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  • Friday 5 March 2010

    Triennale Design Museum | Which things we are

    After answering the question “What is Italian Design?” with the “Italian Design’s Seven Obsessions” and “Serie Fuori Serie”, from the 27th March 2010 Triennale Design Museum presents  a new interpretation of Italian Design, called “Quali cose siamo” (Which thing we are). Triennale Design Museum expresses once again its dynamic nature, keen on renovation [...]
  • Thursday 18 February 2010

    Artematica Noce Tattile Campaign

    Artematica Noce tattile campaign, shot in Valcucine Exposure Room. With its new Artematica Noce Tattile kitchen door finish, Valcucine interprets Man’s need to be surrounded by a warm hearth where he can find shelter and where his energy can be restored. A vibrant and solid material wraps him in an embrace that [...]
  • Tuesday 16 February 2010

    Is the forest-based house by architect R. H. Oshatz an example of eco-friendly design?

    Wilkinson Residence (Portland , Oregon), designed by Robert Harvey Oshatz architect in 1997 and completed in 2004, is a forest-based house. Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in [...]
  • Wednesday 3 February 2010

    Aequilibrium 2010: Valcucine’s new calendar

    Aequilibrium is this year’s new calendar designed by Valcucine. In Aequilibrium, the natural elements and the human pulluting activities live coexist in a difficult balance, determined by the man; to reach a more sustainable balance is the main idea of Aequilibrium 2010. In each month a specific environmental problem is described and given a real, pragmatic [...]
  • Tuesday 2 February 2010

    International e-waste design competition 2010

    In nature substances circulate, are transformed and, in the end, everything is reabsorbed and reutilised. We also have to learn how to reduce the quantity of rubbish we produce and favour the reutilisation and recycling of materials in every possible way, also because the resources we have are limited. Valcucine has devised the simplest and most [...]