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48h Open House Barcelona

Immaginatevi 48 ore durante le quali più di 150 edifici, storici e moderni, i più belli e importanti della città, vengono aperti gratuitamente al pubblico. 48h Open House, è questo il nome dell’evento, si svolgerà sabato 16 e domenica 17 ottobre in una delle capitali dell’architettura, Barcellona. Progetti simili sono stati realizzati a Londra, dove …

FASHION PRODUCT TECH

Freitag Hazzard F48

Another great product from the Freitag brothers, always cutting and thinking and testing there in Zurich. This is the time to reinterpret the classical backpack in the “Freitag way”. The F48 HAZZARD is probably one of the smartest FREITAG bags there ever was – with comfortable padding, hiding straps, electronics compartments up to 17″ and tons of quick-access …

PRODUCT

About Belle & Sebastian

Out today the new album of Belle & Sebastian titled “Write about love”. The new release comes after 4 years. Sweetness and Soft atmospheres as usual. The album has been product by Tony Hoffer and published by Rough Trade. Here one of the new song “I want to stop the world”, very nice for the orchestral approach. Some …

EVENTS PRODUCT

Design September Brussels 2010 – #2

Kwangho Lee – Lifelike Design Design-art dealer, Victor Hunt, and select store, Hunting and Collection, have organized on the occasion of Brussels Design September, an exhibition dedicated to Korean designer, Kwangho Lee. Behind Lee’s works ,  there is a natural ability to create with bare hands and crafting skills that allow himto  manipulate raw materials – …

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN TOYS

Eames House

Sitting high atop the Pacific Palisades and overlooking Santa Monica and the Pacific Ocean, the original Eames House was built in 1949 as number eight in the series of Case Study Houses and is still recognized for its revolutionary use of space and materials. Charles and Ray Eames moved into the house in 1950 and …

ILLUSTRATION PRODUCT

LCDP – La Compagnie De Provence

French company LCDP has been celebrating its 20th birthday this year, with an illustrated series, designed by Marseille-based artist Stephan Mountaner. Illustrations -colorful and bold- take inspiration from the classic tattoed sailor from Marseille. Check out here other company products: minimal and smart graphics, packagings that turn into origami, and a new line of house cleaning products. …

DESIGN FURNITURE PRODUCT

The Ghost Buster

Clear, classic and convertible best describe Philippe Starck’s latest design, The Ghost Buster commode. Created for manufacturer Kartell, it may be use as a bookshelf, nightstand or console table. This translucent furnishing, formed from a single plastic mono-bloc mould, whispers of the past while hinting of futurist design. Available shades: transparent crystal, transparent fume, solid white …

GRAPHICS

CITROËN CREATIVE AWARDS

E’ Flavio Merchiorre il vincitore del contest internazionale CITROËN CREATIVE AWARDS. Si tratta di un contest attraverso il quale CITROËN  ha chiesto ai designer di tutto il mondo di esprimere la loro creatività personalizzando una CITROËN DS3. La sua proposta di personalizzazione è stata realizzata ed esposta al C42, vetrina della Marca sugli Champs-Elysées a Parigi, e a …

ARCHITECTURE

And the winner is…

Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born architect, finally won recognition from her country of adoption as she grasped the U.K.’s 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize for her MAXXI Museum in Rome. Hadid had been previously nominated three other times for the Stirling, the U.K.’s top architecture award, and lost every time. She competed against names of the likes of …

INTERIORS PRODUCT

Interior decoration trend: Trompe-l’oeil

(Winter dots plates, West Elm) Cose che sembrano qualcos’altro: uno dei trucchi meglio riusciti in fatto di dècor d’interni. Coriandoli nel piatto del dessert? Sì, ma dipinti a mano. Un muro rivestito di lana? E invece è carta da parati. La radio dal look nostalgico? Bella, soprattutto perchè ci puoi collegare l’iPod. Nella decorazione dei …

DESIGN INTERIORS PRODUCT

Snug

Snug is a design studio based in Hannover. Their products are absolutely poetic: cloud-shaped kitchen stuff, wooden jewelry and lamps that in their past life were cups. Check out their site here (pics from snug blog).

DESIGN FASHION JAPAN MILAN

Nike+Undercover

Runners di tutto il mondo, attenzione! Nike ha lanciato l’attrezzatura del futuro dedicata a voi, in partnership con lo stilista e appassionato di corsa Jun Takahashi. La forza della collezione risiede nel materiale, plasmato ad hoc per immergersi nella natura, fondersi con la strada percorsa, scaricare lo stress e mettersi alla prova. Per chi, come …