Bruno Munari was an artist, intellectual, refined designer and teacher, with a love for lightness. He was sharp intelligent, elegant, congenial, irrepressible, creative, driven by experimentation and authentic eclecticism, moved by curiosity about things, for the world, for the people.
He used art as an original form of expression . Even before his graphics, design, pedagogy and publishing, art continuously guided his creative genius.
Sydney Design 2010 – Powerhouse Museum 31 July 2010 to Feb 2011 “Creating the look:…
The Design Academy of Eindhoven ( DAE ) alumni presented their graduation projects in Milan, Italy: at the Lambretto Art Project Building.
The ‘self’ in the exhibition title still first and foremost refers to the student. The Design Academy of Eindhoven is fully focused on the talents, preferences and fascinations of its students. For their graduation they have to initiate projects themselves, in which these come to the fore.
But when you look at those projects – about healthcare, open source production, new economic systems – they come across as pretty altruistic. Contemporary design is very much oriented toward the ‘unself’.’
From the 8th April to the 13th April, Milan was once more the undisputed “Capital of Design”.
Design pilgrims flocked to Milan for the world’s most important design fair and the unofficial start of the design season, hoping to catch onto global design trends, and get inspired by seeing what’s fresh, eye-catching, and cutting edge
What happens in the Milan Design Week goes beyond the presentation of new products that everybody can easily find online. Here at Design Week, the international brands expressed their energy for the world to see
The Salone del Mobile is the benchmark in the home-furnishing sector and an unique advertisement instrument for the Italian furniture industry.
Architect Tsuyoshi Tane of French design studio DGT, created a spectacular light and time installation for Citizen watches, at the Triennale Museum, that enveloped visitors in a soft gilded cloud.
“Sunlight is the terrestrial measurement of passing time”, explained Tsuyoshi Tane, “we took that as a starting point and developed the simple concept behind the Citizen installation.”
The design gallery “Spazio Rossana Orlandi” which opened in 2002, is in a former tie factory on Via Matteo Bandello, in the Magenta / Sant ‘ Ambrogio neighbourhood of Milan.
Crowned “The Queen of Design” by the New York Times, Rossana Orlandi – who was once a fashion designer – is better known for her role discovering and championing new designers
At Nilufar Gallery, Martino Gamper stands beneath the rainbow archway of his L’Arco Della Pace…
The iconic Bar Basso is known for its long history within the Milanese community.
It lights up with a celebratory atmosphere that becomes explosive and irresistible, when Milan hosts its most important cultural events, such as the Salone and the Fiera dell’Arte.
Story featured in Introspective Magazine – by Clair Watson Once upon a time, in 1895,…
Australian designer, Helen Kontouris describes her Chloe table for DePadova Italy as follows: – “One day I…
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