Happenings

Year 1 no.4
25 July 2006
Happenings
SANTIAGO,
CHILE
Interdesign
ZURICH
ATHENS
Neumarkt 17 Varangis
Avepe Group
A cultural journey
The carnet de voyage amidst magnificent
of Godoy, guru of
hills and the lake
Latin American design with music, exhibits
p.2-3
and theatre
p.4
Five Zanotta style dealers
around the world propose
special itineraries in their cities.
It is an unprecedented
opportunity for anyone travelling
to discover places, people,
atmospheres and project
SAU PAULO
DEDICATED TO
NEWS
@Home
Firma Casa
Roberto
Menghi
Exhibits,
events,
authors
A special route
on the canals and
Art, design and
in Chinatown amidst
new architectures
beneath the Acropolis art, handicrafts and
new design
with a flying
p.7
visit to the islands
p.5-6
Summer
2006
BANGKOK
A metropolis of
a thousand facets,
all to be unveiled:
colours, nature,
tempos and culture
p.8-9
Zanotta’s first
Golden Compass
for dreaming
beneath the stars
p.10
Appointments not
to be missed in the
world of design
p.11
Happenings
no.4/06 p.2
Eight buildings have
been designed by the
most famous
contemporary
Chilean architects
(right: an interior)
furnished with top
pieces of Italian
design. The next step
will be another eight
masterpiece houses
designed by the most
successful designers
of the world, “led” by
Toyo Ito. In the other
photos, clockwise:
Caroline and
Sebastian Nunez, a
couple both
professionally and in
married life who run
Interdesign
(www.interdesign.cl)
along with Eduardo
Godoy; a view
of Santiago; the
Pre-Columbian
Museum with several
works on display in
the small images and
Plaza des Armas.
Santiago,
Chile
INTERDESIGN
For those who go to Chile with the intention of
discovering not only the charm of the country’s lush
nature, but its architectural musts, art and design
as well, the name Godoy is a true passepartout
(Santiago, Chile)
Happenings
no.4/06 p.3
trip to Chile can turn out
to be a discovery of new
cultural trends and
lifestyles. Especially for
whoever comes from
Europe. Eduardo Godoy, who travelled
between the two worlds years ago, is
aware of that. Godoy’s creative vein
originated from his long stay in Europe
during the innovative stirrings of the
1970s. When he returned in 1980 he
opened Interdesign. It was the
beginning of a fertile and active
business always on the edge of
excitement. For more than 25 years the
prestigious showroom has stood out
as the symbol of the cultured and
eclectic Santiago, the pivot around
which the very best of international
taste turns, a privileged place for
interior decoration exhibits and
meetings with the stars of design and
art. With its 2000 sq. m of floor space,
Interdesign finds itself on the list of
the most prestigious furnishings
stores in the world. It is sole dealer of
important European brands of
furniture, lighting systems and
accessories (Isidora Goyenechea 3200,
tel. 2314114). Zanotta’s association
with Interdesign has been very special,
ever since the dawn of Godoy’s
thrilling adventure in this sector of the
industry. Today a new generation of
Godoys is taking the business in hand:
daughter Caroline (28-year-old
architect), her elder brother Eduardo
and her husband, Sebastian Nunez, as
well a designer. A new team with fresh
ideas and lots of energy, the ideal trio
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for a steadily growing business that
proposes the best in design and
designs modern living spaces.
The carnet de voyage of Godoy&Co
starts on the hill of San Cristobal,
which offers a 360-degree view of
Santiago. The monorail goes down to
the picturesque suburb of Bellavista
with its restaurants and bars. A walk to
the Parque Forestal and the Museo
Nacional de Bellas Artes, where the
exhibit dedicated to Elliot Erwitt will be
open until July 30. Another stroll leads
to the Mercado Central for seafood
dinners with a folk ambience. The next
stop is the MAVI (Museo de Artes
Visuales, Lastarria 307), with an ice
cream at the Emporio La Rosa
patisserie (Mercead 291). An entirely
contemporary route starts from the
Palacio La Moneda Cultural Centre,
one of Santiago’s distinguishing
features, the Government Building and
Plaza des Armas. The Cathedral and
Pre-Columbian Museum with its
exquisite pre-Hispanic collection are
not to be missed. New buildings rise
on the sublime Isidora Goyenechea
with the Nolita restaurant (at no. 3200)
and a mandatory stop at Interdesign to
discover the latest trends. We are in
the throbbing heart of Chile’s
“Sanhattan”, with its boutiques, wine
shops and stores for an exclusive
shopping experience. The kingdom of
art lies between the AMS gallery
(Nueva Costanera 3723) and the
nearby Galeria Animal (Alonso de
Cordova 3105) with a terrace
restaurant. The tour closes in grand
style along the fashion boulevard,
boasting Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo,
Prada and other fashion designers.
