Monday, December 17, 2007
Valcucine @ Fuorisalone 2008
From 15th – 21st April 2008, from 10am – 10pm, at the same time as Salone del Mobile 2008 (2008 Furniture Fair), Valcucine will exhibit at the most attractive and well-established area of Zonatortona: Superstudiopiù in Via Tortona, 27 - Milan 20144
Saturday, December 1, 2007
10 Italian Design Masters Flying to Hong Kong BODW 2007
More than 10 Italian Design Masters Flying In For
Business of Design Week 2007
This December, Business of Design Week (bodw) 2007 is bringing the largest ever group of Italian designers to Hong Kong with this year’s partner country – Italy. Over 10 design greats from Italy will share Italian design’s mastery, craftsmanship, and modern inspiration at bodw forum on 12-14 December 2007.
During the week-long programme, bodw will echo the Italian theme with several extraordinary exhibitions from Italy:
Ø “Maestri. Design Italiano” presents the history of Italian design over the last half-century, focusing on the creativity of 21 designers credited with reinventing design using innovative technologies and new relationships between form and function.
Ø One of Italy’s most prolific architects, Massimiliano Fuksas, will bring to Hong Kong his unconventional design exhibition.
Ø “The Italian way of seating” exhibition featuring 50 years of Italian chair design from the second half of the twentieth century, illustrates the history of a product dominated by Italy’s unrivalled leadership throughout the world.
| | Alberto Meda Meda made his name through extensive work with Kartell and has subsequently developed into one of the world’s rare engineers / designers of today.
| | Michele De Lucchi De Lucchi explores the deep interaction between architectural thinking, industrial design and global communication to promote functionality and clarity in an ever-changing society.
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| | Andrea Ferraresi Combining Italian style, power and technology, Ferraresi creates some of the most powerful motorbikes in the world for Ducati - extreme, untamed and designed to thrill.
| | Massimiliano Fuksas One of the most prolific Italian architects, Fuksas has had a prodigious output across the world of large scale architecture and is an expert on urban problems. |
| | David Wilkie With cutting edge ideas, new shapes, and stylistic solutions, David Wilkie oversees the evolution of unique concepts into iconic sports cars. | | Massimo Iosa Ghini Always in the avant-garde of Italian design, Massimo Iosa Ghini has defined the role of the modern day designer with his pioneering practice.
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| | Ernesto Gismondi Blending modernity and art, Gismondi’s Artemide group creates the world’s most popular and striking lighting, such as the industrial design masterpiece, Tizio desk lamp.
| | Massimo Vignelli "If you can design one thing, you can design everything." Vignelli is true to his word and has shown us how by becoming one of the true polyglot designers of his generation.
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| | Mario Bellini One of the leading lights of Italian architecture, Bellini is responsible for a large no. of museums and cultural quarters all across the world.
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And many more to come
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Business of Design Week 2007
Date: Monday 10th December – Saturday 15th December
Venue: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Organiser: Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)
Leading Architects at Business of Design Week 2007
Catch the World’s Leading Architects at
Business of Design Week 2007
Architecture provides the foundation around which we build our lives, and these forward thinkers have design everything from world-class museums and avant-garde kindergartens to opera houses and Olympic venues, not to mention business centres and uniquely liveable homes.
This December, the hottest names in architecture will come together at Business of Design Week (bodw) 2007. These masters of Architectural design will offer insights into how they integrate their ideas and concepts with the demands of functional buildings and spaces, and the opportunities offered by new materials, new spaces, and new cultural needs. See them at bodw forum on 12-14 December 2007.
| | Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid is an internationally distinguished architect and interior designer, and winner of numerous competitions. Zaha was the first female to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
| | Massimiliano Fuksas One of the most prolific Italian architects, Massimiliano Fuksas has had a prodigious output across the world of large scale architecture and is an expert on urban problems.
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| | Noriaki Okabe A multidisciplinary designer in urban projects, architecture and industrial design, with creations such as the iconic Odakyu Romance Car series 50000 VSE. | | Michele De Lucchi Michele De Lucchi explores the deep interaction between architectural thinking, industrial design and global communication to promote functionality and clarity in an ever-changing society.
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| | Takaharu and Yui Tezuka Based on the principle that “Architecture is a device that triggers the activities of people and society”, Takaharu and Yui’s Fuji Kindergarten is regarded as one of the highest impact projects in Japan this year.
| | Mario Bellini One of the leading lights of Italian architecture, Mario Bellini is responsible for a large number of museums and cultural quarters all across the world. |
Business of Design Week 2007
Date: Monday 10th December – Saturday 15th December
Venue: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Organiser: Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)
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