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timeline archive:
a personal collectionof curiosities
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Levitated Mass
Levitated Mass by artist Michael Heizer is
composed of a 456-foot-long slot constructed onLACMA's campus, over which is placed a 340-tongranite megalith. As with other works by theartist, such as Double Negative (1969), themonumental negative form is key to the
experience of the artwork.
At 340 tons, the boulder is one of the largestmegaliths moved since ancient times. Takenwhole, Levitated Mass speaks to the expanse of art
history, from ancient traditions of creatingartworks from megalithic stone, to modern formsof abstract geometries and cutting-edge feats ofengineering.
Here the link to the LACMA page: http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/levitated-mas
And here the link to Double Negative work: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.320258001366466.73279.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.320258001366466.73279.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.320258001366466.73279.268422276550039&type=1http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/levitated-mashttp://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/levitated-mas -
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lmhult, Sweden
If Escher had been a designer
for IKEA.
Very nice concept. Unfortunately I don't know theauthor (and the year).
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Via Broletto
Hotel Rats
"The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was dueto the camaraderie, the three guys who worktogether and kid each other and love each other"
(Sammy Davis, Jr.)
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Gibigiana Caf
Giorgio Morandi meets Dan
Flavin.
"Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all thingsboth simple and humble"
(Giorgio Morandi)
"It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else...Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered"
(Dan Flavin)
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Romania
A Lego Space Shuttle orbiting
around Mother Earth.
This is a fantastic project made by Raul Oaida:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluQ4eOe
The simplest thing to do is to cut and paste hisexplanation:
"My name is Raul Oaida (from Romania) and this ismy LEGO tribute to the end of the Space Shuttleera. Proving that although retired, this machinecan still fly, albeit in toy form.
The launch took place from central Germany (easyflight clearance) and reached a max altitude of35000m. A 1600g meteo balloon filledwith heliumwas used alongside a GoPro Hero, Spot GPS and ofcourse Lego Space Shuttle model 3367
We launched it on the 31st of December 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluQ4eOeBwo&context=C4e88055ADvjVQa1PpcFPp_1yrLUMNrdgZt8FZAgKATB5MOHYGrnY%3Dhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluQ4eOeBwo&context=C4e88055ADvjVQa1PpcFPp_1yrLUMNrdgZt8FZAgKATB5MOHYGrnY%3Dhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Romania/106076642756874?ref=stream -
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Turin
A human being is only breath
and shadow.
It looks like LIutenant Blueberry, but it is GeneraleLa Marmora, riding the Turinese roofs. A sillyhommage to Jean Giraud.
The title of this photo is a quote from Sophocles(very correct concept, indeed).
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He wanted to go to a motel in the Bronx where Iwould defecate on him, but I told him I wasuncomfortable going to the Bronx." (Gina Pane)
ps. the caption for the image above is: Gina Pane,Death Control, 1974
I Nibbled Britain Out of Jaffa
Cakes
Fantastic project by Dominic Wilcox. How tosqueeze the true essence of Britain from apackage of Jaffa Cakes.
Here the link to the video: http://vimeo.
com/38371664
Here some more images of the series: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039?ref=tn_tnmnhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039?ref=tn_tnmnhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039?ref=tn_tnmnhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039?ref=tn_tnmnhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039?ref=tn_tnmnhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberries/268422276550039?ref=tn_tnmnhttp://vimeo.com/38371664http://vimeo.com/38371664 -
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Tokyo, Japan
Nike Music Shoes
Another great project. This time from Tokyo,transforming shoes into musical instruments.
The japanese DJ duo hifana transformed Nikesnew flexible free run+ running shoes into musicalinstruments for this japanese promotional video.The whole project was developed by Wieden +
Kennedy, Tokyo.
And here the link to Dominic's website:http://www.dominicwilcox.com/
I Nibbled Britain Out of Jaffa
Cakes
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More at: http://www.designboom.com/.../9848/nike-music-shoes.html
And here the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1exujG3cY
Gergei
Adopt a sheep!