Outside the city: going in search of
Chilean wine, which is in no way
inferior to the more famous Italian and
French wines. Make a comparison
along the Ruta del Vino
in Colchagua Valley (www.
rutadelvino.cl). When touring the
country, don’t miss out on the
routes leading to the Atacama
Desert and Patagonia (with a
definite stop at the Explora Hotels,
www.explora.com). Valparaiso, west of
the capital city, is rich in neoclassical
buildings and traditional architecture.
You can visit the home of poet Pablo
Neruda in the labyrinth of lanes and
trails climbing up the hill at his
favourite refuge. But it is 50 minutes
away from Valparaiso, at the Marbella
golf club, where one of contemporary
Chile’s most surprising spots is found.
This open-air exhibit of modern
architecture, probably unique anywhere
in the world, is to be experienced and
lived in. It is the Ochoalcubo site
(www.ochoalcubo.cl).
The carnet
de voyage of
Godoy, guru
of Latin
American
design
From the top,
clockwise: the
Bellavista district
in the centre of
Santiago; modern
architecture in
Plaza Perù; a work
by Ivan Daiber at
the Visual Arts
Museum; interior
of the Godoys’
Interdesign
showroom;
Ochoalcubo
project and view of
Santiago from the
San Cristobal hill.
Happenings
no.4/06 p.4
city awarded the prize as the
best in Europe for having the
highest standard of living
three times. What makes Zurich so
special? Of course its snug size, but it
also has an incredible offering of
culture, services, roads and safety.
The quality of its air is excellent, and
its nearby hills and clean lake invite
one to plunge into just about
everywhere. Zurich attracts many
foreign investors, and its buying
power is high. Design is found
everywhere in Zurich. Houseboats to
let, phone booths in circular glass
with iridescent LED lights and even
stainless steel containers for separate
waste collection are designed here.
A
NEUMARKT 17
Zurich
From the left, clockwise: poster of the
Laura Owens one-woman show; the
mirrored hut of the ETH Observatory on
the Swiss side of Monte Rosa; invitation
to the “The Expanded Eye” exhibit at the
Kunsthaus; Mario Botta’s Library of
Modern Architecture; the Zurich airport;
poster of the Monteaux jazz festival; old
building in the heart of the city; the
entire Neumarkt 17 staff and an interior
view of its historical showroom (located
on the street by the same name,
tel. 2543838, www.neumarkt17.ch).
A cultural
journey
amidst
magnificent
hills and the
lake with
good music,
exhibits and
theatre
Neumarkt 17 confirms the city’s
style: four old houses joined
together to exhibit and sell
high design furniture in a
playful maze all in the shade of
white. Designed by the father
(and famous Zurich architect)
of the present owner Andreas
Schwarz, but established by his
mother with the dream of
introducing the Gavina
collection in Switzerland,
Neumarkt 17 has been an
undisputed point of reference for the
best international design for 40
years (Zanotta is a leading brand). It
is one of the city’s prominent
cultural meeting places. The
structure of the white buildings is
enveloped in a hanging wire netting,
and the glass roof reflects the light
onto the water of the swimming
pool underneath.
The old town centre is greatly
beloved for many noble reasons, last
and not least for its cuisine. It is a
temptation not to be ignored. All the
visitor has to do to get his day off to
a good start is wander amongst the
countless bars and restaurants. And
he can come across a plaque
extolling Dadaism after turning the
corner. The itinerary Schwarz
recommends for the summer of 2006
in Zurich comprises art, music and
theatre: the long-awaited musical
Heidi (July 27-August 26), inspired
by Johanna Spyris’ famous novella
set in the scenery of Walensee
between the lake and the mountains
(www.heidimusical.ch). The Blue
Balls Festival will be held in the
charming town of Lucerne until July
29. “The Expanded Eye”, open until
September 3 at the Kunsthaus, is de
rigueur as a cultural destination,
amidst the stages of artistic
exploration into the arts of
technological vision. And art again: a
big exhibit at the Zurich Kunsthalle
entitled “Laura Owens”, the
American artist’s first one-woman
show (until August 13). Shows:
action cinema is offered until August
30 at the Oberwinterthur theatre and
an extraordinary show on a boat
hanging at the top of an enormous
crane in “Silo 8” (www.silo8.ch).
