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aaron tilley, in anxious anticipation

http://www.aarontilley.com/

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carnet de notes 349

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

ph fausto giaccone, elaborazione manfredi bellati

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voyages

jemaa el-fna square in marrakesh, ph michal osmenda

http://www.visitmorocco.com

 

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architecture

the complex is named the ‘stavros niarchos foundation cultural center’. despite being situated at one of athens’ earliest seaports, the site previously offered no views of the sea. to restore this, renzo piano building workshop created an artificial hill at the southern end of the plot. the sloping park culminates in the building itself, which offers sweeping views out to sea. the opera and the library are contained within one structure, with a public space, the ‘agora’, providing access between the two main facilities. ph yiorgis yerolimbos

http://www.rpbw.com/

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simone micheli architect, together with aquaspecial-wellnessindustry have designed this futuristic looking spa in sarajevo, bosnia

http://www.simonemicheli.com/, http://aquaspecial.it/

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for the suncheon art platform competition sola-based office U67 has proposed ‘mandala’, an architectural complex that focuses on the need of balance between the historical value of the old city and the most innovative issues and topics related to the eco-identity of the rich natural surrounding environment

http://www.office-u67.net/, http://www.siac.kr/

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natura futura arquitectura’s proyecto chacras is a catalyst for social transformation. located in the province of el oro, ecuador, the town of chacras appears like an old western movie. the owner, don velfor, who lost his home in the ecuador earthquake in april this year, found refuge in an area of 12 x 10 meters partially occupied by his mother-in-law here. the project was conducted in may 2016 in a period of 10 days. natura futura arquitectura in collaboration with cronopios-el oro (a collective dedicated to cultural management) carried out the different processes

http://www.naturafuturarq.com/

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snøhetta has been announced as the winner of a competition to design a new church in the western norwegian town of ulsteinvik

http://snohetta.com/

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the working team formed by ramón esteve estudio and sulkin marchissio arquitectos has won the architectural contest for the extension and renovation work of the general hospital of viladecans, in barcelona.

http://www.ramonesteve.com

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danish architecture firm dorte mandrup’s proposal for the ‘icefjord centre’ in ilulissat, greenland has been chosen as the winner in an international competition

http://www.dortemandrup.dk/

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interiors

recupero di una villa degli anni ’70 affacciata sul lago di como. project akham project, longatti, ambrosini, colaprisco. collezioni cea. ph marcello mariana

http://www.ceadesign.it

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installations

visual arts centre gallery, in scunthorpe, north lincolnshire, uk. the  new installation by british artist, liz west is titled ‘our colour reflection,” and treats visitors to just that – an immersive chromatic experience where viewers bear witness to the spectacle and wonder of dancing colour as the natural light traverses through the interior of the neo-gothic architecture, creating multicoloured reflections in various shapes and forms onto the vaults, beams, columns, and pitched ceilings

http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/tourism-museums-and-the-arts/20-21-vac/

http://www.liz-west.com/

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tokujin yoshioka's prism partition for glas italia transforms different settings into mirage reflections

http://www.tokujin.com/, http://www.glasitalia.com/

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hotels et restaurants

w hotel in istanbul, turkey, designed by geomim, has individual cabanas attached to their ‘marvelous cabana’ rooms, connected with a small bridge

http://www.wistanbul.com.tr/

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studio mhna designs new club med resort in sanya, china

http://studiomhna.com/en/, https://www.clubmed.it/

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when designing kimono, a japanese restaurant in hanoi, vietnam, nh village architects decided to include a private dining room for guests, made from strips of bamboo. ph hiroyuki oki

http://www.nhvillage.net/

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design

more than “just” an armchair, the connesso chair is “a polished reflection of an unclean history.” designed by caroline eriksson, this armchair is about the layers and hidden information a single object can contain

http://ikkionno.com/

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from top right, clockwise

seat opera by mario bellini for meritalia

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

voliere by andrea branzi

http://www.andreabranzi.it/

design kaputt, useless design by christoph radl, mystery chair for ikea

        http://www.radl.it/radl-wall/about.html           http://www.ikea.com/it/it/

contrappesi by andrea anastasio

https://www.google.it/search?q=andrea anastasio designer&client=badoo&sa=X&biw=1032&bih=1002&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwi4lYyJ1srNAhVEXhQKHf_KBfcQsAQIHg

