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The best ambients and design of Salone internazionale del mobile 2008

This year , International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, “Salone internazionale del mobile” in Milan is again a showcase for excellence covering all types of domestic furnishing, from single pieces to coordinates, and every conceivable style, from classic to design to modern.

We choose the best photos of ambients and design: from living furniture to kitchen, workspace and bathroom furniture.

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април 20th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | Milan, italy, articles, Design, Design Week, international furnishing accessories exhibition, salone internazionale del mobile 2008 | no comments

Salone Satellite 2008, 11 years of international success

The ‘mascot event’ of the Saloni is growing up. It will be 11 years old this spring, when it will unleash all its youthful exuberance during the design week in Milan, n a newly made-to-measure Pavilion 28 at the Milan Fairgrounds in Rho.

The Salone Satellite is the meeting place par excellence for manufacturers, talent scouts and the most promising young designers. An event that has become a cross between a cult gathering and an obligatory appointment for all those who work in the furnishing sector and who want to be kept up to date in real time on the trends of the future.

This year, there are approximately 570 participants. In addition, 22 Design Schools, spotlight along with the designers. One of these school slots is actually represented by a number of schools in the form of the ODCD program (Oriental Domestic Culture & Design), a joint initiative of Tshinghua University (China), Musashino University (Japan) and Kookmin University (Korea) with the aim of drawing attention to Asian design. Participating at the Satellite for the first time is the University of Belgrade (Serbia) and Southern Regional College-Lurgan Campus (Ireland).

Between many great works from 1+1 Studio-Riccione Italia, Design A4, Vicenzo Catoio, In Design, to Lady Penelope, Od Do Architects, Vivo and many others talents from all the World, specially takes the attention University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL), who presents Nidecker snowboards inlaid with Swarovski crystals, “Crystal snow”.These projects were produced by students in Industrial Design and Visual Communication.

Furthermore , University of Belgrade’s Wood Processing &Furniture Design students show us a new wood products , which are based on
activities that are mainly oriented towards developing new products with emphasis to sustainable design solutions and savings in raw wood material, which resulted in many successful prototypes.

Also, the successful work of Fethi Atakol and his “redesign”, which concept is the creative transformation of an old object, which gives life to ” functional artworks”.

април 16th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | on-exhibitions, Milan, italy, Design, Design Week, salone del mobile, salone satellite | no comments

Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2008, 47 edition, will be open tomorrow,16th of April in Milan

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, will be open tomorrow 16th of April, at the Milan Fairgrounds at Rho with a huge range of superlative exhibits. Famous design week in Milan will take a part till 21 th of April.

This event that is unlike any other, anywhere in the world, is not just the leading event in the home/contract furnishing sector at global level, but also a matchless occasion for an international meeting of minds - not to mention business, image and communication.

As always, there is an infinite variety of goods on offer. The Salone Internazionale del Mobile, together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition is a showcase for excellence covering all types of domestic furnishing, from
single pieces to coordinates, and every conceivable style, from classic to design to modern, not to mention trendsetters.

Furthermore, during this international exhibition , Fuorisalone is getting ready to offer many events, performances, art exhibitions in city center and suburbs. Zona Tortona, Triennale, Bovisa will surprise us with full program about design in Milan.

април 15th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | Milan, openings, italy, zona tortona, bovisa, Design Week, fuorisalone, international furnishing accessories exhibition, salone internazionale del mobile, triennale | no comments

MiArt 2008:the success of International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair in Milan

MiArt’s mission is to promote progressive gallery operators involved in the production of exhibitions and catalogs whose activities work in synergy with those of the artists they represent and who complement their business - the driving force of the art industry - with extensive activities of a cultural nature.

Following the public success, gallery participation, and sales figures of MiArt 2007, Milan was focusing on the thirteenth MiArt:Art Now, from 4th to 7th of April, 2008.

This unique event has turned Milan into a prestigious showcase for art and a point of reference for collectors, gallery operators, artists and curators. About 235 exhibitors, more then 35.000 visitors and over 12 thousand square meters of exhibition area .

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This exposition was reasserting its role as the only trade show in Italy able to offer a complete panorama of the art world through its 3 separate sections. Together, Modern, Contemporary, and Anteprima took in Italian and international art from the historic avant-garde to the most recent experimental works, attracting collectors with different interests and backgrounds.

