martedì 4 agosto 2009

A "diary" of the garden!

NATUREZA EM RISCO

Gli spazi verdi sembrano diventati un privilegio per poche persone o in cui si può accedere solo pagando un biglietto. Ma il verde è il lavoro di un’artista speciale, "La natura", e la Natura Arte non ha prezzo.
Il “Festival Internacional de Jardins de Ponte de Lima” è l’occasione per riflettere e cambiare il concetto: non pochi spazi verdi per gente fortunata, ma spazi verdi dove la “Natura Arte” è visibile ed utilizzabile per ognuno di noi.
Ogni anno, undici nuovi giardini saranno selezionati in base a questi temi e saranno visitabili dal 29 maggio al 30 ottobre.
Il giardino che hanno ricevuto il maggior numero di voti resta per i prossimi anni.
Il Festival si svolge a Ponte de Lima in Campos de São Gonçalo tra il ponte romano e il Ponte di Nossa Senhora da Guia sulla riva destra del fiume Lima - Il fiume di Forgetfulness.
Abbiamo apprezzato un particolare progetto di un giardino (spazio pubblico) dal nome "Natureza em Risco".
Questo progetto è nato dalle idee e dalle mani di Lara Plácido [architetto] e Sara Bento Botelho (scultrice), che hanno unito la forza del vento con quella dei visitatori.
Visitatori e vento possono lavorare insieme per disegnare la loro arte spontanea e lasciare un segno su un muro.
Sara Bento Botelho e Lara Placido sono state così gentili da inviarci alcune foto del loro lavoro e una breve citazione che spiega la loro installazione:

"...fará crescer um “diário” do jardim, sobrepondo registos espontâneos e arbitrários, produtivamente artísticos pela acção do vento nas varetas que, munidas de riscadores nas extremidades, funcionarão como impressora eólica da intervenção dos espectadores dispostos a interagir com elas e assim, a criar o desenho do seu percurso."


photos by Lara Placido & Sara Bento Botelho

FESTIVAL DE JARDIN DE PONTE DE LIMA
In the world actually a lot of plants,vegetables, animals and species are threatened by exinction and green spaces seem to be becoming a privilege for few people or spaces where you can have access just paying a ticket. We are firmly convinced that this conception must change, because the green is the work of a special artsit, “The Nature”, and the Nature Art has no price.
The Ponte de Lima International Garden Festival “... contribute on a local, national and international level to greater awareness of the art of the garden and to an increase in the importance of gardens and of green spaces in improving the quality of life of citizens, creating a movement that brings flowers, plants and art into closer contact with the urban space and is simultaneously a force for the preservation and enhancement of the values of the rural landscape.”
It is opportunity to think about the changement of the concept:
no few green spaces for lucky people but green spaces where Nature Art is visible and usable for everyone of us.
Every year eleven new gardens will be selected in accordance with these themes.
Each year from the last Friday in May until 30 October, we can visit them.
The garden that received most votes remains for the next year.
The Festival takes place in Ponte de Lima on the Campos de São Gonçalo between the Roman Bridge and the Bridge of Nossa Senhora da Guia on the right bank of the River Lima – The River of Forgetfulness.

We appreciated a particular project for a garden (public space) called "Natureza em Risco".
This project was born from the ideas and hands of Lara Plácido [architect] and Sara Bento Botelho (sculptor) who have merged the power of wind with the power of visitors.
Visitors and wind can work together to draw their spontaneous art and leave a sign on a wall.
Sara Bento Botelho and Lara Placido were so kind to send us some pics of their work.

