GUBI - ADNET Gubi specchio rotondo di Jacques Adnet
Lo specchio Adnet Gubi è davvero caratteristico e sinonimo di lusso, con suprema attenzione al dettaglio. Adnet Gubi, disegnato da Jacques Adnet nel 1950, viene tutt’ora realizzato fedelmente come negli anni cinquanta, utilizzando ancora il cuoio per la cinghia e rifinendolo a mano in Italia rispettando i criteri di ecocompatibilità. Lo specchio Adnet Gubi è stato fra i primi prodotti d’arredo ad essere realizzato incorporando vetro e metallo, ottenendo un prodotto di altissima qualità: il top del lusso. Oltre alla pelle e ai dettagli in ottone, lo specchio è anche unico grazie alla cinghia che lo tiene, che è direttamente proporzionale alla dimensione dello specchio. Adnet Gubi viene realizzato in tre misure per la versione rotonda (Ø 45, 58, 70 cm) e in tre misure per la versione rettangolare (H 70 cm x L 48 cm / H 115 cm x 70 cm / H 180 cm x L 70 cm), entrambi in due colori: nero e tan (cognac).
Marc Tran – Ringen
Marc TRAN is student designer in Master Degree in product design and Management at International School of Design in Valenciennes (France). He submitted his new watch concept called Ringen. It is made with white gold for the structure and black magnetic ceramic for the slats and the balls. This watch is inspired by ball, game and automotive shapes. Marc worked with repetition and progression as we can see in architecture or furniture design . The mechanism to watch the time is mainly magnetic.
MINI superleggera vision is an italian coach-built electric roadster
may 26, 2014 MINI superleggera vision is an italian coach-built electric roadster MINI superleggera vision is an italian coach-built electric roadsterall images courtesy BMW group at concorso d’eleganza villa d’este 2014, collectors and motoring enthusiasts from around the world gathered to present and view some the rarest one-off, coach-built vehicles on the planet. video courtesy BMW group both on the inside and outside, the form is reduced to its minimum. the front of the MINI superleggera vision references traditional MINI elements; distinctive circular headlights and a hexagonal grille, which complement the vehicle’s wide track stance and distinctively curved wheel arches. the classic MINI hood stripes are three-dimensionally embossed and continue into polished aluminum accents. alongside a flat front splitter made of carbon fiber, two fog lights and air inlets echo the circular contours of the headlamps, providing a smaller interpretation of the horizontally ribbed radiator grille.
Discipline, Quality vs. Quantity, and the Power of Intellectual Elegance: Remembering Massimo Vignelli | Brain Pickings
by Maria Popova “Quality stems from intellectual elegance, and is precluded from the vulgar mind.” “We’re all going from point A to point B — how we get there is the conductor’s problem,” legendary graphic designer Massimo Vignelli once said at an event we both attended several years ago. It is that singular spirit that imbues the 2007 monograph Vignelli: From A to Z (public library) — a sort of alphabet book of the Vignelli ethos, spanning from big-picture philosophy to the practical particulars of various projects. One of the most poignant parts of the book appears under the letter D, for “Discipline.” This is the most important virtue for a designer to possess. Vignelli returns to another aspect of the subject under the letter Q, for “Quality or Quantity? Early in my professional life I had to make a decision about clients. Quality stems from intellectual elegance, and is precluded from the vulgar mind. Style is a byproduct of a person’s being. Donating = Loving Share on Tumblr
Une table Jean Prouvé adjugée 1 241 300 euros
Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Mélina Gazsi En juin 2013, la foire de design de Bâle Art Basel proposait à ses visiteurs d'entrer à loisir dans la maison Les Jours meilleurs, un refuge pour les sans-abris, imaginé en 1956 par Jean Prouvé pour la Fondation Abbé Pierre. En décembre 2013, pour l'édition d'Art Basel à Miami (Floride), Jean Prouvé et sa consœur Charlotte Perriand, promus au rang de roi et reine du design, se partageaient les faveurs du public. Ce lundi 19 mai à 20 heures, la traditionnelle grande vente de design du semestre de la célèbre maison parisienne, Artcurial, créée en 2002, met à l'honneur notamment trois tables emblématiques du design de l'Après-Guerre. Chez Piasa, on organise la vente qui aura lieu le 27 mai, en hommage également aux deux designers et architectes, constituée d'une importante collection de mobilier et de deux refuges historiques de Jean Prouvé... Chez Artcurial donc. Mais la réalité dépasse la fiction.
The 100 best free fonts
The best free fonts offer plenty of options for your designs without costing anything. Whether you're looking for a classy serif, a clean sans-serif, vintage fonts or something completely different, there's no shortage of choice. In fact there, are so many free fonts out there that it can be hard to know where to start looking. To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, we've gathered together the best free fonts that we've found in our regular searches of the web. If you're not sure how to use your font once you've got it, see our handy tutorial on how to add fonts in Photoshop. One good resource for fonts, including free fonts, is MyFonts. The best free fonts Serif fonts 01. Kicking off our top picks of the best free fonts is this stunning serif by Craft Supply Co. 02. Carena is a beautiful minimalistic typeface perfect for that rustic yet elevated look. 03. Harmony is available for download from Behance. 04. This is a great offering from Pangram and Pangram. 05. 06.
Nicolas Roope: A respect and passion for clear storytelling
Nicolas Roope describes himself as a “multidisciplinary designer, artist, creative person” in an interview at the What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam. He’s the cofounder of Poke, a London-based digital creative company. Roope is also a founding member of Hulger who produced Plumen, the world’s first designer energy-saving light bulb. Poke is a creative company that lives and breathes technology, that does a lot of social media driven projects, a lot of communications work and “hardcore” service design, ecommerce sites and publishing, among other things. Roope highlights that his work also has a respect and a passion for the importance of really single-minded, clear stories driving it. Here he talks about Poke’s Global Rich List, a tool that allows the user to determine where they rank on the world’s global rich list. Hulger, in turn, works at the crossroads of art, technology and design, Roope says.
Italian design production "could disappear," says Alberto Alessi
News: Italy's design manufacturing capability is at risk of disappearing, according to the president of design brand Alessi. The country's producers could go the same way as its great designers of the last century and be outsourced abroad, Alberto Alessi told Dezeen. "The risk is that it disappears," he said in an interview in Milan last week during the Salone del Mobile. Alessi said that until the 1970s, Italian design was characterised by Italian designers working for Italian manufacturers. "Then during the 80s we had some important change," Alessi said, as Italian industry started to work with foreign designers. Today, he said, "maybe the second element, Italian production, will disappear." The company, which specialises in kitchen accessories and tableware, was founded in 1921 by Alberto Alessi's grandfather Giovanni Alessi and today employs around 500 people at its factory in Crusinallo on Lake Orta in northern Italy.