We could see different artworks (paintings, sculptures, photography video and performing art) from modern classic art to contemporary art and anteprima, between which there were artworks from Dorazio, Ceroli, Rotella, Basquiat, Chagall, Balla, Andy Warhol, Lucio Fontana, Enzo Guaricci, Castellani, Yumu Karasumaru, David Raimondo, Sergio Lombardo, Aejandro Quincoces and many others.

During the exposition of Miart, the the prestigious conferences have been included. One of them is “Cina Intra/Extra Ovest,” which was the first event to establish a relationship of dialogue and exchange with China.

This year, the focus of Miart was on Latin America, a group of countries in perennial transformation in which the exigencies of art are defining a political and cultural identity.

First time under the umbrella title “fuoriMiArt-(con)temporary art” an unmissable program that presented the most exciting events in the whole city.

Also, The Miraggi project has grown from the desire of the Milan authority for urban design and parks to restore to its citizens a sense of Milan as a city that experiences art as a necessity, a right, a pleasure: A part of the whole.

For the end, the conclusion could be that Milan and MiArt have won again, that confirm the big interest of qualified public and the positive results of sales.

април 7th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | on-exhibitions, Milan, Art, italy, Artist, Exhibition, international modern and contemporary art fair, miart 2008, miart:art now | no comments

More Than Zero Cross-Media Festival;first edition 2008, Milan

More Than Zero Cross-Media Festival is the first international festival to be dedicated to new, creative cross-media content for TV, the web and mobile phones, among the events promoted by the Forum Net Economy of Milan.

The opening of this festival will be tomorrow 27 th of March, and will be open for the public till 29 th of March.

More Than Zero Festival is an event and a space on line for anyone looking for or offering solutions in multi-platform entertainment and creative communication? An opportunity for companies, institutions and innovative centres of creativity to make contact, carry out studies, exchange information, scout new multimedia projects and update themselves on international case histories.

An opportunity for creative professionals to gauge themselves against the digital content market and to acquire the necessary thinking tools to produce cross-media projects.
An important tool for business and venture capital connected with the net economy and the latest developments in ICT. Workshops for the creation of new formats and the production of content, held by a national and international selection of experts, companies and creative professionals.
Video Review/ Cross Vision - top selection of national and international crossmedia production for multi-platform programmes, proposals, new talents and cross clip.

If you have a brilliant idea for TV, Web or Mobile the time has come for you to take action. ??Come and take part in MTZ Festival because, offers young creative artists and production companies the opportunity to meet potential cross-media content clients thanks to a “pitching”/contest, in other words, of finding oneself face to face with the potential client and of giving a live presentation of those projects that have passed the selection process.

март 26th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | new media, Milan, openings, italy, forum net economy of milan, more than zero cross-media festival, mtz festival | no comments

(Con)Temporary Art: is the new art in Zona Tortona

While we are waiting for MiArt in Milan, is arriving (Con)Temporary Art. It will be a week of art, dating, experimentation and discovery organized in 28 locations “Temporary Gallery” and in 16 ”Art-Restaurant”, in Zona Tortona, Milan from March 31 st to 6 th of April.

This event is combining contemporary art with the concept of temporary. It presents “FuoriMiArt” , like series of exhibitions and performers, aimed at turning the curiosity of citizens in the art, while waiting for the important exhibition Miart which will be held in Milan from 4 th till 7 th of April.

Here, however, will be promoted the young art, innovations, new expressions and new developments in the visual arts.

март 25th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | Milan, openings, Art, italy, contemporary art, miart, Artist, fuorimiart, zona tortona | no comments

The stories and portraits of Sicily

On 17 th March Studio Forni in Milan has opened the painting exhibition of the great italian artist Giovanni La Cognata . These paintings depict characters and Sicilian countrysides, which the artist is particularly linked, as Sicily his land of origin.

Among the many cities depicted with oil on canvas , like Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa, Comiso, Lampedusa, Marsala, this artist expresses a strong sense of melancholy to his land in every painting. Also,we could see in the gallery , paintings of women and perhaps men belonged to the past life of the artist. This exposition will remain open until 22 th of March.

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март 20th, 2008 Posted by Marco Feliciani | on-exhibitions, Milan, italy, giovanni la cognata, paintings, sicily, studio forni, the stories and portraits of sicily | no comments

Flower Design-Turin, from 18 th to 29 th March

Flowers have the strong power to speak volumes, even at times, we find ourselves lost for words.

This time in Turin, Flower design is considered a cultural movement, and offers the novelties in the sector, which bring together fashion, design, interior decor, art, environment. Ecology and technology in a movement which is continually reinventing itself and inspiring others.

