tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608831094884541812024-02-20T03:59:41.124+02:00tetraktysmagPeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comBlogger1728125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-25634260634448808482018-01-04T20:51:00.002+02:002018-01-04T20:51:24.240+02:00Happy New Year 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 to all of U... may the New Year bring to you and your beloved ones, HEALTH, PROSPERITY, GOOD WILLING & ENERGY, CREATIVITY.</div>
PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-27416357944589563612016-01-17T18:09:00.000+02:002016-12-30T16:59:46.624+02:00Christina Tzani's "Tender Wounds" at GalleryX<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://galleryx.ie/">GalleryX</a> – the new Dublin space for unsettling art – hosts from January 23rd to February 20th 2016 the work of Greek painter <a href="http://www.christina-tzani.com/">Christina Tzani</a> and it is her very first solo exhibition. Christina's art focuses on capturing images of abused children. The victim's feelings as sorrow, fear, isolation, rejection and abandonment are represented on her canvases and drawings.</div>
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What makes her artworks powerful is also the use of pleasing colors for such a sensitive social issue as children maltreatment is. Strong red colours describe the violence, the despair and the erosion of humanity whereas grey in contrast with white backgrounds is used to pinpoint the thin line between beauty and ugliness as well as the nightmare these children live. The main objective of the artist's work is to alert and sensitise the viewers. As Giovanni Giusti states in his press release message, "By using pleasing colours and calm white backgrounds to lure the viewer closer to these monstrous images, Christina continues in this tradition and creates a distorted, unsettling world of beauty and mutilation, harmony and horror. Her works in ink and oil connect today’s reality and the ominous, unknown outcome of these small wounded lives."</div>
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The exhibition includes oil paintings and ink drawings on paper and on canvas, and will be opened on 22 January at 6 p.m. in the presence of the artist and of H.E. Mrs. Katia Georgiou, Ambassador of Greece in Ireland. A musical performance will take place during the opening.</div>
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Christina Tzani is a graduate of the University of Western Macedonia’s School of Fine Arts (Florina, Greece) and has taken part in many group exhibitions, including “Fresh ’15: Happy Accidents”, “Biennial Castra 2015”, “Fid Prize 7”and “7th Biennial of Students of the Fine Arts Schools of Greece”. She works mainly through the medium of painting.</div>
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PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-85699892974670424762015-12-25T14:53:00.000+02:002016-09-30T14:55:06.652+03:00Happy Holidays from TETRAKTYSMAG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This year for our season's greetings card we choose young and emerging photographer Nikos Tsilikis.</div>
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PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-48985040204038558772015-07-24T15:03:00.000+03:002016-09-30T15:04:48.085+03:00Jeanne Lanvin exhibition at Palais Galliera<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was always fond of LANVIN house and its creations. I think that it was my grand-mother that initiated me into the <a href="http://www.lanvin.com/">LANVIN</a> world when as a child was going to her house there was a finite smell of Arpège in the whole place. It was her favorite perfume and her vulnerable "point" if she was going to make us a surprise visit. Such vivid memories I have that when we came up with the Jeanne Lanvin exhibition that takes place at <a href="http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/">Palais Galliera</a> from 8th March to 23rd August 2015 I set a bet with myself that I will make a post about the event.</div>
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<small>Jeanne Lanvin photographed by Harcourt © Patrimoine Lanvin</small></div>
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<small>«Jeanne Lanvin draping a fabric on a model» photo by Laure Albin Guillot © Laure Albin Guillot / Roger-Viollet</small></div>
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The exhibition is a tribute to Jeanne Lanvin, the exceptional lady and the founder of the LANVIN fashion house. The artistic direction of acclaimed Alber Elbaz and his team take the visitors on a journey of senses... As Elbaz says "<em>We had two options: either to be historical and do a very academic retrospective with a succession of dates; or to follow our feelings, to love and admire the clothes, touch the visitors’ heart through the sheer beauty of these garments, and finish the exhibition kind of up on a cloud</em>". And I could not expect anything else from Elbaz!!! I mean, I have read many of his interviews and I focus on something he said "<em>Style is the only thing you can not buy, it's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.</em>" And this emotion is more than clearly shown in this exhibition.</div>
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Jeanne Lanvin is considered as one of the most influential designers of the 1920s and 1930s. She represents artistry in embroidery and fabrics, beaded decorations, airiness, topstitchings, intertwinings, spirals and cut. In the exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to see some examples of her black & white creations as she displayed a taste for these colors in the 1910s. "La Diva" is one of my favorite gowns of the exhibition and the result of Lanvin's experimentation with the blue colour in such a way that the term "Lanvin Blue" was made official.</div>
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<img alt="La Diva (dessin), 1935-36 © Patrimoine Lanvin" height="580" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/446/19941088505_aed23c33eb_o.jpg" width="400" /></div>
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<small>Dessin Maison Lanvin «La Diva», hiver 1935-1936. © Patrimoine Lanvin</small></div>
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<small>«La Diva», Midnight blue silk velvet, silvered metal sequin embroidery, hiver 1935-1936, Collection Palais Galliera © Katerina Jebb, 2014 </small></div>
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The robe de style, a garden-party dress, came into full flower at Maison Lanvin in the 1920s. Each creation was embellished with flounces, petals, lace, ribbons, rosettes or bows. The decoration was applied to the skirt (see Colombine), which was widely flared and mounted on wire hoops, and still long in spite of the prevailing fashion. The small waist and close-fitting bodice were the absolute opposite of the tubular figure of the 1920s.</div>
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<small>«Colombine», robe de style, Hiver 1924-1925 Taffetas de soie, applications de velours de soie, broderies de perles et de fils métalliques, noeud en velours de soie Collection Palais Galliera © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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Hats an integral and indispensable accessory to the Lanvin "silhouette" as well as some clothes from her children collections are also on display.</div>
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<img alt="Les petites filles modèles (dessin), 1925 © Patrimoine Lanvin" height="544" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/326/19914844426_f5673a8dd2_o.jpg" width="400" /></div>
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<small>Dessin Maison Lanvin «Les petites filles modèles», 1925. © Patrimoine Lanvin</small></div>
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<small>«Les petites filles modèles», robe pour enfant, 1925 Organdi brodé de rosettes en organdi et dentelle Patrimoine Lanvin © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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Lesbos dress with its Clair de Lune cape, was firstly presented in the prestigious Pavilion of Elegance (1925) during the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. In contrast to the tubular lines of the Lesbos dress, was La Cavallini, a black robe de style with an oversized embroidered bow and the short, bright red cape Rita.</div>
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<small>Dessin Maison Lanvin «Lesbos & Claire de lune», 1925. © Patrimoine Lanvin</small></div>
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<small>«Lesbos», robe du soir, 1925 Soie et satin vert absinthe, bandes lamées et perlées Patrimoine Lanvin © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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<img alt="La Cavallini (dessin), 1925 © Patrimone Lanvin" height="538" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/515/19914867896_df58a91357_o.jpg" width="400" /></div>
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<small>Dessin Maison Lanvin «La Cavallini & Rita», 1925. © Patrimoine Lanvin</small></div>
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<small>«La Cavallini», robe du soir, 1925 Taffetas noir décoré d’un noeud brodé de fil argenté, de perles, strass et perles fines. Patrimoine Lanvin © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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The most impressive creations of the exhibition are the beaded and embroidered dresses that are still diachronic or as we say "in fashion". Jeanne Lanvin used exotic or geometric motifs and gave magnificent examples of her excellent needlework.</div>
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<img alt="Alcmène, 1929 © Katerina Jebb" height="533" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/481/19941107025_d3dc5310c7_o.jpg" width="400" /></div>
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<small>«Alcmène», ensemble du soir, 1929 Crêpe de soie rose, broderies de cristaux Swarovski et de tubes Collection Palais Galliera © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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<small>Manteau (dos), 1937 Taffetas, manche kimono et décolleté dos bénitier, broderies de paillettes Patrimoine Lanvin © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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<small>«Marguerite de la nuit», robe, été 1929 Tulle de soie, fleur en satin de soie surpiqué, broderies de paillettes Collection Palais Galliera © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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<small>Dessin Maison Lanvin « Scintillante », été 1939. © Patrimoine Lanvin</small></div>
