Archive of the Category 'Exhibitions and Events'

During the recent event, “From earth to the Earth”, an interesting meeting called “Sustainable project” took place, a meeting that was focused on the themes of bio-building, sustainable design and made in Italy products. We will dedicate some posts to reviewing some of the most crucial moments of this meeting: in this first excerpt, Davide Carra, head of and Quality systems at Gruppo Concorde (which Refin, DesignTaleStudio’s parent company, is part of) talks about the problems that a ceramic tile company could face when adopting this kind of “sustainable” approach.

We have published some photos of our set design for “From earth to the Earth” – held during the Fuorisalone trade-fair at the Triennale in Milan on Flickr. Here are just a couple of the photos: an exterior shot and a detailed shot of the area dedicated to DesignTaleStudio ceramics, exclusively created by Michele De Lucchi with one of his renowned “imaginary architectures”, which was also made from ceramic.

The Fourisalone has closed and we will now start publishing some videos filmed during our event “From earth to the Earth” at the Triennale in Milan.

This is the recording of the introductory speech by architect Michele De Lucchi, the creator of our design set, during the press preview on Tuesday, April 21. Just a few words but extremely striking and sometimes even surprising, in fact, we all already knew about his love for wood, which he manifested in his work “casette a forma di casa“ (little houses in the shape of houses) but his recent rediscovery of ceramic and natural a href=”http://www.architetturadipietra.it/wp/?p=2436″>stones in general allows us to witness important creative opportunities.

Today the Fuorisalone has officially opened in Milan, and within the area “From earth to the Earth” created by Refin Ceramics and DesignTaleStudio in the courtyard opposite the Triennale, an event of great interest for all architects and designers interested in eco-sustainability will take place. It’s a cocktail evening, called “Sustainable Project”, which sees the attendance of Marco Zoccatelli (president of the Green Building Council Italy), Paolo Tamborrini (professor at the Politecnico in Turin) and Davide Carra (in charge of Quality Systems at the Gruppo Concorde). The focus of the event will be the role of companies, designers and certifying bodies in bio-architecture and sustainable design. The event will start at 19:00 CET, and registration is required.

Meanwhile yesterday morning a press preview reserved for journalists took place, with the participation of Michele De Lucchi, the designer of the “From earth to the Earth” area. Representatives from many important newspapers were present and interviewed the managers of Refin and De Lucchi for almost two hours, with De Lucchi giving a brief, but very interesting speech illustrating the conceptual assumption behind his design and its connection with ceramics. We will soon upload a video of the interview. For now, here are a few photos of the morning.

The Fuorisalone 2009 is approaching and once again this year the event, taking place between April 22 to 27, will see Milan as the world capital of design. Refin Ceramiche and DesignTaleStudio will be present in the courtyard opposite the Triennale, with a set-design centred around the innovative use of ceramic.

This year, our set-design will be created by Michele De Lucchi: a renowned in the world of design, he needs no introduction, he has joined us again, after a gap of 2 years, with a project entitled “From earth to the Earth”. For now, we will not reveal any more details of the project but we promise to reveal all with new in-depth and tasters of the event.

“The Garden of Relationships” is the name of the set designed by the Costa Group for the latest edition of Pianeta Birra exhibition, which took place in Rimini last February. A space centred around the theme of social interaction, characterized by a big tree in the middle of the stand, the symbol of nature and life in continual evolution, which was surrounded by four “oasis of tasting” created in partnership with leading companies in the food & beverage industry.

As in the past, DesignTaleStudio ceramics have been chosen as the main cladding for the stand, with the collections Pareti d’Autore Gold and R+Evolution by Karim Rashid.