The “flower designer” Pietre M.Ldman, Elize Eveleens, Rob Pattel and Sjacco Gerritsen come from Holland, where flowers have been a vital part of the economy and lifestyle for centuries, where flowers are the “lifeblood” of the country, and are “lived” to the point that designer dare to carry out radical transformations: a pure but pliable and ephemeral raw material, though which to express ideas, feelings, symbols, resulting in accessible design modeled on a specific language, as international as music and dance.

март 15th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | openings, italy, Design, elize eveleens, flower design, holland, interior decor, pietre m.ldman, rob pattel, sjacco gerritsen, turin | no comments

“Bad Dolls and Broken Dreams” by Maurizio Rosazza Prin, Milan

The exposition of pictures “Bad Dolls and Broken Dreams” by the artist Maurizio Rosazza Prin held in exclusive local “Le Biciclette” in Milan, we still can see it tomorrow when exhibition will be closed .The paintings of this young artist causing anxiety, empathy and a lot of curiosity.

The works on display are a dozen, all with references surreal within our dreams or our deepest nightmares. But, the real massage of the artist could be : have you ever wondered where are going to finish your dreams?

Further more, this exposition show us the creativity which explode in its honest form, then could be said this is a real contemporary art.

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март 11th, 2008 Posted by Marco Feliciani | Milan, Art, italy, articles, contemporary art, Bad Dolls and Broken Dreams, Maurizio Rosazza Prin, pictures | no comments

BeCome Real, “A new vision of the daughters of Eve”- Nhow Hotel,Milan

An exposition period at Nhow hotel in Milan, show us the important appointment with the last fashion week. Woman and fashion. The match is quite foreseeable. The exhibition nhow dedicates to women titled ‘BeCome Real’ won’t. This exposition which is curated by Vanina Schenone & Elisabetta Scantamburlo, will be open to the public until April 11 th 2008.

The show gathers together a group of young artists different for subjects and styles. Each of them brings to nhow his/her own peculiar perspective of the daughters of Eve. The illusion of beauty and of looking, and the way they are shown to us by the fashion world, are given away in their inner frailty. Young, old, object, worker, ironic, critical, erotic, dramatic, etc.

English photographer David Stewart shows us women no longer in their prime and looking for a freshness that makes us smile and reflect at the same time. On the other side, he skilfully plays with feminine stereotypes. His pictures cleverly blend chromatic contrasts with sarcasm and play with social critic, thus achieving a deep visual and conceptual impact.

Rosaria lazzetta, versatile artist from Naples, makes use of her subtly salacious, acrimonious, nipping photographs to smile at the dreams of happiness and illusions many women foster. While Marta Comini introduces her little women drawn with simple traits, in search for their identity in the accessories they choose to wear.

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Womanly in shapes, soft and seductive are also the design pieces that go along with the art display in all the exhibition areas of the hotel. Young emergent designers have a try at interpreting sensuality giving it the shape of tantalising and provocative seats and lightning pieces. Daniel Becker, Laurie Beckermann, Aviad Gil, Jaren Goh, Assaf Israel, Miss Julia, Marko Macura, Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe. Already hosted in the past at nhow, and here again showing their pieces are the Campana brothers, produced by Edra for Dilmos, Gateano Pesce for Meritalia, Moroso, Romolo Stanco for Nonesiste, Matteo Thun. New presences joining the group are those of Adrenalina, with some ironic creations by Simone Micheli, and of MagisDesign, with the elegant seats designed by Ron Arad and Javier Mariscal.

An exclusivity is the set up in the lobby of a minigolf course bringing relaxation from the reception desk to the outside area, by Georg Pal and Hannes Weber.

март 9th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | on-exhibitions, Milan, italy, a new vision of daughters of eve, become real, david stewart, hotel gallery Nhow, marta comini, nhow, rosaria lazzetta | no comments

Ritratti by Tania Pistone, gallery Spiralearte - Milan

Images ( Ritratti) by Tania Pistone shows the famous artists, poets and historical persons exposed to Spiralearte Gallery in Milan, deliver to visitors a piece of contemporary art. Among the many faces are known as Ernest Hemingway, Marco Polo, Camille Claudel, Erasmo From Rotterdam, Herman Hesse, Voltaire painted with acrylic, collage, and text on canvas, to Ulisse, Miguel De Cervantes and many others.
This Italian artist forwards the suggestions of who wants to tell stories through color and texture, creating conceptual paintings where abstraction is the final result of a mental. Writing is a sign calligraphic, loses its meaning and remains significant, trace of a thought process of destruction capable of thoughts in a sensory and emotional dimension.
The artist plays with the size and the different forms of her works. The exhibition becomes a portrait where some works have large and medium size, other unusual forms, others are small, some very small.
The exhibition will be open to the public until March 22 th.

