The bathroom as a setting – as the mainstay of today’s modern homes: a space where to unwind, relax and give way to personal creativity. How to personalise a bathroom in a truly unique way? And be set free from the rationale of the everyday ceramic wall claddings? And… what has DesignTaleStudio got to do with this?
In a Milan tinged with Design, DesignTaleStudio and Ceramiche Flaminia launch their own provoking creation, their proposal for bathroom ambience. This new space comes to life with the cooperation of Flamina: a space where the Pareti d’Autore RMD create a prismatic almost “cocooning” effect thanks to a clever use of the lights. Even the bathroom flooring and fitting coverings are carried out in large sized porcelain stoneware.
You can see this creation at the Flaminia Showroom in Milan, 18, Via Solferino. For more in-depth details and photographs, click on the link to the Flaminia Showroom sheet in the “Projects” section.
Yesterday was the turn of architect Michele De Lucchi, who has spent 3 decades as one of the protagonists of the design elite on a world-wide scale. Once again he captivated everyone present with his charisma and personality.
During the discussion, De Lucchi touched upon numerous interesting themes, often with “strong” and provocative statements. He spoke of the designer as a “builder of identity”, a fundamental role in today’s multi-cultural society, and for the need to have an experimental approach to planning even at the risk of harassing the constraints imposed by industry and the market. He confessed his passion for the “craftsmanship” of wood, paid homage to his two “Homeric masters” “Ettore” (Sottsass) and “Achille” (Castiglioni), two figures from a completely opposed intellectual flair for design.
Today, in the space dedicated to Design On Stage at the Triennale of Milano, Karim Rashid will be the guest. The meeting will be at 18.00 (and details will be on the blog tomorrow).
Just one day before the beginning of Design On Stage, event curator and designer Laura Villani speaks about the exhibition space.
The Design on Stage 2007 event taking place at the Triennale Museum during the Salone del Mobile trade-fair in Milan will, within a space planned with works of art mounted into the Pavillon facade, present the majesty of a place in constant motion where, every day, new stars bring to life the stage, that is also part salon, part photographic set and part location for a design exhibition.
Pareti d’Autore has been planned by prominent figures of the international elite, emanating from different artistic environments such as architecture, design, art, fashion and music. The extraordinary artists who designed the Pareti d’Autore created by DesignTaleStudio are Sandra Bermudez (art), Michele De Lucchi (design), Elio Fiorucci (fashion), Peter Halley (art), Romina Power (music) and Karim Rashid (design) each of whom will be, in turn, the protagonist of an audience introducing his/her creative world and posing for the set of Claudio Porcarelli, the renowned photographer to the celebrities who will be present with his entourage to realize an exhibition in progress that will create the portrait of the creative world of 2007 present at the Salone and present, in a book, his collection of photographs giving a panoramic view of the portraits gathered.
The show-casing space has, therefore, many different functions at the same time: première for the presentation of the Pareti d’Autore collection, photographic set where the audience is the direct spectator of the shoot, art exhibition to show the artists’ collections and the key concepts lying behind them. A place where the different art expressions can live together and where everyone can interact as an author, spectator, visitor or simply inter-actor among the different artistic currents involved.
The furnishing elements themselves offer an innovative perspective of the ceramic cladding, making it a real design surface, brilliant and seductive like a pure gold case. A constant commitment to design and project planning that saw me working on many different fronts: from the planning of the collection and of the Pavillon, to the event presenting the authors and the photographic work in progress.
