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GRADUATION SHOW O PERFORMANCE?

Torna la Dutch Design Week che quest’anno compie 20 anni. Dopo lo stop dell’anno scorso, la nuova edizione si dimostra ancora una volta uno degli eventi più suggestivi del nord europa. La città di Eindhoven è invasa in ogni quartiere, dall’ex area industriale Strijp all’estremo ovest, fino alla Sectie C a est, hub per makers, artigiani, artisti e designer. Tra le varie esposizioni, una di quelle…

MAJARA RESIDENCE, ZAV Architects

Majara Residence is a clear example of how architecture is not just about “designing buildings”, but a real opportunity on a social, cultural and, above all, community level. The project is located on the Hormuz Island, south of Iran, a strategic area for the control of shipment of petroleum from the Middle East. Despite its beauty, the island’s position favors illegal trafficking activities and…

MAJARA RESIDENCE, ZAV Architects (IT)

Il Majara Residence è un chiaro esempio di come l’architettura non sia solo la disciplina che “disegna gli edifici”, ma una vera e propria opportunità a livello sociale, culturale e soprattutto comunitario. Il progetto si trova sull’isola di Hormuz, a sud dell’Iran, una zona strategica da cui si può tenere sotto controllo la spedizione di petrolio proveniente dal Medio Oriente. Proprio per la sua…

With the purpose of creating an alternative to animal leather, Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez, both hailing from Mexico, developed vegan leather made with nopal(a cactus also known as the prickly pear), which they successfully showcased last October 2019 in Milan, Italy. Its trade name is Desserto® and it has competitive features compared to animal or synthetic leather, like…

With Mattonelle Margherita, Mutina has worked with colour, along with the artist Nathalie Du Pasquier, creating a complex project featuring a blend of different aesthetic and formal means of expression. The collection is characterized by a dual concept: on one hand, a simple, minimalist style and, on the other, a bold, creative approach. The elements are created in glazed porcelain stoneware,…

AuREUS: Aurora Renewable Energy & UV Sequestration

Created by Carvey Ehren Maigue, Mapua University, the AuREUS system is a real evolution for walls and windows, and uses technology synthesized from upcycled crop waste to absorb stray UV light from sunlight and convert it to clean renewable electricity. It champions the issues of UV sequestration, better access to solar energy for climate change mitigation and supporting the local agriculture…

Honext is a Barcelona-based startup which has developed a sustainable construction board material made from a combination of enzymes and cellulose taken from the paper production waste. The material is made from what Honext describes as an “untapped resource”: cellulose residue taken from cardboard and paper waste generated at paper mills. This has already gone through several reuse cycles,…

JERRY C1 is a compact, portable and smart projector that combines plastic and fabric materials. Designed by Jerry C, this product features a knitted acoustic fabric that is used on the top of it to optimize the sound produced, thereby providing better sound quality. When not projecting, it can be also used as a powerful Bluetooth smart speaker.

C1 is a compact and minimal object,…

Vietnamese designer Uyen Tran has developed a flexible bio-material called Tômtex, a leather alternative made from seafood waste that can be embossed with several different patterns. The name tôm (shrimp) references the discarded food that is mixed with coffee grounds to create the textile. The biodegradable material is durable while soft enough to be hand-stitched or machine-sewn

In a bid to…

One of the problems of climate change for our cities are the UHI, urban heat islands: metropolitan areas a lot warmer than the rural areas surrounding it. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the annual air temperature of a city with 1 million people can be 1–3 degrees Celsius warmer than its surroundings. One of the solutions we have to fight this plague is very simple, the tree (or…

HUONG AN VIEN VISITING CENTER, VTN Architects (IT)

Muri rigogliosi, rampicanti sospesi, alberi che perforano le strutture e paesaggi sommersi, queste sono alcune delle straordinarie caratteristiche dei progetti di VTN Architects, studio di architettura con sede a Ho Chi Minh City. Le loro opere incorporano tecniche di costruzione tradizionali vietnamite, come complesse capriate di bambù, mattoni forati per la ventilazione, sistemi di…

HUONG AN VIEN VISITING CENTER, VTN Architects

Lushly planted walls, hanging vines, structure-piercing trees, weathered stones, and sunken landscapes, these are some of the amazing characteristics of VTN Architects‘ projects, an architecture practice based in Ho Chi Minh City. Their works incorporate traditional Vietnamese building techniques, like complex bamboo trusses, perforated blocks, cooling water systems, shaded terraces, and thatched…

CHURCH of SAINT JOHN PAUL II

Robert Gutowski Architects was founded in Budapest by Robert Gutowski in 2004. The practice has since won numerous architectural competitions, built over 50 projects and has designed critically acclaimed buildings, including a gymnasium and a concert hall in Pannonhalma, Unesco World Heritage Site, Korda Pilgrim House in Mariazell, Austria and Saint John Paul II Church in Páty, Hungary.

For…

REMEMBERING A BRAVE NEW WORLD, Chila Kumari Burman

Since the mid-1980s Chila Kumari Burmanhas been exploring the experiences and aesthetics of Asian femininity in paintings and installations, photography and printmaking, video and film. Challenging stereotypical assumptions of Asian women, her work is informed by popular culture, Bollywood, fashion, found objects, the politics of femininity the celebration of feminity; self-portraiture exploring…

House Fabricscape is a minimal residence located in Osaka, Japan, and designed by ninkipen!. The site faces the old shopping street where many stores have already been closed and replaced with three-story homes, with pedestrian-only road signs and storefronts. Ninkipen!’s aim was to design a house based on the scenery and actions of the past.

Firstly, the first floor facing the old shopping…

La disforia di genere (conosciuta come DIG o incongruenza di genere) descrive l’angoscia che può essere vissuta da persone il cui sesso biologico e identità di genere non corrispondono – una sensazione spesso descritta come dolore, disagio, inadeguatezza… Per alleviare ed esplorare questi sentimenti, lo studente del Royal College of Art Marcel/a Baltarete ha creato una serie di brevi animazioni…

Gender dysphoria describes the distress that can be experienced by people whose biological sex and gender identity do not match – a feeling often described as grief, discomfort, inadequacy… Royal College of Art graduate Marcel/a Baltarete has created a series of short animations depicting themselves as otherworldly beings to alleviate and interrogate their feelings of gender dysphoria.

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