In few sentences they explain their installation writing:

"...as we walk past it, will grow a "diary" of the garden, superimposing spontaneous and arbitrary records, productively artistic through the action of the wind on the rods with markers attached to their ends which will operate like a wind printer of the intervention of viewers ready to interact with them, thus creating a drawing of their journey...."

natureza em risco
festival de jardins de ponte de lima

martedì 14 luglio 2009

Mariscal's Exhibition at London Design Museum

01 July – 01 November London Design Museum


Javier Mariscal is a famous Spanish designer and artist. Regarded as one of the world's most innovative and original designers of our time, Mariscal's rich and diverse body of work spans kooky cartoon characters to stunning interiors, from furniture to graphic design and corporate identities.
Mariscal’s intense relationship with drawing and illustration is central to his career and is the basis for his designs over the last 30 years. He gave Barcelona its graphic identity as it emerged from the Franco era and in 1992 he introduced the world to Cobi, the official Olympic mascot of the Barcelona games. Sketches, designs, films and photographs will be on display alongside furniture and textiles. Mariscal will also design and paint an elaborate mural for the exterior of the museum showcasing his unique vision and signature design style.
The London Design Museum shows his extraordinary and amusing works



tve telediario2 from estudiomariscal on Vimeo.

sabato 11 luglio 2009

15-25 July 2009 Creative Minds Converge Melbourne

design furniture
design furniture
design furniture Photo by "stateofdesign.com".


15-25 July 2009 is the period of "State of Design Festival" in Melbourne.
During this edition the main theme is ‘Sampling the Future'.
An exciting initiative by the Victorian State Government, the 'State of Design Festival' incorporates over 100 interactive events, exhibitions, workshops and discussions between 15 and 25 July.
Australian Design sends us a clear message :design is an important part of our daily living and our communities life is taking place through design.
Real and surreal mix themselves in the reminiscent image of the traditional ‘city’ of the present and speaks of an optimistic future where design can make anything possible.
The clou exhibition is that of Convergence @ Yarra Lane.
This is a group installation presenting work by top Australian designers.
Michael L. Yates & Co. present
“ Yarra Lane, a locus where people will live the intrigue of alleyway shopping and dining to the commercial heart of South Yarra.
There will be a mixure of illuminated night paths remembering the hidden laneway bars, stores and cafés that some melbourians know when they frequent uber-trendy locations missed in the depths of the city.
Convergence also exhibits works by Nick Rennie, Laura Woodward, James Carey, Emma van Leest, Leah Heiss, the Monash Architecture Design Studio and the Spatial Research Group .
Rosie Scott will show her experience of merging interior, body, art and architecture in our communities.
But we can also find the works of young emerging australian designers as
Julia Deville's jewellery.
She combines once living materials with traditional gold and silversmithing techniques. At first time her work could seem macabre because she makes jewellery and objects out of dead animals. But her jewels are really captivating and amazing as we can see visiting her site at http://www.juliadeville.com/.
We learned a lot about her strange art just giving a look at an interesting interview on http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2415244.htm.
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design furniture Photo by Julia Deville's collection.

Another emerging young australian group is Moth design. As we learned from their web page, http://www.mothdesign.com.au/, they don’t do just design but fashion too.
All their work is a mixture of Textile, Sound, Graphic, Interior, Furniture and New Media.
Their innovative research is the use of advanced technology.
In their “manifesto” they declare:
“(We)Are concerned about exploring the social and environmental implications of emerging technology in design.”
They say:
“We aim to infuse critical thinking, sustainable practice and energy into all of our projects.”








Design Furniture Photos by Moth Design album on Flickr.


Over 100 exciting and differnet events, exhibitions, installations and experiences across Metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will give us the sense of designing for the future.
If you can, don't miss this exstraordinary event in Melbourne.
Not many people know Australian design. It may be the occasion to begin!
See you at 9 Yarra Street, South Yarra, Melbourne.
Until 17 August 2009 this amazing event is opened to the public coming from all the World.
design furniture

domenica 5 luglio 2009

KABK + Design Why? Una piattaforma sul design in un mondo caotico!

DESIGN WHY?
La Royal Academy of Art de L’Aja (KABK) è sinonimo di “innovazione, sperimentazione, improvvisazione, analisi, riflessione e comprensione”. Reputa l’arte, a livello nazionale ed internazionale, una delle “fonti privilegiate” per infondere energia nelle società odierne.
Per gli studenti della più prestigiosa accademia d’arte olandese, il Salone del Mobile di Milano è un’occasione straordinaria per far conoscere la propria idea nel mondo del progetto. L’hanno dimostrato già l’anno scorso firmando un nuovo concetto di mostra: la Royal Dutcheese, in un’ex fabbrica di formaggi (Custodi 6)!

