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Milan Means...
It's almost a cliché now to say that the annual Milan Salone del Mobile has become a behemoth of a design fair, eclipsing every other major show in the design calendar. (Personally, we at Architonic feel that a number of the other large design events such as Stockholm and the imm cologne have a lot going for them when it comes to relevance and business.) Given Milan's elevated status, both in real terms and in those of the imagination, we asked eight leading design practitioners what comes to mind when they hear the name of that Italian city...
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Rezension: 'Prada' von Miuccia Prada
Der Teufel trägt Prada: Die cineastische Liaison Pradas mit der diabolischen Meryl Streep hat die italienische Traditionsmarke zum stehenden Begriff gemacht. Seit der Papst nun ebenfalls Schuhwerk von Prada trägt, wird es also höchste Zeit für eine Bibel für alle alten und neuen Anhänger des Modeimperiums.
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The Unlimited Ambition of Limited-Edition Design: in conversation with Ambra Medda and Craig Robins
Love it or hate it, limited-edition design has proved over the last few years that it's more than just a passing trend. No one event has done more to encourage the growth of this particular market than Design Miami. With its European edition, Design Miami Basel, fast approaching, Architonic caught up with director Ambra Medda and co-founder Craig Robins to survey the 'design-art' landscape and do some future-gazing.
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Anatomy of a Chair
Architonic dissects Luca Nichetto's striking new 'Robo' chair for Swedish manufacturer Offecct, examining the process beyond the product.
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Lucienne Day: 1917–2010
We bid a fond farewell to one of the greats of British post-war design history.
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The Milan Conversations: Part IV – Ferruccio Laviani and Luca Nichetto
In this final installment of the Milan Conversations we catch up with renowned product designer, architect and artistic director of Italian manufacturer Kartell Ferruccio Laviani at the Barovier&Toso showroom in Milan and talk to him about lamps, light bulbs, and the significance of going back to basics. We also meet young(ish) Venetian designer Luca Nichetto (whose client list already reads like a 'who's who' of high-end design manufacturing) and find out his take on this year's Salone.
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The Milan Conversations: Part II – James Irvine and Naoto Fukasawa
In this second installment of the Milan Conversations – a series of discussions held at this year's Salone del Mobile with some of the most celebrated designers working internationally – Architonic talks to British designer and long-time Milanese James Irvine about the privilege of, and the sensitivities involved in, working for a heritage brand like Thonet, and to master of formal simplicity and beauty Naoto Fukasawa about the relation between mind, body and design.
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Going, going, (almost) gone
The Vitra Design Museum's latest exhibition examines the idea of simplicity in design, be it in terms of form, material or method. Rather than being a recent development in response to global economic and environmental concerns, 'The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction' suggests that the desire for a pared-down product culture is nothing new. Architonic visits the show and talks to its curator, Mathias Schwartz-Clauss.
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'Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture' by Jennifer Hudson
Architonic reviews design writer Jennifer Hudson's study of the creative and manufacturing processes behind 50 contemporary design objects from around the world.
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Maison & Objet 2010
Architonic presents a selection of some of the novelties presented at this year's design fair in Paris
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Tropical Modernism: The masters of Brazilian Modernism
As part of this year's 'Fuori Salone' in Milan, the 'relics' of the Brazilian Modernism were displayed in a church near the city's Porta Romana: rare pieces by the so-called 'Tropical Modernists' of the 1950s, 60s and 70s...
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Yachting – Design
Modern design, beyond teak and brass fittings, has, however, been around for a long time in the world of yachting. Innovative boat-builders and designers work with new propulsion technology, materials and formal languages.
Yachts are perfect for this kind of experimentation: often commissioned and completed as a prototype, they lend themselves to new developments and are at the same time one of the last bastions of bespoke handwork.
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Rezension: 'Die besten Bäder' von Joachim Fischer
Bücher über die moderne Badkultur gibt es zuhauf - ausser schönen Bildern bilden sie jedoch keine brauchbare Quelle für Planer und Bauherr. Das vorgestellte Werk liefert Informationen und Grundlagen.
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2D – Now in 3D!
Graphic designers are giving architects a run for their money as the creatives who cross disciplinary boundaries. Here, Architonic takes a look at some examples of two-dimensional specialists who've channelled their creative talent into product design and space-defining projects.
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Prototype, prototype, prototype
Architonic spends some time with VIA, the Paris-based organisation committed to identifying and supporting young French design talent.
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