Posts Tagged ‘designers’

The Polytechnic University

Magazine -> #19 Aequòpolis

Milan’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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Option paralysis

Magazine -> #6 Orientation

To flounder in a sea of commodities, where too much and nothing at all make no difference, having to choose out of too many stimuli and too few meaningful motives. Never before have we been so rich and wealthy as today. “We” here stands for a small part of the world population living in Europe, North America and some other parts of the globe...

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Milan, Thursday 10:00 a.m.

Magazine -> #3 Weaving relations

Milan, the world capital of fashion and design. This link between fashion and design seems to merge the two disciplines, blending their environments and dynamics. There is one person, however, who wants to keep them well separated, critiquing his own circle of designers: Enzo Mari. First and foremost an artist, and then a designer at international ...

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Creative battles

Magazine -> #0 Experimentation and innovation

In Coppola's Apocalypse Now, when searching the jungle for the maverick commander Kurts, the man sent to hunt him down describes a brilliant mission Kurtz had led, "He just thought it up and did it. They were going to get him framed to the floorboards for that one until the press got hold it and promoted him to Colonel." The spirit of creative b...

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Towards eternity

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

First of all, is there a difference between the concept of excitement and surprise? Put simply, a surprise is something that happens just once and is unlikely to happen again. Excitement, on the other hand, is something more complex, it might crop up again, and in theory it could last a lifetime. Surprise also has a powerful physical aspect – it...

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Authentic Cisneros

Magazine -> #14 Refresh

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 in a family of Mexican extraction. She's currently one of the most complex literary voices of the United States. 
Legend and history, poetry and prose, the radio and music, English and Spanish are interwoven in her writings like the threads that go to make up the warp and weft of a caramel coloured rebo...

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Project for a Cafeteria

Magazine -> #0 Experimentation and innovation

THE PROJECT DESCRIBED BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE OF COMPLETE EXPERIMENTATION: FROM THE DESIGNING STAGE TO THE ACTUAL USE. IT IS A BAR DESIGNED BY THREE OF ITS FUTURE USERS, STUDENTS AT THE HFG IN KARLSRUHE. Werner Aisslinger, designer from Berlin and professor at the HfG in Karlsruhe, organized a design contest among college students. Three young designe...

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The fashion of doing well

Magazine -> #16 Beautiful and well made

Since 1951, when it was established by Achille Maramotti, the House has practically accompanied the unfolding of women’s fashion over the years, acclaimed from the start for the refined style of its apparel and the quality of its textiles. The Group is now present on the market with thirty lines, different in terms of looks and consumer target. T...

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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...
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