06/04/2011

LUMINOUS IDEAS - Innovation/Imagination April 12th-17th

Quotations of the past to design the future, nature interacting with the latest led technology, light becoming décor. There are plenty examples of creativity in the projects of the new lighting elements such as the tulips in soft resin of birds design, only lacking their scent, or the stylized flowers, to be placed either on the tables or on the ground, by
Neroacciaio. The sophisticated contemporary chandeliers by Karman recall ancient lamps. The allure of the classic candelabrum is vivid in the one by Functionals, which offers an essential and very modern version.
www.birdsdesign.net, www.neroacciaio.com, www.karmanitalia.it  www.functionals.eu

05/04/2011

SUMS AND MOLTIPLICATIONS - Temporary Museum for New Design April 12th-17th

Foscarini presents very high totems built by overlapping its evergreen pieces, an artistic interpretation in an anthological version, with lighting design by A. J. Weissbard and music composed by Francesco Morosini.

www. foscarini.com

05/04/2011

PAPER SEATINGS - Temporary Museum for New Design April 12th-17th

100 polypropylene, eco-friendly, waterproof, folding, light and original seatings by Flux, spread everywhere on the outside area, invite you to take a break, between one exhibition and the other.

www.fluxchairs.com

05/04/2011

UPSTAIRS: THREE FLOORS OF SURPRISES WITH A FINAL TASTING - Temporary Museum for New Design April 12th-17th

The Temporary Museum is growing, rising and expanding towards the sky. The Upstairs sign invites you to climb the three floors of the Art Point building where the exhibition goes on with interesting proposals you should not miss.

From fashion to design
During the year it hosts edgy collections of women's wear but during the Fuori Salone the area reinvents itself by becoming an exhibition space where fashion connects with design. This is the Twin-Set space, provided with a new lay-out to host soft walls, sensual lights and seatings along with the clothes from the latest collection. The "system" designed by the Canadian company molo has become famous because it broke the tradition of stiff and unchangeable walls through a patent which allows to shape, modulate, adapt and store in a limited space structures made of alveolar 'paper' working as partition walls, seatings, illuminating bodies shedding their own special magic. Twin-set and molo awaits you on the first floor, before reaching the Design Theatre.
www.molodesign.com

Design Theatre: on the stage the "selected objects"
An entirely black scenario, theatrical lights, small stages where the players are the objects and elements distinguished by strong innovation contents, selected for their original approach to different issues. The Design Theatre, that you can find on the second floor of the Art Point, is an evocative place, distinguished by the special "black on black" atmosphere, hosting the reinvented and délavé carpets by Golran, the vases incorporating the outdoor by Flora, the proposals by Luca Nichetto and Patrizia Urquiola for Mabeo, the rigorous furniture in solid wood by INCHfurniture with the lamps by Glasswork, the playful modular tables by &tradition, the new system of wood cases by Ames. In the same space, you can also find SuperstudioTv, a real television studio set to study the design world, available for shootings and interviews broadcasted in real time on-line.
www.carpetreloaded.com, www.flora-online.de, www.mabeofurniture.com, www.inchfurniture.ch, www.andtradition.dk, www.ames-design.com

On the roof VIP tastings
A rigorous and fanciful architecture, emerged as if by magic on the roof, designed by Luca Nichetto for Prosciutteria King's. The holders of the valuable card are allowed to discover and taste the first Italian design ham, VIP delicacies, conceived for delicate palates and eyes sensitive to aesthetics. This goes hand in hand with the kit of new beautiful knives for the professional chef. That's to say that also food has its own image and design is truly transversal. The atmosphere meets the ambitions of the Prosciutteria King's, number one in its category: the tables, chairs, lights and furniture, all designed by Nichetto for different companies, are arranged in an ideal space.
www.kingsprosciutti.it

