Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore Hours: Tues 15 to Mon 21 April, 10.00-24.00 Tues 22 April to Thur 1 May, 10.00-19.00

Con il patrocinio di For the FuoriSalone® 2008, INTERNI organizes, during Milan Design Week (15-21 April 2008), the major Event GREEN ENERGY DESIGN, on energy and eco-sustainable, eco-compatible design.

INTERNI offers the international Design community that meets in Milan during the FuoriSalone® the event GREEN ENERGY DESIGN, to focus on the creative processes of a series of Italian and international design talents, through projects characterized by a highly experimental, multimedia approach, capable of transmitting design culture and expression to the city as a whole, conveying a sense of the ferment of ideas and creativity found in the worlds of design and architecture, in the area of increasingly timely themes like the relationship between the environment and new design expressions.

Sustainability, bio-construction, ecological architecture. There are many ways to describe what, at this point, is an obligatory path to follow in the world of construction and production of useful objects: the design of responsibility. The idea is to respond to a demand advanced by society: to live in more healthful buildings and less polluted cities, to develop an environmental policy of reuse and recycling of both objects and places, in a general process of protection of the territory. Needs that join the more pragmatic and alarming factors of the depletion of traditional energy supplies and the increasingly high costs of energy. In Europe half of overall energy consumption is absorbed by urban systems. If we consider the fact that the type of energy required by cities is obtained from high quantities of non-renewable, increasingly expensive fossil fuels based on sources that are approaching a state of total depletion, it becomes clear that the coming generations will have to come to grips with a substantially different way of life, where architecture and design will have very important roles to play in the management and saving of environmental resources.

In the context of these considerations, and in a temporary form, INTERNI exhibits the creative processes of Italian and international designers and architects invited to work on the theme of the environment, with particular focus on energy savings and sustainability: INSTALLATIONS based on the values of eco-sustainable aesthetics and eco-emotional design, which as a whole will form a large experimental, modular composition, with the support of companies active in the field of design and architecture that have achieved high levels of excellence in their respective production sectors.

Press conference: Tues 15 April 2008, 14.30 A cocktail will follow Università degli Studi of Milan, Aula Magna

Jazz concert of Danilo Rea: Tues 15 April 2008, 20.00 (by invitation only) Università degli Studi of Milan, Aula Magna

Urban party: Wed 16 April 2008, 20.00 Università degli Studi of Milan Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di The Ospedale Maggiore, now the State University of Milan A monumental hospital complex, informally known to the people of Milan as the Ca’ Granda (big house), founded by Francesco Sforza in 1456 to unify, in one facility, the many small hospitals that had cropped up, since ancient times, here and there around the city. The design of the complex was done by the Tuscan architect Antonio Averulino, known as “il Filarete” (1400-1469), who describes it in detail in his famous “Treatise on Architecture”, and called for the construction of two vast quads, separated by a large central courtyard enclosed by a two-storey arcade. Two-storey porticoes were also used in the four smaller courtyards, featuring transepts to subdivide each quad. The project, whose area of 43,000 square meters makes it, together with the Cathedral (Duomo) one of the most immediately recognizable items on the map of the city, was built in different phases, relying on bequests and donations, but above all on the popular support of a special jubilee called the “Festa del Perdono”, celebrated on 25 March every odd-numbered year, with great largesse in terms of indulgences. The first phase of the work, supervised by Filarete until his death in 1469, was continued by the Milanese architect Guiniforte Solari, and then by Giovan Antonio Amadeo. Work then halted for lack of funds, at the end of the 15th century, after the completion of the right wing, with the four courtyards by the sides of the transept, toward San Nazaro. Filarete supervised the construction of the ground floor, while Solari did the second, fitting it with ogival arch windows with two lights, in contrast with the round arches of the floor below. Amadeo designed the great central courtyard and the arches of the porticoes. The second phase of work began in 1624 thanks to the Carcano bequest, completing construction of the central court, and building the baroque facade and the church. The third phase, made possible by the Macchi bequest, covers the period from 1797 to 1804, for the construction of the three internal courtyards of the second quad, and completion to the left of the vast facade, a rather bare structure with decorative elements limited to the central loggia, marked by neoclassical pilaster strips and columns, all covered with brick red stucco. The hospital’s functions were later transferred to the pavilions of the nearby Policlinico and, in 1939, to the Niguarda hospital; the Ca’ Granda could then become the Rectorate of the State University. The left wing of the edifice, built at the end of 1700, is based on a sober neoclassical design. The enormous front, 283 meters long, is subdivided into three volumes prior to the two lateral quads and the main courtyard. The right wing, from the 15th century, is entirely clad with reddish brick, and is composed of the portico of Filarete resting on a high base, with the level designed by Solari above it, featuring the elegant ogival arch windows with two lights, underscored by a continuous band with rich terracotta decorations. The central volume, from the 17th century, imitates the design of the 15th-century parts, and includes the grand baroque portal of Richini, Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano flanked by niches containing the statues of “San Carlo” and “Sant'Ambrogio”. tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di The grand central courtyard features an arcade topped by a loggia. The side of the courtyard near the entrance contains the small church of SS. Annunziata, a work from the 1600s by the architects Richini, Pessina and Mangone. In the right wing, the four small courtyards of the construction by Filarete were restored some time ago. The first, completed by Solari in 1467 and formerly known as “della spezieria” is an arcade with four porticoes topped by a loggia supported by elegant marble columns. Then come a second courtyard, known as the “women’s baths” (1473), and third, known as “della Giazzeria” (ice-house) (1468). The last of the four courtyards, known as “della Legnaia”, from the same period as the third, has light arcades for the porticoes. In August 1943 bombing by the Allies totally destroyed the side toward the Naviglio canal (today’s Via Francesco Sforza), the courtyard of Richini and other portions of the complex. The present condition is the result of major restoration work begun in 1953, with a project by the architects Piero Portaluppi and Liliana Grassi that mixed careful intervention and compositional invention. The procedure of anastylosis (reconstruction of a building using original pieces recovered from its ruins) was flanked by a compositional grammar that maintains its contemporary tone, while operating in compliance with the concept of “environmental pre-existence” developed by Ernesto Rogers.