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<small>«Scintillante», robe, été 1939 Tulle, crêpe broderies de paillettes Collection Palais Galliera © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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<small>«Vogue», maillot, Eté 1924 Velours de soie, broderies de tubes, miroirs ronds et cristaux Swarovski Collection Palais Galliera © Katerina Jebb, 2014</small></div>
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Jeanne Lanvin began her career in 1889 with the “Lanvin (Melle Jeanne) Modes” shop on Rue Boissy d’Anglas and then in 1893 acquired her premises at 22 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. She created collections for young ladies, women, brides, men and children. There followed departments for lingerie,furs, interior decoration and sport. Renowned for her expertise and intuition, she died in 1946.</div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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<small>copyright Pierre Antoine</small></div>
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PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-63971015267400634322015-07-23T15:07:00.000+03:002016-09-30T15:09:13.043+03:00Pebble Plant Pots by Aristotelis Barakos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nature always inspired artists and designers and in most cases there was a positive outcome. The story is repeated for young designer <a href="http://www.aristotelisbarakos.com/">Aristotelis Barakos</a> who has been awarded the bronze A' Design Award (2014 Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Category), a year after his graduation for the Pebble Plant Pots.</div>
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Pebbles are small stones, rounded and polished through the friction of water. It is their form and surface that generate positive emotions to human beings and make them to search for interesting pebbles at beaches and river edges. Barakos reproduced the sense of natural pebbles with concrete whose texture resembles the porous of the stone. The pots created, are designed to meet the requirements of indoor as well as outdoor plants. Every pot is composed of two parts: the lower part forms a space which receives the soil with the plants. The top part forms a lid, with small halls for the plants to fit in, which is removed by the user in order to check the internal space. At the bottom of every pot, is a hole to allow excess water to flow out.</div>
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<small>courtesy Aristotelis Barakos</small></div>
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<small>courtesy Aristotelis Barakos</small></div>
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<small>courtesy Aristotelis Barakos</small></div>
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<small>courtesy Aristotelis Barakos</small></div>
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<small>courtesy Aristotelis Barakos</small></div>
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SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:</div>
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Large Pebble: 300 mm x 220 mm x 120 mm Medium Pebble: 170 mm x 150 mm x 120 mm Small Pebble: 140 mm x 130 mm x 95 mm</div>
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After years of working as a model maker and constructor for major international film and museum productions, Aristotelis Barakos enrolled for a BA in Product Design at AKTO Art & Design College in Athens and graduated in 2013. Through his work, he strives to speak a global language while maintaining his own dialect, which reflects elements of his local culture. His vision is to create unique and human-centered products, by combining technology with human factors, ergonomics and design thinking. With every design project, he begins with an initial display, using both hand-drawn sketches and computer graphics. He then moves on to constructing working mockups and 3D prototypes at a scale, which provides for a natural three-dimensional representation of the object. This creative dialogue raises the level of inventiveness in his work and assists him in turning his ideas into something tangible, something that clients can feel with their own hands. Moreover, he engages in teamwork with engineers and other disciplines to further refine these ideas and get the most out of them. The products Aristotelis has designed range from ceramics, pieces of furniture and every-day objects to state-of-the-art technological devices and systems. In 2014, he designed the Gokey Charger, Cable & Locator, which raised over 1 million dollars at an Indiegogo campaign and is now in the production phase. Aristotelis has showcased his projects at several design exhibitions in Athens and has been included in the fourth edition of FUTURE TALENTS 2014 competition, which is featured in the July/August 272 issue of the Italian OTTAGONO design magazine.</div>
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PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-35653474915809211792015-07-22T15:13:00.000+03:002016-09-30T15:15:31.625+03:00Olio tableware by Barber & Osgerby<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby (<a href="http://barberosgerby.com/">Barber & Osgerby</a>) have created a beautiful tableware collection for the 200 year old English ceramic company, <a href="http://www.royaldoulton.co.uk/">Royal Doulton</a>. The extensive range (40 pieces) consists of cutlery, wooden serving pieces and ceramics all made for everyday use. Looking up the word OLIO (the tableware collection name) in the dictionary we found that OLIO is a miscellaneous collection of things and it certainly is. Each piece is a mixture of materials, surface finishes and shapes that can sit alone as well as it will sit amongst the rest of the collection or other objects in the home.</div>
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PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-87890075351580086812015-06-03T15:11:00.000+03:002016-12-30T15:14:51.470+02:00Metsovo 1900 photography exhibition<p align="justify">How would you imagine daily life in the mountainous communities of Epirus in the early 20 century?</p>
<p align="justify">Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation in collaboration with the <a href="http://www.melt.gr/en/">Museum of Greek Folk Art</a> organize a photography exhibition under the title "Metsovo 1900" at the Bath House of the Winds till the 14th June 2015. The exhibition is a journey to the time and to the lives of people who lived in Epirus and the Pindus region at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibition aims to introduce the viewer on how new values and habits were embraced by the Pindus mountain range communities and transformed them keeping though their principles of solidarity, self-governance, education and patronage "untouched".</p>
<p align="justify">"Metsovo 1900" is based on an innovative project idea founded by the Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation for the <a href="http://metsovomuseum.gr/en/">Metsovo Folk Art Museum</a> and developed by photographer Myrto Papadopoulos in collaboration with historian Christina Koulouri (Panteion University of Athens). Myrto with her photographic lens reenacts everyday life in Metsovo in the 1900s. An online platform was created in the Metsovo Folk Art Museum website where you can browse the whole project material. All the photographs were taken in various locations at Metsovo in December 2014 and the online version includes smart info pointers with archival text, images and book references explaining traditions, habits and social/ family hierarchy. The exhibition is accompanied by a short documentary based on photographs and films of the early 20th century, which offers a brief introduction to the history of Metsovo.</p>
<p align="justify">According to our information the photography exhibition of Myrto Papadopoulos (Metsovo 1900) will also be presented in Metsovo within 2015. Exhibition dates and location will soon be announced.</p>
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<p align="justify"><strong>About the artist</strong></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.myrtopapadopoulos.com">Myrto Papadopoulos</a> (b. 1978, Athens) finished her studies in 2003 after completing a five-year Fine Arts degree, majored in painting and photography. In 2006, she applied for a photojournalism degree at the ICP (International Centre of Photography), where she was granted a scholarship and in 2007 she participated at the Eddie Adams workshop in NY.</p>
<p align="justify">She has won various awards and nominations and in 2013 she was a winner and named emerging photographer 2013 from the Magenta Foundation. She has taken part in several exhibitions including the Mois off de la photo 08 in Paris, the PHOTOQUAI 2em Biennal Du Monde 09 at the Museé Quai Branly in Paris the New York photo Festival 09, the Biennale of young artists of Europe XIV bjcem 09, the LOOK3 Between Festival 2010 USA, the DUMBO Arts Festival 2011 in NY, the Athens Photo Festival 2011, 2012, the Flash Forward Exhibition 2013, in Toronto and Washington DC and more.</p>
<p align="justify">Her clients include TIME, GEO International, Le Monde, DIE ZEIT, DAS Magazine, Neue Zuger Zeitung, Corriere della sera, EL Mundo, La Stampa, Diario, Vision Magazine, K magazine Kathimerini) among others. Today she works as a freelance photographer and a filmmaker and is represented by Redux Pictures in NY.</p>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-87091656084986723892015-05-31T15:16:00.000+03:002016-12-30T15:19:31.760+02:00“Unspent white black color” exhibition<p align="justify">It is the final days of a group exhibition with the title "Unspent white black color" that takes place at the main showroom of the Kozani Art Gallery. It is the result of a collaboration between the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kozani and the School of Fine Arts of the <a href="http://www.uowm.gr/index">University of Western Macedonia</a> (Florina, Greece). The main goal of this collaboration was to signify the importance of culture in our society as there is always a relation of interaction and interdependence, between them. According to the organizers, it is this kind of relation that cultivates social bonds. The participant artists were called to use white and black colors for their artworks giving the sense of lack in means and expression. This minimalistic monochrome "gave birth" to a chromatic pluralism.</p>