I had to make a presentation on the future ofMilan, at Bocconi university. I started from theproject developed by Emilio Concas and his familyin a lost village in Sardinia: "Adopt a sheep": http:
//www.sardiniafarm.com/english.htm
You pay some 200 euros per year, you choose asheep and you adopt her. Give her name, theysend you the cheese and wool she produces, you
can go to visit her, etc.etc.etc.
http://www.sardiniafarm.com/english.htmhttp://www.sardiniafarm.com/english.htmhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Gergei/103121706394050?ref=streamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1exujG3cYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1exujG3cYhttp://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/9848/nike-music-shoes.htmlhttp://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/9848/nike-music-shoes.html -
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A great project, indeed.
The question is simple. If an old shepard in
Sardinia can invent such a fantastic thing, whatcould be the potential for institutions like Brera,Triennale, Bocconi itself?
Here the experience described by an "adopter":
http://www.discoveritalianfood.com/adopt-a-sheep.html
Here a nice videoclip (in Italian), where EmilioConcas explains the idea and the businness model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK6T2d3xDIo
Milan
AA goes Milan
Monti's government is busy in all kind of petty
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/108581069173026?ref=streamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK6T2d3xDIohttp://www.discoveritalianfood.com/adopt-a-sheep.htmlhttp://www.discoveritalianfood.com/adopt-a-sheep.html -
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and minor liberalizations (barbershops, taxi cabs,pharmacies, etc.).The only real important liberalization (higher
education, universities and legal value of theuniversity degree) is not in the agenda.
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Regardless of the Italian government strategicchoices, the rest of the world is actually movingon. Henceforth, it is very nice to know thatArchitectural Association will run a summer schoolin Milan next July: http://www.facebook.com/...
/AA-Italy.../308455179202543
I guess Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto are insome extent involved (bravi) being the pictureabove (cover of the fb page of the AA goes Milan
page) their "Hortus" project.
I am curious to know more, and I hope that thestate monopoly on Italian education will be finallyshattered (either way from inside or from
outside). Thanks to Claudia, Marco, AA and all theother people working in the right direction...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/AA-Italy-Milan-Visiting-School/308455179202543https://www.facebook.com/pages/AA-Italy-Milan-Visiting-School/308455179202543https://www.facebook.com/pages/AA-Italy-Milan-Visiting-School/308455179202543https://www.facebook.com/pages/AA-Italy-Milan-Visiting-School/308455179202543 -
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Milan Piazza Armando Diaz
Dont' be an idiot. You shouldn't go playing withslot machines: you'll ruin yourself. Why don't you
go for a pizza and have a drink? You'lle be a truewinner and you will demonstrate your strongpersonality.
(hand written sign on a wall in Piazza Diaz, Milan)
PSA (Public Service
Announcements)
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CarroPonte
Carroponte
Yesterday I was at this symposium in Bocconi onthe future of Milan. Between the other speakersthere was ms Valentina La Terza, one of theresponsible of the CarroPonte project in a former
steel mill in Sesto San Giovanni.
Carroponte is one of the nicest project done inMilanese area in the recent past (actually, trulylooking to the future). If you want toknow more,
here is the link: http://www.carroponte.org/
Ps. In terms of space design, it is a project of LuigiCucinotta, as a part of MIL (Museo dell'Industria edel Lavoro) in Sesto San Giovanni (2008/on-going).
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Chicago, IL, United States
Bye Bye...
In the last few days there has been a lot of talks &articles on Encyclopedia Britannica going out ofprint.This is sad, this is known, 244years, lalalal.
What I found extremely interesting is that in thesame day when Britannica stops its printingversion, Posterous (one of the most succesfuldigital platforms of the last 10 years) has been
sold to Twitter and will soon stop its services.
Britannica lasted for 244 years. Posterous for 4.It is very fascinating to see the timelines ofknowledge dissemination tools.
Here is the link to my Britannica folder: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
And here is the link to my Posterous one: http:
//www.facebook.com/media/set/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322759534449646.73795.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322759534449646.73795.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322764674449132.73796.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322759534449646.73795.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322759534449646.73795.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322764674449132.73796.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322764674449132.73796.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Illinois/108659242498155?ref=stream -
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Ps. the image on top is: Michael Bom's star (yearunknown)
Ps 2. Very curious to know that EncyclopediaBritannica is based in Chicago, Illinois. This gives anice "Blues Brothers" touch to it. Very odd, but atthe same time, very nice...