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di The “Università degli Studi” of Milan The University is located in the ancient complex known as Ca’ Granda, that originally housed the old Ospedale Maggiore. The “Università degli studi” of Milan was founded in 1923, as part of the program of reform guided by the Minister of Education Giovanni Gentile. At first it included only the department of Letters and Philosophy, as well as the Clinical Institutes for medical training founded by Luigi Mangiagalli in 1906. The university in Milan is a relatively recent one on the Italian scene, because the city of Milan had previously sent its young people to study at the University of Pavia. The activities of the University of Milan began in 1924. The first rector was Luigi Mangiagalli, who was also the mayor of Milan, and was able to gather the resources needed to also create the Law School, the School of Medicine and Surgery, and the department of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences. The opening ceremony of the University took place on 8 December 1924. The original idea of the founders of the University was for it to be located in buildings to be constructed in the Città Studi district, designed before the First World War; at Città Studi, however, only the Institutes of Science were opened, while the rectorate and the other departments were housed in a building belonging to the city on Corso di Porta Romana, and the medical training clinics were located in hospital facilities. During the 1930s the departments of Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Studies were also opened. After World War II the University was given the former Ospedale Maggiore, which had been damaged by bombing. The building was restored, and in 1958 it became the facility for the rectorate, the administration offices, the department of Letters and Philosophy and the Law School, university headquartes better known as La Statale. In the 1960s the University, heart of the student contestation, was expanded, an in the academic year 1988-1989 it had 22 degree programs and about 75,000 students. In the 1990s new degree programs were formed, with facilities in other locations, including the former Pirelli area at the Bicocca in Milan, and facilities in Varese and Como. Later a phase of division of activities took place, with the creation in 1998 of the Università degli Studi of Milan Bicocca and the Università degli Studi of Insubria in Como and Varese. In the school year 1998-1999 the University of Milan had 9 departments (Agriculture, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Law, Letters and Philosophy, Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Medicine, Mathematical-Physical- Natural Sciences, Motor Sciences, Political Sciences), 25 degree programs and 21 diploma courses, with about 73,000 students. After a settlement period, also due to the general population decrease, the school year 2001-2002 registers 60.294 students, while the new university located at the Bicocca has 24.000 students. In the same school year the didactic order reform takes place, which allows the University to adapt its formative programs to the evolution of the social educational demand and to the innovation of the productive system. The range of the degree programs has thus widely increased from 47 to 74, in addition to 69 three-year degree programs. The total offer of degree programs in 2006-2007 comes to 127 between first and second level. The new didactic offer has generated an enrolment growth both in classical and scientific departments, going beyond 62.000 students, in addition to the 7.000 students attending the postgraduate programs. The present Rector, re-elected in 2005 for a second four-year term, is Professor Enrico Decleva. In 2007, at the department of Political Sciences, the 12th Italian Junior Enterprise was founded. The new courses addressed to communication field have had remarkable success, above all the Linguistic and cultural mediation degree, established jointly by the department of Letters and Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano Philosophy and Political Sciences, dedicated to a professional competence suitable for the tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] role requested by a multicultural society which is becoming wider and wider. Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di The Ca’ Granda and the city As it was being built the hospital looked so gigantic, already with its first portions, and not only in relation to the urban landscape of Milan in the late 1400s, that the people of the city immediately began to call it Ca’ Granda. Founded on 12 April 1456 by the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, and his wife Bianca Maria, with the aim of reorganizing and concentrating in a single complex the health care facilities for the poor, previously distributed in many different places in the city, the Ospedale Maggiore was designed by the Tuscan architect Antonio Averlino, known as “il Filarete”, who presented it in a detailed manner, in terms of layout and the composition of the very long facade, in his “Treatise on Architecture”, viewing it not so much as a completed architectural episode, but as a concrete opportunity for the development of a part of the grand project for the ideal city of “Sforzinda”. This ideal Renaissance city was developed and offered to the rulers of Milan by Filarete for the transformation of the city of that era. Filarete’s drawings, contained in his “Treatise”, already illustrate all the magnificence and cultural modernity of the great building, and the unusual, exceptional scale of the work in relation to the surrounding urban fabric. When construction was completed, two hundred years later, thanks to the work of many different architects who kept faith with the original footprint of the large rectangle subdivided into two transepts forming four courtyards at the two ends and a single central court, the building seemed immense. The area inside its perimeter was undoubtedly the largest in the city, even larger than the spaces enclosed by the Cathedral (Duomo) and the Castle. The presence of the Ca’ Granda in the urban landscape was one of great impact, both with respect to the navigable Naviglio (canal) that flowed slowly along the southern side, and in relation to the edified fabric that separates it from the cathedral slightly to the north. Its facades explicitly convey the sense of the depth and value of its social and economic purpose, while inside, protected by the high perimeter walls, courtyards featured stacked loggias: new urban spaces to discover and to visit, ready for interpretation as the program of a possible city: the dream of “Sforzinda”. Astonishment and wonder, architecture on an urban theatrical scale; the hospital by Filarete, in its final phase of construction, appeared to many to be an exceptional experiment, a model of reference for the construction of the ideal city, conceived within that general, extraordinary context of the renewal of the life of all men and women promoted by humanistic Renaissance culture. We can see the construction of the Ca’ Granda, together with that of the Cathedral which began seventy years earlier, as the true, gigantic experimental workshop of Milanese building, in terms of culture and of practice. In these grand, long projects the master carpenters, masons and architects debated and resolved all problems related to the world of construction. So while the Ca’ Granda, like the Duomo, was perceived by the city above all in the context of its slow physical, material and volumetric growth, of the looming of its masonry bulk in continuing, amazing progress, the city’s two largest buildings also conveyed other values. Meanings of a symbolic order, to be observed in parallel: the great house for the care of the body (Ca’ Granda), the great house for the care of the soul (the Duomo). But the two edifices also contain more pragmatic values, as the places of conservation of knowledge and development of wisdom. This complex of semantic and symbolic, as well as architectural, values has been passed down over time and remains in the collective imagination, characterizing the link between the buildings and the city. In the case of the Ca’ Granda, the original connotations have survived, in spite of the changes in the Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano functions and activities of the complex. Knowledge, previously construed in terms of tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] medical practice, is now the knowledge taught in the activities of the university, the spirit that lives on in the Ca’ Granda, protected by the imposing walls designed by Filarete. Co-producer:

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Via Francesco Sforza Cortile Cortile Cortile Cortile Legnaia Ospedale del ’700 (30x30 m) (30x30 m) (30x30 m) Ghiacciaia ALLAZIONI 50x6 m (74x66 m) o Cortile d’Onore INST Bagni Cortile Pesci Cortile Cortile Farmacia (30x30 m) (30x30 m) (30x30 m)

ISOLE DI RELAX 8,60 x 3,75 m Loggiato 1° piano

(70x5,5 m; dist. colonne 3,85 m) Portico Largo Richini 100x6 m Portico San Nazar Portale 3 x h. 5 m

Via Festa del Perdono, 7 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di

Ingresso all’Università degli Studi di Milano - Via Festa del Perdono, 7

Portico d’ingresso Cortile d’Onore

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di

Cortile d’Onore

Cortile del ’700 Cortile Bagni

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di

1° piano - Loggiato della Corte Centrale (sede delle Isole di relax)

Portico del Richini (esterno)

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Scalone d’Onore Portico del Richini (interno) Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di INSTALLAZIONI/INSTALLATIONS

Sussurri e Grida di/by ANTONIO MARRAS con/with ANNA SCARAVELLA e/and INGEGNOLI Padiglione della meditazione di/by MARIO BELLINI con/with ELICA e/and MERITALIA Lace di/by ANTONIO CITTERIO con/with KERAKOLL DESIGN Sunplant di/by TOSHIYUKI KITA con/with SANYO Gel-Bulb di/by LOT-EK con/with TECHNOGEL Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree di/by ROSS LOVEGROVE con/with ARTEMIDE A piece of Banyan di/by MECANOO ARCHITECTEN con/with IRIS CERAMICA Lo spazio malato? di/by GAETANO PESCE con/with RESAL e/and TILLMANNS Democratic Ecology di/by PHILIPPE STARCK con/with PRAMAC Nautoscopio di/by GIUSEPPE AMATO Ofigea di/by JACOPO FOGGINI con/with NICE Giant Rock di/by ARIK LEVY con/with MARZORATI RONCHETTI

INSTALLAZIONI LUCI/LIGHT INSTALLATIONS Light Trees – Alberi di luce di/by CASTAGNA RAVELLI STUDIO con/with PHILIPS LIGHTING Mulini a voce di/by STUDIO AZZURRO Grande Nuvola di/by DENIS SANTACHIARA con/with A2A e/and SOLARES FONDAZIONE DELLE ARTI

INSTALLAZIONI ESTERNE/EXTERNAL INSTALLATIONS

EcoGate di/by SIMONE MICHELI con/with BREDA SISTEMI INDUSTRIALI Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producers:

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installazione/installation Sussurri e Grida progetto di/project by ANTONIO MARRAS realizzazione/with ANNA SCARAVELLA e/and INGEGNOLI 12 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Sussurri e Grida di/by ANTONIO MARRAS realizzazione/with ANNA SCARAVELLA e/and INGEGNOLI

Concept “From my window I see a climbing garden: thorn bushes and holly, ivy and mimosa, cane apples and jasmine, lentiscus and dog-roses. There are paths and walkways with a view of imagination, paths that evoke pomp and decadence, great luxury and the greatest abandon. There is the tinkle of conversation, five o’clock tea; shutters that bang, walled gates and spiders, abandoned birdcages, crickets, lion’s foot and little currants, opals and bells. From my window I hear the nightingales singing, then the goldfinches, robins, chaffinches chirping, and then... cries and whispers”.

Project The installation that opens the show is a great portal, five meters high, of vegetation that frames the imposing architecture of Filarete at the entrance to the Ca’ Granda. The flourishing plants literally colonize the main entrance with vines and climbing plants that represent the liberation of nature from the geometries and rigors of design. A sort of green tunnel composed of plants, old birdcages and monitors. The monitors show images of forests and woods, accompanied by the typical sounds of nature, the chirping of birds recorded in their natural habitat: the images and sounds underline the contrast between the captivity of the cages and the openness and freedom of nature and greenery.

Fratelli Ingegnoli Founded in Milan in 1817, Fratelli Ingegnoli works in the traditional sector of seeds and plants in general, and on the decoration and installation of private and public green spaces. Besides producing and selling plants, seeds, articles and furnishings for vegetable gardens, orchards and decorative gardens, the company offers its customers the services of a team of technicians and experts capable of solving any problem in this sector, and of designing and constructing terraces and gardens. The research on new, improved varieties of plants never stops: through the participation of the leading specialists in plant genetics, Fratelli Ingegnoli works to produce seeds capable of satisfying the demands of a continuously evolving market.