 

http://www.gallerialuisadellepiane.it

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table sir gio by phlippe starck fo kartell

http://www.starck.com/en, http://www.kartell.com/it/

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svuotatasche flamingo by hagit pinovici

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

 

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zeus la collezione industrial chic nuovi prodotti 2016 disegnati da ron arad, marie christine dorner, maurizio peregalli e franco raggi

http://www.zeusnoto.com/

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art

moma will present robert rauschenberg, the first posthumous retrospective of this defining figure of 20th-century art

http://www.moma.org/

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creatives continue to beautify india’s cabs for the taxi fabric project

http://www.taxifabric.org/

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mauro mori, blossom 1, tecnica mista su alluminio

http://www.mauromori.it/

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artisanat

linea vasi olla by ceramiche bucci

http://www.ceramichebucci.com/

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photos

kentucky flood by margaret bourke-white

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bourke-White

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ph tommaso sartori for giovannoni

http://www.tommasosartori.com/

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ph visarute angkatavanich

https://500px.com/bluehand

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ph maria filopoulou, ancient pool ierapolis

http://www.mariafilopoulou.com/

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exhibitions

left, kimono fortuny del 1910 realizzato con tessuto luminoso dreamlux

http://www.dreamlux.it/it/home/

right, tra i materiali protagonisti alcantara

http://www.alcantara.com/it/index.do

 

palazzo morando | costume moda immagine, la mostra dialoghi di filo, curata da livia crispolti

http://www.costumemodaimmagine.mi.it/

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et caetera

for ‘poolmoji’, jean-baptiste le divelec — together with winigreeni, joseph davies, sonali ranjit, and xuan pham — painted each ball with a different facial expression, forming a cast of characters that seemingly interact with each other as they roll across the table

http://jbledivelec.com/

il ritorno del circo bidon in italia a bordo di carovane trainate da cavalli

ph alain gaymard

https://www.produzionidalbasso.com/project/tutti-matti-per-il-cirque-bidon/, http://www.tuttimattipercolorno.it

institutfrancais-italia.com http://www.claps.lombardia.it, http://www.ater.emr.it  

http://www.festivalmirabilia.it, http://www.cirquebidon.fr

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carnet de notes 348

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

ph fausto giaccone, elaborazione manfredi bellati

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voyages

rintala eggertsson architects has completed a rhythmic pedestrian bridge over the river vosso in western norway. the scheme replaces a previously existing structure, which had been destroyed by a flood in 2014

http://www.ri-eg.com/, http://www.visitnorway.it

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praga, prague, repubblica ceca

http://www.czechtourism.com

 

 

architecture

louvre, abu dhabi, project jean nouvel

http://www.louvre.fr/, http://www.jeannouvel.com/

http://www.visitabudhabi.ae

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left, a new ten-storey building at london’s tate modern art gallery opens its doors to the public. designed by herzog & de meuron — the  swiss firm who originally transformed the former power station 16 years ago — the expansion is situated behind the original building, offering 60% more space for visitors to explore