Così, per la loro seconda volta alla Design Week Milanese, gli studenti della KABK confermano la loro vocazione sperimentale e sociale, scelgono la Fondazione Maimeri in Corso Colombo 15 per dare il via alla “piattaforma multi-disciplinare” Design Why? provando, insieme a numerosi partners, a dare risposte alle seguenti domande:

Per chi progettiamo? Dove va il design oggi e come apparirà domani? E i designer, ora, come si confrontano con un mondo così cangiante? La creatività è d’aiuto per il mercato? Può offrire impulsi adatti a creare nuove possibilità e soluzioni in tempi di recessione per rendere il mercato di nuovo sano?

Durante i quattro giorni della stimolante iniziativa, un’atelier dinamico - allestito dai giovanissimi studenti della KABK - ha offerto colazioni con la stampa e ospitato incontri, conferenze, interviste e dibattiti aperti al pubblico, durante i quali designers, produttori, studenti e giornalisti si sono alternati come relatori sui temi complessi della progettazione, produzione e distribuzione attuale.

“La diversità della società attuale influenza il design, l’architettura e la comunicazione visiva. Se un prodotto avrà successo, questo dipenderà dalle turbolenti dinamiche di consumo della società.” Gli studenti di KABK hanno interagito con questo tema, presentando i progetti anche all’esterno della sede di Corso Colombo 15 e intervistando i visitatori del 48° Salone del Mobile di Milano sul “design di oggi e domani”.

Design Why? È un progetto di Royal Academy of Art, L’Aja www.kabk.nl, Creative City The Hague (CSDH) www.csdenhaag.nl, Design The Hague 2010-2018 www.designdenhaag.eu , Premsela Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion www.premsela.org, Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DDFA) www.dutchdfa.nl e le riviste Items www.items.nl, Abitare www.abitare.it



KABK + Design Why? A platform about design in a chaotic world!

The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) is synonymous with “innovation, experimentation, improvisation, analysis, reflection and understanding." They consider art, both nationally and international produced, a preferred source for infusing energy in today’s societies. The Royal accademy of Art is the most prestigious art academy in Netherlands and its partecipation to the Salone del Mobile during the Milan Design Week was an extraordinary opportunity for students to raise the awareness of their ideas in the world of project. Last year they just demonstrated their new concept of art signing a new kind of exhibition: the Royal Dutcheese placed in a former cheese factory (Custodi 6)!

So, for their second time at Milan Design Week, KABK's students confirmed their experimental and social vocation, choosing the Fondazione Maimeri Corso Colombo 15 to give a start to the "multi-disciplinary" Why Design? test, involving different partners. They tried to give answers to the following questions:

For whom do we make design? Where does design stands today and how will it look like tomorrow? How do you, as a designer, keep up with an ever changing world? Can creativity offer impulses to offer new chances to the consumer market?

During the four days of stimulating initiatives a dynamically atelier was created and organized by the young students of KABK. They offered breakfasts with the press, lectures, interviews and debates opened to the public, during which designers, producers, students and journalists were alternated to discuss about complex issues of actual design, production and distribution.

"The diversity of present society influences design, architecture and visual communication. Whether a product is successful depends on the turbulent dynamics of our consumer society." KABK students interacted with this theme, presenting their other projects outside of the Corso Colombo 15, interviewing and questioning the 48th Salone del Mobile visitors about the “design of today and tomorrow. "

MilanDesign Why? is a project by the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague www.kabk.nl, Creative City The Hague (CSDH) www.csdenhaag.nl, Design The Hague 2010-2018 www.designdenhaag.eu , Premsela Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion www.premsela.org, Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DDFA) www.dutchdfa.nl, and magazines and journals such as Items www.items.nl, and Abitare www.abitare.it

mercoledì 17 giugno 2009

MoMA Line of People Project

If you are in New York City don’t miss the Moma Line of people.
Moma,the famous Museum of modern Art,needs people of all ages and backgrounds
"to represent a real slice of New York" for a giant MoMA banner that will stretch along the museum's West Lot fence on 53rd St. for the rest of the year




