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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
The opinion
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaIt's fairly apparent by now that China's economic standards will soon be on par with those of the West. Actually, some observers reckon they'll soon have overtaken Western standards. To be sure, it seems safe to predict that Chinese enterprises will soon be commonplace among the echelons of high international financial power. Lenovo, the Chinese co...
continue..Magis: taking a seat italian-style
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaEugenio Perazza is a tireless explorer, always one step beyond the here and now with a gaze ever turned forward to the upcoming future. A seven-second intuition twenty-nine years ago is all it took for him to decide to revolutionise his life. That's when he started experimenting, turning designinto his mission. In 1976 he establishes Magis (www.mag...
continue..Zegna, the new “polo” of fashion
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaWith a population of one billion three hundred million inhabitants, a gross domestic product that's continually risen over recent years, and demand growing at an annual rate of nine per cent, it is no wonder that China has drawn the attention of large and small entrepreneurs and business persons from all over the world. Judging from the enthusiasti...
continue..Mendini puts his heart into it
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaThe architect Alessandro Mendini can truly be said to represent Italian design at its best. Founder of the Alchimia group, he now also holds top commissions from abroad, with clients such as Alessi and Swatch, and enjoys high academic and scientific standing. Mendini belies the prevailing stight-fistedness when it comes to sharing knowledge. He's i...
continue..China art
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaRealism, cynicism, tradition rejected yet yearned after and sought for. These would appear to be the catchwords characterising the latest, burgeoning generation of Chinese artist and the first to have been seen in Europe when Harald Szeemann brought a small party of these new artists to the Venice Biennale in 1999. They then looked to us a bit p...
continue..798, the art factory
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaConcept artist, painter, sculptor, designer, and calligrapher, Huang Rui is one of the founders of Le Stelle, the first avant-garde group in China. Founded in the eighties, the group challenged the strictures and prohibitions of officialdom against the creative freedom of artists. After living in Japan for ten years, he is now back on his home tur...
continue..…Artistic movement
Magazine -> #10 Nomadic knowledge“Fare forth” is the overwhelming imperative of our times. Each according to her/his life style - on a white sofa fitted with wheels, in a shabby dinghy, or playfully in a portable pool like those invented by Andrea Zittel for personalised caravans in the nineties. We’re nomads, be it for pleasure or out of necessity. It’s a paradox, but ...
continue..Beijing looks ahead
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaWhen and why did you establish the Graduate Center? The Graduate Center of Architecture at Peking University (Beida) was established in 1999 and classes were first offered in 2000. I have always valued the importance of research in architecture and the ideal research platform has always been the one that is built upon interactions between practice...
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Magazine -> #10 Nomadic knowledgeHere’s a piece of news by the press that’s really digital food for thought: “sharing know-how was akin to blasphemy to Bill Gates; now he doesn’t have any alternative but to share”. It’s a radically new outlook, a complete turn around in the strategy so far pursued by the man, whose company’s cuttingedge on the global market depended...
continue..City theatre
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisI’d only been at the Architecture Biennale for seven seconds when I saw a red number appear regarding my city: while every city in the world was growing by 25, 50 or 172 inhabitants each hour, the only one with a minus 1 was Milan. There and then, my pride was hurt, as it makes you think “We’re disappearing!” One less person, one less every...
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