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Giulio Iacchetti tells us about his latest challenge: as artistic director of dnd by Martinelli handles. From the firm’s new coordinated image designed by Leonardo Sonnoli to the involvement of five Italian architecture firms. With openness and pragmatism as key concepts.
At Pitti Uomo, we met the eclectic British designer who started his career with a 3-square-metre shop in Nottingham and now heads a global fashion brand distributed in 74 countries. Paul Smith continues to amaze with his unique ability to anticipate trends and movements, and not just in fashion.
Bijoy Jain, architect and artist, told us about his idea of the relationship between architecture and art, craftmanship, ceremony and how Studio Mumbai is now working.
We interviewed Diébédo Francis Kéré on the occasion of his talk during Milano Arch Week: is furthermore evident that sustainability is the idea at the centre of his practice.
“A product which people cannot make a living is not a good product, a product which become waste has a quality problem”, says Michael Braungart, the author of the seminal book Cradle to Cradle on sustainable design.
Curator of the Italian Pavilion for the 57th Venice Biennale, Alemani talks about how she conceived the exhibition featuring works by Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Roberto Cuoghi and Adelita Husni-Bey.
Alexandre Labasse, director of the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, talks about new strategies for urban and architectural development in Paris.
A Frenchman working in Milan, Philippe Tabet is a new name to look out for. At the #MDW2017 he is presenting several designs – for Plust, Infiniti and Pianca – plus an innovative alarm clock for Lexon.
Paola Nicolin recounts how the “Piero Golia Diego Perrone on Chris Burden” project was born, and then talks about inter-generational dialogue, contemporay art languages and artists talking to each other.
Two armchairs for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna and a new light for Foscarini are the latest projects by Paolo Lucidi and Luca Pevere, as always, a blend of design, creativity, materials and practicality. #MDW2017
Marco Romanelli talks about projects with Marta Laudani, Hands on Design from Japan and da a from Italy mong others, that explore craft incorporated into an expanded distribution and media chain. #MDW2017
Francesco Faccin tells us about his new projects for #MDW17: his innovative OLED lamp with Francesco Meda for Nilufar, his chairs for Billiani, his large wood and stone table for Busnelli, and his project with Peter Mabeo using objects gathered from the Nairobi slum.
