a Mulberry tree. The body of the Comet by Kita, on display ...READ»
Marc Sadler's ribbony column Tress floor light fixture for Foscarini could have been lost in the madding crowd at Super Studio Più had it not been inside a popular walk-in kaleidoscope. -Janet Eastman
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No photos! No gelato for you! In these tight times, staff at venerable Vistosi only cater to true buyers at the biannual Euroluce light fair. - Janet Eastman
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The Tawaraya (boxing ring) bed that once held Memphis design heavyweights fills a room at Galleria Carla Sozzani in Corso Como 10 in one of hundreds of special exhibits tied to the fair. -Janet Eastman
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Kartell had one of the best booth designs, with these hilarious non-sequitur 2-D cutout vignettes. -Jill Singer
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Commissioned for the fair, Welsh lighting artist Cerith Wyn Evans created a neon sculpture, I=N=V=O=C=A=T=I=O=N (I call your image to mind), that evoked ghosts of "numerable and innumberable light events" from fireflies ...READ»
Across from Superstudio in Tortona, Taste Lounge, an installation by Italian porcelain manufacturer Richard Ginori 1735 in collaboration with Paola Navone: Trompe l'oeil murals of dishes, a huge wall of vintage plates, and in the back, a cafe designed by Italian food collective Arabeschi di Latte.READ»