<p align="justify">The young artists are: Evangelia Athanassiadou, Dimitris Andreosopoulos, Penelope Gaiti, Afrodite Grizi, Mara Dimopoulou, Glyka Dionyssopoulou, Marie Theofilou, Avetik Ioannidis, Katerina Karoulia, Kyriaki Kassi, Theodosia Kekeli, Maria Lagou, Nikos Marantidis, Harris Margaritis, Demetra Bairaktari, Thanassis Blioumis, Kyriakos Bournias, Demetra Xenaki, Chrysoula Xyneli, Georgios Pantazis, Sevasti Paschou, Irene Pouliassi, Argyris Rimos, Ioannis Robolas, Anna Maria Samara, Katerina Simitara, Christina Tzani, Maria Totou, Anastassia Trygouti, Maria Anastassia Tsiblaki, Foteini Flotsiou, Magda Christopoulou.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Spyros Kontakis with the Bottlefly, Mary photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Chairman In Crisis, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Baby Popeye, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
<p align="justify">According to our notebooks, we know about Kontaki Design since 2011 when the mastermind behind the studio, Spyros Kontakis presented his creations at ERSI Gallery in an exhibition under the title 'MAN'. Unfortunately, back then we did not manage to dedicate a post about the talented man Spyros is and four years later we have certainly something to say - better late than never! - about the boost he made in his domestic and international career.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Baby Popeye, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>J-Pop, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="justify">Spyros Kontakis worked for 20 years as a musician and more specifically as a guitarist, counting several collaborations with Greek artists. In one of the innumerable interviews we read that he felt a discomfort by the lack of producing his own music and expressing himself so the best he could do was to cap off his career as a musician. A new chapter opens and he does not regret it at all. Kontaki Design is the mean to channel his creative energy and promote his philosophy. Kontaki Design conceives the object as a piece of art without losing its functional purpose. The team of the studio does not produce in mass, on the contrary each piece is unique and only a limited number of copies are produced with the finest material.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Charmchair, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Man, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Soft Dough, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
<p align="justify">The originality of the items he produces and his spontaneous personality draws the attention of some famous French gallerists. He is asked to present his objects in France and one of them buys the conical tea set. The set is presented to the chairperson of the <a href="http://www.fightaidsmonaco.com">FIGHT AIDS MONACO</a>, HSH Princess Stephanie, who sets the item to the 2012 auction sale, an event organized annually with all benefits used to raise AIDS public awareness.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Conical tea set, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>URL (you are lying), photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>My 7th grade teacher, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
<p align="justify">Over the following years, Spyros Kontakis exhibits at the renowned <a href="http://designplaza.gr">ATHENS DESIGN PLAZA</a>, at the gallery of the boutique hotel <a href="http://www.freshhotel.gr/index.php?lang=en">FRESH</a> and at the <a href="http://galerie-helene-nougaro.com">Helene Nougaro Galerie</a> in Paris (October 2014 to January 2015). The truth is that the items created by Kontakis tend to escape from the rigid design rules and forms.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Natalie, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>KonTalos, photo credit: Petros Avtzis courtesy: kontaki design</small></p>
<p align="justify">The designer confesses that "<em>the art in furniture manufacturing is lost</em>". His attempt is to create objects with character, quality and aesthetics. Objects that exude the designer's personality and suit in a magic way with that of the owner's.</p>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-20409632697385172532015-05-11T15:39:00.000+03:002016-12-30T16:52:52.909+02:00Preadexhibition<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.technohoros.org">TECHNOHOROS art gallery</a> in collaboration with the owners of the <a href="http://www.fotolio.gr/en/">Fotolio & Typicon</a> present the "Preadexhibition" exhibition from April 24th to May 17th at the company's new building head office. The title of the exhibition derives from the words PRINT and READ with the main idea being on how typography, writing and reading are used from an artist within an artwork. 39 artists participate with more than 50 artworks including paintings, art-books, sculptures, installations and engravings.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Artwork by Sarantis Gagas, courtesy Technohoros art gallery and the artist</small></p>
<p align="justify">Participants: Demosthenis Agrafiotis, Yannis Adamakis, Manolis Anastasakos, Nikolas Antoniou, Nikoletta Antonopoulou, Apostolos Yayiannos, Maria Giannakaki, Christos Giannakos, Giorgos Yotsas, Sarantis Gagas, Yannis Gourzis, Christie Grigoriou, Elisavet Dionyssopoulou, Franck Duval – FKDL, Dimitris Efeoglou, Apostolos Zolotakis, Eloizos Themistocleous, Michalis Katzourakis, Georgios Katsaggelos, Demos Kipouros, Harris Kondosphyris, Girgos Korbakis, Aggelika Korovessi, Eleni Krikki, Alexis Kyritsopoulos, Kostis (Triantafyllou), Thodoris Lalos, Alekos Levidis, Elena Marinou, Konstantinos Massos, Konstantinos Xenakis, Antonis Panagopoulos, Elena Papadimitriou, Akis Peirounidis, Eleni Ploumistou, Manolis Romantzis, Christos Santamouris, Dimitra Siaterli, Panagiotis Ferentinos.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Artwork by Nikolas Antoniou, courtesy Technohoros art gallery and the artist</small></p>
<p align="justify">Fotolio & Typicon was co-founded in 2004 by Fotolio S.A and Typicon S.A, two companies which were already established in the Graphic Arts field. With this merger, the new company grew with regards to quality and productivity, and one integrated printing services production unit was created. The company handles pre-press, offset and digital offset printing and bookbinding, while for the past few years it also engages in packaging and custom packaging.</p>
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<p align="justify">Opening hours: Mo - Sa 10.00 - 15.00. Fotolio & Typicon (157-159 Kifissos Avenue, Agjos Ioannis Rentis, 18233 Athens, Greece). During May, there will be special viewings and talks on Saturdays. For more info you can contact Technohoros art gallery (tel. 2111823818, email. info@technohoros.org) or Fotolio & Typicon (tel. 216 6000500, email. info@fotolio.gr).</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Artwork by Georgics Katsaggelos, courtesy Technohoros art gallery and the artist</small></p>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-78723953451031233312015-05-10T16:49:00.000+03:002016-12-30T16:49:44.725+02:00CAPSULA pendant by Lucie Koldová for BROKIS<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.luciekoldova.com">Lucie Koldová</a> is a prominent Czech designer CAPSULA and since 2010 she has collaborated with renowned <a href="http://www.brokis.cz/">BROKIS</a> a lighting company that combines Bohemian glassblowing tradition and outstanding design. One of the products that draw our attention and we came up with Lucie's work is the CAPSULA pendant light. The lamp consists of two oval cylindric glass capsules one overlapping the other and merged into one single translucent form.</p>
<p align="justify">The combination of the outer shell made of crystal clear glass and the internal capsule of colored glass create an exciting game of shapes and an attractive optical 3D effect. The light source is tubular and small wooden side bases are used to connect it with the glass capsules. The side textile cords allow the CAPSULA lamp to be adjusted in various lengths and into different positions.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright BROKIS</small></p>
<p align="justify">Lucie Koldová (born 1983) upon completing her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in 2009, she moved to Paris and quickly established an international clientele. Her work, ever pure and charismatic, focuses on furniture, glass sculptures, timeless lighting collections, and objects of desire; her portfolio ranges from daily-use products, poetic gallery objects, and limited series pieces to conceptual and urban space designs. Lucie is known for her traditional craftsmanship, attention to detail, and appreciation of the different influences and cultures that meld together in the French and Czech capitals. She combines glass with other noble materials and likes pushing proportions to their very limits to achieve remarkable simplicity and elegance. In 2010, she was named Czech Grand Design Discovery of the Year and two years later she won the Designer of the Year Award and the Elle Decoration Award for best lighting. Currently, Lucie is Art Director at BROKIS.</p>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-54450936934561045862015-05-09T16:54:00.000+03:002016-12-30T16:55:00.859+02:003 different ways at Lola Nikolaou Gallery<p align="justify">LOLA NIKOLAOU Art Gallery hosts from April 23rd till May 20th 2015 the exhibition "3 different ways". It is a group exhibition with the artworks of Christos Kalfas, Aphrodite Litti and Thalia Gatzoulis. As the artists say "it's an exhibition of 3 different co-existing monologues". Kalfa's fictional worlds, the metal structures of Aphrodite Litti, and the abstract paintings of Thalia Gatzoulis with the amorphous graphs and unforeseen imprints with chemical dyes and blood, they all constitute a collective installation with various narratives in dialogue.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8860/17461516125_404f71bfce_o.jpg" width="640" height="578" alt="thagat_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>courtesy LOLA NIKOLAOU ART GALLERY and the artist</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>courtesy LOLA NIKOLAOU ART GALLERY and the artist</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7690/17275268659_378b01bec4_o.jpg" width="640" height="796" alt="chrkal_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>courtesy LOLA NIKOLAOU ART GALLERY and the artist</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>courtesy LOLA NIKOLAOU ART GALLERY and the artist</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>courtesy LOLA NIKOLAOU ART GALLERY and the artist</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>courtesy LOLA NIKOLAOU ART GALLERY and the artist</small></p>
