ROBERTO BACIOCCHI’S ARCHITECTURES FOR PRADA
DESIGNSPEAKING – Milan. The Architect Roberto Baciocchi is the founder and proprietor of Baciocchi & Associati, an international architecture studio with headquarters in Arezzo Italy. The firm is comprised of Mr. Baciocchi, six associate partners and 40 technicians and designers. One of his most recent projects is the new Prada store in San José, California. [...]
NEMO CASSINA LIGHTING AT EUROLUCE 2013
DESIGNSPEAKING – Milan. At Euroluce 2013, NEMO Cassina Lighting launched the new products it has created thanks to continuous research and collaboration with talented designers and prestigious partnerships. Alya is a dynamic and soft pendant lamp. Alya‘s fluid shapes are the result of a natural bend in the aluminum that houses the LED lights and [...]
“E’CLAT”: THE BRIGHT LIPSTICK BY VINCENT INSINGA
DESIGNSPEAKING – Milan. Vincent Insinga stands out for his fashionista soul. After completing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, Vincent moved to Paris. In 2005, apart from studying at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris La Villette, he began an apprenticeship in a company that dealt with the [...]
KENZO INAUGURATES THE NEW SAMARITAINE
DESIGNSPEAKING – Paris. Founded in 1870 by Ernest Cognacq and Louise Jaÿ, La Samaritaine evokes the Paris of the Second Empire, modernized by Baron Haussmann. The period marked the arrival of the first department stores. With clearly displayed, fixed prices, and the chance to wander through the store and try the clothes, La Samaritaine applied [...]
NEMO IS THE WINNER OF DESIGN AWARDS 2013
DESIGNSPEAKING – Milan. The Design Awards 2013 reward was agreed to “Nemo.” The “Projecteur 365″ designed by Le Corbusier was chosen as the winner of the Wallpaper Award as far as the “Best Reissues” category. It was designed for the High Court of Chandigahr in 1954 and remained unpublished until 2012, the year in which [...]
PARIS MAISON&OBJET: THE SLEEKNESS OF DANISH AUSTERITY
DESIGNSPEAKING – Copenaghen. From Denmark to Paris Maison&Objet the work of &Tradition, showing a collection of four products with a clear inspiration, that doesn’t take the hand of the designer but it is used to reach a clean and coherent result, maybe a bit harsh at a first sight, but surely expression of a north [...]
ART EXPLOSION IN PARIS
DESIGNSPEAKING – Paris, January 2013 – Who’s Next, Tranoï, Maison Objet, Men’s Fashion Week, Défilées de Haute Couture,… and I omit a lot of them. Paris in the circumstances of this special week, is, not only the capital of France, however capital of art, where wherever you go the mood is strange and exciting. This [...]
SERAX MAISON D’ETRE: THE BREATH OF SUMMER WE ALL NEED
DESIGNSPEAKING – Paris. New Year’s is just over and summer is around the corner. Ok, maybe it is a little early to rush to the beach, but Serax Maison D’Etre, at Paris Maison & Objet, gives us already a breath of the upcoming summer, presenting its new collection, various and colorful like a sight on [...]
360 DEGRÉS BY ROBERTO PAOLI: AROUND THE TABLE IDEA
DESIGNSPEAKING – Paris. Debuts at Maison & Objet the Italian designer Roberto Paoli, thanks to his collaboration with Lign Roset, known french company of furnishing. His project is 360 degrés: a short table with two surfaces, one bigger than the other. The peculiaruty of the object is in the interaction with the user, because the [...]
SIX TABLES ON WATER BY GAETANO PESCE
DESIGNSPEAKING - Uniqueness of the object and the manipulation of contemporary materials. These are the two basis of Gaetano Pesce’s work. Let’s introduce his new creation with his own words. “Today, experimental design possesses two definite characteristics: the traditional-functional- practical aspect and the ability to make a stand on reality. Six tables on water exemplify this expressive [...]
