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Serralunga icona dell’innovazione al Salone del Mobile 2010 | ME All’appuntamento più importante di sempre per il mondo del design, il marchio italiano Serralunga si presenta rinnovato nella sua immagine con una mission più definita.“Ho preferito investire sul DNA della mia azienda per arrivare preparato al futuro. Dobbiamo andare oltre il prodotto e la produzione, e migliorare la capacità di progettare anche la comunicazione”- dichiara Marco Serralunga. Ore passate in ufficio, dentro una palestra o un locale: in una società che tende a rinchiuderti, Serralunga riscopre la voglia di stare all’aria aperta in compagnia di amici. Disegnata nel 1922 dai designer Knoll e Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, la poltrona Barcellona è ormai un pezzo di storia del design internazionale. Parla un linguaggio minimal il tavolo BANQUETE progettato da Calvi & Brambilla per il brand italiano Serralunga. La superficie del tavolo è realizzata con un nuovo materiale di legno misto a plastica appositamente creato per esterni.

Earth sheltering Earth sheltering is the architectural practice of using earth against building walls for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady indoor air temperature. Earth sheltering has become relatively more popular in modern times, especially among environmentalists and advocates of passive solar and sustainable architecture. However, the practice has been around for nearly as long as humans have been constructing their own shelters. Definition[edit] The expression earth-sheltering is a generic term, with the general meaning: building design in which soil plays an integral part. A building can be described as earth-sheltered if its external envelope is in contact with a thermally significant volume of soil or substrate (where “thermally significant” means making a functional contribution to the thermal effectiveness of the building in question.) There may be said to be three forms of earth-sheltered building: earth-coveredearth-bundedsubterranean Background[edit]

The Power of Metaphor : Word Count Michael Lydon, a well-known writer on popular music since the 1960s, has for many years also been writing about writing. Lydon's essays, written with a colloquial clarity, shed fresh light on familiar and not so familiar aspects of the writing art. Here Lydon explores how metaphors have the power to "fuse fact and fancy." The word metaphor comes from the Greek metapherein, "carry over"; transfer is a synonym with Latin roots. If we call every word a metaphor, however, we reduce metaphor to a label. Instead, writing leaps the labeling limit by applying the power of metaphor to itself. Juliet is the sun. This sentence is inaccurate labeling. We read the sentence, hear the resonances of both words, and try to equate them. Metaphors pop up everywhere in writing. The light had an unreal greenish color, like light filtered through an aquarium tank. Proverbs are metaphors that convey good ideas in graphic images: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." I compared him with Mr.

Sky Garden House I think one of the reasons that many are skeptical about environmental design is because they think its terribly complex and costly. It does take a bit more effort on the front end, but it's definitely not rocket science. This architecture by Guz Architects is a wonderfully developed minimalistic design with a curvilinear flare that really brings out the organic coverings. I'm most impressed with how design facilitates the needs of the plants and shrubs located throughout the house. See more at Guz Architects Hummingbirds fly backwards Casa Folha by Mareines and Patalano Casa Folha by Mareines and Patalano On the coast to the south of Rio de Janeiro, a leaf-shaped home rises out of the Brazilian landscape like a work of nature. Casa Folha by Mareines and Patalano is a large tropical shelter housed under a roof that is shaped like a complex leaf. Its six sections contain a large central atrium, a two-story open patio and a few sections of private and shared space within. Its interior is as naturally-inspired as the leaves above, with fine wood floors and walls with earth tone accents in draping and furnishings.