<p align="justify">LOLA NIKOLAOU Gallery</p>
<p align="justify">52nd Tsimiski Street, Thessaloniki</p>
<p align="justify">Opening hours: Tu, Th, Fr 12.00 - 20.00 / We, Sa 12.00 - 15.00</p>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-66341348788800462102015-05-09T16:51:00.000+03:002016-12-30T16:53:14.186+02:0015 IS NOT ENOUGH<p align="justify">On the occasion of the 15 years of its operation, the <a href="http://www.arch.uth.gr/en/">Department of Architecture</a> of the <a href="http://www.uth.gr/en/">University of Thessaly</a> is organising an exhibition with graduates' works from May 16th to June 7th. The opening of the exhibition takes place on Friday 15th May 2015. 15 years after their enrolment, a new generation of architects meet up just before 'conquering' the architectural world...</p>
<p align="justify">Within the greek crisis context they still remain productive and they extend their architectural practice beyond built projects into other fields too: graphic design, stage design, art, small-scale design, costume design, online and digital applications and theory.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Loukas Bartatilas, “Die U2 Linie Berlins, Pankow-Ruhleben, 2013. Copyright Loukas Bartatilas</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Stefanos Papadatos, “The end of austerity”, 2015. Copyright Stefanos Papadatos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Chrysostomos Tsimourdagas, “Life is beyond what one perceives”, 2011. Copyright Chrysostomos Tsimourdagas</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Nikoleta Grigoroudi, “Casa chas”, 2012. Copyright Nikoleta Grigoroudi</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Niki Dimopoulou, “Photomorph”, 2013. Copyright Niki Dimopoulou</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Giorgos Sarmaniotis, Kyriaki Kastrinaki, Kokolaki Tiganus Anda, “Property at Akrotiri Chania", 2009-2010. Copyright Giorgos Sarmaniotis, Kyriaki Kastrinaki, Kokolaki Tiganus Anda</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Katerina Grigoropoulou (Α Future Perfect) “The Concrete Cities”, 2014. Copyright Katerina Grigoropoulou</small></p>
<p align="justify">Participants: Orestis Argyropoulos, Yannis Arvanitis, Loukas Bartatilas, Katerina Chanioti, Niki Dimopoulou, Katerina Grigoropoulou, Nikoleta Grigoroudi, Georgia Kalantzi, Apostolos Kampouris, Kyriaki Kastrinaki, Eleni Kouineli, Eirini Kouka, Matina Kousidi, Fotini Kyriakidou, Vasia Lyri, Marilina Metaxogeni, Chrysa Nikoloutsou, Theodora Ntatsopoulou, Rodoula Papadaki, Stefanos Papadatos, Alexandra Papagianni, Evangelia Papadimitriou, Manolis Paravoliasis, Eleni Psyllaki, Giorgos Sarmaniotis, Angeliki Sioli, Dimitra Stamatiou, Katerina Stasinopoulou, Filiana Stefanakaki, Maria Stragalinou, Chrysafeni Theodoulou, Nearchos Theodoulou, Chrysostomos Tsimourdagas, Stella Tsiontsi</p>
<p align="justify">Curator of the exhibition is Yannis Arvanitis. Planning: Orestis Argyropoulos, Marilina Metaxogeni, Dimitra Stamatiou.</p>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-13802357104143904262015-05-02T17:08:00.000+03:002016-12-30T17:09:10.564+02:00Ombro collection by STUDIOLAV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">OMBRO is a collection of tables made by coated steel. Loukas Angelou & Vasso Asfi that form the <a href=" http://www.studiolav.com">STUDIOLAV</a> draw inspiration from created doors, shutters and railings to create this beautiful table. The simple geometry of the two metal surfaces create an illusion of movement as it seems that are joined and separated at the same time. The bottom grill can be also used as storage offering full or partial cover of the objects stored underneath. The OMBRO collection derived from studying the relationship between inside and outside, indoors and outdoors and the natural boundary between them when overlapping.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8832/17138230257_3c4ef7e277_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_1" width="640" height="427" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="justify">STUDIOLAV is a young and passionate, multidisciplinary, design studio founded by Central Saint Martins graduates Loukas Angelou and Vasso Asfi. Through their work they look into different ways of reinterpreting ideas and typologies. With playful and ironic spirit they express their investigating tendencies and curiosities regarding perceptions of form and materiality. They highly value the importance of the emotional connection between people and objects and they often use narratives to expose it.</p>
<p align="justify">STUDIOLAV was nominated for the prestigious award of EDIDA (Elle Decoration International Design Awards) under the category of Young Talent Designer of the Year 2013 and were shortlisted for the BIO23 Design Biennial Award in Ljubljana in 2012 under the category Back to Crafts.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7678/17319685896_6027025cd1_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_8" width="640" height="430" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8763/17319685156_1fc7225fb6_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_9" width="640" height="427" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/17343770412_90f46d875b_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_10" width="640" height="427" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8827/16723177954_445d856b32_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_11" width="640" height="430" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7752/17159437939_8dae7af67e_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_12" width="640" height="427" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7658/17343769502_2c69d0e9b9_o.jpg" alt="studiolav_ombro_13" width="640" height="427" /></p>
<p align="center"><small> photos by Predrag Pajdic, ©studiolav</small></p>
<p align="justify">At this year's Milan Design Week (2015), STUDIOLAV collaborated with designers Anna Fabrizi, Kostantia Manthou and baker Simone Conti in a design bakery concept called <a href="http://panisartos.tumblr.com">PAN IS ARTOS*</a>. Taking place at Casa dell' Opera Nazionale Balilla (Room G9) the visitors had the opportunity to see the bread making process with the use of a design utensils collection. We got a last minute information as we write this post, the OMBRO collection is getting a second round of judging for the <a href="https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk">Summer Exhibition 2015</a> organised by Royal Academy of Arts. Best of luck to Loukas & Vasso!!</p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-88974053512804186242015-04-20T17:14:00.000+03:002016-12-30T17:17:30.369+02:00“Comrades of Time” by Andrea Geyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">The Non Profit Art Company “<a href="http://www.outoftheboxintermedia.org">Out of the Box Intermedia</a>” presents “Comrades of Time” by <a href="http://www.andreageyer.info">Andrea Geyer</a> curated by Dr Sozita Goudouna within the context of the “Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari: Refrains of Freedom International Conference” on Friday 24th of April at 17.30-19.30pm at the French Institute of Athens (31 Sina st, 10680 Athens) and on Saturday 7.30-11.00pm at the Museum of History of the University of Athens, (Old University, or Oikia Kleanthous, 5 Tholou st, 10556 Athens)</p>
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<p align="justify">Comrades of Time attempts to find new ways to capture time in the image by engaging with the question of time and with the provocation of Gilles Deleuze’s term the “Time-Image.” The artist is researching on the new significance of time and on the temporalization of the image as a political, historical and cultural construct by working with seven women who recite monologues composed from speeches, letters and essays from 1916-1941, written by architects, writers, philosophers and political organizers from the vibrant years of the Weimar Republic as a kind of cultural echo: an experience of historical times as they are brought to the present.</p>
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<p align="justify">In Geyer's work, a group of young women is forming on seven monitors installed as part of a slightly shifted space in the exhibition. The women, who share the same desk, are contemporary in Groys' sense of the word, they are "Comrades of Time". For "Comrades of Time", the artist has worked with seven New York women on historical text passages written by architects, writers, philosophers and political organizers from the vibrant years of the Weimar Republic. Speeches, letters and essays from 1916-1941 are the basis for condensed monologues assembled and composed by Geyer, which her protagonists speak or rather embody in seven distinct videos. The desk is reminiscent of Marcel Breuer's design for the Bauhaus and represents a link between the young women, suggesting a form of collective work. The voices of the protagonists oscillate between reflection and prophecy, while they speak about the political situation that surrounds them. The viewer is often, if not always actively, addressed as a comrade, friend or colleague. The political imaginary is a recurring theme and quest. The emotional identification and at the same time the alienation from the texts written by Helene Stöcker, Rosa Luxemburg, Alfred Döblin, Elisabeth Sussmann, Walter Benjamin, Alice Salomon, Sigmund Freud, George Grosz and others becomes clearly palpable in the women and their performative embodiment of history. Through this Brechtian rupture the artist is able to build a space of reflection where an individual internalisation of historical and political knowledge takes place.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8899/17517834405_9b770e8cb4_o.jpg" width="640" height="786" alt="AG_Comrades_of_Time_3"></p>
