Archive of the Category 'Events'

Let’s start with the list of the guests who will be present at the forthcoming Design On Stage “Trascreativity” at the Triennale in Milan with Alessandro Mendini, who will be present on April 17, introducing the audience to his ceramic slab project for DesignTaleStudio. Below are details of his original drawings, a creation which is a composition of six slabs in 60×120 cm size.

To see the ceramic slab and meet the designer, you can request your free invitation.

Architect and designer, Alessandro Mendini is considered one of the foremost design masters of today. In 1989 he founded the Mendini Atelier in Milan and he has designed objects, furniture, planned spaces, installations, buildings always adding a personal touch. The Editor in Chief of magazines such as Casabella, Modo and Domus, various monographic volumes on his work and on his partnership with Atelier Alchimia have been published and translated into many languages. His main interest is neo-modern and contemporary design, and he is a design consultant of international repute, whose collaboration for international brands such as Alessi, Philips and Swatch as an image and design consultant has led to the creation of world-wide famous products. He is an honorary member of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, he has been awarded the Compasso d’Oro for design, the Architectural League prize of New York as well as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France. A Professor of design at the Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, he has organized many exhibitions in Italy and abroad. His work can be found in museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His architectural projects include, Alessi’s house in Omegna, the Bicchieraia theatre in Arezzo, a memorial tower in Hiroshima, Japan, and the Groningen Musem, Holland.

Following last week’s taster, we are ready to “officialise” the calendar for Trascreativity, the DesignTaleStudio event for Fuorisalone exhibition 2008, this year centred around the theme of creativity and transgression.

The suggestive space planned by Laura Villani in the square opposite the Triennale will see the presence of many guests such as Elio Fiorucci (16 April), Alessandro Mendini and Vivienne Westwood (17 April), Karim Rashid (18 April, at 19.00), Mario Bellini and Roberto D’Agostino (19 April), Mariuccia Mandelli Krizia (20 April), and Vito (20 April). In the next few days we will find out more about them.

As last year, the lens of Claudio Porcarelli will create a sort of “parallel diary” of the days, while Radio Montecarlo and Ultrafragolaweb-tv will have live broadcast and interviews with the guests.

Entrance by invitation only: to request your free invitation, please fill in the registration form on the Refin web-site.

Here are some photos of Costa Group stand at the recent SIGEP trade-fair in Rimini. The renowned interior design studio uses DesignTaleStudio ceramics both as wall covering and as decorative element, for innovative and trendy solutions in the field of restaurant and entertainment.

Tonight at the Zelig in Milan, to coincide with the opening of MADE Expo, the award ceremony for Edilportale Marketing Awards 2008 will take place, the awards which, according to the prestigious web portal “Edilportale” distinguish the most interesting Italian companies in the field of architecture and building.

We, at Refin, have the honor of three nominations in three different categories:

• Marketing Department of the year
• Event of the year (Design On Stage)
• Best corporate web-site (www.refin.it)

Our appointment with destiny is tonight at the Zelig in Milan. We are looking forward to when the results are announced, having been nominated in so many categories is already a fantastic success but… winning is better! If the worst comes to the worst, we can at least still enjoy the performances of Ale e Franz…

UPDATE: alas, the results didn’t go the way we wanted. In particular, in the category “Event of the year” we were in the hunt right until the end but the award was won by others. Respect to the winners.

DesignTaleStudio will be present at SIGEP, the International trade-fair for ice-cream, confectionery and bakery industries opening today in Rimini.

DesignTaleStudio ceramics, in fact, cover the Costa Group stand (Pav. A3 - Stand 186), the renowned company leader in the planning of shops and venues dedicated to food and entertainment, a company that has already chosen our Pareti d’Autore for its most prestigious projects such as the Bar Gallery in Vicenza and Il Guscio in Genova.

We will post again in the next few days to tell you about the trade-fair and to show you some pictures of the stand.