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producers:

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Con il patrocinio di ANTONIO MARRAS was born in Alghero on January 21, 1961. His fashion debut was in 1987, when a Roman firm asked him to design ready-to-wear collections. In 1996 he was asked to present a fashion show in Rome: in that occasion he created the first collection that has his name. In March 1999, his ready-to-wear was shown in Milan for the first time, with a collection dedicated to the writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach. He was awarded the Francesca Alinovi award in Bologna in 2001. That same year, a monograph by Cristina Morozzi dedicated to his work was presented, with photographs by Gianni Berengo Gardin. In 2002 he presented his first men's collection at Pitti Immagine Uomo. In 2003, the Masedu Museum of Contemporary Art in Sassari dedicated a show to him, entitled “Antonio Marras. Il racconto della forma” (Antonio Marras. A Tale of Form), handled by Giuliana Altea. That same year he became involved in the project “Trama Doppia” (Double Weave) in Alghero, a series of annual shows in which the designer met with one or more featured artists. In 2003 the French group LVMH asked him to act as artistic director of the Kenzo company. In 2006 the Fondazione Pitti Discovery published the monograph “Antonio Marras”, the second volume of the Fashion series, through the Marsilio publishing house. That same year, for the ten year anniversary of the brand, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo of Turin hosted the photography exhibit “Antonio Marras. Dieci anni dopo” (Antonio Marras. Ten Years Later). In Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 the second women line by the fashion stylist “I’m Isola Marras” will be produced and distributed by Interfashion, a company of the Stefanel Group.

ANNA SCARAVELLA graduates in Forest Sciences in Florence. After the university, she has worked with Japanese architect Haruki Miyagima, in Brianza. Her first working experiences are in Tuscany, Umbria and Latium, as planning consultant for a major Italian nursery. Later she moves to Milan to deal with the gardens of old farmhouses, terraces, sound absorbent barriers, large residential gardens, public parks. At present, she lives close to Piacenza. She designs and carries out public and private gardens in Italy and abroad. In 2002 Electa Mondadori publishes a collection of her works entitled “Geometrie e Botanica. Il giardino contemporaneo di Anna Scaravella”. In 2004, in Rome, she is awarded the Premio Nazionale d’Eccellenza Profeti in Patria “for her art works in motion that have revived the Art of Gardens”. In 2006, she publishes “Creare un Foto di/Photo by Michele Bella giardino”, Electa Mondadori. The book takes into consideration all planning stages, from the analysis of the place to the customer’s wishes, space planning to the choice of the style, execution times to budgets, functional components to Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano materials, botanic essences and lighting. Many of her works were published by the major trade tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 magazines. Her gardens were the theme of several publications in Italy and abroad. “Creare un [email protected] giardino” won the 15th Premio Grinzane Cavour Giardini Botanici Hanbury 2007. Co-producers:

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installazione/installation Padiglione della meditazione (6 m x 8 m x h. 8 m) progetto di/project by MARIO BELLINI realizzazione/with ELICA e/and MERITALIA 15 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Padiglione della meditazione di/by MARIO BELLINI realizzazione/with ELICA e/and MERITALIA

Concept Filtering, keeping and refracting the light, the radiant energy of the sun; protecting from cold and heat by capturing infrared rays and breezes. Freshening up with the transparent, crystal water in the summer or relaxing with the steaming water in the wintertime. Disclosing, revealing or hiding views of nature without losing its breath and presence. Light, not invasive, knock-down, movable like the tent of Alexander the Great, this pavilion looks at the future without futurism, just by means of air, light and water.

Project It’s a gazebo carried out like the marquees used for parties or other temporary events. It stands on a raised footboard in wooden staves and is defined by perimetric tents, insulating, translucent and lifting up at will, carried out in recycled plastic film, quilted and padded with “air ravioli”. Inside there are a large water basin flush with the floor and a number of sophisticated appliances to purify the air hanging from the ceiling. The gazebo is designed to be used in the wintertime, too: the sun irradiation, as it occurs for the greenhouse, produces a pleasant warmth inside, a sort of relaxing “onsen” in the house garden for an invigorating hydromassage or an aromatherapy treatment. In the summertime, the opening surfaces of the pavilion may be lifted up, thus allowing the airing of the room protected by the direct sun irradiation and a visual exchange between inside and outside. In both situations, the aim is to create an environment good for our wellbeing and peace of mind through the contact with the elements of nature (air, water, silence) in a simplicity worth of a Japanese tea house, without wasting more non-renewable energy.

Elica The world leader in the production of kitchen exhaust hoods, Elica has patented intelligent exhaust systems that keep the environment healthy and clean. Today the company ventures beyond the kitchen with an air purification technology based on a compact filtering system integrated with other useful functions for everyday living. The encounter between Elica and Artemide has produced Luxerion, the first line of multifunctional devices that combine lighting and air purification, to improve quality of life. Devices that join design, visual lighting comfort and high-performance air purifiers.

Meritalia The extraordinary idea of using “air ravioli” – already successfully used in “Stardust”, the first revolutionary product designed by Mario Bellini for Meritalia – can be found in this installation, where it is the protagonist: from a poor material, used as padding for packaging, it changes into a container-covering, that, along with the use of recycled plastic film, can turn a gazebo into a meditation place. The ductility of the transparent, translucent material allows to create a microclimate, adjustable to the seasons, and an exchange, visual, too, Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano between inside and outside. tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di MARIO BELLINI, born in Milan in 1935, is internationally renowned due to his pioneering, vast work as a designer, begun in the early 1960s, and his many works of architecture, a field on which he has concentrated with growing success since the 1980s, receiving important commissions and winning competitions in different countries around the world. He has won 8 Compasso d’Oro awards and received many other international honors, including the Gold Medal of the Chartered Society of Designers (England) and the Honorary Title of Designer for Industry of the RSA (England). His works are included in the permanent collections of the world’s leading museums. Among his most important works, besides the office machines, chairs, upholstered furniture and objects (designed for Olivetti, Cassina, B&B Italia, Flou, Vitra, Rosenthal, Yamaha and others), we should mention the Portello area of the Milan Fair and the Convention and Expo Center of Villa Erba on Lake Como. Recent successes include winning entries in international competitions: for the new Cultural Center of Turin, where construction began at the start of 2008, and the Museum of Islamic Arts at the Louvre in Paris, presently under construction. In 2007 he won the international competition for the radical renewal of the large central headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, and was invited to participate in the competition for the design of the new Sheikh Zayed National Museum of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In 2007 construction began for the Verona Forum complex in Italy. He has also been commissioned by Genova High Tech SpA for the architectural design of the new Scientific-Technological Park on the Erzelli hill in Genoa, which will include the entire complex of the School of Engineering, where construction begins in 2008.

Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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installazione/installation Lace (4,5 m x 4,5 m x h. 13 m) progetto di/project by ANTONIO CITTERIO AND PARTNERS (Antonio Citterio e/and Patricia Viel) realizzazione/with KERAKOLL DESIGN 18 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Lace di/by ANTONIO CITTERIO AND PARTNERS (Antonio Citterio e/and Patricia Viel) realizzazione/with KERAKOLL DESIGN

Concept A breathing, architectural shell. You go in and feel the inside-outside energy exchange, the rhythm of which is stressed by the day/night alternation. Through the holes in the pattern, as in a chlorophyll photosynthesis process, daylight enters the building and is then given off at night to light up the fragment of the front of the opposite architecture with respect for proportions.

Project The installation is formed by 160 hexagonal tiles covered with a special mat resin having a matter effect. The 150 x 130 cm tiles are fastened to an ultralight, alveolar texture in steel sections, that forms the thin supporting structure and one geometric matrix of holes and matter enveloping the whole installation. The pattern looks like a tidy network of perforated matter and enables the building to be filled with air and breath. The special resin covering the tiles was studied to extol a unique matter effect on low thicknesses.

Kerakoll Design The use of resins low on environmental impact – free from solvents and volatile organic components (VOC) – with textures obtained by applying water paints, makes surfaces entirely neutral, perfect for an eco-compatible planning. Antonio Citterio chose the new collection “Love York” by Kerakoll Design – a brand of the Kerakoll Group for home design – making the most of the features of eco-resins having a high creative potential, so that they become an effective expressive tool. Many artists and designers have used eco-resins Kerakoll Design to create objects, sculptures and installations, extending their use beyond the traditional field of interior architecture: from Maurizio Galimberti, in the show “New York MatericoMovimentosa” at the Build Up Expo in Milan (2007), to Odile Decq, in the installation “100 Flames for Reading”, carried out for the event Decode Elements and dedicated to the 100 years of the publishing house Mondadori. To prove the dynamic nature of Kerakoll Design and its collection “Love York”, whose name – a tribute to the Big Apple – already recalls cosmopolitism and the needs of a changing world and foresees its new trends.

