Archive of July 2008

One of main attractions of last year’s Fuorisalone surely was “Kasa Digitalia”, the setting designed by Karim Rahid (a favourite of DTS) for Abet Laminati at the Triennale. An explosion of unusual shapes and colours, in keeping with the style of the Egypitian-American designer, who, without a doubt, is one of the most major trend-setters in modern-day aesthetics in the world. We have taken a look at some of the photos taken during our visit, and have the following thoughts.

This work was designed to have a completely laminated surface, traditionally a more economical solution to a lacquered or ceramic finish, but that thanks to its characteristics of light and un-broken surfaces, can result in very aesthetically pleasing and out of the ordinary finishes. Even for those artists who do work with other materials, the challenge set down by Rashid does not pass un-noticed: in fact, often we are part of “irreverent games” which have the aesthetic finish of a ceramic tile, such as joints and reflections.

One innovative point to remember, therefore, which is, at the same time, urging us to understand the real “quid” of ceramics, that is to say, its elevated and, in certain aspects, its unparalleled complex touch and shine.

Last Tuesday saw the meeting with Krizia at the Cavallerizza Maneggio Chiablese in Turin, at which, on the occasions of the XXIII World Congress of Architecture and of Torino Design Capital, we were present with our space until July 21.

The event, organised in association with Casartarc, saw the participation of the fashion designer, who is the creator of a suggestive porcelain stoneware slab for Design Tale Studio, and who had also been our guest at the recent Trascreativity event at the Triennale in Milan. Krizia took part in an interesting exchange of ideas, chaired by Mao, with many journalists from the industry, talking about fashion, architecture and new trends. All of this took part within the Krizia Lounge, a setting created for the event by Laura Villani and centred around her creation for DesignTaleStudio.

The presence of many Japanese architects, motivated by the “New Horizons of Japanese Architecture” show, organised by ARCASIA, gave a multicultural twist to the evening.