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david chipperfield: bookshelf for riva 1920
'bookshelf'
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in response to 'tra le briccole di venezia', a projected hosted by italian company riva 1920,
david chipperfield has developed a bookshelf design made from recycled chestnut wood.
showcased at the triennale museum during milan design week 2010, the project featured
22 projects by designers, artists and fashion designers. each created a piece to support ecologic
values linked to the recycling of a peculiar product inherent to the venetian landscape: the 'briccole'.
'briccole' are chestnut oak posts on which venetian gondolas are docked. corroded by tides,
here artists and designers are asked to re-interpret this historic material and turn them into
works of art.
detail of shelving system
image © designboom
on the creative process of his shelving system, chipperfield stated that 'the challenge
in all physical realization of design was to give status to material as well as to form.
the more beautiful the material is in its natural form, the more difficult is to maintain
this quality through the formal and technical process'.
detail of 'bricole' wood corroded by tides
image © designboom
tokujin yoshioka for kartell: the invisibles
'I am drawn by things that do not have forms, but leave an emotional effect on people. at a glance, such material is invisible and its existence is erased. through the interaction with light, however, the form sudd...
claesson koivisto rune: portico
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sebastian errazuriz: sinapsi for HORM
initially conceived through the study of cells and brain synapsis, 'sinapsi' offers a form that can be repeated and flexibly re-rearranged for different user needs.
david chipperfield to curate venice biennale
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david chipperfield: hepworth wakefield
ten interconnected trapezoidal blocks compose the overall structure, scaled and orientated in response to the surrounding built environment.
david chipperfield: piana for alessi
the chair is produced in a 100% recyclable polypropylene with fiber glass with a non-slip matte finish utilizing a synchronized opening and closing of the meeting at a single point of rotation.
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kehinde wiley: the world stage
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