Photo by Moma
As Paul Valéry wrote
( Pièces sur L’Art, 1931,Le Conquete de l’ubiquite)


In all the arts there is a physical component which can no longer be considered or treated as it used to be, which cannot remain unaffected by our modern knowledge and power. For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor time has been what it was from time immemorial. We must expect great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts, thereby affecting artistic invention itself and perhaps even bringing about an amazing change in our very notion of art."

A professional MoMA photographer will be taking full-length photographs of visitors, staff members, friends, and family. A selection of these pictures will then be assembled into a graphic rendering of the MoMA ticketing line (which often extends alongside the 53rd St. fence)

So common people become a living banner for a ticketing line.

Participants are needed for any and all days and they will be part of a photo that is at the same time art, sculpture and advertising.

To participate, stop by the MoMA lobby near the film desk (entrance at 11 W. 53rd St.) June 17, 18, or 19. Come as you are, dressed as you like (the more colorful the better) and enjoy this new art-joke by Moma.

But if you don't like to appear like a living ticket you can go to visit this incredible musem of modern art that realized too a very nice virtual gallery on the web.

For questions, call Melanie Malkin at (212) 333-1272 or visit Moma





giovedì 11 giugno 2009

IED BARCELONA & VOICE CONSTRUCTOR @ SONAR FESTIVAL



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VOICE CONSTRUCT0R
An interactive “tangram” through the use of the voice


Sonar Festival June 19, 20, 21

- The installation belong to the exposition “Mecanics” of Sonarmática
- Voice Constructor construct geometric shapes and colours on a screen
- Squares, cylinders and triangles….generates depending of the intensity of the sound.
- A multidisciplinary group of students of Visual Arts of IED Barcelona has Developer this interactive construction game for children and adults.
- Is about an innovative Project and pioneer in its field.


Barcelona, june, 11 2009. The 16º Barcelona’s International Festival of Advance Music and Multimedia Art, Sonar, involved in this editions and in concrete in the “Mecanics” exposition of Sonarmática, universities institutions, like the Istituto Europeo di Design of Barcelona, to incorporate their creative contents.

The “Mecanics” exposition, that occupies all the first floor of the CCCB, undertakes the fascinating World of the musical instrument built from the robotics and the technology under the theme “Do It Yourself” (Hazlo Tú Mismo).

The installation Voice Constructor, Develop under these criteria, is the result of a multidisciplinary project made by the student of Video Design, Media Design and Graphic Design courses of the IED Barcelona.

Voice Constructor is a puzzle and an interactive construction game though so that a minimum of two people can play. Through the voice, one build the geometric pieces which completes the different drawings on a big screen and the second player, with the help of a wii control, can displace them and rotate them on a second screen of 4,80x2,5m completing the puzzle.
Inspired on the tangram games and the children games colour pieces, Voice Constructor propose an experience, directed to the wide audience of Sonar, that follows the premises of the festival: do it yourself y hand made. The result is an innovative exercise of a multimedia experiment that goes around 3 axes: the sound, the image and the interaction, translated in terms of the human voice, geometric shapes and expression games (voice and body).

Is a multidisciplinary work of similar complexity to the production of a videogame, in which they take part a script, investigation, conceptual analysis, production of story-boards, graphic design, processing (programming language) and animation motion graphics….

In addition, Voice Constructor also participates in the new section of this festival, SonarKids, that will permit the kids to approached and interact in a creative and amusing way to a new means to understand the instrumentation and the musical composition, so that they can learn while they observe, they listen or they manipulate some of the interfaces, new software and actual installations in the exposition.