05/04/2011

ART-DESIGN STYLE-SYMBOL - Temporary Museum for New Design April 12th-17th

A sculpture-chair only for a few real art-design collectors. The red, white or black I.DEA by Antonella Franceschini, in pure resin, is produced in limited edition by Ama Design.

www.amadesignitaly.it

05/04/2011

SWEDISH LIVING - Temporary Museum for New Design April 12th-17th

Enter this magic and cozy red barn designed by No Picnic and lose yourself into the romantic countryside of the Västra Götaland region.
The pavilion Svensk Form is back at Superstudio, completely dedicated to Swedish design, to its materials and to its lifestyle, "inhabited" by unique pieces, each one telling the story of a place and the passion for the materials used.
A space of mental peacefulness, devoted to listening.
A message of eco-sustainability and quality of life in the manufactured products in textile, wood, glass and ceramic.

www.svenskform.se

05/04/2011

OUTSIDE INSTALLATIONS - Temporary Museum for New Design April 12th-17th

Right inside the Superstudio Più area you will be met by the originality and grandeur of the outside installations. A design garden: it is the world where wood bends, colors, changes, enchants, amazes and respects nature. The multi-project by the Finnish Punkalive develops itself in an eco-sustainable way, with the egg-shaped reception and the sinuous little temples designed by the architect Jukka Lommi.
Karim Rashid designed the new proposal of natural furniture bent in an asymmetric and ergonomic way, complementing the production of other several winding pieces. www.punkalive.fi

If also concrete can transform itself and have a face, there's a building looking right into your eyes. It is the creative building-art carried out with the concrete cards by Magnetti in collaboration with Ronen Joseph and Ilaria Bertelli, Michi Jung, Agnese Lombardini and Alessandro Pavia.
www.gruppomagnetti.it

A container tells a story of sand and sea: it is the art installation by Dejana Kabiljo for Kabiljo Inc.
www.kabiljo.com

30/03/2011

VIDEO PRESENTATION DESIGN WEEK 2011

Now online the presentation of Temporary Museum for New Design and the two connected projects Innovation/Imagination and Home and Spa Design.
Gisella Borioli, creative director and project leader and Giulio Cappellini, art director of the event, reveal the latest news and the concepts of the projects.
Click on the following link to watch the video:

http://superstudiogroup.com/index.php?disp=video

(in photo: Giulio Cappellini and Gisella Borioli)

24/03/2011

16/03/2011

SONY LIVE NIGHT

OPENYOUREARS: a music night organized by the division of Sony Brand Events for the launch of the new trendy and colorful headphones MDR-ZX, dedicated to all music lovers. During the event there will be areas to test hypertechnological Sony products and accessories. An event that combines live performance, innovative audio technologies and the latest trends of fashion and design.
To animate the evening the live performance of "Blame Coco", the London band led by Eliot Pauline Styler-Sumner (in the picture), Sting's daughter. Following DJ set by Cassius, the famous electro-clash franch duo consisting of Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.
Don't miss the exclusive t-shirts designed by C'N'C Costume National and open bar by DiSaronno.
From 11 pm by invitation only.

http://treeweb.it/dev/sony/openyourears/

22/02/2011

WHITE - NEW CLOTHING, ACCESSORY AND BEAUTY TRENDS

White, the most awaited event of contemporary fashion, is back at Superstudio Più and ExAnsaldo, hosting 350 exhibitors, special guests, events, art exhibitions and fashion catwalks.
Highlights of this edition will be the eclectic and colourful stylist JC de Castelbajac, a special project by the Ukrainian designers Fedor Vozianov and Igor Kikot and many sustainable initiatives, like the brand of recycled purses Carmina Campus by Ilaria Fendi.
Great comeback of White Beauty, with a selection of perfumery and cosmetics haute de gamme, in a ecofriendly environment by Pirwi.
Not to be missed: the underground show by Alessandra Marchi, a young international designer: a fashion catwalk on the "Meneghino", an open space train transformed in a special catwalk for the occasion. Every stop a new group of models comes up – an event that highlights the value of Made in Italy.