San Francisco, CA, United States
If Posterous stops, this means that soon I will losemy Posterous-based collections.
Actually, myself writing this and yourself readingit, it explains why Posterous didn't survive.A couple of years ago I was doing the same thingas I do today (collecting nice visuals and sharingwith others).
My Posterous-Based
Collections...
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As much as I don't like Facebook, then, there wasa day I had to admit to myself that Facebook was amuch more effective communication tool tha
Posterous.
: (
Anyway. I am sure that two years now all these
things will be on some other digital tool, that's theway... ...one day more, one day less
Here the link to my encyclopedia: http://myenciclopedia.posterous.com/
And here the link to "design is (not) dead": http://184.106.20.102/
Milano Via Cascia
My shadow likes sunsets.
Because it grows taller and slender...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milano-Via-Cascia/289833387708651?ref=streamhttp://184.106.20.102/http://184.106.20.102/http://myenciclopedia.posterous.com/http://myenciclopedia.posterous.com/ -
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Or, if you prefer:
"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with
me, And what can be the use of him is more than Ican see" (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Hatsune Miku's Last
Last night in Tokyo there was the last concert ofHatsune Miku. You might not be familiar with J-Pop, but ms Hatsune is a true super.
This is how Reuters reported on the event:
Hatsune Miku is computer generated, based on avoice-synthesizing programme developed by thecompany Crypton Future Media that allows usersto create their own music.
Her image is produced by the company, but her
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3-%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB/103991843021321?ref=stream -
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music is a creation of her fans, Her best songs --the ones headlined at her concerts -- haveemerged from more than 20 different people.
Hatsune Miku was projected onto the stage at theshows while thousands of other fans packed into24 cinemas to watch live. The concert, billed aspossibly Hatsune Miku's last, was also broadcast in
cinemas in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Here the link to see her performing live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_RVLOs...
Here a link with a folder dedicated to her: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
Here an explanation on the whole thing: http://www.crypton.co.
jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jspand hereis Reuters: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.../hatsune-miku-japan_n...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/hatsune-miku-japan_n_1334017.htmlhttp://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsphttp://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsphttp://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsphttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/hatsune-miku-japan_n_1334017.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/hatsune-miku-japan_n_1334017.htmlhttp://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsphttp://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsphttp://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsphttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323352844390315.73905.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323352844390315.73905.268422276550039&type=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_RVLOsUW6Uhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_RVLOsUW6U -
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Foscarini
Magneto
A very nice lamp designed by Giulio Iacchetti forFoscarini.
"Made of painted steel and available at the end of
March 2012 in either red or grey colour version,the minimalist, pared-down lamp emits anintensive and precise beam of LED light, which canbe adjusted and repositioned thanks to themysterious force of a magnet that joins the
support rod with a circular base of the design"
"The heart of its design is a magnetic sphere. Thisis the secret of Magneto, a table and reading lampdesigned by Giulio Iacchetti, with an invisible
power: the mysterious force of a magnet that joinsthe two elements of which it is made the supportrod with a circular base and the LED light in asimple, practical way and defines its elegant,minimalist and decisive nature."
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More at:http://www.dailytonic.com/magneto-lamp-by-giulio.../
Link to Foscarini website: http://www.foscarini.com/
Link to Giulio Iacchetti website: http://www.giulioiacchetti.com/
PiazzaleLoreto
Sometimes life sucks...
Here a nice piece by Massimo Vignelli on Bob
Noorda: http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412
Bob Noorda's Little ManBumping His Head in Franco
Albini's Box
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4412https://www.facebook.com/pages/Piazzale-Loreto/163589913657030?ref=streamhttp://www.giulioiacchetti.com/http://www.giulioiacchetti.com/http://www.foscarini.com/http://www.foscarini.com/http://www.dailytonic.com/magneto-lamp-by-giulio-iacchetti-for-foscarini-it/http://www.dailytonic.com/magneto-lamp-by-giulio-iacchetti-for-foscarini-it/ -
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Milano, Lambrate
Analogico / Digitale
Another preview on what will be up at MilanDesign Week (moreless, amonth from now).