AUTHORS

Original Concept: Horacio Herrera

Vídeo Design: Alejandro Sardà Sagarra, Carlos Nieves, Valentina Magini, Clarisse
Castelo Branco Rodriguez, Javier Molina Badrines
Graphic Design:
Yosip Sverko, Rodrigo Molas, Wendy Figueroa, Alfonso Molas
Polina Raevskaya, Juani López
Media Design:
Adrian Ortúzar, Christian Villacañas Camps, Ivan Córdoba
Pérez, Mia Leizerovitz, Horacio Herrera, David Torres

COLABORATORS

Direction: Sebastián Puiggrós y Chema Longobardo
Programming: Aleix Fernández
Coordination: Fabio Filippi


mercoledì 3 giugno 2009

DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2009

DMY BERLIN 2009



DMY BERLIN 2009
Oggi è partita la 7° edizione del DMY International Design Festival Berlin dal tema “Same same, but different” (ovvero “Stesso stesso, ma diverso”) che quest'anno, come suggerisce il titolo, si concentra in particolare sul "design che fa la differenza".
Nato dalla volontà del DMY Berlin - una piattaforma di design contemporaneo e interdisciplinare per i giovani creativi - come evento di nicchia, negli anni si è trasformato in un’ importante vetrina per prodotti innovativi, prototipi e progetti sperimentali di giovani talenti e designers emergenti.

DMY BERLIN insieme ai CREATE BERLIN, sono i 2 network di design berlinesi che attualemente sostengono e promuovono la creatività berlinese. Sono gli stessi che nella trasferta milanese del Fuorisalone 2009 hanno rappresentato l'eccellenza del design berlinese con 6 rinomati studi - COORDINATION, E27, ett la benn, llot llov, Werner Aisslinger e Zeitgeist Toys - sotto il nome “MADE IN BERLIN 09” per proporre in un progetto espositivo comune in Zona Tortona e al Mercedes Benz Brand Center.

Made In Berlin 09 @ Mercedes Benz Brand Center. Image © 2009 DMY Berlin.

Coral & Coral Lamp by Studio Aisslinger. Image © 2009 DMY Berlin.

In questa edizione 2009 il DMY International Design Festival Berlin è cresciuto, apportando grandi novità:
accanto al DMY Youngsters (giovani designer emergenti + studi di design internazionali + accademie europee) presenta, per la prima volta, il DMY Allstars (affermati designers e studi di fama mondiale) in un secondo spazio espositivo centrale (IMA Design Village). Parallelamente inaugura il nuovo modulo DMY Extended, una sorta di "città-satellite" con un vasto programma di mostre, conferenze, workshop, performances e feste, che contagia e inonda di creatività tutta la città, aprendo a tutti le gallerie, gli atelier e gli studi.
L’offerta del festival non finisce qui: gli altri imperdibili appuntamenti sono con il DMY Symposium (ciclo di lezioni e seminari), il leggendario DMY Klublabor (programma di parties/night-clubbing) e il DMY Shop, che offre la possibilità di acquistare i prodotti in mostra.


dmy berlino 2009
DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2008.
"Walking-Chair Design Studio", "Studio Aisslinger", "DMY Opening Night".
Photos by Anna k.o.

L’obiettivo comune è "tentare di cambiare la città, almeno per un periodo di 5 giorni"!

E siccome "un buon design merita una ricompensa", per la prima volta, DMY Berlino si associa con la Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung per assegnare il "DMY Awards", il premio al migliore prodotto tra tutti quelli esposti al festival.
I progetti partecipanti sono stati selezionati da una giuria d’eccezione, composta da personalità di fama internazionale nel campo del design, dell'arte e della scienza (Jurgen Bey, Ines Kaag & Desiree Heiss, Jürgen Mayer H., Jerszy Seymour, Kyoka), che hanno scelto Berlino come loro nuova casa e ambiente di lavoro.
La cerimonia di premiazione avverrà all'interno della tradizionale Designer Dinner, in cui la giuria del festival annuncerà il vincitore del 2009 insieme con il Dr. Anne Marie Jaeggi (direttore del Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung).

DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2008.
"Lingor" by Mark Braun.
Image © 2008 DMY Berlin.

DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2008.
"Ploop" by Oscar Zieta.
Image © 2008 DMY Berlin.

Berlino, con questo evento, si conferma come sede della scena del design internazionale e non solo, è una calamita per i creativi di tutto il mondo.
Ciò è dovuto soprattutto alla rapida evoluzione d’influenze e tendenze che si verificano all'interno della città, che generano un entusiasmante mosaico di stili e la trasformano in humus per il dialogo, il progresso e la crescita intellettuale.
Per questo Berlino esercita una forte attrazione non solo sui giovani, ma su un numero crescente di persone - soprattutto artisti e creativi – che arriva per lavorare e finisce con il viverci.
E’ lo spirito, l'atmosfera della città, l’atteggiamento aperto e flessibile, che porta un flusso spontaneo e naturale di sperimentazione e innovazione.


Il design è nell'aria a Berlino: non perdete l'opportunità di respirarlo!

DMY
BERLINO
2009



DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2008. Photo © 2008 DMY Berlin.

DMY BErLIN 2009
The 7th edition of DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2009, whose slogan is “Same same, but different”, will take place from Wednesday to Sunday, 3rd - 7th of June 2009. Over the period of 5 days the DMY International Design Festival Berlin will show works by internationally acclaimed designers as well as will reveal prototypes produced by the young talent the festival.
This year the attention will especially focuses on design that makes difference.
Presenting three huge main exhibition zones next to a varied program of lectures, panel talks, performances and parties, the festival itself tries to change the city at least for five days.
The Festival will continue to grow in 2009.
Besides the DMY Youngsters ( emergine young designers who cooperate with design studios located in Europa, Asia e Australia and with English, Duch, German, Swedish and Czech design accademies ) there will be for the first time a second important central stand (IMA Design Village) and the DMY Allstars ( where international successful designers will exhibit their works).
At the same time a new module will be born: DMY Extended, a sort of "satellite city", where a vast program of special exhibitions, conferences, workshops, ateliers, open studios, performances and parties will take place.
Others unmissable events are the DMY Symposium (lectures & workshops) or the legendary DMY Klublabor (parties/night-clubbing program) that during this festival edition will be expanded.

DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2008. El Ultimo Grito at "Bombay Sapphire Lounge". Photo by Mario Feo.


DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2008. "Radio" by Maria Makowska and Piotr Stolarski. Image © 2008 DMY Berlin.

They have given themselves this common aim: " Let's try to change the city in 5 days "!

The traditional Designers Dinner, where an international jury presented a selection of 10 junior designers in 2008 will evolve into the DMY Awards.
The festival jury is made by famous international personalities in the fields of science, arts and design (Jurgen Bey, Ines Kaag & Desiree Heiss, Jürgen Mayer H., Jerszy Seymour, Kyoka) that have choosen Berlin as a new home and work environment, as to underline the strong creative energy coming out from this city.
Because a “good design is worth receiving a good reward” for the first time DMY Berlin 2009 joined to the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung to assign a special aword , called the “DMY Awards”, to the best project between all the projects and all the products exhibited during the festival days.

Photo by André Fischer © "Zeitgeist Toys".

Berlin, with this special event, confirmed itself as a special stage for the international design.
And that’s not all: Berlin is like a magnet that attracts the creative people from all the world.
There are a lot of reasons for this: the quick diffusion and progress of trends and styles, that in Berlin were born, is becoming now an interesting and exciting mosaic of ideas and products and an ideal fruitful ground for dialogue, further progress, and intellectual growth.
Berlin is really a magnet that exerts a strong attractive power not just over the young but over an increasing and larger number of people -especially artists and creatives- who choose it to live and work.
This mixture of different people and of different living and thinking styles is the reflex of the spirit and atmosphere that you can find now in Berlin, whose opened and flexible attitude towards strangers and differences generates research, new experiments and development.
Today Berlin is an ideal place for “ trend events” .

There is Design in Berlin air, so don’t miss the opportunity to get a breath of it!