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Con il patrocinio di ANTONIO CITTERIO was born in Meda in 1950, and took a degree in Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. In 1972 he opened his studio, working in the areas of architectural and interior design. In 1999 Antonio Citterio and Partners, the multidisciplinary design studio for architecture, industrial and graphic design, was created by founding members Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel. Antonio Citterio presently works in the sector of industrial design with Italian and foreign companies including Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor- Hansgrohe, Aubrilam, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Pozzi Ginori - Sanitec Group, Simon Urmet, Technogym, Tre Più, Vitra. Recent architectural projects include: restructuring of the historic Palazzo dell’Orologio in Clusone; the headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in Verona; two single-family homes in Sardinia and Switzerland; the Bulgari Hotels in Milan and Bali; the Aspesi showroom in Milan; the new Piazza Michele Alboreto in Rozzano; the new corporate headquarters of the Ermenegildo Zegna group in Milan. Winner of two Compasso d’Oro prizes, in 1987 and 1995, respectively for the Sity seating system by B&B Italia – a true typological and functional revolution in upholstered seating – and the Mobil cabinets produced by Kartell. In January 2007 the jury of the Mies van der Rohe Award selected the project for the daycare center of GlaxoSmithKline. The studio also won the competition for the updating of a historical building in Milan, a former post office, on via Ferrante Aporti. Since 2006 Antonio Citterio is a professor of design at the Architecture Academy of the University of Italian Switzerland. In July 2007 he was named “Royal Designer for Industry” by the “Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce” in London. Recent publications include the monographs “Antonio Citterio. Industrial design” (Mondadori Electa, 2004) and “Antonio Citterio. Architettura e Design” (Skira, 2007).

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installazione/installation Sunplant (diam. sup. 1,3 m - diam. inf. 5,5 m - h. 4 m) progetto di/project by TOSHIYUKI KITA realizzazione/with SANYO 21 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Sunplant di/by TOSHIYUKI KITA realizzazione/with SANYO

Concept Climate abnormality, desertification, increase in the sea water level: the Earth seems to be asking for help. However, a few simple and immediate choices may introduce in our life the so-called “natural energy”, that can change into electricity and heat without producing highly toxic and irritant substances like carbon bioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOX) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Sunplant is an installation symbolizing the project of a clean and attainable future: a tree, that “accumulates solar energy” and gives it to use through the eneloop, a battery that can be recharged a thousand times and reused for all electronic products of everyday use. Based on the innovative concept of repetitive use, Sunplant is formed by solar panels and eneloop batteries.

Project Sunplant is used to change solar energy and store it in batteries. These special batteries can be used to operate several electronic appliances of everyday use. One can take energy everywhere and use it anytime with this innovative product. To recharge Sunplant, the Solar Cell (HIT Cell) is available, a new kind of hybrid panel patented by Sanyo, that makes use of crystal silicone and a thin film of amorphous silicone. Sunplant makes use of the rechargeable nickel- hydride eneloop battery, that can be recharged a thousand times and used continuously.

Sanyo Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. is a global leader in providing solutions for the Environment, Energy and Lifestyle whose headquarters is located in Osaka, Japan. The word “Sanyo” means “three oceans” – the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans – and the name is entirely appropriate for a truly global organization. It sells and markets a wide range of products including digital projectors, digital still and movie cameras, air conditioning units, solar energy equipment, batteries and biomedical equipment. Based on the brand vision of “Think Gaia”, Sanyo is aiming to become a leading provider of Environment- and Energy-related products and a company that delights Life and the Earth. “Gaia” is a term that encompasses the Blue Planet, “Earth”, and the infinite varieties of “life” that live and breathe on it. It describes the world as a single living organism, where all life and nature co-exist interdependently. To carry out this vision, Sanyo pledges to respond by developing only products that are absolutely essential to life and the Earth, boasting world-class technology for solar power generation systems and rechargeable batteries. The technologies that Sanyo has developed over the years include the reusable and rechargeable battery Eneloop, the Aqua washer/dryer that realizes a large reduction in water usage, and the Enegreen energy saving refrigeration system. That’s how Sanyo contributes to society through its products.

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Con il patrocinio di TOSHIYUKI KITA, born in Osaka, Japan, in 1942, took a degree in industrial design at Naniwa College in 1964. In 1969 he began to work as a designer in Italy, in Milan, and in Japan, with particular focus on the fields of environmental design and product design. In 1975 he received the prestigious Japan Interior Designers Association Award, the first of a long series of honors. In 1981 he designed the chair “Wink” for Cassina, part of the permanent collection of MoMA New York. In 1984 the “Kick” table was also included in the collection. In 1986 he was a member of the jury for the 19th Premio Smau for industrial design in Italy. After holding two solo shows of his work in Vienna and Barcelona, he formed the Tenjin Baroa Committee and organized a symposium with designers from Osaka and Milan. In 1990, in Spain, he received the Delta de Oro prize, and in 1992 he designed the interiors and seating of the rotating theater in the Japanese pavilion at the Seville Expo. A few years later, in 1997, these seats (“Multi Lingual Chair”) also entered the collections of MoMA and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. In recent years Kita has worked on education, holding seminars and workshops in Japan, Europe and Asia, and has participated – also as an organizer – in many exhibitions in different countries. In particular: “L'anima del design”, Milan, 2001; “Japan Design: Good Design Award 50 Years”, Milan Triennale, 2006; “Il futuro della tradizione”, Salone del Mobile, Milan, 2007. He now collaborates as a designer with Sharp (since 2000), for which he created, in 2000, the famous “Aquos” (series C1) LCD TV, and with Sanyo (since 2008).

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installazione/installation Gel-Bulb (13,36 m x 5,23 m x h. 15 m) progetto di/project by LOT-EK realizzazione/with TECHNOGEL 24 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Gel-Bulb di/by LOT-EK realizzazione/with TECHNOGEL

Concept Pale blue, floating in the air, soft and translucent, this installation (a cube supported by a scaffold, that clings onto the historical building) is a coloured and luminous “intruder” inside the Corte d’Onore of Ca’ Granda. It’s “green” for the energy it makes use of (energy-saving LED powered by solar panels), the structure of the architecture/scaffold to be reused to infinity; Technogel, the gelatinous material it is made of, a soft polyurethane obtained without using plasticizers. The visitor’ sensory experience, directly related to the soft substance of the cube surfaces, is basic to explore space: the floor is pleasant to the touch, the walls are floating, the light is soft.

Project The frame of the structure consists of harmless tubes, a scaffold that becomes supporting structure, various layers of gelatinous/plastic materials, soft to the touch and sight, that form the shell of the cube. The walls are in a pale blue, gelatinous material assembled on polycarbonate panels covered by a cloth of blue plastic. Floor and ceiling are in the same gelatinous material mounted on foam/rubber to increase the softness effect of the space experience. The access to the cube is through a metal stair inside the scaffold, that leads straight to the belly of the structure. The energy-saving LED lighting runs along the inside tubes to form a three-dimensional light grid, that defines a graphic space. The light comes from the outside through the translucent walls, soft and evanescent. The lighting is powered by a system of photovoltaic panels placed on the covering.

Technogel Technogel is a soft yet compact polyurethane, obtained without using plasticizers, amazing in the artistic installation for its look, its exceptional comfort in a bicycle saddle, an office chair, a pair of shoes, a PC fitting, a headrest for the whirlpool tub, a mattress or a pillow. Also the bond with the world of art and challenge is strong and unique in Technogel: from the “Aliens” by Mariko Mori to the ”Obsolete Obscenity” by Philippe Starck (within the 2000 Interni event), through to the “Gumi Bath” by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Interni, 2002) and the installations in the Second Stage Theater in New York, and at the Prada Epicentrum in New York designed by Rem Koolhaas, from the “Stanza di Mosca” by Gaetano Pesce (2007) to the works by Karim Rashid, many are the unforgettable marks left in the world of art by this special gel.

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Con il patrocinio di LOT-EK is a design studio with offices in New York. Founded in 1993 by Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, the studio works on residential, institutional and commercial projects in the United States and abroad, as well as exhibitions and installations for important cultural institutions and museums, including the MoMA, the Whitney Museum and the Guggenheim. Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano have degrees in architecture and urban planning from the University of Naples, and completed their studies at Columbia University in New York. They now teach at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University and lecture at important universities and cultural centers in the United States and in other countries. Lot-Ek has achieved great visibility in the sectors of architecture, design and art for its innovative, sustainable approach to building, use of materials, space and technology, for having explored the themes of mobility and transformation, and for having blurred the borderlines between art, architecture and entertainment. The sustainable approach to building of Lot-Ek involves reutilization and adaptation of existing technological systems and industrial objects as the basis for projects on all scales. Lot-Ek is also involved in research, implementation and study of innovative ways of conserving materials and energy that provide visual evidence of sustainable technologies. Recent projects include: the Sanlitun South and Sanlitun North shopping centers, Beijing, China, 2005 (under construction); the “pop-up shop” “Uniqlo Containers” in New York, 2006; the “Theater for One”, Princeton University, 2007; the “Weiner Town House”, West Village, New York (2007) and “Guzman Penthouse 2”, Midtown New York (2007); the “CHK – Container Home Kit”, 2007.