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

https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index.html

right, the royal institute of british architects (riba) will open a new national architecture centre,riba north, in august on the waterfront in liverpool. the new centre will offer architecture exhibitions, talks and tours and a new café and shop

https://www.architecture.com/Explore/Home.aspx

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studio fuksas has revealed images of a new cultural complex it is working on in the georgian capital of tbilisi. located within the city’s rhike park, the building is composed of two sculptural tubular elements that both open up onto the adjacent green space. connected via a shared retaining wall, the two volumes house a musical theater and an exhibition hall respectively. image by joel rookwood

http://www.fuksas.com/en

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clay is ubiquitous, easy to work with, and requires little energy inputs: “mud works” by anna heringer and martin rauch. ph francesco galli, la biennale di venezia

http://www.anna-heringer.com/index.php?id=71

http://www.lehmtonerde.at/en/

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left, faceted window frames project from the slatted timber and stained-glass facade of this apartment block in tehran, designed by iranian studio keivani architects

http://keivani-architects.com/

right, building by architects hmaa, kanagawa prefecture, japan, ph nobuki taoaka

http://www.hmaa.jp/

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building by aamer architects

http://www.aamertaher.com/

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interiors

this year would have been panton's 90 birthday. so verpan have decided to celebrate the occasion  introducing another luxurious metal finish, making use of a dustier colour palette, and upholstering with some of kvadrat’s fabrics designed by raf simons

http://www.verpan.com/

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when asked to create a show unit in an apartment building in kuala lumpur, malaysia, whose owner is an avid traveler and photographer, interior designers nu infinity decided that the apartment should be designed to incorporate natural materials into the interior to create a calm relaxing space, perfect for retreating to after a busy trip

http://www.nuinfinity.com/

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row studio use a golden reflective ceiling for barberia royal shop in mexico city

http://www.barberiaroyal.com/, http://rowarch.com/portfolio/

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located within the atrium office tower in tel aviv, israel, is this amazing sculptural staircase made from poplar wood. ph itay sikolski

http://www.emporis.com/buildings/101262/atrium-tower-ramat-gan-israel

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installations

after/umbracula, i due savi di fausto melotti, a cura di antonella ranaldi e fulvio irace, totem di italo lupi. la xxi triennale declina il tema design after design in umbracula, padiglione che si ispira alla sala della asse del castello sforzesco e alle forme dlla natura. ph gianluca di ioia

http://www.triennale.org/evento/after-umbracula-inaugurazione-mostra/

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transsolar’s dynamic ‘lightscapes’ installation illuminates the arsenale at venice biennale, conceived as a collaboration between transsolar and anja thierfelder. categorized between architecture and technical art, the series of intense and dynamic rays of light have been achieved through the manipulation of the room’s thermodynamic conditions

http://www.transsolar.com/news/architecture-biennale-2016-lightscapes

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hotels et restaurants

charlotte biltgen has created the bespoke interior design for maison première, a brand new restaurant in the ebisu district of tokyo, an up-and-coming residential area popular with bobos (bourgeois bohemians)

charlottebiltgen.com

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in myagi, tokyo, architect kengo kuma has completed the whimsical interior design of a french restaurant, named ‘nacrée’. the focal characteristic of this space is defined by an unconventional element of architecture that wraps and curves around the floorplan to form a decorative and functional element

http://kkaa.co.jp/works/architecture/

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drawn from the motifs of nature, earth and animal life, russian artist and illustrator karina eibatova has created a large scale tile work for the restaurant and reception area of a hotel in greece. at casa cook in rhodes, eibatova has installed ‘magical jungles’

http://eika.work

when designing kimono, a japanese restaurant in hanoi, vietnam, nh village architects decided to include a private dining room for guests, made from strips of bamboo. ph hiroyuki oki

http://www.nhvillage.net/

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design

left, at icff, under the theme ‘design for delight’, adam whittaker realized the ‘en throne’ chair — a bold and uncomplicated seat that is simultaneously sculptural, graphic and playful. depending on the vantage point of the viewer, an optical trick hides the source of the seat behind a monolithic blue circle

https://www.behance.net/AWhittaker

right, ‘arm’ chair is not another chair; it is an anti-chair. it celebrates nonsense, and gleefully breaks the chair design rule book. it is not comfortable; in fact, it cannot be sat on. it is the outline or symbol of a chair, produced in fine american oak. created by clark bardsley design, a practice based in auckland

http://www.clarkbardsleydesign.com/

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stelios mousarris’ rocket coffee table blasts off on plumes of smoke