Happenings
no.4/06 p.5
VARANGIS AVEPE GROUP
Athens
Art, design and
new architectures
beneath the
Acropolis: the
best selected by
Varangis for
Summer 2006.
With a flying visit
to the islands
From the top, clockwise:
the modern double
fisheye subway (logo at
the bottom left); one of
the splendid statues at
the Museum of National
History (formerly the first
parliament building of
classic Greece); the
Athenian agora in the
work of a 19th-century
German painter;
the Museum of
Contemporary Art in
Andros; Dimitris Varangis,
architect and manager of
Varangis Avepe; the
temples of the Acropolis
inspire European art;
representation of the USA
Embassy of Athens
designed by Walter
Gropius in 1959.
(Athens)
Happenings
no.4/06 p.6
“From the
Athenian
Beaubourg to
the trendiest
shopping and
cool nights”
From the top: new
multicultural and recreation
centre at Athinais, a former
silk factory that has been
renovated; the Zanotta
single-brand store created
by Dimitris Varangis
in the heart of the Greek
capital; one of Panayotis
Tetsis’ works on exhibit at
the Andros Museum of
Contemporary Art;
one of the treasures of the
old Agora Museum;
outdoor tables at a bar in
Adrianou, in the maze
of streets of the old town
centre of Athens.
arangis is synonymous
with design and quality
of living in the majestic
capital of Greece. A
guarantee of good taste
and exclusive selections. Current
manager Dimitris Varangis represents
the fourth generation of a family that
has been the leader on the domestic
market of high-end furniture and
accessories sales since 1900 (year
when the business started). The best
design brands and complete service
from design to interior decoration in
both the residential and service
sectors distinguish the Varangis
philosophy (www.varangis.com.gr).
Listed on the stock exchange since
1998, the group opened the second
Zanotta single-brand store in the
world in Athens in September 2002
(Sina 11/13, tel. 3613218), following
the first one located in Milan.
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And it is under the guidance of
Varangis that we set out to plot an
ideal map of the Athenian summer
between art and design. Today the
city’s social hub is no longer
the Plaka, but rather Psirri and
nearby Gazi, the favourite
destination of trendsetters.
Vitality throbs in the former
industrial complex around the
old gas power plant converted
into a convention and
exhibition centre. The same is
true at Athinais, a historical silk
factory converted into a
botanical garden by the oil group
Mimidakis (Kastorias 34-36) and
multipurpose complex with high
aesthetic and technological value with
bars, restaurants, cinemas and
galleries. The Museum of Ancient
Cypriot Art with its beautiful pieces of
the Pierides foundation is remarkable.
Today’s coolest haunts are also near
Gazi. We find the “temple” of Notis
Sfakianaki, “king” of the singing
pantheon (tel. 3428272), the +Soda
club (Ermou 161) with techno music,
and the Privilege club restaurant
(Pireos 130) with world music and
nouvelle cuisine. Also in Gazi is the
city’s “most in” Mediterranean
restaurant: Aristea-Dexia (Pireos 140).
A glamorous public is seen at
Mamaca’s (Persefonis 41) and at the
Gazaki music bar (Triptolemou 31).
Shopping is a must near the Kolonaki
square, at the foot of the Licabetto hill.
Here we find the boutiques of the
most famous Greek designers, from
the husband and wife team Grigoris
and Angelos Frentzos (the top
windows of Sotris) to the rising star
Yiorgos Elefteriades, jewellery creator
Elena Votsi (Petrides gallery, Charitos
34) and trendy costume jewellery artist
Daphne Valente (tel. 3232657). Here
are a few of Athens’ friendliest hotels:
the Semiramis Hotel (Charilaou
Trikoupi 38), renovated by Karim
Rashid upon commission by the
owner, architect Jannou, a fine
contemporary art collector. The Fresh
Hotel (Sofocleous 26) is the city
centre’s most neo-chic with its
modern lines, international style and a
breathtaking view of the Acropolis.
Another proposal for whoever is
travelling in the Aegean Sea: the
Elounda Hotel of Crete, with various
locations between Greece’s most
charming beaches and lagoons.