<p align="justify">The Weimar Republic, which reverberates like an echo throughout the work, was an era of a collectively awakening imagination in all parts of society. With looming extremist forces slowly forming and reconstituting, the new forces of the young republic tried to mobilise people by appealing to the capacities of their minds, and their responsibility to the community. By transferring the historical texts to the present time, the linearity of history is broken and the experience of historical times is brought to the present. As in previous works, Andrea Geyer realises an active form of remembrance in the here and now with "Comrades of Time", abstracted from the particular given contexts. This gesture produces closeness on the one hand, but on the other hand it makes the viewer aware of a distance.</p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-88614564963964479932015-04-18T17:21:00.000+03:002016-12-30T17:22:02.936+02:00COS x SNARKITECTURE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.cosstores.com/">COS</a> has commissioned New York based <a href="http://www.snarkitecture.com">SNARKITECTURE</a> studio to create an interactive installation transforming Spazio Erbe (located in Brera) to an immersive translucent cave. Martin Andersson, Head of Menswear Design at COS, said of the collaboration; "<em>As a brand which takes inspiration from the entire design world, to work with designers that combine art and architecture in their approach has been both exciting and refreshing</em>". The source of inspiration was not other than the COS Spring Summer 2015 collection. The studio managed to encapsulate the clean and modern lines that characterise COS as a brand.</p>
<p align="justify">The installation created, is a simple and relaxing place where art and design are uniquely combined. Hanged ribbons occupy the area and are set in such a way to create a series of spaces linked by low tunnels. While wandering through the installation, the visitor is called to physically interact with the ribbons either by walking along a designed path or by wandering into the infill. A small seating area along the pathway allows the visitor to realize the size of the space and somewhere else an embedded mirror is used to distract the visitor's attention while confronting his own reflection. In the main social space visitors can sit and enjoy some refreshments or shop at the Snarkitecture for COS Shop lofted above. Daniel Arsham and Alex Mustonen of Snarkitecture said for the project, "<em>We' re very excited for people to experience the installation we have created with COS for Salone del Mobile. The final space has a sense of calmness and wonder that we hope visitors will explore and return to. The undulating spaces and the shifting quality of light seem to create a different experience with each visit</em>". </p>
<p align="justify">The collaboration marks Snarkitecture's debut in Milan Design Week while for COS is the fourth time that participates in the renowned design fair.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7658/16993863668_fd971950c8_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="cos_snarkitecture_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7641/17181018191_cf171b2813_o.jpg" width="640" height="960" alt="cos_snarkitecture_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7621/17181018001_b05a34bd05_o.jpg" width="640" height="960" alt="cos_snarkitecture_3"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8778/17181017841_8a86c26e9a_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="cos_snarkitecture_4"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7585/17179961672_e348acbeaa_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="cos_snarkitecture_5"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8813/16974204847_69db0005cc_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="cos_snarkitecture_6"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7617/16994090300_6324e3004d_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="cos_snarkitecture_7"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Photos by Noah Kalina</small></p>
<p align="justify">Source: SNARKITECTURE press release</p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-43135985811518881012015-04-18T17:18:00.000+03:002016-12-30T17:19:25.213+02:00“Future Flowers” by Daniel Libeskind<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">World renowned architect <a href="http://libeskind.com">Daniel Libeskind </a>has created an installation entitled "Future Flowers" in collaboration with Oikos for the Fuorisalone 2015. The installation has been created with Libeskind Design, the Milan-based studio headed by his son Lev Libeskind and is made up of cut and folded aluminum panels, painted in a new solvent-free shade of red produced by <a href="http://www.oikos-group.it">Oikos</a>. The idea for the Future Flowers installation originates in a conceptual project Daniel Libeskind worked on at the early 80's. The geometric sculpture occupies most of the courtyard of the Pharmacy Cloister (Statale University, Milan) and was realized for the event "ENERGY FOR CREATIVITY", organized by <a href="http://www.internimagazine.com">Interni</a>. The impressive and colourful structure is a combination of architecture, design and art that the visitor should have to see from all its angles.</p>
<p align="justify">The exhibit will be on view until May 24th 2015.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8771/16571058603_aaf81ea818_o.jpg" width="640" height="382" alt="Future_Flowers_0"></p>
<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright Daniel Libeskind for Oikos</small></p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-46724787548404660052015-04-17T18:23:00.000+03:002016-12-30T18:24:55.820+02:00“I’m not weird, I’m limited edition”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.secondome.biz">Secondome</a> found common ground with <a href="http://padiglione-italia.com">Padiglioneitalia</a> and at this year's Milan Design Week present “I’m not weird, I’m limited edition” at Residenze Litta (Corso Magenta, 24). It was an experiment project where the participant designers explored the potential of mixing different materials such as glass and metals. The result is a collection, in numbered limited edition, which includes pieces that honor the craft and practice of contemporary artisanship.</p>
<p align=""><strong>UNBALANCE by ALESSANDRO ZAMBELLI</strong></p>
<p align="justify">In the UNBALANCE project by <a href="http://www.alessandrozambelli.it/designstudio/">ALESSANDRO ZAMBELLI</a>, the candle wearing out results in a loss of weight that unbalances the structure, keeping the flame in the same point. Staring at the candle’s edge you can observe a static state thanks to an undeneath mobile structure. An inverted roleplay: no longer the flame going down but the candle going up.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>UNBALANCE, ALESSANDRO ZAMBELLI, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>UNBALANCE, ALESSANDRO ZAMBELLI, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>UNBALANCE, ALESSANDRO ZAMBELLI, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>TRANSGENIC LIGHTS by MATTEO CIBIC</strong></p>
<p align="justify">TRANSGENIC LIGHTS by <a href="http://www.matteocibicstudio.com">MATTEO CIBIC</a> is a series of three table lamps. The glass structures are inspired by the plant kingdom’s shapes, recognizable despite the genetic mutation process they seem to have gone through. The photosyntesis process gets reversed by those mutant “plants” that spread light instead of absorbing it. Cactus, spores, leaves, mix and melt their shapes to create new, hinting ones that enclose and reshape the light.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>TRANSGENIC LIGHTS, MATTEO CIBIC, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TRANSGENIC LIGHTS, MATTEO CIBIC, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TRANSGENIC LIGHTS, MATTEO CIBIC, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TRANSGENIC LIGHTS, MATTEO CIBIC, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>TIMELESS by CTRLZAK</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Sand clocks were among the first instruments that man devised to visually perceive and measure time. <a href="http://www.ctrlzak.com">CTRLZAK</a>’s TIMELESS project utilises the properties of traditional materials in reviewing this nearly forgotten object. Inside the glass vial though instead of sand are found refined iron fillings that trickle from one compartment to the other, revealing the passage of time not only through their movement but also through the creation of a small spatial crystalline structure.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>TIMELESS, CTRLZAK, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TIMELESS, CTRLZAK, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TIMELESS, CTRLZAK, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TIMELESS, CTRLZAK, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>TIMELESS, CTRLZAK, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>"A STORY THAT DOESN’T GET TOLD" by MARCO RAPARELLI + GIOVANNI CASELLATO</strong></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.marcoraparelli.com">MARCO RAPARELLI</a> + <a href="http://www.giovannicasellato.it">GIOVANNI CASELLATO</a> present a joint project. A STORY THAT DOESN’T GET TOLD is a site specific installation: an iron table, realized by Giovanni Casellato becomes the “canvas” for Marco Raparelli to work on, with drawings and two objects from the daily life, a glass and a bottle, made as if they came out of a comic book. Expanding his iconographic imagery to encompass reality, Raparelli gives life to a parallel universe, balanced between truth and fiction, rationality and irony, to remind the observer that things are never as they seem.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>A STORY THAT DOESN’T GET TOLD, MARCO RAPARELLI + GIOVANNI CASELLATO, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>A STORY THAT DOESN’T GET TOLD, MARCO RAPARELLI + GIOVANNI CASELLATO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>PHARAOHS by GIORGIA ZANELLATO</strong></p>
