Month: June 2014
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Der Kölner Doms, Cologne’s cathedral
During one of the long weekends in May 2014, I (Chris) visited Cologne (Köln), Germany. Cologne, situated on the Rhine in the North-Rhine Westphalia region, the 2000 year old city is world famous for its cathedral – it is the largest church in Germany. The main train station (Hauptbanhof) is located right next to it –…
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Highlights of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014
This is my last post on the Salone. I am sure many of you had seen enough of my furniture pictures on this blog. Just in case you want to start from the beginning, click here. Before I put up pictures of my trip in Kòln, Germany, here are some more stuff that I saw…
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The classic section of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
This is the penultimate blog post in this series on the Salone. The exhibition halls at the Salone that show furniture were divided into 3 sections: design, moderno and classico. The classico section occupied Hall 1 to 4. The distinction between the designer and modern sections were less clear cut, although the latter only occupied…
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Two and a Half Minutes of Art
Film and TV titles design is an art form. However, many such works have been overlooked, ignored, or forgotten. Unlike a trailer which contains actual footages, film title is often created separately from the film itself. Title art grew in 1940’s out of Hollywood studios’ desire to present a more complete list of credits and using…
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driade, Alessi, Kartell at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … here is a mix bag of brands – avant garde (driade), then mainstream modern housewares (Alessi) and plastic furniture (Kartell) … driade, founded in Italy in 1968, like to define itself as an aesthetics laboratory. See their…
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Giorgetti at the Salone
Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … earlier posts on Poliform, Vitra and Knoll are here, here and here. I know nothing about this company until the exhibition. And I liked some of their pieces. Wood is their strong suit. A high level of craftsmanship…