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installazione/installation Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree (4,1 m x 4,4 m x h. 5,45 m senza/without base) design di/design by ROSS LOVEGROVE progetto e realizzazione di/project and construction by ARTEMIDE 27 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree di/by ROSS LOVEGROVE realizzazione/with ARTEMIDE

Concept Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree is a revolutionary project of urban lighting drawing inspiration for the organic shapes of nature, re-interpreting the morphology of the tree and giving the city context a new sensuality. According to Ross Lovegrove, “it’s a project that celebrates design, nature and art”, “it’s the DNA of our times”. A sinuous tree with eco-intelligent “fruits”: the LED bubbles light up at night through the sunlight accumulated by day by the solar panels. Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree is a modified version of the original “Solar Tree” presented in a world preview at Vienna on October 8th: a wide, round bench develops round the tree, comfortable and inviting. A new reception area, a temporary territory where you can have a break and reflect. A sort of modern “Bodh Gaya”, where Gautama Siddharta, meditating under a tree, had the spiritual enlightenment and became the Buddha. Or rather, as Ernesto Gismondi, president of Artemide, says: “a kind of metropolitan hub, a place of exchanges and emotions that enriches the city, giving a new quality on the times and paces of the city life”.

Project Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree, that doesn’t use energy but takes it from the sun, is a sinuous tree made of steel tubes that support bubbles, each of them accommodating 38 sophisticated solar cells linked to a system of batteries and electronic devices hidden in the base. LED lighting. The bubbles light up at night thanks to the light accumulated by the solar panels by day. The tree is complete with a seating place all around, that changes it from city lighting system into a place of rest and meditation. The structure is formed by curved, steel posts of different diameters, with a total height of 5,5 m. The 10 “grass stems” (dia. 40 mm) have 1 LED, 1 W, at their end, protected by a screen in polymethylmethacrylate. The 10 heads accommodating the photovoltaic cells in the upper part are supported by posts with a 76 mm dia. The base is in vibrated concrete. Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree was designed to be both self-contained (it makes use of the energy produced by the solar panels by day to recharge the batteries and at night the led sources are turned on), and in synchro with the public lighting.

Artemide Bodh Gaya – Solar Tree is the successful attempt to combine the most advanced technologies with the aesthetic requirements of the urban space, through renewable energies. Research and experimentation on the concept of lighting, innovation and technology in the control and management of light, carefully chosen eco-compatible materials and a deep-rooted bent for design are the distinctive qualities of Artemide, that made it the perfect player for the development and carrying out of this project by Lovegrove. A project that opens new horizons for the city lighting systems, and meets amazingly topical, artistic, cultural, social and environmental requirements.

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Con il patrocinio di ROSS LOVEGROVE, born 1958 in Cardiff, Wales. Graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial Design in 1980. Master of Design of Royal College of Art, London in 1983. In the early 80’s worked as a designer for Frog Design in West Germany on projects such as Walkmans for Sony, Computers for Apple Computers, later moved to Paris as a consultant to Knoll International, becoming author of the highly successful Alessandri Office System. Invited to join the Atelier de Nîmes along with Jean Nouvel and Phillipe Stark, company consulting to amongst others Cacharel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. Returning to London in 1986 he has completed projects for amongst others Airbus Industries, Artemide, Kartell, Ceccotti, Cappellini, Idee, Moroso, Luceplan, Driade, Peugeot, Apple Computers, Issey Miyake, Vitra, Olympus Cameras, Yamagiwa Corporation, Tag Heuer, Hackman, Alias, Herman Miller, Japan Airlines and Toyo Ito Architects in Japan. His works are characterized by a unique style based on the laws of reduction of forms, materials and sizes, and they are shown in prestigious museums all over the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London. Most recently his work was shown in solo exhibitions: “Ross Lovegrove - Design” at the Danish Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen, “Ross Lovegrove Objects” in Stockholm, “Organic Dreams” at IDEE in Tokyo, “Sensual Organic Design” at Yamagiwa Corporation in Tokyo, “Material Transition” installation at Rheinauen Space, Koln (2001), “Expanding the Gap” at Rendel&Spitz Gallery in Koln (2002), “Delighted by Corian” at Milan Salone (2003), “Superliquidity” at Le Bain Gallery Tokyo (2005). Editor of The International Design Yearbok 2002 and author of the book “Supernatural: The work of Ross Lovegrove”. Winner of numerous international awards, among which “iF Industrie Forum Design award” (Hannover, 1999), “ID magazine Good Design award” (2000) and “G” Mark Federal Design Prize (Japan). Recently has been awarded the “Royal Designer for Industry” by The Royal Society of Arts (2004) and received the “World Technology Award” for 2005 by “Time” and “CNN”.

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installazione/installation A piece of Banyan (20 m x 3,5 m x h. 4,3 m) progetto di/project by MECANOO ARCHITECTEN realizzazione/with IRIS CERAMICA 30 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di A piece of Banyan di/by MECANOO ARCHITECTEN realizzazione/with IRIS CERAMICA

Concept The installation is a “shred” of the new centre of performative arts, that Mecanoo is going to carry out in Taiwan in the space of three years, starting from 2009. An event-space designed to receive hundreds of people, that through its natural, sinuous and enveloping geometries, inspired from the weaving of the leafy branches of the Banyan trees typical of this island, can take a domestic quality, never extreme. In Mecanoo’s architecture, the person plays a chief role: it’s man who moulds space, enlivens and lives in it. The defined space is open to the landscape, in its turn calling and accommodating it inside: it’s a space working thanks to the natural surroundings, the breeze, the rain, the sun. Also, it’s an “open” space to be used, never fixed, versatile, to be settled at will by people, who will use it to protect themselves from the rain and sun, to relax, practise and perform. Finally, it’s a space always in motion, breathing, changed by projections, reflections and plays of light.

Project The pavilion is entirely tiled in white ceramic, both in its external, straight geometries and in the inner, organic ones. Inside, the tiles are “shattered” in small pieces through laser cuts, so as to simulate a sort of “craquelé” texture. The special lighting, with its changing plays of colours and projections, emphasizes the heart of the pavilion to enliven it.

Iris Ceramica The glazed stoneware from the collection MA.DE was used to carry out this work extremely pleasant from the sensory point of view and definitely “green”. Iris Ceramica boasts of products obtained from renewable raw materials, carried out without using too much energy and not giving off noxious substances for the environment and man. That’s why it was certified ANAB (Associazione Nazionale Architettura Bioecologica) in 2004 for the manufacture of bio-compatible tiles, complying with guidelines of sustainable architecture. The evaluation is based on the environmental impact of the manufacturing methods, the life of the material and the energy consumption, both during the usable life (transport, laying, cleaning and maintenance) and the reuse or final disposal of the product. A prestigious recognition adding to the many certifications obtained over time and proving the company’s steady commitment to environmental protection.

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Con il patrocinio di

MECANOO ARCHITECTEN, founded in 1984 in Delft as a collective for the design of public housing complexes, has evolved to become one of the most significant presences on the Dutch and international architecture scene, with many completed works in the fields of architecture and urban planning. Under the guidance of partners Francine Houben, Aart Fransen and Francesco Veenstra, Mecanoo has developed a personal revision of the modernist lexicon, opening buildings to design experimentation and urban innovation. The research of Mecanoo does not make use of a single formal language, but confronts linguistic and tectonic fragments to offer a radical exploration of the program or the insertion in the site of each specific building. This functionalism without stylistic preconceptions has been applied to many works, including homes, schools and entire quarters, theaters, libraries and skyscrapers, parks, squares and highways, citadels and polders, hotels, museums and even a chapel. Mecanoo, active in the UK, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Albania, Taiwan and Malaysia, bases its working method on analysis and intuition. For Francine Houben, architecture should touch the senses: “It is never a purely intellectual visual or conceptual game. In the end, what counts is the arrangement of the forms and the emotions”. With Mecanoo the sensorial aspect is determined, above all, by abundant use of materials: the studio excels in the subtle combination of the widest range of elements, including wood, concrete, copper, bamboo, brick, stones, zinc, vegetation, glass, and surfaces of intense color. Their best-known projects include the new library of Delft Technical University (1998), Nieuw Terbregge in Rotterdam (2001), Chapel St. Mary of the Angels in Rotterdam (2001) and Montevideo in Rotterdam (2005). In 2006 Mecanoo won the design competition for the courthouse of Córdoba, Spain, which will be built in 2011. In March 2007 work began on the new Theater and Convention Center La Llotja in Lleida, Spain. In November 2007 the FiftyTwoDegrees of Nijmegen was officially opened. The residential project for Fox Hill in Sheffield, UK, will be built in 2009. In March 2007 Mecanoo won the prestigious competition for the National Kaohsiung Performance Arts Center of Taiwan. In July 2007 Mecanoo won the competition for the municipal offices and station of Delft.

