Seen at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. Rossana Orlandi was “roaming” the corridors of her space with Piet Hein Eek, who took over the courtyard with his designs.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Milan Furniture Fair - Zona Tortona
Yamaha – Key for You exhibition. From the Key for You collection of Yamaha Pianos; Key for a Journey. Manabu Kawada, shows off the Key for a Journey piano designed in the Yamaha Design Laboratory in London. A mini-keyboard for sketching music at ease, chart impressions of a journey with a favorite pen or play melodies that appear in unexpected moments. “We combined the languages of the piano and the notebook using new materials like chrome and aluminum, which look like the black and white keys of the piano. It’s a new design language.” Kawada explained.
A detail. When closed, the Key for a Journey has a smart leather cover.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Milan Furniture Fair - centro
Donatella Versace for AugustaWestland. Donatella Versace is designing the cabin interiors and layouts of the AugustaWestland AW 139 medium-twin turbine helicopters. This helicopter employs the finest materials and the highest standards of craftsmanship.
Milan Furniture Fair - Zona Tortona
Jaime Haydon. One of the most up-and-coming designers in the world, Jaime Haydon continues his collaboration with Bisazza, still surprising us with his typically flamboyant, Mediterranean creative ability.
Jaime Haydon for Bisazza. Spanish designer, Jaime Haydon describes his Jet Set airplane for Bisazza “I like the idea of being able to create a fun, more sophisticated version of an object as serious and functional as an airplane. Set in a very glamorous hangar, this airplane is a light-hearted work with an unusual and enchanting look, complete with a glass cabin, leather wings and colored missiles and symbols alluding to love. Mosaic tiles in white gold and fiberglass make this aircraft luxurious and surreal.”
A detail. A detail of the circular lounge at the heart of the Jet Set aircraft; “Jet Set is a sitting room cum airplane: an objet d’art in an imaginary installation which displays the potential of Bisazza mosaic.” Haydon said.
Milan Furniture Fair - centro
Seen in the Sawaya & Moroni shop. Paolo Moroni, stopped to chat and pose for me whilst sitting on William Sawaya’s Allwood Chair.
Seen on Via Manzoni. William Sawaya.
William Sawaya for Sawaya & Moroni. The Allwood Chair by William Sawaya is a chair with a fluid character, whose gentle curves bring certain chairs of the late fifties to mind.
Milan Furniture Fair - centro
Photograph by Manfredi BellatiCorian Loves Missoni. Rosita Missoni, who co-designed the Corian Loves Missoni exhibition with her son Luca Missoni.
Photograph by Bartolomeo Bellati
Corian Loves Missoni – The Exhibition. The Corian Loves Missoni exhibition created a visionary residential interior, designed by Rosita and Luca Missoni, with kitchen, bath, living and dining areas expressing the design versatility of Corian solid surfaces through the style of Missoni.
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Milan Furniture Fair - centro
Seen at the Elle Décor Party. The Molteni family, Giulia, Carlo and Andrea Molteni came to the Elle Décor party to receive the prize for best seating; Skin, designed by Jean Nouvel.
French superstar designer. Jean Nouvel was the recipient of the prestigious 2008 Pritzker Prize. He was also awarded the Elle Décor prize for seating for his Skin chair designed for Molteni & C.
Jean Nouvel for Molteni & C. A few of the top fashion houses, on the trendy "golden rectangular" of Milan, lent their windows to showcase design products during Furniture Fair week. Ferragamo’s window portrayed Skin an armchair designed by Jean Nouvel for Molteni & C. The seating is suspended and the decorative leather elements become structural, making it surprisingly comfortable, original and delicate.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Milan Furniture Fair - centro
At The Bulgari Hotel. T: The New York Times Style Magazine and the International Herald Tribune Style Magazine hosted a cocktail party and special exhibition entitled Seeing The Light in the garden of The Bulgari Hotel. Above, T Magazine’s editor in chief, Stefano Tonchi, “bad boy” of Italian art, Francesco Vezzoli and Alice Rawsthorn, the design columnist for the IHT.
Seen at the T Magazine party. Ron Arad
Seen at the T Magazine party. Jasper Morrison
Seen at the T Magazine party. Miuccia Prada and Francesco Vezzoli
Seen at the T Magazine party. Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck for Axor. “The collection is a real system, similar to a mosaic out of many small squares objects which can be combined, according to personal preference, enabling an endless number of flexible solutions. It is haute couture for the shower.” This is how French designer Philippe Starck describes the aesthetic value of the Axor Starck ShowerCollection.
Philippe Starck for Cassina. The Volage sofa designed by Philippe Starck for Cassina. The collection is composed of sofa, ottoman and armchair. The aim of the collection is to achieve daily comfort without sacrificing elegance, luxury thanks to the luxurious upholstery.
Seen at the T Magazine party. German AD's, editor in chief, Margit Mayer.
Seen at the T Magazine party. Armani's Robert Triefus
Seen at the T Magazine party. Michela Moro, Teresa and Angela Missoni.
