far – if possible – from the Madding Crowd

I was excited and curious to see how companies and designers would respond to the crisis. I thought that I would spend the Milan design week surrounded by new stimuli and original designs. I thought there would be fewer people, fewer projects, a greater amount of creativity and invention. I was wrong, completely wrong.

refined lighting

At the milan’design week eve, an elegant way to introduce you to traditional lighting design: a fine tribute to Italian design of Seventie’s and Eighty’s at Galerie Christine Diegoni in Paris.

silences

“The artists I chose all share a common concept about the world, whose range is universal. I believe that thanks to their work, they attain the inexpressible, they are able to give us an idea of God”.

the third space

Visitors are immersed in a luminous landscape, a coccon-like bird’s nest set around a virtual hearth.

vapeur

I promised to give some caustic verdicts and opinions. There will be no shortage of opportunities. However, for the meantime, let’s ldedicated our efforts to r the events, the people and the articles that we love and respect in terms of work and attitude.

Martin LC Plus™

Available now is the LC Plus Series™ from Martin Professional, a modular system of LED video panels with new generation technology that closely integrates light, video and set design for new possibilities in indoor and outdoor staging.

leafy shade

A-ASTERISK + A-I-SHA architects created the interior design project for an office building converted from an old hotel located in Shanghai.

IN-FINITUM

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and the Vervoordt Foundation present  In-finitum, which will be held in Palazzo Fortuny in Venice from June 6 June through November 15 2009. It will guide visitors from the soul of the unfinished to the border of the infinite, a spiritual journey through works of art, science and philosophy.

beams of light

Another exhibition from the Japanese studio Curiosity, another ovation from us.

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