Design Development Model, 2001

Urbancorp/Landmark - Showroom Toronto

Film Studio (Toronto)

“To me designing without color is rather like boxing with one arm behind your back.”  Will Alsop

Patricia Urquiola is one of the biggest names on design nowadays.

She graduated in architecture in Madrid and started her carrier working for De Padova in Milano in 1990.

In this period she was also Achille Castiglione’s assistant. That great beginning and hard working opened a lot of doors and now she has designed products for most of the big names in furniture, such as B&B Italia, Molteni & C., Moroso, Kartell, Knoll, MDF Italia and so on.

'Crinoline' by Patricia Urquiola - image by Interior Ideas Online

This outdoor chair is one of my favorite pieces of the designer. Although this chair is generous in size, the material, the lines and the flowers detail softened the design.

http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/

The nonprofit organization Architecture for Humanity was founded in 1999 to promote architectural and design solutions to humanitarian problems. Through competitions, workshops, educational forums, and partnerships with aid organizations, Architecture for Humanity creates opportunities for architects and designers to help communities in need. Volunteer architects and designers work with community groups and relief organizations to build sustainable, well-designed structures. In addition, the organization fosters public appreciation for the many ways that architecture and design can improve lives. Over the past five years, Architecture for Humanity has developed a network of more than 5,000 architects and designers and offered assistance and advice on urgent projects around the world. (By Jackie Craven, About.com)

Vase “slash” chair “slash” scuplture.

This is a triple use creation Philippe Starck designed for Serralunga. The vase is made of Polythylene and steel and its available in white and titaniun with yellow.

Image by Interior Ideas Online

The “Triennale di Milano” is an important institution which, since 1923, has witnessed the naissance and the development of new cultural trends and social phenomena of great importance such as architectural rationalism and industrial design, always underlining the importance of a strict relationship between man and environment.
Great designers of the 20th century have given emphasis to the story of this institution: Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Joseph Loos, Giuseppe Terragni and Mies van der Rohe, to name a few.

The Triennale Bookstore housed in the ancient Impluvium is a modern bookshop offering a wide selection of books on architecture, design, modern and contemporary art, with special emphasis on new artistic currents and the latest trends. Over the years, the Bookstore has become a point of reference for students, architects, designers and anyone who may wish to learn more about the “culture of design”.

For further information: www.triennale.it

Where:
Triennale di Milano
Viale Alemagna, 6
20121 - Milano

Last weekend I went to a party in the roof top of “Gansevoort South Hotel Spa Residences”. Besides the beautiful pool and amazing view I found the restroom to be quite interesting.

Men’s and women’s bathrooms are under the same canopy roof with shared sink area. All in the open.

Definitely worth a picture…and a post.