<p align="justify">PHARAOHS by <a href="http://giorgiazanellato.com">GIORGIA ZANELLATO</a> is a collection of three vases made in glass and metal. Shapes, proportions and colors are directly inspired by those of the iconic Egyptian Pharaohs. Simple transparent glass cylinders contrast with bent metal fans that create strong effect of light and shadows. The metals used are inspired by type and color to those used in ancient Egypt recalling distant scenarios.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>PHARAOHS, GIORGIA ZANELLATO, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>PHARAOHS, GIORGIA ZANELLATO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>PHARAOHS, GIORGIA ZANELLATO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>PHARAOHS, GIORGIA ZANELLATO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>OLIMPIA by ZAVEN</strong></p>
<p align="justify">The lamp OLIMPIA by <a href="http://zaven.net">ZAVEN</a> is a 3D collage, made of a structure of metallic sheets and a cup of borosilicate opaque glass. An asimmetric table lamp, that rises up like a stairway and pushes up the light.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>OLIMPIA, ZAVEN, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>OLIMPIA, ZAVEN, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>DEUS by 4P1B</strong></p>
<p align="justify">DEUS is a couple of objects turned into machines by <a href="http://www.4p1b.com">4P1B</a>. The brass structure is actually a mechanism that allows the object to be used. The pitcher can be tilted to pour its content, the candle holder can turn off the flame by pulling a lever that shuts down the oxigen income.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>DEUS (pitcher), 4P1B, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>DEUS (candle holder), 4P1B, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>DEUS (candle holder), 4P1B, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>DEUS (pitcher), 4P1B, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>COEXIST by GIO TIROTTO</strong></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.giotirotto.it">GIO TIROTTO</a> realizes the project COEXIST: the MOD. GROUND globe and the MOD. SKY stellar map, two objects complementar as only Sky and Heart can be, where the transparent glass allows to look to the world and the stars in their entirety, overlapping far places close in the blink of an eye, underlining both their simmetries and differences. “Logic will take you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere.” A. Einstein. Gio Tirotto challenges the geographic logic through these objects in which distances are nullified and infinite point of view cohexist creating a whole new imaginery.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>COEXIST, GIO TIROTTO, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>COEXIST MOD.GROUND, GIO TIROTTO, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>COEXIST MOD.SKY, GIO TIROTTO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>COEXIST MOD.GROUND, GIO TIROTTO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<p align=""><strong>CLOU by ALHAMBRETTO</strong></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.alhambretto.com">ALHAMBRETTO</a> presents CLOU, the stop motion of an impossible instant. The nail crowls under the lightnes of the baloon. The moment becomes eternity, imprinted forever in the solid glass.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>CLOU, ALHAMBRETTO, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>CLOU, ALHAMBRETTO, (Sketch), Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>CLOU, ALHAMBRETTO, Foto courtesy Secondome</small></p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-22783654121315052652015-04-17T18:19:00.000+03:002016-12-30T18:19:34.770+02:00Exhibition “Confronting the Masters”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">This year <a href="http://www.belgiumisdesign.be">Belgium is Design</a> organizes the ‘Confronting the Masters’ exhibition in the Sala Napoleonica of the Accademia di Brera (Via Brera, 28). This exhibition brings together the 10 designers who won the "Designer of the Year" Award since its creation in 2006, namely <a href="http://www.alainberteau.com">Alain Berteau</a>, <a href="http://www.sylvainwillenz.com">Sylvain Willenz</a>, <a href="http://nathaliedewez.com">Nathalie Dewez</a>, <a href="http://debuchybytoulet.com">Alain Gilles</a>, <a href="http://www.stefanschoning.com">Stefan Schöning</a>, <a href="http://www.bramboo.be">Bram Boo</a>, <a href="http://www.nedda.be">Nedda El-Asmar</a>, <a href="http://www.loudordesign.be">Jean-François d’Or</a>, <a href="http://www.marinabautier.com">Marina Bautier</a> and <a href="http://www.mullervanseveren.be">Muller Van Severen</a>, the 2015 winners. From furniture to lighting and decorative objects, the exhibition is a vivid example of Belgian creativity and design where each designer reveals his/ her own identity, originality and expertise.</p>
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<p align="center"><small>Legnosystem by FIAM Italia, Stefan Schöning, © Stefan Schoning for Fiamitalia</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Legnosystem by FIAM Italia, Stefan Schöning, © Stefan Schoning for Fiamitalia</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Arch Chair by Sylvain Willenz for Wildspirit, © Sylvain Willenz for Wildstyle</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Arch Chair by Sylvain Willenz for Wildspirit, © Sylvain Willenz for Wildstyle</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Doorhandles, Vervloet, Nedda El-Asmar, copyright Stéphanie Derouaux</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Doorhandles, Vervloet, Nedda El-Asmar, copyright Stéphanie Derouaux</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Car Light by Ligne Roset, Nathalie Dewez, © Dewez for Ligne Roset</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Car Light by Ligne Roset, Nathalie Dewez, © Dewez for Ligne Roset</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Folding Shelves, Muller Van Severen, © Muller Van Severen</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Folding Shelves, Muller Van Severen, © Muller Van Severen</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Lap Desk by- Case Furniture, Marina Bautier, copyright MA</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Lap Desk by- Case Furniture, Marina Bautier, copyright MA</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>June tables & July trays, JF D’OR for Cruso © Lenzer Photographers</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>June tables & July trays, JF D’OR for Cruso © Lenzer Photographers</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Mate by Bram Boo for Bulo © Bulo</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Nightclub by Objekten, Alain Berteau, copyright Alain Berteau Objekten</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Nightclub by Objekten, Alain Berteau, copyright Alain Berteau Objekten</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>The Pure by Debuchy By Toulet, Alain Gilles, © Alain Gilles _ The Studio</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>The Pure by Debuchy By Toulet, Alain Gilles, © Alain Gilles _ The Studio</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>The Pure by Debuchy By Toulet, Alain Gilles, © Alain Gilles _ The Studio</small></p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-24503969646126511312015-04-16T18:30:00.000+03:002016-12-30T18:31:12.857+02:00Aesthetics of Misery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.oikos-group.it">OIKOS</a> presents the exhibition Aesthetics of Misery (LʼEstetica della Miseria) in Palazzo Litta (Corso Magenta 24) during the Milan Design Week 2015. The exhibition is actually the result of a postgraduate's experimental research that took place at Milan's Polytechnic (Politecnico di Milano). The project was conducted by Andrea Branzi, co-founder of Domus Academy, and Michele De Lucchi, designer of the EXPO 2015 Zero pavilion, with the assistance of Francesca Balena Arista and Marco De Santi.</p>
<p align="justify">The exhibition presents 16 scenic design projects based on the concept of misery that originates from poverty. The students worked having as example the Rio's favelas or the 'i bassi' of Naples and developed their projects with an objective to represent such environments in decay and disuse with materials left to "age". The installation is a journey to decadence and insecurity as well as an exploration in a new concept of sustainable design through new ideas.</p>
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<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-40112508826434336542015-04-15T18:56:00.000+03:002017-02-15T22:09:24.598+02:00"A MOMENT IN TIME" by Japan Handmade<div align="justify">
For Milan Design Week 2015, <a href="http://japan-handmade.com/">Japan Handmade</a> presents a "A Moment in Time", an installation of striking new products at the TATRAS showroom (Zona Tortona, Via Privata Gaspare Bugatti, 3) from 14th to the 19th April 2015 with the exhibition supported by <a href="http://www.sekisuihouse.co.jp/english/">Sekisui House</a> (Japan).</div>
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<small>photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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The installation, designed by Copenhagen-based <a href="http://oeo.dk/">OEO Studio</a>, looks like a ritual space dedicated to reading, the Japanese tea ceremony, the meditation and mostly as a place where you can meet friends and family. Thomas Lykke, Creative Director of OEO Studio says: “<em>It has been a privilege to be a part of Japan Handmade and help build awareness of the wonderful craftsmanship of Kyoto, not only within Japan but to an international audience. The installation for this year’s Salone gives us a chance to continue showcasing the talents of these talented makers and inspire the next generation</em>”. For the framework of the installation was used a refined metal structure complemented by solid wood flooring in heart oak and oak shelving from Dinesen creating a beautiful composition that reminds of a Japanese traditional environment.</div>