http://www.mousarris.com/

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left, vases by emmanuel babled

http://babled.net/

right, svelata, marble vases by moreno ratti for matter of stuff

http://www.morenoratti.com/, http://www.matterofstuff.com/

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colé gallery

http://coleitalia.com/?lang=it

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left, teiera vanity

right, vassoi e vetri ondina

aldo cibic for paola c

http://www.aldocibic.design/, http://www.paolac.com

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design lanzavecchia way for luisa firenze

http://lanzavecchia-wai.com/, http://www.luisaviaroma.com/

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left, fiori di filo, porta fiore da vaso in filo di rame intrecciato con una tecnica antica giapponese, artigiano kanaami tsuji, designer laudani romanelli for hands on design

http://www.handsondesign.it/

http://www.kanaamitsuji.net, http://www.laudani-romanelli.it/

right, axcent, pocket watch bronze by people

http://eu.peopleproducts.com/product/axcent-pocket-watch-bronze

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frank rettenbacher’s ‘june’ chair for zanotta is characterised by its contrasting use of geometric shapes and materials

http://www.frankrettenbacher.com/, http://www.zanotta.it/#/en/

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benjamin hubert's layer expands cradle chair collection for moroso with knitted mesh backs

http://www.moroso.it/

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boutique mast è il nuovo sistema porro dalla leggerezza nautica e dalla linearità grafica, che consente massima libertà espressiva per composizioni pavimento soffitto o a parete

http://www.porro.com

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et caetera

le panchine letterarie di londra: alice nel paese delle meravigliee. mrs dallowy, orgoglio r pregiudizio

http://www.booksabouttown.org.uk/?action=ListBenches

http://www.cartonai.it

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carnet de notes 347

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

australia's iconic opera house is lit up with an art installation called 'songlines' on the opening night of vivid sydney, an festival of light, music and ideas

http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/presenters/Opera_Australia.aspx

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architecture

vitra schaudepot, project herzog & de meuron, ph bettina matthiessen

http://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions.html

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istanbul-based practice tabanlioglu architects has revealed plans to built a robust stone congress center in the moroccan city of marrakesh. the scheme has been developed to respect both the site’s historic context through its deployment of materials, pattern, and color. the design is enveloped in a robust natural stone façade

http://www.tabanlioglu.com/

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interiors

loft hrebenky is an 85 square meter (approx. 915 square feet) flat in a new building in prague, which formafatal was tasked with designing. a complicated floor plan required the architect to design 44 pieces of furniture to work with the unconventional layout. to complete the look, additional pieces were added, most of which were from the 1950s

http://www.formafatal.cz/loft-hrebenky

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hotels et restaurants

in the pristine gardens of le bristol paris hotel, french artist daniel buren has created a chromatic and luminous landscape for guests and visitors to experience. ‘une pause colorée’

http://www.lebristolparis.com/fr/home/

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Buren

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gg architects design andalusian noor restaurant in córdoba, spain, not conceived as a usual dinning area but as a ‘cultural project’ which would provide customers with a gastronomic experience

http://www.gg-architects.com/, http://noorrestaurant.es/

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design

hands on design specialized in craft production presents a coffee set from the cadecam tableware range manufatured by 224m 0poircelain in japan, design studio minale maeda

http://www.minale-maeda.com

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hattern is a south korean design studio that focuses on making products with the help of upcycling. they set out to make a seat in a new way as part of their zero per project, with the plan of having almost no waste produced during the making of the product, by combining resin and wooden offcuts

https://www.facebook.com/hattern/

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cody hoyt, fossil record. utilizing the method of inlaid clay patterning, the surfaces of hoyt's ceramics reveal how the walls of each form have been sliced and opened up, uncovering the system of pattern inside, whether geometric or incidental like strata

http://www.patrickparrish.com

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michael beitz turns familiar objects into twisted sculptural scenarios

http://www.michaelbeitz.com/

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art

alessandro merlanti, opere-scultura tratti dal tema dell'archeologia industriale 

https://www.facebook.com/the.art.of.alessandro.merlanti/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandromerlanti

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’the new vedovella of milan’, autori sono rita mathe, pablo valls pascual, joan guivernau bartra

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lumières

quasar by giorgia zanellato at luisa delle piane gallery

http://giorgiazanellato.com/

http://www.gallerialuisadellepiane.it/

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alberto biasi, light prism, grande tuffo nell'arcobaleno, palazzo pretorio, cittadella (pd) , until 6 november 2016

http://www.fondazionepretorio.it

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livres

left, gio ponti, stile di a cura di cecilia rostagni, electaarchitettura.

http://www.electaweb.it/

right, fabrizio guarducci, il quinto volto, lorenzo de medici press

http://lorenzodemedicipress.it/

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exhibitions

le foreste di meli selvatici del tien shan, premio internazionale scarpa per il giardino, fondazione benetton, treviso

http://www.fbsr.it/paesaggio/premio-carlo-scarpa/

http://www.fbsr.it/

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katia dilella, segni e racconti, eroici furori galeria

http://www.furori.it/project/katia-dilella/

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photos

photo by deidi von schaeven

http://www.deidivonschaewen.com/

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tapis

christian lacroix for mooi & mooi carpets

http://moooicarpets.com/

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caturegli formica, chromosome p.c2, at nilufar gallery

http://www.caturegliformica.com/

 http://www.nilufar.com/prodottiDesigner.php?idDesigner=125

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tissus

left, flower power, velvet fabric by nuala goodman

http://www.nualagoodman.com/

right, dutch wall textile co. commissioned bo reudler to design a feature collection of six wall textile designs. these designs formed the centrepiece of the company’s debut collection of wall textiles, entitled bloom inks

http://www.dwc-amsterdam.com/

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left, marina c, easy runner azzurro

http://www.marinac.it  

right, mimesis by society limonta

http://www.societylimonta.com/

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mode

from left

eleventy, http://www.eleventy.it/

ermanno scervino, http://www.ermannoscervino.it/it/

larusmiani, http://www.larusmiani.it/

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shoes

skirts-shoes by nendo, ph akihiroyoshida

http://www.nendo.jp

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et caetera

czestochowa train depot, poland

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carnet de notes 346

by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

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voyages

scoprire il colorado in sella a un cavallo come i primi esploratori spagnoli giunti nel territorio alle fine del 1600

http://www.colorado.com

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architecture

hamadan, iran. the termeh building was designed by architects farshad mehdizadeh and ahmad bathaei to accommodate two separate occupants and two distinct functions: a retail space on the ground floor and an office on the level above. ph hoorjandi, parham taghiof

http://iranian-architect.ir/project-0084/project-0084_04

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julien de smet, marine biotechnology center in qingdao, china

http://jdsa.eu/

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architect jean pierre heim is launching his new concept design proposal for museum of delos with his daughter carolyn heim

http://www.HEIMdesign.com

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interiors

schumetta mclendon – hollywood hills project

http://www.ogs.it/site/clients/

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secondo capitolo della mostra interni milanesi – architetture domestiche di vico magistretti. quattro progetti: tre case a milano e il quartiere di san felice costruito a segrate insieme a luigi caccia dominioni. fondazione studio museo vico magistretti

http://www.vicomagistretti.it

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design

chairs designed by clara porset for a dance school in cuba. one of the central exhibitions taking place as part of bdhabana’16 is a monumental display of work by designer clara porset — a pioneer of latin american industrial design. presented at factoria habana gallery, the exhibition spotlights porset’s cuban roots and brings together furniture made for, and collected in the country

http://factoriahabana.com/

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designer roberto giacommuci has revealed his ‘empirica collection’, a series of tables, lamps, and chairs that combine brass structures treated with a special coating with methacrylate surfaces characterized by exclusive shades

http://www.giacomuccidesign.com/2015/

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waltz, wall hanger, design gamfratesi for gebruder thonet vienna

