10 reasons to visit Beirut Design Week 2016 – 20/29 May: 1. It celebrates Beirut Design Capital: 150 events in 100 locations around Beirut. The 2015 Beirut Design Week edition brought together more than 25,000 visitors. Started in 2012,…
Celebrating Motherhood by Sora Ceballos
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY by Sora Ceballos from Medellin. Now she lives with her 10 year-old daughter Gaby in New Jersey. Her 365 Drawing Project is a challenge to create each day a “drawing/sketching/painting/doodling or just holding a pencil” to celebrate motherhood. ©…
Expo Milano 2015: Pavilions, Clusters and Thematic Areas
The expo topic “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” will be addressed by the expo participants: The Official Participants are: Countries (145) and International Organizations (3); The Non-Official Participants are: Civil Society Organizations (17) and Corporate (6). PAVILIONS: Most of the…
EXPO Milano 2015 – So, What is it all about?
EXPO Milano 2015 – So, What is it all about? Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life is the core theme of Expo Milano 2015: “Food as nourishment Food as pleasure Food as taste Food as home Food as family Food…
Bla Bla and Milano Makers
This post is part of the project: “The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013″ Bla Bla is an exhibition of the “Non-Serial” Independent Design by MIMA-Milano Makers. It was held in the Cathedral of the Fabbrica del Vapore. Alessandro…
The Pet Lamps and Indeginous People
(This post is part of the project: “The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013″). Background It was in summer 2011 that Hélène Le Drogou, a psychologist and activist concerned with the plastic waste of the Colombian Amazon, invited the…
The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013
The project will investigate the social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013 that will take place from April 9th until April 14th. We will visit the Fuorisalone itineraries looking for the projects with a significant social impact. We will focus on the works…
Color is a key to transforming a city
When a blighted city needs transformation, it’s usually a bulldozer rather than a brush that does the work. Few years ago, Edi Rama, Tirana’s mayor at the time, started in a creative way to paint the sad facades of the…
IOU PROJECT: Fun, Profit and Social Good.
Internet is the way to get people to see their clothes and listen to their messages. The recently launched web site IOU project is not the latest clothes brand but it is a bridge between Indian artisans and consumers. The head…
Thailand’s Slow Hand Design at Milan Design Week 2011
One of the interesting things I saw in Zona Tortona during Milan Design Week 2011 was the exhibition Slow Hand Design: The heart value of Thai products. Thailand is considered one of the most experienced countries in the export industry…
REcreating the extraordinary from the ordinary
REcycle REdecorate REdesign is the slogan of Katie Thompson, an interior designer from South Africa. It’s quite interesting how Katie recreates unique furniture, lighting and interior accessories from pieces of discarded junk. Each piece is infused with its own previous character…