INQUADRA: DeFAVERI's seamless energy efficiency
INQUADRA is DeFAVERI's flush-mounted monoblock that cancels thermal bridges for maximum energy efficiency and a minimalist design. Easy to install and customize, it marks one of the innovations from a long-established company, now part of the ECLISSE Group.
Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale
via dei Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro 3
Hours 5-9.4.2006, h. 10.30-19
http://www.designacademy.nl
Although the subject might not be an attractive one, it’s worth taking a look at the projects by students of Li Edelkoort who this year have thought about the notion of life and death, funeral rites and memorial ceremonies. Cardboard urns (Lesley van Berkel), votive jewels (Marieke Blaauw), designer fonts (Hiromi Watanabe) and technological altars (Lonneke Gordijn) the young students from the Design Academy in Eindhoven show how uses and traditions for funerals are changing in the western world.
The Mirra 2 combines ergonomics and sustainability
Redesigned by Berlin-based Studio 7.5, the Mirra 2 chair from Herman Miller represents the perfect combination of function and innovation.