http://www.gebruederthonetvienna.com/en/products/waltz-2/

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carrinho de chá by jorge zalszupin, brazil, 1950s at nilufar gallery

http://www.nilufar.com/

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colé wise mirror masks disegnate da lorenza bozzoli nella mostra wood obsession a palazzo loredan a venezia

http://www.coleitalia.com, http://www.lorenzabozzoli.com/

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left, design patricia urquiola for kettal

http://www.kettal.com/, http://www.patriciaurquiola.com/

right, indiana, design rodolfo dordoni for minotti

http://www.minotti.com/, http://www.rodolfodordoni.it/

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sarah lo bianco ceravolo, picnic sack, alessi

http://www.alessi.com/it

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art

tarshito, il viandante innamorato, next solo exhibition

museo mimara, zagabria

http://www.tarshito.com/

http://www.zagabria.org/citta-bassa/museo-mimara/

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iniziano a lodi i lavori per la costruzione della cattedrale vegetale, un’opera dell’artista di art in nature giuliano mauri, scomparso nel 2009. lodi, riva sinistra del fiume adda, area “ex sicc”. progetto a cura di francesca regorda

Facebook/giulianomauricattedralelodi

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lumières

from left, loop, 18 x 18 e flatterby by ingo maurer

https://www.ingo-maurer.com/it/

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wall lamp yaya by hindrabii

 http://www.hindrabii.net/#!hind-rabii-it/c24ya

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the ‘kocohedron collection’ is a series of aluminium lamps and jewelry based on mathematical wireframes, designed by willem schouten en koen coppens for kocowisch

https://www.kocowisch.nl/

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left, lamp shen by kundalini

http://www.kundalini.it

right, pendant lamp abc by roberto paoli for modo luce

http://www.robertopaoli.com/, http://www.modoluce.com/

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installations

alberto biasi, light prisms – grande tuffo nell'arcobaleno

http://www.albertobiasi.it/

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food

lo zafferano biologico  viene coltivato nella zona di kozani, macedonia occidentale, grecia. «qui un terreno calcareo ricco di minerali permette la crescita del prezioso fiore senza bisogno di concimi artificiali e pesticidi», racconta giorgio bacagias, imprenditore ellenico, ma italiano d'adozione, che ha deciso di portarlo all'attenzione del mercato italiano. ecco allora la prima boutique di zafferano ellenico, aperta all'interno di teatro7, scuola di cucina – eventi di milano in zona isola

http://www.zafferanoellenico.com, http://www.viaggioxte.it, http://www.teatro7.com

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exhibitions

gaetano pesce, altra bellezza, palazzo morando, milano

http://www.gaetanopesce.com/

http://www.costumemodaimmagine.mi.it/

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rafael gómezbarros (Colombia) at the wanas foundation

http://www.wanas.se/svenska/Hem.aspx

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photos

leonard freed, il amo l'italoia, centre saint-benin, aoste

http://www.aostalife.it/www/index.php/ita/pagina/13

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left, yoshinori mizutani rain, webber gallery space, london

http://www.webberrepresents.com/gallery

right, lilian bassman, edwynn houk gallery, new york

http://www.houkgallery.com

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mode

andrea zucchi

https://www.facebook.com/zucolandrearte/photos/

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scents

left, fragranza ode rosae by culti

http://www.culti.com/

right, fragranza iris by fragonard

https://www.fragonard.com/it/

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events

from the 4th of june until the 4th of november 2016, the festival ‘la cité idéale" is taking place in france at the royal abbey of fontevraud. the theme: builing and living the ideal city, invited 5 studios, collectives or associations to explore the intimate relationship between man and architecture. the studio barreau et charbonnet and metalobil are to be one of them

http://barreaucharbonnet.com/

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et caetera

fazal sheikh brings traces of arab–israeli conflict to new york’s storefront

http://www.fazalsheikh.org/, http://storefrontnews.org/