carnet de notes 264

carnet de notes 264

by paolo rinaldi

chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

taormina, italy

ph giovanni tagini

http://www.giovannitagini.com

architecture

the design for the united kingdom pavilion at expo milan 2015, led by artist wolfgang buttress, has been revised following its state at the time of initial commission

http://www.wolfgangbuttress.com/

rotterdam’s mrvd has completed the netherlands’ first covered market: the markhal rotterdam. unlike any other market in the world, the markhal presents a new urban hybrid that unites a market hall with housing. within the hollow core of the 228-unit, “horseshoe-shaped” residential building is an expansive, 40-meter-tall public market, offering 96 fresh food stalls, 8 restaurants and supermarket. colorful murals cover the arch’s vaulted interior, peering through the largest single glazed cable net facades in europe, which enclose the market

http://www.mvrdv.nl/

enric miralles benedetta tagliabue (embt) and bordas peiro have been announced as winner among five proposals of a two-stage competition to design the future clichy- montfermeil metro station in paris. the competition, organized by the société du grand paris, is part of the ambitious grand paris express project which seeks to modernize the existing transport network and create an automatic metro that will connect new neighborhoods to the city

http://www.mirallestagliabue.com/, http://www.bordaspeiro.eu/

"micro-yuan’er’ is a project by zhang ke’s beijing-based standardarchitecture, which revitalizes a historic hutong courtyard for bjdw beijing design week 2014. the inserted structure, which contains a miniature art space and library, is part of the organic re-development taking place around the old dashilar area southwest of the city’s tiananmen square

http://www.standardarchitecture.cn/

as a testimony to the rich cinematic culture of south india, the images by german photographers stefanie zoche & sabine haubitz document the vibrantly-colored façades and abstract architectural facets of movie theaters

http://www.haubitz-zoche.de/en/

hotels et restaurants

‘we are not a hotel, but we are not your typical rental apartment either. think of our casas as your own private home that comes with a hotel-like service and the social fun of your local hangout.’ this how ‘yok casa cultura‘ defines its company philosophy and how the atmosphere it provides caters to everyone’s needs  

http://helloyok.com/

strategically positioned at the confluence of two german rivers, ‘the hedonist hotel’ reinterprets this locational dichotomy into a transformative physical volume. designed by portuguese architect nuno pimenta, the design has been selected to be one of hotel shabbyshabby‘s rooms for theater der welt in mannheim – a prestigious german theater festival that sees 20 temporary units built in unexpected public spaces

http://www.nunopimenta.com/

the site of an original roman ruin provides for alessandro isola the unique and fascinating surrounding for nyu, a new concept restaurant located in the historical town of oderzo, in the veneto region of italy

 http://www.alessandroisola.com/

if you combine fine french dining, a touch of art deco, and a bohemian twist, you have bibo, a newish restaurant in hong kong

http://www.bibo.hk/

interiors

‘the joy luck pie club’ by dutch designer henny van nistelrooy of studio hvn has been especially created for ‘bjdw beijing design week 2014’. situated on yangmeizhu xie jie in the heart of the city’s historic district of dashilar, the renovated hutong interprets multiple local motifs from the surrounding area

http://www.studiohvn.com/

urban design

vancouver-based green over grey designed ‘mountains & trees, waves & pebbles’, a living wall project with 120 unique plant species and over 50,000 individual plants, for guildford town centre in surrey, british columbia, canada

http://www.greenovergrey.com/

design

snøhetta’s pixilated concept for the norwegian banknote has been selected by the central bank of norway to serve as the “foundation” for the backside of the new kroner notes

http://snohetta.com/

7 giovani designer, 7 progetti originali e una vetrina di grande prestigio: il design supermarket della rinascente apre le porte per la seconda volta ai nuovi talenti promossi dal salonesatellite: arturo erbsman, dossofiorito, garay studio, maria volokhova, tania da cruz, tsukasa goto, uto balmoral

http://www.rinascente.it/rinascente/it

left, multipot è un vaso raccogli-cavi che al suo interno ospita una presa multipla con 3 spine e 4 attacchi usb. design donegani & lauda per rotaliana

http://www.rotaliana.it

right, centrotavola la trama e l'ordito di luca galbusera per alessi e italcementi, realizzato in malta i.design effix

http://www.alessi.com/

cristina bulat has designed the unbutton collection, a sideboard and two bedside tables, that were inspired by the clothes of pin-up models

https://www.facebook.com/cristinabulatdesign

left, orwell, a furniture piece by goula figuera, the fusion of a sofa, a bed, and a cabin has led to a series of multifunctional advantages

http://www.goulafiguera.com/

right, bruijn set by ivory

http://www.ivory-web.com

jen stark is a contemporary artist who creates intricate sculptures from paper. Using bright colors, often reminding people of kaleidescope visions, she creates a variety of artwork from stand alone sculptures to wall pieces to painted installations and animation

http://jenstark.com/

the irish chair, a project by nuala goodman on chairs by james howett and giovanni arangino: the images of irish people are only on one side, which you see in the picture 

http://www.nualagoodman.com

lumières

left, birdie metal da tavolo, rame e nero cromo, by ludovica e roberto palomba for foscarini

http://palombaserafini.com/, http://www.foscarini.com/

right, umut yamac’s perch light: the architect's perfectly balanced, origami-inspired paper light

http://umutyamac.com/

remix studio illuminates skeleton hutong with hidden lights for bjdw 2014

http://remixstudio.org/

exhibitions

gia wolff was asked to create an installation – part of which doubled as a performance piece – for the show up hill down hall: an indoor carnival in the tate modern‘s turbine hall

http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern

piazza shading project for the prophet’s holy mosque, medina

building with textiles, textielmuseum, tilburg, the netherlands

http://www.textielmuseum.nl

gianluca corona, still life, still alive at salamon, milano

http://gianlucacorona.it/, http://salamongallery.com/

galleria marie-laure fleisch announcing hell'o monsters at delimbo gallery, seville, spain

http://www.galleriamlf.com/, http://www.delimbo.com/

panareo art project nel salento, roberto visani e il mondo dei semi

masseria panareo, otranto, italy  

http://www.masseriapanareo.com/, http://www.robertovisani.it/

body ornaments

ayala bar

http://www.aibijoux.com

et caetera

painting from the exhibit ‘the 12 labors of putin". if you answered “c,” you may be a member of a group of russian president vladimir putin’s most creative supporters. their imaginative exhibit opened in moscow and features a dozen paintings that unironically depict the balding leader as a modern-day hercules

https://www.facebook.com/moiputin?hc_location=timeline

 http://www.afp.com/en/node/2917252