This is one of the images I received from Stefano
Maffei, a nice mannerism exercise (fromArchizoom to the future)...
Anyway. ANALOGICO/DIGITALE is a project bySubalterno1, in via Conte Rosso, 22. The curators
are Stefano Micelli (the lad who wrote: "FuturoArtigiano") and Stefano Maffei.
If you are interested in self-productions,contemporary craftmanships, etc.etc., this is yourplace.
More at: http://www.facebook.com/futuroartigiano/posts/285847974817637
http://www.subalterno1.com/
http://www.subalterno1.com/https://www.facebook.com/futuroartigiano/posts/285847974817637http://www.subalterno1.com/https://www.facebook.com/futuroartigiano/posts/285847974817637https://www.facebook.com/futuroartigiano/posts/285847974817637https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milano-Lambrate/370846806281976?ref=stream -
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Ps. The exhibition goes from the 17th to the 22ndof April.
This is from their press release:
SUBALTERNO1 presents ANALOGICO/DIGITALE, ameeting between artisans businesses, designersand fablab to create a culture of original and local
making. New connections and new ways of workingare producing experimental results, full ofmanufacturing quality, savoir faire and hackerspirit of discovery.
And these are the designers involved >Massimiliano Adami, Antonio Cos, FrancescoFaccin, Andrea Gianni, Alessandro Marelli, SimoneSimonelli, Paolo Ulian
(it looks like that the future of digitalcraftsmanship will be without girls...)
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Accademia Abadir
Some days ago I had the chance to meet msLuciaGiuliano, head person of the Agadir design school
(between the Mediterranean Sea and Etnavulcano).
It is an incredible place, where they do stuff.
An excellent design school for few selected (andlucky) students, in one of the nicest places in theworld.
Here the link to their website: http://www.
abadir.net/?lang=en
Here the link to a little folder with various images:http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
And here a couple of links if you want tosee/understand more:
Sicily meets design (very
)!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323957544329845.74044.268422276550039&type=1http://www.abadir.net/?lang=enhttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323957544329845.74044.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323957544329845.74044.268422276550039&type=1http://www.abadir.net/?lang=enhttp://www.abadir.net/?lang=enhttps://www.facebook.com/lucia.giuliano.35https://www.facebook.com/lucia.giuliano.35https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accademia-Abadir/182141385174781?ref=stream -
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/abadir/sets/+http://www.brainstormblog.eu/?p=362
"Abadir is the place of multiple, different andsubjective ideas. Abadir shares a territory. Abadirinhabitants share their ideas transforming theplace they live in"
(from their manifesto: http://www.abadir.net/?lang=en#/?page_id=22&lang=en)
Porta Venezia
Some months ago, I've met Sabine Delafon. She isan artist, living in Milan. She does a lot of nicethings (things I like).Between her various works, this "Ex" is extremely
Ex. 25 years and it's not over
yet...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Porta-Venezia/121561694563645?ref=streamhttp://www.abadir.net/?lang=en#/?page_id=22&lang=enhttp://www.abadir.net/?lang=en#/?page_id=22&lang=enhttp://www.brainstormblog.eu/?p=362http://www.flickr.com/photos/abadir/sets/ -
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An on-going collection of self-portraits taken in
photo-boots, since 1987. Here some images: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
Here the link to a stop-motion where you can seethe whole collection: http://www.celesteprize.
com/artwork/ido:62000
And here a link to ms Sabine website: http://sabine.delafon.free.fr/SABINEDELAFON...
(thankx to Marcia Caines for introducing me to msSabine)
http://sabine.delafon.free.fr/SABINEDELAFON.htmhttp://sabine.delafon.free.fr/SABINEDELAFON.htmhttp://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:62000/http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:62000/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.324033840988882.74065.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.324033840988882.74065.268422276550039&type=1