(photo: a creation by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac)

Info: www.whiteshow.it


14/02/2011

MI-ARTEXTIL - CONTEMPORARY FIBER-ART

MyOwnGallery hosts the contemporary fiber-art exhibition by Mi Artextil, a selection of artworks taken from the international event Miniartextil, at its 20th anniversary in 2010.
The event, for the first time in Milan, increases the knowledge and history of fiber-art, whose main representatives are Christo, William Kentridge and Fausto Melotti, who exhibited their works with Miniartextil during the years.
Among other artists invited to Mi Artextil, Anna Pala Cibin, with a site-specific artwork, the extraordinary Giusy Marchetti's Fiat 500 entirely covered with wire wool crocheted, Arlette Vermeiren Zucoli's cascade with an artwork of great impact made with paper and other materials, along with Mimmo Totaro, Gianfranco Bergamaschi, Toba Toba.
Cocktail Party on Tuesday, February 22nd from 6 pm to 9 pm. Admission free.
Special opening during White, open all day (25- 27 February).

Erodoto Cultural Association
Via Dante Alighieri 133 – Como
Tel +39 031 2494446 / +39 347 7627106
info@erodoto.org / www.erodoto.org

26/01/2011

AFFORDABLE ART FAIR MILANO

London, New York, Melbourne, Paris, Sydney, Amsterdam, Bristol, Brussels, Singapore, now finally in Milan!
The Affordable Art Fair, the internationally leading showcase for contemporary art under € 5.000, will be held at Superstudio Più from February 3rd to February 6th.
60 art galleries from all over the world, 130 million Euros of sold artworks, 150.000 visitors in 2010 – the Affordable Art Fair is the most famous art fair of its kind. AAF is a young, dynamic and affordable event that aims at lowering barriers of genuine art purchase. AAF is a relaxed and fun place where people can enjoy paintings, sculptures, photographs and printings of living artists. Visitors can also play an active part in free workshops, lectures and artistic displays.
In 2010 the Affordable Art Fair has been listed in "Cool Brands", the annual initiative that identifies and celebrates the UK's coolest brands (beside Apple, Alexander Mc Queen and many more).
AAF introduces in Milan an innovative edition, involving the city and its creative scenes.
More info at: www.affordableartfair.it

During AAF you can visit the exhibition "Sacred and Profane" by Flavio Lucchini at MyOwnGallery by Superstudio Più. The exhibition shows angels with Monica Bellucci face, new-age heavens, Warhol-like Christ, saints with footballer faces.

More info at: www.flaviolucchiniart.com

15/01/2011

"THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE" EXHIBITION BY FLAVIO LUCCHINI

22/12/2010

DADAUMPOP - THE ITALIAN NEW POP

"Dadaumpop - The Italian New Pop" is the itinerant collective exhibition curated by Igor Zanti that will bring to India some of the most representative artists of contemporary Italian new pop.
Dada as synonym of expressive freedom, Pop as essential feature of the aesthetics of all the works exhibited.
Amongst the 27 artists selected Flavio Lucchini will participate with one of his Dolls, the ironic pop little dolls.
Selected by the curator, the Doll sculpture in purple resin with long and undulating white hair wears a yellow dress slightly showing her shoulders. She is half woman half girl and a disenchanted icon of femininity.
First stop of the show is the BMB Gallery of Mumbai, that will host the exhibition from January 7th till 15th. The dates of Kolkata (Rabindranath Tagore Centre, 4th-18th February) and New Delhi (Italian Cultural Centre, 4th-20th March) will follow.

14/12/2010

COCKTAIL-PARTY DIOR HOMME

A mega part organized in collaboration with L'Uomo Vogue, transforms Superstudio Più's  Daylight in an exclusive container of images and sounds for Dior, historic French maison and fashion icon all over the world.
A short film in black and white by Willy Vanderperre is projected upon walls of white cloth. The music of international DJ like Nicola Guiducci, Omar/Alex Smith and Paul Sevigny and a red carpet to all respect with, among others, Franca Sozzani, Kris vn Assche, Anna Dello Russo, Fabrizio Ferri, Fabio Novembre, Margherita Missoni animate this fashion and fashionbiz oriented evening.