The cultural route Varangis selected
starts with the art itinerary: the
“Flowers in Contemporary Art” exhibit
at the Benaki Museum (Peiraios
Bulding, June 9-August 27); “Shaping
the Beginning” at the Museum of
Cycladic Art (www.cycladic.gr)
featuring modern artists and artists of
the Near East’s antiquity (May 30September 16); and the retrospective
of Italian artist Marino Marini at the
National Glyptotheque (June 27October 30). Moving on to Salonika,
we find the “Alternative Soviet Art
1956-1988” exhibit at the Museum
of Contemporary Art (www.
greekstatemuseum.com), whereas the
Museum of Contemporary Art on the
island of Andros (www.mocaandros.gr) is hosting the not to be
missed one-man show “Panayotis
Tetsis: Thalassa”. The best of music
and theatre: the Athens and Epidaurus
Festival (www. hellenicfestival.gr)
offers quality performances in a variety
of places around the country; shows
and events are continuing all summer
long in the town of Patra, European
Cultural Capital 2006.
Happenings
@HOME
no.4/06 p.7
Tradition and high-tech make Thai style
a fatal attraction. That infects design
city of inhabited canals,
ultramodern skyscrapers and
ancient temples, Bangkok is the
capital of contrasts. And Thai style is a
blend of tradition and high technology.
Backing up that statement are the
managers of @Home, a prestigious
furnishings showroom in the heart of
the old town centre (Sukhumvit 31, tel.
6620794), where the best names of
international design are sold (the
Zanotta catalogue is much in demand).
Husband and wife Sarun and Panit
Limsawaddiwong, who manage the
@Home group, recommend starting
exploration of the city from the age-old
neighbourhood Ko Ratanakosin with its
royal palaces and old Buddhist temples.
Continuing northward, along the river,
you will reach the charming area of
Banglamphu (a snack at Ton Pho’s) and
the present-day royal residence,
Chitlada Palace. A stop in Chinatown
for some traditional shopping, and then
a stroll amidst colonial houses and
small restaurants on the water. The new
Bangkok, with its astounding vertical
buildings made of steel and glass,
superelevated subway and huge malls
are found between Silom (Siam Square
is a paradise for techno and fashion
purchases) and Sukhumvit (take a look
at Little Arabia). The last trip is to Wat
Arun, a historical ziggurat temple.
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coffee and tropical gardens. For the
more inquisitive there is “Identity of
French Design” scheduled for August
28 at the Plaza-Athenee Hotel,
featuring a lecture given by French
designer Erwan Bouroullec (tel.
2664844). For those who feel nostalgic
is the “What is Design?” show, with the
icons of contemporary industrial
design: from Levi’s jeans and the
Piaggio Vespa to household articles
designed by Philippe Starck (until
November 14 2008 at Gallery 1).
Bangkok’s contemporary art thrives in
the city’s many off-Chinatown galleries
and university cultural centres and
bookshops. A few of the best exhibits
this summer: “Chahn’s Impression
2006” at the Jamjuree Art Gallery of the
University of Chulalongkorn (tel.
2183709); “Visiting the Past” until July
30 at the Rotunda Gallery of the
Neilson Hays bookshop (Danish,
Japanese and Brazilian artists) and
“Color Image”, a photography exhibit at
the University of Chulalongkorn (from
August 16 until September 10).
Music lovers will find a complete
exhibition of instruments and new
technologies for listening and
recording at the Pala Thailand of
Bangkok (until July 22), and the
French Embassy has organised an
Architecture and design lovers can not intriguing Music Festival with
miss the chance to see The Jim
open-day concerts on Phra Athit
Thompson House, where the legendary Road. Singapore’s top DJs will
American silk industrialist lived and
compete in the DJ Competition at
that today is a house and museum with the Pala-Denon on July 22.
Bangkok
From the top, clockwise:
“Laying Buddha”; pop
design of the Thai
subway; the Baiyoke Sky
Hotel (330 metres); a
houseboat on the river;
map of Bangkok’s
canals; floating market;
portrait of Mr. Sarun
Limsawaddiwon of
@Home, the city’s most
distinguished design
showroom since 1999;
view of the metropolis
from the subway; an
interior shot of @Home.
Happenings
no.4/06 p.8
Sao Paulo
FIRMA CASA
From the bottom,
clockwise: Sonia Diniz
Bernardini, owner of
Firma Casa, with artists
Guilherme Ribeiro
(right) and Andre
Bastos (left); Teatro
Municipal; a mural in
the subway system;
Sculpture Museum of
architect Mendes
Rocha; painting by
Oscar Pereira da Silva;
the modern Art
Museum inside a 19thcentury building;
project by Mendes
Rocha (Pritzker Prize
2005); Sao Paulo
jewellery; logo of the
best Japanese
restaurant in the city.
