March 5

NABA – INTERIOR DESIGN MASTER COURSE “Contemporary Living”

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A new English-spoken Master in Interior Design, directed by our own Luca Molinari, is starting next May at NABA in Milan. Download the brochure here and the application here, and remember that NABA is part of the MIND Milan Network Design initiative (check back this post), so you might get one of the ten scholarships available – three of which include, along with a full tuition payment, a financial contribution for living in Milan.

March 3

Maison Moschino, the new boutique hotel by Moschino

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(Images © ymag.it)

Alice’s Room

This season Milan Fashion week has seen the début of a new boutique hotel signed by Moschino’s creative team.  Maison Moschino opens in a renovated neoclassical station on Viale Monte Grappa, 12 in Milan near the Corso Como and Corso Garibaldi district which is one of the most renowned areas under redevelopment in Milan. Maison Moschino keeps its original 1840 exterior design – when the station used to be the main railway connecting Milan to Monza – while the interior has been completely transformed in pure amused Moschino style. Last week Ymag.it crew had the chance to enjoy the Maison opening party and guided tour on the the floors of the new design hotel by an italian brand which has definetely succeded to keep its playful identity alive for these last 27 years, despite the contemporary crises of the whole fashion system and the usual arguments on the tiring and too much concentrated length of the week cut to 4 days, this year.

the Forest room


But Maison Moschino will last after fashion shows as a distinctive location for comfort, design and fairy stories’ lovers.  Every space is furnished with a playful combination of design classics and pieces purposely created for this hotel. Read more

February 12

Jean Prouvé. The Technical Object Poetics @ Mendrisio Academy Gallery

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(All materials courtesy of Mendrisio Academy of Architecture)

Next week Mendrisio Academy Gallery opens its doors for “Jean Prouvé. La Poetica dell’Oggetto Tecnico” (“Jean Prouvé. The Technical Object Poetics“) curated by Bruno Reichlin and Franz Graf. The solo exhibition will feature a notable selection of design pieces (chairs, armchairs, tables, desks, beds and lamps), architecture elements and models – among others: Paris Aluminium Centenary Pavilion, Niamey Tropical house (Niger), Prouvé House in Nancy – dating back 1924 up to the 70’s. The exhibit is evidence of the versatile and innovative talent of Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) who designed pieces which are 20th century classics and succesfully combined entrepreneurship and professional ethics. The first steps as blacksmith apprentice, a true passion for handicraft and details, the knowledge of industrial application and mechanism allowed the french designer to become a furniture builder, an architect and a highly esteemed professor at Paris Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. His works were mass-produced even if economical reward see-sawed. Read more

February 8

A HOUSE FOR LADY GAGA. ICARCH
Gallery Competition

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(Special thanks to ICARCH Gallery)


Image from “Bad Romance” set, © Lady Gaga official site

Sometimes speaking half in jest produces the best results ever. Down from its ivory tower, architecture speculation stll creates for the sake of creating despite times to remain aloof from economic systems, bureaucracy and democracy are almost reduced to none. Unprofitable ideas and designs spread among every studio. We all need to disconnect and, who knows? The weirdest trick could change into a profitable project and find a client…And if not, who cares? We invite you to visit the Chicago-based ICARCH Gallery – deliberately inspired by Ephimeteus (literally “afterthought,”), Titan brother of the most reknown Prometheus, openly “confused, imperfect, hungry, anti-business, passionate” and, most of all, provocative. Since 2003 ICARCH has launched competitions like: “The House of War”, “A New Facade for Florence San Lorenzo”, “The House of Pi”, “The House of Oxymorons” and others themed on a series of personalities like Eric Rohmer, Federico Fellini, Albert Camus or Friedrich Nietzsche. Now ICARCH goes pop and it’s time for Lady Gaga, the flamboyant singer brought to the fore for her spectacular mise-en-scène and outfits.

Lady Gaga, Bad Romance video

Here follows ICARCH’s announcement for A HOUSE FOR LADY GAGA COMPETITION:

The more she hides, the more she exposes. And vice versa. We reflected on the strange dialectics between hiding / exposing, as illustrated by Lady Gaga. Quite often she seems to want to hide away… her hair, her masks, her veilings betray a very high interest in hiding, in concealing… Even her use of umbrellas, when outside it is sunny…!? And the fact that quite often she hides her face behind her hand, when photographed (as if she is guilty of something, almost like Adam in the famous painting by Masaccio “Adam and Eve banished from Paradise”), does show the same thing… and the meaning of her video Paparazzi seems to be the same: an intense almost neurotic questioning of the violation of privacy that contemporary life seems to be unable to avoid. She probably does not want to end like Princess Diana or like the main character of Das Parfum. But the price of fame is high, quite often! Sometimes tragically high!
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January 29

Blueprint, issue 286 review

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(Text by Gaia Bianchini)


Blueprint has traditionally made its readers well accustomed to sound explanations on design mechanisms and processes, what’s exactly up with design today. And, of course, by “today” we mean “now”. And, possibly, tomorrow.