(Above the article in Vanity Fair about the event)

03/12/2010

THE SCULPTURE "GOLDEN DRESS" OF LUCCHINI FOR FRIDA GIANNINI

18/11/2010

OVER THE UNDER - MANHOLE ART TELLS THE STORY OF A CABLED CITY

5 international urban painters, 5 capital cities of the world and of street art, 20 manholes, the most iconic and famous fashion street of the world and an illuminated patron, METROWEB, owner of the biggest metropolitan network of optic fibres in Europe.
After the great success of the first edition, that has seen 32 artistic manholes in "zona Tortona", "Sopra il Sotto"- Tombini Art raccontano la Città Cablata", "Over the Under- Manhole Art Tells the Story of a Cabled City" returns to Milan. A project born from an idea of Monica Nascimbeni for Metroweb, the open air exhibition of cast-iron manhole art (the manholes of Metroweb's optic fibre, placed on the sidewalks of the street) which experiments a new language of art and communication.
This time the range is global: five great international street artists from the capital cities of public art and of graffiti (Milan, Berlin, Paris, London, New York) have been invited to produce a multiple work on more than one manhole, almost a personal exhibition for each artist. The artistic direction is of Gisella Borioli who has been focusing on the themes and the promotion of street art as a new form of contemporary art. Also in collaboration with Matteo Donini, curator and collector of street art.  
Shepard Fairey (New York), Flying Fortress (Berlin), Rendo (Milan), The London Police (London), Space Invader (Paris) will take part in the on the road exhibition from November the 18th till December 2011 in via MonteNapoleone, in the heart of Milan, iconic fashion street of the "made in Italy" and world wide luxury, confirming the increasing sensitivity, also in the world of fashion, to evade the confines and classifications and to open up to contemporary art and design with site-specific projects, especially on an international level. 
With the Municipality of Milan and the patronage of Culture, Street Furniture and Green Areas. In collaboration with the Associazione di via MonteNapoleone.

photo: Flying Fortress "Free Hugs for Bears"

17/11/2010

LUXURY24.IT FOLLOWS THE METROWEB PROJECT OVER THE UNDER - MANHOLE ART

Luxury24.it, the Sole24 ORE's website dedicated to luxury, will follow the "Over the Under" event and offer a virtual and interactive journey that will involve the entire community and its users; it will tell the story of the entire initiative through video-interviews with the artists and through the invitation to participate in a special survey where one con vote his/her favourite manhole. The first ten participants will receive the autographed catalogue of our exhibition, signed by the artists present during the inauguration evening.


From the virtual to the real, Luxury24.it will re-launch the inauguration event of Thursday 18 November with Backstage scenes, Paola Bottelli's blog and with dedicated check-ins from the profile on foursquare by collecting comments, photographs and curiosities of all the users that visit the exhibition.

To vote your favourite manhole:
http://www.luxury24.ilsole24ore.com/Tombini-Art/


For further in formation on the project "SOPRA IL SOTTO":
METROWEB

08/11/2010

A BOOK IN MILAN

An event against the standardization of the publishing business, aiming to enlarge and enrich Milan's cultural horizon.
Born from the need to propose good literature, much sacrificed by marketing and consumer strategies, Un Libro a Milano is back again for its second edition 26- 27- 28- November at the Superstudio Più. This event counts 100 independent publishers from all over Italy in 2000 meters squared. With the contribution of the Municipality of Milan this event proposes a weekend of encounters with the authors, readings, book presentations, events for young people, workshops, debates, happy hours and many more.
Publishing, ecology and technology are the key words of this edition, cultural and avant-garde frame of the city of Milan.