Pensé en titular esta entrega «OTOÑO DE BOLOS» y hacer una crónica desenfadada de las actividades que me han tenido de acá para allá por la mitad septentrional de España este último mes, pero me lo he pensado mejor y he elegido esos tres infinitivos tan elegantes.
La agenda de septiembre llega con actividades para pasar el calor, con exposiciones para visitar y convocatorias para no perderse. El verano se puede disfrutar en la ciudad experimentando diseño, fotografía y arte a partes iguales.
La agenda de mayo está plagada de eventos para celebrar a lo grande la creatividad. Mercados, concursos, exposiciones, charlas, cursos… el calor está llegando y el diseño lo sabe.
El caso que nos ocupa en este artículo es el de Kevin Hviid, un arquitecto danés nacido en 1978, especializado en proyectos que aúnan diseño, arte y arquitectura con la innovación por bandera. IrÏs, Cocoon, Bob the Bench y King son proyectos que definen a Kevin Hviid como…
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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, blending european influences with brazilian ones in an amalgamation of worlds brought together in a single visual collage.
Cristina Morozzi: And are we seeing the same thing in product design?
Gillo Dorfles: Patricia Urquiola, for example. She’s an excellent designer, but why does
she need to add those coloured superstructures? And Philippe Starck? Why has
he even gone so far as designing garden gnomes? It’s just an exaggerated wish
to “épater le bourgeois”.
Not long after the turn of the century, he still has the sense of wonder and the insatiable curiosity of a child for contemporary styles and fashions. No area of creativity is missed by his acute, far-seeing eye; no social phenomenon is not subjected to his passionate investigations; no mania or weakness escapes his wit. He frequents all the arts without distinction. He knows their history, their main directions, and how to make connections, parallels and conjunctions between them. He moves easily from the theoretical to the anecdotal.
“Calle Pellaires”, I instruct the taxi driver who picks me up at the airport.
“To Mariscal’s place?” he asks.
Patricia Urquiola (Oviedo, 1961), the most international of Spanish designers, lives and works out of Milan. She cites Magistretti, Munari and Castiglioni as her maestros. Of Castiglioni she recalls his most famous lesson: “the imperative of seeking out one’s own poetics, following neither rules nor guidelines”. Author of a prolific list of products and projects, and keeping true to wise teachings, she stays spontaneous and fresh by imbuing her works with her passion for handiwork.