A metropolis
of a thousand
facets, all to
be unveiled:
colours,
nature,
tempos and
culture
(Sao Paulo)
Happenings
no.4/06 p.9
ao Paulo: a sprawling city
where 75% of the country’s
cultural and economic
events are held, and the
“Latin business capital”.
But it has much more to offer. An
intense nightlife and artistic life, top
hotels and restaurants, and
spectacular vegetation surrounding it.
There are many art galleries, music
haunts and elegant shops. Our guide
for the customized tour of the city is
Sonia Diniz Bernardini, a very famous
figure throughout the country and
owner of one of the most
distinguished design spots of the
entire Latin American continent:
Firma Casa (Al. G. Monteiro da Silva
1487, tel. 30863891). Set up by
Bernardini as an interior decoration
and design studio in 1989, in 1994 the
enterprise became a point for
selecting and selling the best
furnishing elements in the world, not
to mention a catalyst for art and
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From left: exterior
view of Firma Casa;
Renoir at the
Museum of Modern
Art; logo of MASP,
Sao Paulo Museum
of Art founded by
Pietro Bardi in 1947;
the Italy Building
by Giò Ponti;
Zanotta furniture
in the window at
Firma Casa.
design events and a consulting office
for the country’s most successful
architects (such as designers
Fernando and Humberto Campana).
It has been a Zanotta dealer in Brazil
since 1996, and is the official
sponsor of the “Italian House”
event with Federlegno Assarredo at
the Museum of Modern Art.
To become familiar with Sao Paulo,
Mrs. Bernardini recommends starting
from Avenida Paulista, where 30% of
the financial world is situated, and
from the huge multicultural centre
that is the seat of the Latin-American
Parliament. It was designed by Oscar
Niemeyer in 1989 and is decorated
with panels painted by Poty, Portinari
and Carybè. The most important
works of art are found in the Museum
of Modern Art (Parque do Flamenco,
tel. 2623221) with gardens designed
by architect Burle Marx, in the
Museum of Contemporary Art de
Niteròn (also designed by Niemeyer
and housing the Sattamini Collection,
tel. 26202400) and in the
Universidade Museum (MAC, tel.
38183039). This summer it is
worthwhile to stop in to see the
exhibit “Degas, The Artist’s Universe”
at the MASP (until August 20), the
Biennial Pavilion and the Japanese
Pavilion. Sao Paulo contains highly
important historical architecture of
the modern age: the Martinelli
Building (first skyscraper in Latin
America, in Rua Badarò 504), the
Banespa Building with its observatory
deck (in the likeness of the Empire
State Building) and the Italy Building
(the tallest in the city, designed by
architect Giò Ponti).
The “most in” hotels are along
Avenida Paulista and in the Jardins
District: the exclusive Gran Melia (tel.
30438000) and the Crown Plaza with
its renowned restaurant Zafferano
(tel. 32532244). The Normandie
Design Hotel, built to the model of
the famous Paramount of New York
that was designed by Starck (Av.
Ipiranga 1187, tel. 3119835), and
super chic Hotel Fasano with its
minimal design (Rua Fasano 88, tel.
38564000) are brand new. Sao
Paulo’s food and drink are never
disappointing. Try it to believe it by
going to Bixiga, Jardins, Moema, Vila
Olímpia and Itaim Bibi (info found on
www.brasilviagem.com and
www.gastronomias.com). One
historical drink and music spot is Bar
Brahma (Av. S. Joao 677). Night owls
have plenty to choose from. There are
400 performing arts halls, 300
cinemas, 100 theatres and thousands
of piano-bars and variegated haunts.
The same holds true for the shopping.
Rua Oscar Freire features the not-tobe-missed Iodice, Forum and Zoomp
boutiques, the multiethnic bazaars
(on Republica das Artes) and jewellery
showrooms (a true mania of Sao
Paulo natives, like at Cullinan Pedras
Brasileiras in Al. M. Rocha Azevedo
239). The art and architecture
bookstores are excellent (the Saraiva
in Rua Augusta 2843 and the Cultura
in the Conjunto National).
Happenings
no.4/06 p.10
DEDICATED TO
Roberto
Menghi
Zanotta was awarded its first
Compasso d’Oro (Golden Compass)
in 1968 with the Guscio hut
designed by Roberto Menghi. An
emblematic object of formal and
technological innovation, the Guscio
is one of the symbols of Aurelio
Zanotta’s intuition and extraordinary
entrepreneurial skill. “After having
seen and lived in various types of
tents, tukuls and huts, I got the
desire to design something like a
comfortable though small “refuge”
that could be enlarged at will,” said
Menghi. He designed his Guscio
with prefabricated elements made of
polyester glass in keeping with his
drawings that can be assembled and
disassembled. A full, rounded shape
that stresses a unique functional
simplicity in comparison with nature.
