carnet de notes 337

cosa c'è in una goccia di mare

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carnet de notes 337

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

looming over the small bavarian town of hohenschwangau are the turrets and towers of one of the world’s most famous “fairytale” castles. schloß neuschwanstein, or “new swan stone castle,” was the fantastical creation of king ludwig II – a monarch who dreamed of creating for himself an ideal medieval palace, nestled in the alps

http://www.tuttobaviera.it/hohenschwangau.html

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architecture

som architects, building in geneva, switzerland, ph hufton crow

http://www.som.com/

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‘the hive’, which was awarded second place in evolo’s annual skyscraper competition, reconsiders air-zoning regulations through a vertical highway, hadeel ayed mohammad yifeng zhao chengda zhu. the central control terminal hosts docking and charging stations for drones. the skyscraper’s façade features modules designed to fit nine different types of craft

http://www.evolo.us/category/2016/

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as part of the ongoing réinventer paris masterplan project, olivier palatre architectes’ ‘étoile voltaire’ proposal to envision ‘the cinema of tomorrow’ will be realized

http://www.olivierpalatre.com/index.php?page=accueil

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near milano, italy, artist biancoshock has turned abandoned manholes into subterranean dwellings. the three underground rooms created for the series ‘borderlife’ are situated inside vacant maintenance vaults and hidden beneath heavy metal doors. the spaces include a tiny kitchen, with hanging utensils and a wall clock; a minuscule bathroom, with an attached shower and towel; and a small, wallpapered hallway featuring a painting and hat

http://www.biancoshock.com/

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interiors

catalan architect adrian elizalde has renovated a 1930s apartment in barcelona’s central eixample district

http://cargocollective.com/adrianelizalde

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hotels, restaurants and bars

barcelo milan ristorante betulle, daycation spa

http://www.dayuse.com

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food

leading quartz manufacturer caesarstone, in collaboration with british designer tom dixon, presents a unique food concept at ‘the restaurant by caesarstone & tom dixon’ at milan’s children’s museum (muba) in the rotonda della besana. the collection of recipes is curated by italian food design studio arabeschi di latte. ph amandine alessandra

http://www.caesarstone.it/, http://www.tomdixon.net/eu/

http://www.arabeschidilatte.org/, http://www.muba.it

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design

left, seat opera by mario bellini for meritalia

http://www.meritalia.it, http://www.bellini.it/

right, lock proves that flat-pack furniture is anything but boring with their latest chair design, ‘lese’. composed of cnc-cut 18mm beech plywood and transparent polycarbonate panelling, the puzzle-like seat emphasizes its own construction by removing all unnecessary elements

http://www.lock-furniture.com/

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desk-bookcase with a pair of bridges arm chairs/ andré sornay, 1958/ courtesy of michel goiffon for galerie alain marcelpoil/

http://www.galeriemarcelpoil.com/

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left, hagit pincovici at brera district, milano

http://www.hagit-p.com/

right, amalong, tavolo allungabile by giulio iacchetti for bross

http://www.giulioiacchetti.com/?lang=it

http://www.bross-italy.com/

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tavolo isola di milo by cinzia ruggeri per kubico. i due tondi di marmo sono la sezione delle braccia della venere, il piano è di ulivo

http://www.cinziaruggeri.com/, http://www.kubico.it/

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chaise longue by marcel wanders for louis vuitton

http://www.marcelwanders.com/, http://it.louisvuitton.com/

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designer anna elzer oscarson is back with a new ceramic collection made in close collaboration with porslinsfabriken i lidköping, an original porcelain factory in sweden

http://www.aeo-studio.com/

http://www.porslinsfabriken-lidkoping.se/

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left, designer and interior architect gerard de hoop has designed a collection of wooden tables for dutch design brand odesi, each of which offers a sculptural presence

http://gerarddehoop.nl/en/, http://www.odesi.nl/

right, chubby glass stool by alain gilles for verreum

http://www.alaingilles.com/en, http://www.verreum.com/

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livres

       ruy teixeira, desenho da utopia a cura di jaime vargas, edizioni olhares              at galleria nilufar

http://ruyteixeira.net/, http://editoraolhares.com.br/ http://www.nilufar.com/

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lumières

led o, una lampada dalla forma ad anello, da parete, in fusione di alluminio studiata per sorgente di luce a led. disegnata da studio natural

http://www.martinelliluce.it/, http://www.studionatural.it/

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tapis

ebony g. patterson, “swag swag krew”, ten embellished mannequins with custom-made clothing, including cotton textiles and rugs

http://ebonygpatterson.com/

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tappeto by wieki somers for nodus

http://www.nodusrug.it

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from top left, clockwise

alessandro mendini for joseph carini carpets aat galleria fragile, milano

http://josephcarinicarpets.com/, http://www.ateliermendini.it

http://www.fragilemilano.com/it

tappeto by karpeta

http://www.karpeta.it/

daniel libeskind for loloey

http://www.loloey.com, http://libeskind.com/

studiopepe for cc-tapis, the poetry of randomness

http://www.studiopepe.info/, http://www.cc-tapis.com/

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art

john koerner, organising honey, at victoria miro mayfair

http://www.victoria-miro.com/

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paolo gnoli at peep-hole, milano

http://www.peep-hole.org

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from foot to head, galleria di arte passante di porta venezia

corso di metodologia di cinzia ruggeri, nuova accademia di belle arti naba

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street art

at the intersection of art and the urban landscape, ernest ‘zach’ zacharevic conveys the culture and community of a place, adding artistic interventions to different cities across the world

http://www.ernestzacharevic.com/

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photos

self-taught swedish photographer and retoucher erik johansson makes the implausible possible, turning outrageous scenarios into surreal yet familiar fragments of reality

http://www.erikjohanssonphoto.com/

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ph scott pease

http://www.peasephotography.com/

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exhibitions

sean scully, resistance and persistence, until 8 may at amnua, art museum of nanjing university of the arts, nanjing, jiangsu,china

http://www.nuamuseum.org/en/inside.aspx?mid=42&id=66

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marjose recalde, otras historias, galleria arteko, donostia-san sbastiàn, spain, until may 27

http://www.artekogaleria.com, http://www.spain.info

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andrea branzi, oro, gesso e pesci, galleria clio calvi rudi volpi, milano

http://www.cliocalvirudyvolpi.it/

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et caetera

designer nikita konkin has created a packaging concept design that makes buying pasta a bit more fun

https://www.behance.net/nikitos