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installazione/installation Lo spazio malato? (6 m x 6 m x h. 6 m) progetto di/project by GAETANO PESCE realizzazione/with RESAL e/and TILLMANNS 33 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Lo spazio malato? di/by GAETANO PESCE realizzazione/with RESAL e/and TILLMANNS

Concept “This year the project for Interni is called: ‘Lo spazio malato?’: people visiting the hall will be under the impression to be inside a bandaged limb. The title also suggests that the space we live in is ill, the air that we breath to live and the atmosphere protecting our planet. A work referring to the serious problem of pollution, suggesting that saying that someone or something are ill is a good start to try and find methods and therapies for the possible recovery” Gaetano Pesce writes. “I’ve been reporting for some time, that what we keep calling contemporary architecture belongs to the building industry. The newest buildings, even those designed by the most renowned architects of the moment, are just an nth exercise of form and style. In most cases these productions lack the characteristics of real and original innovations that would make them fit for the architectural category. Architecture is carried out through the achievement of three unavoidable factors: originality of language, use of new building processes and new materials. The above said can hardly be found in the current ‘architectural’ production”.

Project “Lo spazio malato?” is a 6 x 6m x 6 m high installation housing a smaller room, 5 x 5 m and 5 m high. The two architectural containers are carried out with horizontal strips of medical gauze bandaging the inner volumes and then stiffened with sprayed polyurene. The supporting structure is entirely in transparent polyurethane resin. The room is furnished with a hospital bed and two chairs and lamps spreading their light on the gauze walls, thus changing the installation into an out-of-scale luminous object.

Resal For the event Green Energy Design, Resal, always very aware of the problem of eco-compatibility, committed itself to find the materials requested for the construction designed by architect Gaetano Pesce. The search for materials suitable for this purpose led to the use of a polyureic/polyurethane system – producing a completely transparent elastomer, very hard, resistant to the outdoors, scratches, light and atmospheric agents – based on non-toxic products. In particular, resins and hardeners formulated by Resal were used on raw materials by Bayer MaterialScience. The kind of hardener used is an aliphatic isocyanate, non toxic, with a zero rate of VOC (volatile organic components). Also the resin part is based on non-toxic materials VOC-free. These special materials considerably reduce the environmental impact and meet the requests of the designer, always looking for new expression modes.

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Con il patrocinio di GAETANO PESCE, born in La Spezia in 1939, took a degree in architecture in Venice. He has lived in Padua, Venice, London, Helsinki, Paris, and since 1980 he lives in New York, where he works as an architect, urban planner, interior architect and designer. He has lectured and been a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions in America and elsewhere, including the Cooper Union in New York, and has been a member of the faculty at the Institut d'Architecture et d'Etudes Urbaines of Strasbourg, in France. He has also worked in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Japan, the United States and Brazil. His output, which also includes performances and artistic works, has been documented in many publications and exhibitions, and many of his projects are included in the permanent collections of the world’s most important museums. In 1996 a retrospective was held of his work at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, followed more recently by a large exhibition at the Milan Triennale (2005). In 1993 he received the Chrysler Award for Innovation and Design. His best known works stand out for their combination of figurative impact and crafted quality. Architectural works include Les Halles (1979) in Paris and the Lingotto in Turin (1983); the Children’s House for the Parc de la Villette in Paris (1985); the Organic Building in Osaka (1989-1993); the Knokke-le-Zoute art gallery in Belgium (1994); the Manhattan headquarters of the TWBA/Chiat Day advertising agency (1995). In all his works, Pesce expresses the guiding principle that modernism, more than a style, is a method for interpreting the present and imagining a future in which individuality will be preserved and celebrated. Speaking of his work, he has stated: “In the last 30 years I have tried to give architecture back its capacity to be ‘useful’, citing recognizable figurative images associated with the life of the street and pop culture, and producing new typologies. I look for new materials that can adapt to the logic of construction, while creating works that satisfy real needs. Recent architecture has produced mostly cold, anonymous, monolithic, antiseptic, standardized results that are not a true source of inspiration. I have tried to communicate sensations of surprise, discovery, optimism, originality”.

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installazione/installation Democratic Ecology (5,7 m x 3,5 m x h. 5,2 m) progetto di/project by PHILIPPE STARCK realizzazione/with PRAMAC 36 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Democratic Ecology di/by PHILIPPE STARCK realizzazione/with PRAMAC

Concept “Today environment is at rage. On the covers of magazines, it is a real sell off. Environment becomes a good business opportunity. In the end, why not? As long as the final result is to help us to survive and to continue the evolution of our civilization that is based on intelligence. The first environment friendly step is refusing. Do we need so much materiality? The more materiality there is the less humanity. Refusing is already a real vote. This is also the beginning of the end of the trend-driven cycle directly responsible for over-consumption. We need to completely reconsider our way of producing and consuming. With this in mind, I have developed, with Pramac, alternative means of energy production. Through new technology, our goal is to provide the maximum of people the products that shall help us to live better, to be part of the global consciousness in order to protect our world. This is the continuation of my political design: democratic design that I’ve been pursuing for more than 30 years. Very shortly, everybody shall be able to buy personal invisible windmill. Everybody shall be part of the big image. Everybody shall be able to produce energy”.

Project Wind turbine: prototype in polycarbonate with integrated engine, tube in metal. Stand height: 520 cm – Floor area 600 x 600 cm. Platform in wood, size: cm 570 x 350 x 100 H - Colour metallic silver. Twisted cube height above the platform 420 cm build in wood – Colour white. All surfaces are cover with sticker: text and images. Lighting 10 spotlights built into the twisted cube, source not visible.

Pramac Relying on its experience in the production of energy and attentive to the new technologies, Pramac has recently entered the field of renewable energies, in particular the photovoltaic and aeolian ones. As from next year, it is going to produce new generation photovoltaic modules based on the “thin film” technology micromorph. This new technological solution beats the traditional silicon panels both as to efficiency and architectural impact. The project, in cooperation with Philippe Starck, is a futuristic micro-aeolian system comes from the wish of creating functional products for the production of green energy, yet attractive and matching the technological quality of the room. This system, compact and design-oriented, is bound to become an object that symbolizes the attempts made by the contemporary world to produce clean and renewable energy, not only eco- compatible but also look-compatible, a creation blending beauty and efficiency.

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Con il patrocinio di PHILIPPE STARCK defines himself as “a Japanese architect, an American stage designer, a German industrial designer, a French art director and an Italian furniture designer”. His output ranges from some important architectural projects and furniture designed for the leading Italian and international companies (Vitra, Disform, Driade, Baleri, Idée, Alessi, Cassina, Aprilia, Kartell, Thomson), to consumer goods and articles of everyday use, mass produced and carried out in innovative materials and unusual combinations. Born in Paris in 1949, he learns the love of drawing and making from his father, designer and builder of airplanes. He first studies at the Architectural Design School Nissim de Camondo. In 1968, still a student at Notre Dame of Saint Croix in Neully, Starck, entrusted by Quasar to design inflatable furniture, he established his first company. In the early 70s, more important jobs follow: from ’71 to ’72, art director at Pierre Cardin and in the ’76-’78 period he is asked to furnish several fashionable places in Paris (the night clubs “La Main Bleue” 1976 and “Les Bains-Douches”, 1978). In 1979, to crown a happy decade, he founds the “Starck Product”. The national and international success comes in the eighties: in 1982 he is entrusted from the president of the republic of that time, François Mitterrand, with the design of the Elysée interiors. In 1984 he finishes the renovation of Café Costes in Paris and in 1988 he designs the interiors of the Royalton Hotel. The Royalton projects starts the trend of the “Boutique Hotel”, many of them designed for the group Ian Schrager (Paramount to Mondrian, St. Martins Lane to Sanderson and Fasano Hotel). In those years he receives several awards, including the Platinum Circle Award, Chicago (1987), the Grand Prix National de la Création Industrielle (1988) and the Honor Award from the American Institute of Architetcts in 1992 for the Paramount Hotel in New York. The following years are most thriving: he takes part in the carrying out of the Groningen Museum in Holland, he designs the offices of Le Baron Vert in Osaka and the restaurant Theatron in Mexico, as well as a number of striking houses, from Paris to Anverse, Los Angeles to Madrid. In the field of design Starck carries out some remarkable icon-pieces for Alessi, Driade and Aprilia. Among others, the famous chair “Costes”, designed in 1984 for the Café Costes in Paris and manufactured by Driade; the chairs “Saraphis” (1985), “Ed Archer” (1986) and “Lola Mundo” (1986) still for Driade; the kettle “Bertaa” and the juicer “Juicy Salif”, manufactured by Alessi in ‘90 and ‘91; the motorbyke 6,5 for Aprilia in 1995. In 2000 he re-designs the whole collection Emeco, the American company manufacturing the fabulous “Navy chair”, the hand-finished aluminium chair designed for the US Navy and considered an American classic. Many products for Kartell, first of all the chair “Louis Ghost” in 2002, displayed at MoMA in New York. His latest interior architecture designs include: the Katsuya Restaurant in Los Angeles, the Felix in Hong Kong, the Lan and Volan Club in China, the Bon in Moscow.