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март 2nd, 2008 Posted by Marco Feliciani | on-exhibitions, Milan, Art, italy, Exhibition, gallery spiralearte, portrait, tania pistone | no comments

Barbers from Sicily, gallery Grazia Neri-Milan

The photo event of the photographer Armando Rotoletti, held in Milan gallery Grazia Neri on Thursday, February 21^th showed us pictures of the real working life of several daily Sicilian barbers. The represent photos lead us in a flash in the mind of these characters .
The images were immortalized in the early nineties by Armando Rotoletti who crossed the island far and wide, thus managing to rebuild a documentary and anthropological complete.

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фебруар 25th, 2008 Posted by Marco Feliciani | photos, on-exhibitions, Milan, italy, armando rotoletti, barbers from sicily, gallery grazia neri | no comments

Italy goes burlesque with sick sick girls!

It’s time for a brand new and still old kind of entertainment. It’s time for burlesque.

It all started in the mid 90s with a new generation of nostalgic for the spectacle and perceived glamour of the old times determined to bring burlesque back. This revival was pioneered independently by Billie Madley’s “Cinema” in New York and Michelle Carr’s “The Velvet Hammer Burlesque” in Los Angeles.

Few years later Dita Von Teese, ex wife of the renowned rocker Marilyn Manson, made burlesque go big with her brilliant 1930’s cabaret style striptease in a giant glass of absinth complete with sponge sugarcubes. All of a sudden the world was back to the past and discovered the pleasure of a strip which is not simply taking clothes off but a real performance.

And the burlesque fever started spreading all over the globe in the blink of an eye.

Burlesque refers to theatrical entertainment of soft and parodic humor, which usually consists of comic skits and a striptease, never leaving the performer completely naked. Originally, burlesque featured shows that included comic sketches, often lampooning the social attitudes of the upper classes, alternating with dance routines. It developed alongside vaudeville around 1840.

A couple of years ago Burlesque shows started taking place in Europe aswell, especially in the UK and France and right now is this phenomenon is spreading, no longer underground, in Italy aswell.

The biggest team in Italy is certanly SickGirl, born as a tiny photographic project in 2004 and evolved fastly in a website featuring glamorous photosets of pin up girls since the beginning of 2005.

Currently this web based community hosts more than 3.000 users, 2.000 guests per day,about 90 “sick girls”, at least one new photoset a week and, above all, a burlesque show that already touched 40 venues all over Italy, from Milan to Palermo, covering the whole territory and attracting more and more people as time goes by with increasing success.

The tour is crossing the national borders soon, with a show in Slovenia on March 19th that promises to be just the first one of a series of international performances, but you still have many chances to see the show in Italy, the next one is scheduled for March 8th in Nova Gorica and more italian dates will be added soon.

Feathers and fans, shimmering seductive and ironic women, retro music and funny skits, nothing is missing to the sickgirl burlesque show … do you really want to miss it?

фебруар 25th, 2008 Posted by Chiara Cerami | italy, articles, burlesque, entertainment, glamour, sickgirl | no comments

Classico Manifesto in Triennale Milan, the advertising and classical tradition

From February 12^th until March 24^th at the Milan Triennale, is carried out an exhibition Classico Manifesto (the advertising and classical tradition) organised in the collaboration of IUAV ( University of Venice ) and the Italian Foundation of value.

The theme of the exhibition, is the relationship between advertising and classical works, a link where advertising uses the tools of classical works, to give visibility and aesthetic sense to their products, while the classic benefits in turn from advertising, which create symbols and myths, developing a strong cultural interest for the art. This exhibition shows several examples of current advertising, but also historical update and export the concept of classical mythology and the iconographic images of modern mass communication. Some casts of classical statues, as a David by Michelangelo and Laocoonte, are getting put in comparison with their current versions and various posters, videos and refresher advertising, to confirm the thesis that the classic doesn’t afraid of rework.

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The aim of this exhibition is to give a prospective study in which experts and creative people meet each other to observe and give birth to new forms of cultural communication. A unique opportunity to observe closely, as the classical, and creatively reworked ironically, still manages to convey his power and aesthetics over time reassert its signs.

фебруар 19th, 2008 Posted by Chiara Lanari | on-exhibitions, Art, italy, advertising, classico manifesto, Exhibition, la triennale di milano | no comments