Milan Furniture Fair - centro
At Gaia & Gino – Grid. Jaime Haydon talks about his design and inspiration for the Grid Vases for Gaia & Gino “The Grid vase, was inspired by a combination of city influences. Since moving to London, I have been fascinated by British history and the strong medieval atmosphere when I walk through the streets. I became fascinated by tales of the knights templar and the Tudors and the endlessly rich history surrounding me. I came up with vases, inspired by suits of armor, helmets and fencing masks. My trip to Turkey was also relevant. I had visited the city and the beauty I had seen in Islamic arts and crafts was very inspirational. Strong yet fancy armor and the essence of these two cities are very much behind this set of vases."
At Gaia & Gino – Balance. Elle Décor’s Best Designer of the Year, Arik Levy, explains his Balance candle holder for Gaia & Gino, “Balance is both vase and candle holder: these hanging forms swing over the free arch. Creating its own dynamic in space juxtaposition light and flower reflecting the idea of suspension in time and space at every glance.”
A detail. Arik Levy’s upturned acid green collar reads: Dress for Beauty! The bespoke suit was made by Sieger Couture.
Gaia & Gino. Gaia & Gino’s glamorous entrepreneur, Gaye Cevikel chats with designer, Yves Behar. Gaye presented the new collection in the Paul Smith store. The line incorporates traditional forms and patterns into imaginative objects, designed by design luminaries. The choice of the designer is essential, as their language must be in line with the Turkish company’s identity: dynamic, organic, emotional, multi-disciplinary, and multi-cultural.
Milan Furniture Fair - centro
At B & B Italia. Jean-Marie Masaud is being interviewed whilst sitting on his Terminal 1 daybed for B & B Italia. The French designer, who was the recipient of the Cre-ateur de l’Annee prize in Paris last year, told Metropolis.com “As far as I’m concerned, the role of a designer is not to design objects, but to propose life-enhancing strategies.”
B & B Italia - Terminal 1, designed by Jean-Marie Massaud. The shape of this daybed invites and supports a double function as an armchair and a chaise longue. It is elegant, fluid and harmonic, starting from a glossy plastic body, floating on a metallic frame with the same color finishing.
Milan Furniture Fair - Zona Tortona
Photograph by Manfredi BellatiSeen in Zona Tortona. Karim Rashid loves to pose especially on a pink background, his favorite color.
Seen in Zona Tortona. A detail of Karim Rashid’s jewels. Karim is fixing the time on his Alessi designed watch, as he just flew in from Moscow. Rings also designed by Rashid featuring his trademark pink.
Flower Council Holland and Fiat 500. The Flower Council of Holland set up to promote the use of cut flowers and plants, invited five influential designers to create a design using flowers to decorate the Fiat 500. The Fiat 500 is arguably one of Italy’s most iconic cars. Internationally renowned for bringing democratic design sensibility to the masses, Karim Rashid poses in front of his Fiat 500 decorated with flowers in his trademark pink.
Flower Council Holland and Fiat 500. Elle Décor’s designer of the Year; Arik Levy. Levy has risen to become one of the most interesting and varied industrial designers producing in the 21st century.
Flower Council Holland and Fiat 500. Elle Décor’s designer of the Year; Arik Levy. Levy has risen to become one of the most interesting and varied industrial designers producing in the 21st century.
photograph by manfredi Bellati
Flower Council Holland and Fiat 500. Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard have become internationally recognized as leading exponents of British Avant-Garde for their cutting edge designs.Pin It
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
ART and LIFESTYLE
Ackroyd/Harvey: Dilston Grove – 2003. After thirteen years of working together, British artists, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, created their most ambitious installation in Dilston Grove (formerly known as Clare College Mission Church). They grew the whole interior with seedling grass planted into a clay base. They are renowned for transforming buildings and structures with their signature key material, grass.
A wing of the Farmhouse. In their spare time, Dan and Heather come to Italy to cut off from work completely. They relax by fixing up the old seventeenth century farmhouse in the Prosecco hills near Venice at Zuel di Qua.
The Valley. The view from the farmhouse is a constantly shifting panorama of light, texture and color.
The Bathroom. A temporary solution, using local reeds, creates a suspended chamber for the bathroom.
Fly-Tower – 2007. Their largest work to date on the landmark National Theatre FlyTower on London’s South Bank.
The Fireplace. The fireplace is called a fogher in local Veneto dialect. A bust of one of the nine muses of Apollo sits in the corner, which the artists caste in Rome, as part of one of their projects.
Dan. Dan Harvey originally studied at The Royal College of Arts in London. He has had a long term relationship with Italy going back to his childhood.
The Bottle Collection. The attic houses Dan’s hand-blown demijohn’s which he has been collecting over the years. The oldest bottles date back a couple of centuries.
A Detail. The round stairway of the National Theatre, London leading up to the grass Fly-Tower, 2007.
Heather and Adele. Heather Ackroyd and their daughter Adele. Heather has been collaborating with Dan Harvey for nearly twenty years. Her work has often moved between the theatre and fine arts.
Mother and Child – 1998. A portrait made of grass of Heather and Adele using light sensitivity of the pigment chlorophyroll as a photographic medium. It was first shown at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California.
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