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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
Form meets substance: the green innovation in fashion
-> Form meets substance: the green innovation in fashionIn today´s moment of crisis and economical downturn, as the media call it today, there's a sector that knows no decline: sustainable fashion. Such a moment of widespread concern seems actually to be the perfect boost supported by unprecedented approval. Being sustainable today is cool! This is the clear impression that I got strolling around th...
continue..2011: let´s celebrate the 10th anniversary of illywords!
-> 2011: let´s celebrate the 10th anniversary of illywords!2011 is a milestone for illywords. This year we are having the tenth anniversary of the magazine and we would like to warmly celebrate it on our illywords blog which is young but nevertheless able to reach a wide group of friends. To keep track of some illywords’ thoughts of the past ten years, we came up with the idea of developing in our blog ...
continue..Re+ recycled light (Prato Dec. 3 launch)
-> Re+ recycled light (Prato Dec. 3 launch)Stefano Giovacchini - remember when he told us about colour design? - invites us all to an evening of recycled, coloured light in Prato on December 3 2010 (from 7pm). Experience the amazing space of the Opificio JM, a multi-purpose store/events space/gallery created to showcase Tuscan excellencies and launch them into the world. The evening will in...
continue..Stefano Giovacchini: What is Colour Design?
-> Stefano Giovacchini: What is Colour Design?An interview with Stefano Giovacchini, a colour designer in Lucca. What is Colour Design? What is colour design and how does one become a colour designer? Colour Design is a necessity: colour is a complex language that interacts profoundly with the individual both on a physical and psychological level. The language of colour plays into all th...
continue..Alessi exhibit in Munich
-> Alessi exhibit in MunichAn exhibit at the International Design Museum in Munich, Alessi Objects and Projects, looks back over the recent decades of Alessi design: the final phase of the Italian Bel Design (the ’70s), the Postmodern period (the ’80s), the Ludic period (‘90s) and most recently what's being called the Eclectic Moment (the ’00s). But if you can't...
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..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..Design everywhere you look at Fuorisalone
-> Design everywhere you look at FuorisaloneA short walk through the streets of milan in these days of the Salone del Mobile 2010 can be overwhelmingly exciting, as the word DESIGN is literally everywhere and I find myself salivating at shop windows turned gallery spaces. On via della Spiga at no. 30, you can see a pyramid of kettles designed by Ettore Sottsass for Bodum that I mentioned ...
continue..Fear of not succeeding
-> Fear of not succeedingThe countdown has started towards issue #28... "che emozione!" Cut, add, translate, check, cut again... that doesn’t work… now it is ok! We lack a cover but Pietro (Corraini) is finalizing it and will be good for sure. The feather is growing and at the same time grows the fear of not suceeding. This is the most critical phase w...
continue..Interaction Designers Play surrealist game “Exquisite Corpse”
-> Interaction Designers Play surrealist game "Exquisite Corpse"While working on their Ideas for the "Conviviality Workshop", Domus Academy's Interaction Design Class attended a special two-days intensive mini-workshop on quick videomaking techniques, which was led by Interactiondesign Lab's Simone Muscolino. The activity exposed the students to a number of creative techniques to help them identify expressiv...
continue..Sorpresa!
-> Sorpresa!Mi sarebbe piaciuto produrre un numero di illywords intitolato “LA SORPRESA!”. Possiamo però riflettere e scambiare opinioni sul tema attraverso il web. Chissà che non si riesca un domani a realizzarlo fisicamente :-) Oggi c'è una spasmodica voglia di sorprendere il pubblico, attraverso la pubblicità, attraverso le azioni e le relazioni:...
continue..Issue 28 is off to a great start at Domus Academy
-> Issue 28 is off to a great start at Domus AcademyWe're off to a great start on Issue 28 at Domus Academy in Milan! The theme of this issue will be conversations, relationships, conviviality... whether inside our homes or beyond. And what is one of the most delightful situations for creating smart conversation? At the table of course... When we eat, preferably over some good food… The ...
continue..Digital update
Magazine -> #14 RefreshHow is Digit updating the web? What do you think about new developments in the Internet? Stuart Jackson: One way we update the web is not to increase its complexity, but to simplify and demystify it. Our company ethos is “simple human interaction” which might seem strange - the idea that simplicity has become a fundamental element of a comp...
continue..The essential Martí
Magazine -> #14 RefreshLet’s take irony: a linguistic picklock, a means for coping and coming to grips with an ever changing world, a way of putting oneself on the board. Irony hasn’t much currency lately, a circumstance that often makes for cultural doldrums. How does irony fit into your works? Well, I take it as a personal commitment to ensure that all my works ...
continue..Parsons School of Design, New York
Magazine -> #14 RefreshEditorial Illustration, the primary market for illustrators in the United States, has been experiencing a decline in recent years. However, the territory outside of the traditional publishing market has been expanding at a rapid rate. The class Beyond Editorial, whose work is featured here, explores this fruitful landscape, giving students a taste ...
continue..Working for a sustainable society
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyThe sorry state in which our planet has come to find itself and the far from comforting forecasts as to energy source availability and air, water and soil pollution have risen awareness as to the need to put a stop to the ongoing use and abuse of natural resources. In the late eighties a new concept, sustainable development, used for the first t...
continue..University of studies of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologySince its inception ten years ago, the highly articulated and academically teeming course on industrial design of La Sapienza University in Rome has come to play an important role on the national scene under the direction of its president, Professor Tonino Paris, and with its highly renowned masters and research doctorates is attracting increasing ...
continue..Matteo in via Farini
-> Matteo in via FariniNext week there's an interesting collective of young artists in Milan, organised by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa: OPERA 2009. Matteo de Mayda, who worked on the graphics of various illywords issues, shot the image on the poster. Milan Via Farini DOCVA/Fabbrica del Vapore Opening January 19th 2010-18.30; until Feb 20 2010 For more inf...
continue..Advice for would-be investors
Magazine -> #17 SerendipityMake mistakes and learn from them; I am a strong believer in making mistakes. You learn from them and you become stronger. I even think schools should give out extra marks to pupils who make mistakes. If you can, do it yourself; I wish I'd had the convinction to go it alone right from the start. I spent too long time trying to find a backer or s...
continue..Frustration = Inspiration
Magazine -> #17 SerendipityFor me design is not just about how something looks, but how it works. I don’t see a difference between a designer and an engineer, and I don’t want to see a difference. A designer should be both. My route into design was an unconventional one; I came from a background of academics and clergy and had never considered a career in engineering....
continue..ENSAD – École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
Magazine -> #17 SerendipityENSAD - 31, rue d’Ulm 75240 Paris Cedex 06 France - tel: 01 42 34 97 00 - www.ensad.fr communication: Nathalie Battais Ensad traces its history back to the Royal School of Design established in 1766. The School, which was free, afforded crafts people the opportunity of becoming creative artists. Emphasis was placed on draughtsmanship, and s...
continue..The Polytechnic University
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisMilan’s Polytechnic was chosen in 1993 as the location for Italy's first-ever degree course in Industrial Design. The history of the Industrial Design degree (at the Faculty of Design since June 2000) has been marked by a sustained interest in trying out new and innovative course structures, as a response to the real needs of the contemporary mar...
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