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The new objects that are presented in ‘A Moment in Time’, come in a mix of materials, such as wood, ceramics, textile, bamboo and metal. From <a href="http://www.kaikado.jp/english/index.html">Kaikado</a> we have the beautiful ice bucket and a wine/ champagne cooler. From <a href="http://asahiyaki.com/english/index.html">Asahiyaki pottery</a> the traditional tea bowls and a tray with exquisite coloured glazing. The chrysanthemum lampshades and the wine stoppers of the craft company <a href="http://www.kanaamitsuji.net/">Kanaami-Tsuji</a> are exquisite examples of metal knitting. <a href="http://www.kohchosai.co.jp/">Kohchosai Kosuga</a> presents handmade traditional bamboo flower baskets. The installation contains also a new low table from <a href="http://www.nakagawa-mokkougei-e.blogspot.jp/">Nakagawa Mokkougei</a>, which represents the finest tradition of Japanese woodworking. Finally, Japanese textile company <a href="http://www.hosoo-kyoto.com/">Hosoo</a> presents Collage Transparent, a new typology of Nishijin textile for curtains, as well as the Starry Indigo textile, which was recently acquired for the permanent collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in NY.</div>
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<small>Wine/ Champagne cooler by KAIKADO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Ice bucket by KAIKADO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Tea bowl by Asahiyaki pottery, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Chrysanthemum lampshade by Kanaami-Tsuji, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Wine Stoppers by Kanaami-Tsuji, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>bamboo flower basket by Kohchosai Kosuga, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>bamboo flower basket by Kohchosai Kosuga, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>bamboo flower basket by Kohchosai Kosuga, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Ki-Oke stool by Nakagawa Mokkougei, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Low table by Nakagawa Mokkougei, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Starry Indigo (textile) by HOSOO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<small>Collage Transparent (textile) by HOSOO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></div>
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<strong>About JAPAN HANDMADE</strong></div>
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Japan Handmade is a joint collaboration of craftspeople from Kyoto who apply traditional crafts to create new designs for the international market. Rooted in 1,000 years of artisanal tradition within ceramics, metal-knitting, teaware and the crafting of wood and bamboo, Japan Handmade offers a compelling universe of storytelling that reaches out to a new and quality conscious global audience with inspired designs for contemporary living. Japan Handmade includes the six crafts companies: Kaikado, Kohchosai Kosuga, Hosoo, Asahiyaki, Nakagawa Mokkougei and Kanaami-Tsuji.</div>
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<strong>About OEO STUDIO</strong></div>
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OEO Studio is a strategic design studio that helps enterprises realise their business potential through creative excellence. Inspired by a global outlook, OEO Studio brings fresh perspective and clear-cut direction to premium brands, amplifying their businesses and enhancing their products. With unique skills and experience within brand strategy, creative direction, interior design and product design, OEO studio connects brands with people in ways that are compelling, intelligent and ultimately emotional. OEO Studio was founded in 2003 and holds offices in both Copenhagen and Tokyo.</div>
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PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-60598676252350192142015-04-15T18:37:00.000+03:002016-12-30T18:37:33.145+02:00Gianni Veneziano+Team at MDW 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">It was back in 2013 when we read about the Gianni Veneziano's Daysign exhibition that took place at the Triennale di Milano. It was the way how the organisers conceived this exhibition as well as the powerful sketches of the designer that made us search about him and his team and since then we were great followers of the studio's work. Milano Design Week 2015 is the triggering event to write about the <a href="http://www.venezianoteam.it/it/">Veneziano+Team</a> projects implemented within this week full of design and innovation.</p>
<p align="justify">Gianni Veneziano and Luciana Di Virgilio of Veneziano+Team design studio created the new illumination system "StarNet" for Vistosi and the Limited Edition "Chiari di Lunae" for Vistosi and Morellato. Both projects will be presented at Euroluce, the biennial exhibition within Milan Salone del Mobile devoted to excellence in the world of lighting, at Vistosi stand (Hall 11 Stand D 23).</p>
<p align="justify">StarNet is considered as an open lighting system. Handcrafted cylinders in purest crystal of Vistosi, combined in various ways and versions, create a luminous texture which captures the eye and lights up the ambient through a led source. The designers duo said about their new project "<em>We imagined a journey that begins with the idea of nomadism and where creativity refuses to root itself in a fixed identity. An evolutionary journey towards the future which reaches the stars to meet a “nova”. This is how StarNet was born</em>".</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7614/16967391000_41f5faef4c_o.jpg" width="640" height="879" alt="VenezianoTeam_StarNet_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>StarNet lighting collection by Veneziano+Team for Vistosi, copyright Veneziano+Team</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>StarNet lighting collection by Veneziano+Team for Vistosi, copyright Veneziano+Team</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>StarNet lighting collection by Veneziano+Team for Vistosi, copyright Veneziano+Team</small></p>
<p align="justify">"Chiari di Lunae", part of the StarNet collection, is not just the alliance of two historical companies - Vistosi and Morellato - is the creation of the first jewel lamp in a limited edition reflecting original artisan and modern quality. With certain reference to the purity of Murano glass as "Chiari" means in Italian "clear" one we can say, that is a state-of-art product that combines tradition, elegance and extreme creativity and as Matteo Moretti, CEO of Vetreria Vistosi declares "<em>is a light object, beautiful to observe and experience each day where the interplay between light, glass, chains of jewels and pendants creates a luminous and precious alliance</em>".</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8759/16532508994_1fd7932043_o.jpg" width="640" height="853" alt="VenezianoTeam_ChiariDiLunae_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Chiari Di Lunae limited edition by Veneziano+Team for Vistosi & Morellato, copyright Veneziano+Team, Vistosi, Morellato</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7718/16532507984_e433d2d3c0_o.jpg" width="640" height="853" alt="VenezianoTeam_ChiariDiLunae_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Chiari Di Lunae limited edition by Veneziano+Team for Vistosi & Morellato, copyright Veneziano+Team, Vistosi, Morellato</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8752/17128976386_58c27164c2_o.jpg" width="640" height="905" alt="Illustrazione base per Illustrator"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Chiari Di Lunae limited edition by Veneziano+Team for Vistosi & Morellato, copyright Veneziano+Team</small></p>
<p align="justify">At the Riva1920 stand (Hall 6 Stand A 23 B 20) you can see the stool "One Love" by Veneziano+Team studio. We actually came across this piece of furniture when the studio uploaded an image on the Valentine's day in their Facebook account. The heart-shaped stool is made of cedar wood. The symbolic and ancestral shape has already characterized the previous Gianni Veneziano's projects in production, between art and design, who has thus made it the subject of experimentation over the years. This year the studio gives a more minimalistic and contemporary version of this well-known silhouette for Riva1920.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7599/17128975656_e551077c9f_o.jpg" width="640" height="896" alt="VenezianoTeam_OneLove_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>One Love stool by Veneziano+Team for Riva1920, copyright Veneziano+Team</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>One Love stool by Veneziano+Team for Riva1920, copyright Veneziano+Team, Riva1920</small></p>
<p align="justify"><strong>About Veneziano+Team Design Studio</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Veneziano+Team design studio was founded in 2007 by Gianni Veneziano and Luciana Di Virgilio. The firm works in multiple design situations, restructuring, interior design, industrial design, graphic design, exhibition design, communication and management design. The important element is the union between experience and innovation. The firm’s work is present in different galleries and museums, on the most important magazines of the sector and at national and international fairs.</p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-20685914592828173012015-04-15T18:33:00.000+03:002016-12-30T18:34:23.503+02:00SERVOMUTO at MDW 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">Graphic designer Alessandro Poli and architect Francesca De Giorgi are inspired from vintage forms and unusual, old and forgotten objects and experiment in aesthetics, colors, styles and craftwork since 2007 when SERVOMUTO was born to "manipulate lampshades" as they say. <a href="http://www.servomuto.com/">SERVOMUTO</a> presents four new projects (Chandelier, Patio, Guinea and Meringa Ø 35) during the Milan Design Week 2015 TRADEFAIR.</p>
<p align="justify">The CHANDELIER project demonstrates a work-in-progress construction of a large chandelier on the SERVOMUTO stand during the days of the event. The second project is PATIO, the first non-lamp project from the studio. PATIO is a blind for creating a separate or partitioned space and combines natural materials such as wood, stone and iron. Its size is 300 X 215 cm and is composed of four oak poles and a system of horizontal hinged iron bars that hold taut the eighteen separate fabric panels. For these two projects the designer duo had the valuable support of the company <a href="http://www.dedar.it/en">Dedar</a> who supplied fabrics and trimmings.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8691/16950817957_22fc777011_o.jpg" width="640" height="1824" alt="Stampa"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Chandelier, copyright SERVOMUTO</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>PATIO, copyright SERVOMUTO</small></p>