Thinking of some attribute to generally define the thin, large format magazine, I can’t avoid stressing its most peculiar features: young and independent.

Under the wise guidance of Vicky Richardson (who’s recently been appointed as director Architecture, Design and Fashion at the British Council) and Tim Abrahams, Blueprint goes on giving its lucid, 360°- oriented glance on our world through specific sections dedicated to people/objects/exhibitions/installations/processes and meanings.

This month’s issue gives a challenging assessment on the 25 people among designers, architects and campaigners who will change architecture, design, graphics and communication in 2010. Of course – since the borders of the architect and designer profession are more and more blurring into somewhere else – the list includes personalities from researchers to graffiti artists; from economists to sculptors. Just keep an eye on architectural firms like  Toh Shimazaki Architecture, or sculptor Richard Wilson; or even the think tank Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, which is “exploring the consequences of fantastic, perverse and underrated urbanisms”, to see what’s in store in Innovationland for 2010. Read more

January 25

Soft Parcel by TAF. Universal Design

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(All photos © Joakim Bergström)

Find a rectangular piece of foam rubber and wrap it up in brown paper, a simple object will look like a present. The instant modules will give you the chance of infinite sitting arrangements and space layers. The simple, easy and cheap act to create always new and modifiable space solutions has been put in practice by swedish architects and designers TAF, Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom. Read more

January 21

Cracking Art Group invades Treviso. Charity auction

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(All materials courtesy of Cracking Art Group)

Consorzio Per Mio Figlio presents Treviso Cracking Art Regeneration, an alliance event betwen contemporary art and solidarity in favour of the paediatric ward of Treviso hospital. Artworks by Cracking Art Group will be put up for auction on tuesday January 26, at 8 pm. The proceeds will be donated to buy two important pieces of medical equipment for Treviso’s younger patients. A minum of Euro 50 grant is requested to join the benefit dinner. Download the invitation. Read more

January 19

Aldo Lanzini – Dopo le cause, prima delle conseguenze

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Aldo Lanzini @ Triennale Bovisa Milano
from February 3 to 28 – dal 3 al 28 febbraio
Opening on Tuesday February 2, h.6.30pm – Inaugurazione martedi 2 febbraio dalle 18.30

Aldo Lanzini’s exhibition is the first of a series of shows, workshops, and events curated by do-knit-yourself and taking place at Triennale Bovisa from February to June 2010.

Together with crocket hook pieces conceived around the theme of identity in costruction, already shown in the photographic version during the Dritto-Rovescio exhibition in March 2009, Lanzini also presents a series of multi-media pieces (drawing, sewing, writing, photography, music and video) some of which have been realized for the occasion. In the spirit of Triennale Bovisa’s activities, where exhibitions become ateliers, during the show (February 2010) the artist and do-knit-yourself will hold Talking Hands, a few open workshops on manual tecniques. Read more

January 14

A talk with Graphic Designer, Academic and Blogger Essam Abu Awad

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(Article by Nataleen Daas)

Essam Abu Awad portrait, photo © Ingrid Buecheler

Not only a great graphic designer, Essam Abu Awad is the teacher that inspires any student to do better. Whenever you hear his passion and his talks about design, colours, theories, etc. you get deeply involved with his world, which thrives with brilliant knowledge and sound experience. A tutor and a friend I was lucky to meet in my life, since I had the honour and pleasure to attend his classes during my bachelor. This is just a glimpse of his biography and works, Essam keeps his background intro brief as he does not intend to get anyone sleepy!

Essam Abu Awad was born in Amman in 1958. He finished his secondary education in 1977. At the tender age of four he showed an interest in drawing and, by the age of 11, he started exhibiting his works in the annual exhibition held by his school. At that time his work had alreaby been recognized as promising by tutors and many professional artists around him.

In 1977 he enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. He was granted a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 and a Master of Arts degree in 1985, both in the discipline of Graphic Design. During his studies at Lahore, Essam was able to build a hefty portfolio of high quality work which assured him professional practice as a freelance designer, while studying in Lahore and Karachi until 1986. Read more

December 28

The ways of Fashion and Design

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Aversa – Facoltà di Architettura SUN
Chiostro di San Lorenzo
December 16, 2009 – January 7, 2010

Between hand-made and Made in Italy, an intricated close-up on clothing and objects outlines the ways of fashion and design, drawing unusual visual paths shaping a history that’s yet to be written.

The exhibition is part of the “Storie per il design” class, in the Design and Fashion course’s first year, curated by professor Francesca Castanò and professor Ornella Cirillo. Le vie della moda e del design aims at highlighting the existing connections between the campanian textile tradition and industrial-bred innovation on national scale during the XX century. Read more

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