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Am I Collective, graphic design from South Africa
Carlo Branzaglia
17.04.2013 | 10:56
Obliged to be the go-between for several active agents –client, user, and producer–and for different ways of working, there has always been something ambiguous to the world of design. And even more so these days, when the binary fragmentations and dichotomies of the information age split up the space we share: north-south, global-local, underground-mainstream, material-immaterial...
Rico Lins, graphic design and cross-cultural
Carlo Branzaglia
01.12.2012 | 13:09
Rico lins is one of Brazil’s most influential graphic designers. He has participated in and curated diverse exhibitions, including the one recently organised at the Sao Paulo Image and Sound Museum to present the magnificent posters he developed for the Sao Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra. His graphic work is informed by a copious and exuberant variet y of signifiers and signified meanings...
Campana Brothers, the fragance of Brasilian design
Cristina Morozzi
28.11.2012 | 14:47
Our work is born from the handling of materials. Pieces begin to take shape when we start playing with materials; materials tell us the extent to which they can and want to be transformed. Our objects are born from this playful experience, from the bent shown by these materials. The Favela chair, for instance, expresses a carefree way of making a chair, from scraps of wood, without following...
Collaborative Services. Social innovation and design for sustainability
François Jégou | Ezio Manzini
09.10.2012 | 15:31
After years of relative indifference, our industrialised societies suddenly seem to be preoccupied with the risks of climate change. “Zero carbon” is a catalyst for initiatives, and it has brought about projects… Environmental awareness is reaching the decision makers and the citizen. However, identifying the problem does not mean finding a solution… A growing majority...
Our home is your home
11.07.2012 | 10:00
Experimenta offers its space to proffesionals and enterprises of the world of design for the celebration of events, product presentations and activities related to the creation and the project’s culture.
Presentation of Capdell’s new pieces.
After the success of the recent presentation of Capdell’s furniture company’s news and with the firm will of turning...
Polly Becker, Found illustration
Gloria Inglis
28.09.2011 | 11:51
Polly Becker considers herself an illustrator even though her work springs from the emotional and semantic charge of the found object, old photography and its precise composition. Her assemblages have illustrated articles in Rolling Stone, Harpers, The New York Times and others.
Assemblage for an article on work-related stereotypes, Polly Becker, 2001.
Akin to a living organism,...
Andrea Branzi: The rabbi's strategy. First Part
Elisabetta Pasini
13.09.2011 | 12:20
Architect and designer Andrea Branzi (Florence, 1938) lives and works in Milan. Since the beginning of his career, he has participated in the main movements to which Italian design owes its fame. Between 1964 and 1974 he was a member of Archizoom Associati, the first avant-garde group to gain international notice and whose projects can now be seen at the Centre for Studies and Communication...