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installazione/installation Nautoscopio (2 m x 2 m x h. 0,85/6 m) Cortile del ’700 di/by GIUSEPPE AMATO 42 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Nautoscopio di/by GIUSEPPE AMATO

Concept “I got the idea of the ‘nautoscopio’ while looking at the picture of a structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in a magazine. Located in the sun-drenched Arizona desert, at Taliesin, the structure, hanging from a vertical beam, seemed to be dangling in space. So I thought of designing an ‘aerial’ house, that could revolve round a metal tree. First I designed the minimum, triangular structure to guarantee the balance round the tree, then the two, long rockers, fastened to the back top, so that the structure had a continuous self-balance. The upward motion and rotation was obtained through winch and ropes as in boating. The outcome is a large room, a cavern with a wide opening outwards. Due to the limits and difficulties of lifting up a whole house by hand, I chose to design the lifting gear like a big balancing weight placed inside the tree. So it’s possible to lift up six tons by hand just by using a winder. The materials were chosen on the basis of the usual criteria (mechanical stress, resistance to corrosion), but most of all of a basic concept in my research: eco-sustainability, checked all along the planning stages”.

Project Post, rotation gears, supporting base and fastening to the floor are in carbon steel; the structure of the house is in aeronautical birch, the joints in aeronautical aluminium, the interiors in oak obtained from plants that died of old age, or else going to the stake. The insulation of the housing shell is guaranteed by the use of down, a 20 cm layer between the outside skin in birch and the inside roofing in black hemp. Nautoscopio isn’t just a project for an eco-compatible house, but a house inside a landscape, drawing from it energy for its operation (a wind generator outside the structure supplies power that is accumulated in batteries placed inside the structure). The model that is going to be presented at the exhibition is a true 1:5 reconstruction, complete with the rigging. Nautoscopio is an observatory-house to frame the landscape: it is raised by hand 15 m from the ground and revolves at 360° with ropes and winch. It’s 25 m high at the tree top and defines a 40 m circle with the two antennas. It may accommodate 6 people, water and caboose, for a maximum load of 600 kg. The inside space is an 8 m equilateral triangle. The equipped peaks and bunks are below the oak floor.

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Con il patrocinio di GIUSEPPE AMATO, born in Palermo in 1970, took a degree in molecular biology at the University of Pavia in 1993. In 1994, during a trip to Japan, he met the master Sori Yanagi, with whom he visited Villa Katsura in Kyoto. From that moment on he abandoned his research at the university and began to work with wood. He opened a studio/workshop in Milan with old machinery salvaged from a historic carpentry shop. Here he learned to use the techniques of classic cabinet-making to create furniture of his own design, combining the study of construction techniques and materials with his own research on forms. His aim was to avoid any “déjà vu” citation of antiques, but also the banality of industrial production, creating unique, original works. In 2001 he had a show in New York, at the Felissimo Design House, together with Ron Arad and Philippe Starck. That same year he showed his works in Tokyo and Osaka at the Hankyu and Isetan art galleries. In Milan his work is shown at the Compagnia del Disegno in Brera and the Open Mind gallery on Via Dante. Individual works by Giuseppe Amato are found in the country home of Enrico Job in Brescia, the New York loft of Earl McGrath, the 16th-century palazzo of Ducrot in Rome, the Roman home of Lina Wertmüller, and the atelier of Sori Yanagi in Tokyo. In 2004 he opened his studio in Milan at Largo Richini 14, in front of the State University. That same year Umberto Angeloni of the maison Brioni commissioned works for the boutiques in Milan and the special suite of the Four Seasons hotel on via Gesù. This collaboration has continued with a project for a wooden villa to be built on the island of Brioni in Croatia. The result is the project Sixty Tons, displayed, on a scale of 1:10, at the studio on Largo Richini. This led Amato into the area of the design of “artist’s houses”, dwellings mostly in wood, conceived as art objects. The “nautoscopio” is a project from the “artist’s houses” series, which will be presented in an exclusive preview during the event “Green Energy Design” organized by the magazine Interni during Design Week in Milan.

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Con il patrocinio di Ofigea di/by JACOPO FOGGINI realizzazione/with NICE

Concept In a focal place for the Milanese culture, the spacious Cortile d’Onore of Ca’ Granda, where Università Statale di Milano is located, a titanic and luminescent methacrylate creature moulded by Jacopo Foggini who, like Ofigea (from Greek ophis-ofide-snake and Gèa, Earth Mother), neo-mythical creature symbolizing the eternal cyclic nature of the becoming, will dig up Man’s profound and radical feeling of belonging to Nature: in a historical context where the heraldic “biscione” (grass snake) was the symbol of the Lombard rule and duchy of Milan, both of the Sforzas and Viscontis, as well as of much of its modern and current entrepreneurial class. This symbolic presence of the cyclic, natural forces standing among Filarete’s ambulatories, is the vital sign reminding us of how the real Ca’ Granda is Nature, also in this big Milanese house: our natural house, more and more needing an eco-friendly design. Among the archetypal images, Jacopo Foggini has chosen the snake, representing the invigorating dialectics of change, the awakening of forces that lie deep down, the original animal at the sources of life. The University cloister as the snake’s wisdom residence and the perfect and privileged place to stress the convergence and unification between art and culture. In its lively, coloured and sinuous shape, the methacrylate snake symbolizes the metamorphic capability of regeneration, hence of change.

Project Ofigea, carried out together with architect Roberto Bergonzi, has a linear development of 55 m x 1,2 m dia (disc), 4 m high, and consists of hundreds of LED-lit discs in iridescent colours, made in methacrylate M-Cryl supplied by MGM Materie Plastiche: a “regenerated” product, saving 70% of energy compared to a first-rate equivalent, respectful of non-renewable environmental resources (8 oil barrels less every 1.000 kg) and the water cycle (5.400 l saved every 10.000 kg) and carbon dioxide (1.5 kg of CO2 less for every kg of M-Cryl ). The choice of using such a regenerated product, having a sustainable “life cycle”, shows Jacopo Foggini’s intent to create a symbol, which is, like Ofigea, the allegoric image, the archetype, of the cyclic nature of matter and energy flow, between environmental and mental chemistry, alchemy, change and regeneration.

Nice Ofigea was carried out with the help of Nice S.p.a., a company specializing in home automation systems. Established in the early nineties, Nice plans and markets advanced automation systems for gates, garage doors, street barriers, curtains and blinds for residential, commercial and industrial buildings, blending technological innovation and design to assure maximum user-friendliness.

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installazione/installation Ofigea (sviluppo lineare 55 m x diam. disco 1,2 m x h. 4 m) progetto di/project by JACOPO FOGGINI realizzazione/with NICE 47 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di JACOPO FOGGINI calls himself an explorer who retraces art and design, going beyond the limits imposed by the conventions of those disciplines. The extraordinary evocative capacity of his works harmoniously combines refined poetic sensibility with the revolutionary use of a very common material usually applied to produce reflectors for automobiles: methacrylate. After his debut in 1997 with an installation in the space of Romeo Gigli, the successful career of Jacopo Foggini has continued with the opening of his own personal gallery, the creation of a book on his artistic production, and the insertion of his luminous sculptures in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions like the Haus der Musik of Vienna, the Museum of Decorative Arts of Montreal and the Gandhi Museum in Delhi. In recent years the light creations of Foggini have been shown in over sixty exhibitions, in galleries and art spaces around the world, including: the Carrousel du Louvre, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Atelier Richelieu in Paris, the Royal College of Art and Sotheby's in London, the Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne. In 2006 he created the theater chandelier for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin. 2007 was the year of “Aurora Boreale”, the monumental project with which he celebrated ten years of work at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. In October that same year he participated at the Design Biennial of Gwangju, Korea, with an installation that was a tribute to his main source of inspiration: the sea. Foggini collaborates with architecture studios, and his works are designed for architecture, hotels, museums, exhibition spaces, private residences and public venues. At present he is working on a range of projects in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, England, the United States, China, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong.