<p align="justify">The limited edition floor lamp Guinea as PATIO explores the aesthetics of bricolage. The base of the lamp is a block of untreated Portoro marble chosen individually to ensure the uniqueness of each lamp. The stem is an oiled oak pole while the vertically adjustable shade is made from triple layered, hand pleated organza. Finally, Meringa Ø 35 are two tone ceiling lamps in five different color combinations, a typical SERVOMUTO style of form and color.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8789/16950817087_dfd981d893_o.jpg" width="640" height="960" alt="servomuto_guinea"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Guinea, copyright SERVOMUTO</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>Meringa Ø 35, copyright SERVOMUTO</small></p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-41532017426961184652015-04-15T18:32:00.000+03:002016-12-30T18:32:45.030+02:00Mario Ferrarini at MDW 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify"><a href="http://marioferrarini.com/">Mario Ferrarini</a> participates at the 54th edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan with two products designed for <a href="http://www.crassevig.com">CRASSEVIG</a>, OTTO stool and the AURA chair/ armchair. The characteristic of the Otto is its roundness, Ferrarini has used the circle form to emphasise the concept of unison and togetherness. The stool is extremely flexible thanks to the numerous customization options. It comes in two heights (65 cm and 82 cm) and both fixed height and adjustable height versions with gas lifts are available. The seat is either padded or made of wood and the lower part of the tube is flattened to serve as a footrest. The OTTO stool is available in different colours.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8748/16973010140_2825c71c14_o.jpg" width="640" height="857" alt="ferrarini_otto_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8759/16974372909_b789ceaf6a_o.jpg" width="640" height="627" alt="ferrarini_otto_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
<p align="justify">The AURA chair/ armchair was designed for furnishing waiting rooms and halls. Its clean-cut shape in combination with high or low backrests give a sense of comfort and stimulation. The Aura range comes with 4 wooden legs, a pedestal swivel base or a swivel base on casters.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8724/17158926072_30e003918b_o.jpg" width="640" height="566" alt="ferrarini_aura_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8685/16973011010_dcb74af127_o.jpg" width="640" height="857" alt="ferrarini_aura_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>copyright CRASSEVIG</small></p>
<br /></div>PeAn ChKahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740141281028775514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960883109488454181.post-74017382276177569342015-04-15T00:53:00.000+03:002017-01-03T18:03:39.621+02:00"A MOMENT IN TIME" by Japan Handmade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<p align="justify">For Milan Design Week 2015, <a href="http://japan-handmade.com">Japan Handmade</a> presents a "A Moment in Time", an installation of striking new products at the TATRAS showroom (Zona Tortona, Via Privata Gaspare Bugatti, 3) from 14th to the 19th April 2015 with the exhibition supported by <a href="http://www.sekisuihouse.co.jp/english/">Sekisui House</a> (Japan).</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8773/16530130373_3eb533f203_o.jpg" width="640" height="675" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_amomentintime"></p>
<p align="center"><small>photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="justify">The installation, designed by Copenhagen-based <a href="http://oeo.dk">OEO Studio</a>, looks like a ritual space dedicated to reading, the Japanese tea ceremony, the meditation and mostly as a place where you can meet friends and family. Thomas Lykke, Creative Director of OEO Studio says: “<em>It has been a privilege to be a part of Japan Handmade and help build awareness of the wonderful craftsmanship of Kyoto, not only within Japan but to an international audience. The installation for this year’s Salone gives us a chance to continue showcasing the talents of these talented makers and inspire the next generation</em>”. For the framework of the installation was used a refined metal structure complemented by solid wood flooring in heart oak and oak shelving from Dinesen creating a beautiful composition that reminds of a Japanese traditional environment.</p>
<p align="justify">The new objects that are presented in ‘A Moment in Time’, come in a mix of materials, such as wood, ceramics, textile, bamboo and metal. From <a href="http://www.kaikado.jp/english/index.html">Kaikado</a> we have the beautiful ice bucket and a wine/ champagne cooler. From <a href="http://asahiyaki.com/english/index.html">Asahiyaki pottery</a> the traditional tea bowls and a tray with exquisite coloured glazing. The chrysanthemum lampshades and the wine stoppers of the craft company <a href="http://www.kanaamitsuji.net">Kanaami-Tsuji</a> are exquisite examples of metal knitting. <a href="http://www.kohchosai.co.jp">Kohchosai Kosuga</a> presents handmade traditional bamboo flower baskets. The installation contains also a new low table from <a href="http://www.nakagawa-mokkougei-e.blogspot.jp">Nakagawa Mokkougei</a>, which represents the finest tradition of Japanese woodworking. Finally, Japanese textile company <a href="http://www.hosoo-kyoto.com">Hosoo</a> presents Collage Transparent, a new typology of Nishijin textile for curtains, as well as the Starry Indigo textile, which was recently acquired for the permanent collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in NY.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7718/16964107779_67ab029b7b_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_kaikado_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Wine/ Champagne cooler by KAIKADO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8788/16964107639_65597b126a_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_kaikado_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Ice bucket by KAIKADO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7670/17150301185_1a73c5aa57_o.jpg" width="640" height="610" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_asahiyaki_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Tea bowl by Asahiyaki pottery, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7614/17149664961_6fb72c4209_o.jpg" width="640" height="510" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_tsuji_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Chrysanthemum lampshade by Kanaami-Tsuji, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7710/16962519938_350a7a57df_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_tsuji_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Wine Stoppers by Kanaami-Tsuji, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8814/16964107359_23f34e13ea_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_kohchosai_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>bamboo flower basket by Kohchosai Kosuga, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7661/17124344856_5cc840a26a_o.jpg" width="640" height="960" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_kohchosai_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>bamboo flower basket by Kohchosai Kosuga, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7721/17124344396_66b26687bc_o.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_kohchosai_3"></p>
<p align="center"><small>bamboo flower basket by Kohchosai Kosuga, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8729/17148697722_905d5fb4d4_o.jpg" width="640" height="699" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_nakagawa_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Ki-Oke stool by Nakagawa Mokkougei, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7594/16527871944_64af94a7eb_o.jpg" width="640" height="384" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_nakagawa_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Low table by Nakagawa Mokkougei, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8712/17148700012_4ab5f457c8_o.jpg" width="640" height="305" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_hosoo_1"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Starry Indigo (textile) by HOSOO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7700/16964107939_1dba24cfb2_o.jpg" width="640" height="305" alt="japan_handmade_oeo_hosoo_2"></p>
<p align="center"><small>Collage Transparent (textile) by HOSOO, photo credit OEO Studio</small></p>
<p align="justify"><strong>About JAPAN HANDMADE</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Japan Handmade is a joint collaboration of craftspeople from Kyoto who apply traditional crafts to create new designs for the international market. Rooted in 1,000 years of artisanal tradition within ceramics, metal-knitting, teaware and the crafting of wood and bamboo, Japan Handmade offers a compelling universe of storytelling that reaches out to a new and quality conscious global audience with inspired designs for contemporary living. Japan Handmade includes the six crafts companies: Kaikado, Kohchosai Kosuga, Hosoo, Asahiyaki, Nakagawa Mokkougei and Kanaami-Tsuji.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>About OEO STUDIO</strong></p>
<p align="justify">OEO Studio is a strategic design studio that helps enterprises realise their business potential through creative excellence. Inspired by a global outlook, OEO Studio brings fresh perspective and clear-cut direction to premium brands, amplifying their businesses and enhancing their products. With unique skills and experience within brand strategy, creative direction, interior design and product design, OEO studio connects brands with people in ways that are compelling, intelligent and ultimately emotional. OEO Studio was founded in 2003 and holds offices in both Copenhagen and Tokyo.</p>
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