Every element can contain from 2 to
4 people. It rests on a floor made of
solid larch wood, either natural or
painted white, and is supplied with 2
or 4 beds (bunk beds), 2 wardrobes,
a mobile ceiling-mounted telescopic
ventilator and a window for draught.
For dreaming beneath the stars.
Happenings
NEWS
no.4/06 p.11
Not
to
miss
Exhibits, events, authors
ZANOTTA EDITIONS
FOREVER
The appointment with
masterpiece design is this
fall with Zanotta Editions.
The new catalogue of
poetic and expressive
furniture and guidelines
for the collection’s future
development will be
presented in October at
the Milan Zanotta store.
The important series of
limited edition furniture is
taking a tradition of the
Zanotta universe into the
third millennium. Only a
few, extremely select
pieces each year. The
variety of materials was,
and still is today, a
challenge: woods revealing
unexpected performance
and unusual shapes,
bronze casting,
decoration, and screenprinted images. Inlay, cast
iron, silver, lacquers,
synthetic woods, marbles,
glass, ceramics. A
“workshop” of applied arts
falling somewhere
between handicrafts and
design that was strongly
desired and loved by
Aurelio Zanotta and that
went on over the years
under the guidance of
Mendini, Guerriero,
Casciani and others,
lending form to one of the
most unforgettable
experiences of furnishing
research and production,
and not just European.
The Editions got under
way in 1984 starting off
with the “New Alchemy”
collection by Alessandro
Mendini bearing the Zabro
trademark, and continue
on today with six new
pieces of contemporary
neo-craftsmanship. Twenty
years after that successful
season Zanotta plans to
celebrate that idea and
that industrial and market
practice destined to last
over the years with
renewed energy and
enthusiasm. It is
presenting its new and
exquisite book that
contains the pieces of the
2006 collection, the
historical pieces still in
production, and a review
of all the Editions
produced from the
beginning of this
adventure up until today.
So it is not just a
catalogue. It is instead a
genuine document that
pays homage to the
furniture and furnishing
items of past and present
Editions. With all the
elements necessary for
their identification
(including the number of
pieces made for each of
those no longer in
production). That is so
everyone can continue
choosing their own
Edition, as one does with
a piece of art or an
antique. And to love it,
as one loves things that
take on value and
meaning over time.
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renovation. Divided by
types of living and focused
on the designer-buyer
relationship, the showcase
of Interni is one more
advance in the presence of
Italian design in the Far
East. The New Generation
of Chinese will appreciate
Zanotta’s Quaderna, Blow,
Sciangai and Sacco, all to
the delight of cult design
fans. September 7 until
October 11 at the
NAMOC, the National Art
Museum of China.
“SECOND SKIN”
ON THE RHINE
Reformulated by architect
Rem Koolhaas, the
industrial site of the
huge Zollverein mine pointed out by the
UNESCO World Heritage
- will host a gigantic
event on world design
that North RhineWestfalia strongly desired
this fall. Design as an
innovative economic
factor of the future. 2006
ENTRY: Perspektiven und
Visionen im Design. 300
exhibitions, 20 countries.
Zanotta will be at the
“Second Skin” exhibit,
where it will demonstrate
how it is developing the
idea of surface with
Globulo and Lucciolo.
And how a “second skin”
allows designers to
manipulate relationships
between the inside and
outside of objects,
clothing and buildings
(August 26-December 3).
CHAIRS WITH
A VIEW IN FRANCE
The chair is a test object
par excellence in terms of
evocative power and image.
So the exhibit Sièges avec
vue in Hyeres, Provence, is
well worth the trip. Zanotta
is exhibiting two chairs by
Enzo Mari, Marina and
Tonietta and Mark Robson’s
Fly. The overview starts with
the 1960s and draws up
around the big names of
architects from all over the
world. Don’t miss out on
the exhibition on the metal
of 1920s and ‘30s chairs.
At the DesignParade in
Hyeres from July 8 until
September 17.
Editorial project Giuliana Zoppis
Graphic design Stefania Giarlotta
Coordination and supervision Zanotta spa
Picture (p. 3) Benedikt Dittli
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