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Newsletter 10.2011

Dear Readers,

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Do you also have the impression that, in the design world, autumn is the season when all events seem to take place at the same time? To ensure you don't miss out on any of the latest design-industry developments, Architonic's editors have trotted the globe on your behalf and visited, among others events, Cersaie in Bologna - the leading exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings - Moscow Design Week, and the International Design Exhibition INDEX in Dubai. But, it's back to home soil for the next while: you'll find us at the 'neue räume' international furniture fair in Zurich, where, this Thursday (3 November), we'd like to welcome you to our legendary Architonic Disco.

Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 2005; lighting design by Reiko Chikada Lighting Design

The 'Architecture and Design' section of www.architonic.com always keeps you up to date with the latest and best projects. We're delighted to be able to welcome a highly valuable addition to this in form of Targetti's Lighting Academy, which features the projects of many renowned international lighting planners. As ever, you'll find a selection of architectural projects at the end of this newsletter.

Need all of this in bullet points? You got it:

- Architonic Disco at neue räume
- The Fondazione Targetti's Lighting Academy shines brighter with Architonic
- Fair Review: CERSAIE 2011 Bologna
- INDEX Dubai
- Moscow Design Week
- The latest projects from Architonic's 'Architecture & Design' section

The Architonic Disco at 'neue räume 11'

If you can't decide which happening to attend next - we'd like to help you with that: the legendary Architonic Disco. The event will take place on 3 November near Architonic Concept Space by Oscar Zieta so put on your dancing shoes and get ready to mingle, do business, network and, of course, have fun within Switzerland's leading design fair 'neue räume'.

Monkey 47 gin and Fever-Tree tonic, the ingredients of the world's hippest bars, will be served and our favourite DJs Chopstick & Johnjon will be flown in from Berlin. RSVP via Architonic's Facebook page and make sure to print out the personalised invitation to gain entry to the event!

Request your invitation

The Fondazione Targetti's Lighting Academy shines brighter with Architonic

The respected online lighting-design portal migrates to www.architonic.com

For over a decade the Targetti Lighting Academy was one of the best websites with projects of the renown light planners.

Vogt & Partner light planning, Fitness Center Einstein, photographer: Robert Narr

We feel honoured to be chosen by Targetti, whose Lighting Academy will live on at Architonic. You can find the content under the following link:

to Architonic's Architecture and Design Profiles

Fair Review: CERSAIE 2011 Bologna - the leading international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings

Cersaie 2011, which took place in Bologna at the end of September, once again put on a fascinating show thanks to the intrinsic diversity of ceramics as a material, combined with new developments in bathroom design and innovative bathroom fittings. Architonic was there on your behalf and - along with our extensive Facebook photo series - we can now provide you with a report from the exhibition togethers with a selection of our discoveries.

OiO Bathtub and wash basin by Antoniolupi

OiO bathtub by Antoniolupi is available in many colors

Read this article in full on Architonic

Win this dramatic LQ chandelier designed by Hani Rashid for Zumtobel Lighting

INDEX Dubai

In its 21st edition, Dubai's INDEX Exhibition gave us an impression that the financial crisis of 2008, which unexpectedly but severely affected the Middle Eastern emirate, seems to be a thing of the past and that Dubai is on the road to recovery on a less speculative and more realistic level. Located on the emirate's northern coastline, the glittering, glass-cladded Dubai City is itself an ultimate, extravagant showcase of emirate's financial power and sky-high ambitions, with both architecture and interior design being the prime examples of this particular penchant for infinite luxury.

Photo impressions from Dubai's INDEX Exhibition 2011

First launched in 1990, INDEX is the only important fair in the Middle East serving as a window and giving an outlook on the increasingly important markets such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain and the booming Saudi Arabia. With this image gallery, we present our photographic account of the omnipresent opulence and eclecticism of the show. Enjoy!

Dubai, as seen by Architonic's editors

Tour of INDEX Exhibition 2011, Part 1

Tour of INDEX Exhibition 2011, Part 2

Tour of INDEX Exhibition 2011, Part 3

Moscow Design Week

Earlier this month, we have been invited to attend the second edition of Moscow Design Week. The event, organised by Art Trading Group, focused on introducing the international, particularly Italian, design to the Russians and the Russian market through a series of special projects and installations by an array of industry heavyweights such as Giulio Cappellini, Li Edelkoort, Ingo Maurer, Gilda Bojardi, Ron Gilad, Jacopo Foggini and Giulio Iacchetti.

'Organic Dwelling: biomimicry in design & architecture' - exhibition view; photo by Architonic

The Russian design was represented on a relatively smaller scale, by the Russian twin sister design duo, SashaDasha Design who presented their recent works alongside the graphic design exhibition curated by Sergey Serov titled 'Rodchenko 120' realised on the occasion and celebration of the 120th birthday of the founder of constructivism, Alexander Rodchenko.