milan 2009 /
‘mat, satiné, brilliant’ – the installation of belgium-based fashion designer martin margiela. he recreated his parisian atelier in a large space at zona tortona. beautiful!
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milan design week 2009: possible top 3
milan 2009 /
its sunday and I just got back from the milan design week.
unfortunately I couldn’t find an internet connection in milan. so no posts the whole week. but now I have enough content for the next few months.
here is a little preview from my spontaneous top 3 from last week.
and when I say top 3, I talk about the whole thing: exhibition, presentation, idea, products..
1 – design miami/ fendi present craft punk
design performances by designers at spazio fendi
2 – ‘mat, satiné, brilliant’ by belgium-based fashion designer
maison martin margiela at zona tortona
3 – prophets and penitents by damn magazine, showing chairs in prototype form at the oratorio della passione, a 15th century hall
milan design week 2009: I am on my way
and you know what, I will stay there the whole week. yeah
– salone di mobile 2009
this picture is taken by my ex-roommate nika rams.
she took one of the zona tortona signs ‘accidentally’ with her in 2007
: )
aldo bakker: low and side
hasselt/
another design from amsterdam-based aldo bakker – when I look at the low table I ask myself if it could go any lower …
low table, japanese urushi lacquer by mariko nishide
side table, japanese urushi lacquer by mariko nishide
– work in progress
aldo bakker: simpleness
hasselt/
amsterdam-based designer aldo bakker and a range of porcelain tableware for frans ottink at the superstories design triennale in hasselt, belgium.
vinegar flask, 2008
milk can, 2005
salt cellar, 2006
joris laarman: biomimetic chair
hasselt/
amsterdam-based designer joris laarman has launched the first version of the bone chair 3 years ago – developed on a computer and then cast in aluminum. joris took advantage of software that car manufacturers use to develop shapes for auto parts. it’s a collaboration with the research lab of the International development centre adam opel gmbh.
In 2008 he has designed a beautiful version moulded from a mixture of marble and porcelain mixed with resin which is now on display at the z33 during the superstories design triennale in hasselt, belgium, till 10th may.
bone chair, 2008, molded marble resin, 75 x 80 x 100 cm
edition of 12
atelierdorp: a movie shows much more
my friend robert andriessen from designguide.tv has made a movie about the eindhoven-based atelierdorp.
I have previously covered some stories about the design family which robert describes as a place ‘where people get a chance to explore their true creative potential.’ but this movie unveils the real and authentic atmosphere in the church.
nacho carbonell: preview – skin furniture for droog
couple weeks ago I visited the atelierdorp in eindhoven. nacho carbonell and his intern were working on new furniture for droog design which will be unveiled at the salone del mobile in milan later this month.
I received the official press release and now I feel free to publish the snapshot I took the other day. the modular furniture consists of ‘a thin, closely adhering and elastic layer that allows the user to place objects underneath it. I am very curious about nacho’s work. he is also exhibiting at spazio rosanna orlandi and designmiami’s craft punk exhibition for fendi.
work in progress:
nacho and his intern alejandro sánchez in the workshop