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installazione/installation Giant Rock (6 m x 1,8 m x h. 1,8 m) progetto di/project by ARIK LEVY realizzazione/with MARZORATI RONCHETTI 49 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Giant Rock di/by ARIK LEVY realizzazione/with MARZORATI RONCHETTI

Concept Giant Rock belongs to a line called “Più grande dell’uomo” (larger than man), and we can feel that the object we are looking at is becoming a balance weight in space, a new gravity of both visual and emotional benchmarks. At first we say “Rock!”, but looking closer we realize that it’s not what we thought it was or as we see it: the meteorite is just a juxtaposition between man and nature. It refers to what is missing, the absence: it exists only through the pieces that are removed. Formed by a not geological growth, it’s both hard and soft, micro-macro, light reflection as well as emotional and optical experience. It works, but as multifunction or no function at all. The Rock, in a really stealthy way, disappears and appears again, reflecting us and our environment. Seen in vast spaces, it looks like something coming from a civilized society. In an interior, it seems to be born from the nature we are most familiar with.

Project Built in polished, mirrored stainless steel, the sculpture is a one-off by Arik Levy designed by Ldesign and carried out by Marzorati Ronchetti. Giant Rock, 6 m x 180 cm x 180 cm and 2,5 tons, is entirely laser cut and formed by 34 sides, bent and welded, in polished, mirrored 30/10 stainless steel. The inner structure consists of 5 mm thick ribs organized on eleven levels surrounding a central steel tube, 4 mm thick, ensuring its stability.

Marzorati Ronchetti Is one of the leading companies in steelwork. In eighty-five years of activity, research, high professionalism and solid tradition, a small workshop has changed into a multifarious enterprise, ready to take into account new spurs and new planning challenges. The turning-point was in the early nineties, when the internationalization process was completed and the cooperation with architects and designers of worldwide renown was increased.

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Con il patrocinio di ARIK LEVY was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. In 1986-1988 he worked on graphic design, participating in two exhibitions on environmental sculpture. At the age of 27 he left his studio and moved to Europe. Switzerland was the first stop: in 1991 he took a degree in industrial design at Art Center Europe. That same year he won the Best Product prize of Seiko Epson Inc., and then began his career as a freelance designer, taking part in many design exhibitions in Japan. After returning to Europe he developed his innovative concepts and ideas, transferring them into installations for opera and dance theaters around the world. In 1992-1994 he taught at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle / Les Ateliers in Paris and held design training sessions at many European universities. In 1993 he met Pippo Lionni, with whom he founded, in Paris in 1996, the studio Ldesign, developing projects of industrial, interior and graphic design for the international market. His technical capacities and creativity permit him to work on a variety of themes and disciplines, ranging from design to product development, corporate identity to packaging, exhibitions, interiors and exhibit design. Over the years Arik has participated in many exhibitions and events in museums, galleries and fairs, where he presents his ideas, design creations and artworks, including video art and photography. Many of his products are included in the permanent collections of prestigious museums. Levy also operates as a scientist and a poet. Innovation, simplicity and experimentation allow him to create new concepts and to translate them into products, spaces and experiences. His clients include: Vitra, Vizona, Desalto, Ligne-Roset, Seiko Epson, Gaia&Gino, Boutet, Sentou, L’Oréal, Serralunga, Baleri Italia, Lanvin, Boucheron, Belux, Elica, Renault, Tronconi, Sector Sport Watches, Baccarat, Galeries Lafayette, Bitossi, Zanotta, Kvetna.

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Portico del Richini

Cortile d’Onore

installazione di luce/light installation Light Trees – Alberi di luce progetto di/project by CASTAGNA RAVELLI STUDIO realizzazione/with PHILIPS LIGHTING 51 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Light Trees – Alberi di luce di/by CASTAGNA RAVELLI STUDIO realizzazione/with PHILIPS LIGHTING

Concept Richini’s Portico is transformed through a performance-installation. Dynamic LED lights light up the 31 columns and their arches. The light changes slowly with the passing of time: amber-coloured at dawn, light-blue in the morning, blue at noon and in the afternoon, red at sunset, purple before the evening and green by night. On the back wall, lit up in green lengthwise by fixed color LEDLine, the stylized trees are projected. We see them growing: from shoot to a full-sized tree. And then sprout again. Slowly. A reference to the perpetual renewal of nature. At the same time, the text by Jean Giono is projected: “L’uomo che piantava gli alberi” (The man who planted the trees), the poetic tale of a man, who, quietly and unbeknown to everyone, starts planting seeds in a deserted area and so, in the course of his long life, he creates forests and renovates nature. Two actors, dressed in green as gardeners, read passages of the story in shifts and throw seeds into small terracotta pots placed at the base of each projected tree. A baby grand accompanies the performances with Debussy’s music while, in the background, a “soundtrack” of recorded noises takes the audience to a virtual wood. Along the route, there are benches (Serralunga) for the public. In tune with Jean Giono’s text and the theme of Green Energy Design, also the other areas are lit up in green. Green will be the main entrance to Ca’ Granda, green the surface of columns facing the court, green the columns of the arcade opposite the entrance and those of the two arcades and the two upper loggias. While a strip of white light will lit up the cornice dividing the upper colonnade from the lower one and the inside vault of arches. Each – green – column will be the same as it was at the origins of architecture: the stylization of a tree. In the garden, the head of the two trees and the hedges are going to be lit up by LEDStreep. The huge stairs will be “flooded” by the white light placed on the central banisters. So: a symphony of white and green painted with the light. To stress the large scenery of the court. Playing on the two predominant colours in this extraordinary architecture.

Project Lighting fittings used: Portico del Richini: dynamic LED spotlights iColor Blast 12 power core WB Black (colorKinetics, by Philips); bars wide green beam green LED LEDLine 2 (Philips). Cortile d’onore: bars white and green narrow beam LED LEDLine 2 (Philips); spotlights LED BeamerLED, linear beam (Philips); white, low power stripes of LED LEDString (Philips); white adjustable beam spotlights LEDFlood (Philips).

Philips Lighting It’s the lighting division of the multinational Royal Philips Electronics, market leader in the field of high-tech LEDs. The company develops and explores new applications and supplies advanced solutions to optimized the use of energy in all segments: street lighting, industrial lighting, home and hospitality lighting. Considering that the lighting systems make use of 19% of the total energy consumption, the use of efficient appliances will reduce the world energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Via Trentacoste 7 20134 Milano tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Co-producer:

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Con il patrocinio di CASTAGNA RAVELLI STUDIO, founded in 1996, is formed by Paolo Castagna, a theater director, and Gianni Ravelli, an architect, set desire and professor of Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. The studio works on sets for lighting, theater and events, mixing languages in a spectacular way. Their most important lighting projects, since 2002, include: lighting for the opening of the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, the Palazzo della Triennale and Castello Sforzesco in Milan on the occasion of international prizes; for Piazza Duomo, for five historic gates of Milan and for the European headquarters of McArthur-Glen; the light festival in Piazza della Scala for the FuoriSalone® of Interni and the installation at Porta Nuova in 2006 (Interni, “Heavylight”, 2006); the graphic happening with projections at the Museo di Castelvecchio, in Verona, for the opening of “Abitare il tempo”. In 2007: artistic and video installations at Piazza della Scala and Castello Sforzesco in Milan (Interni, “Decode Elements”, 2007), on the monumental complex of the Priamar in Savona, in the garden and on the facade of the Museo Maffeiano in Verona; seven urban installations in Savona for the event “Città di Luce”. In the field of theater directing and set design, since 1997: performances in historical buildings in Milan; “Le cinesi” by Gluck at Spoleto; “Il sogno della libertà”, at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan; “Il colore delle note”, at Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. In 2007: “Mondadori 100 anni”, performance for the centennial of the publishing house, in the Corte Ducale of Castello Sforzesco in Milan; “Il segreto di Susanna”, by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari, at the Priamàr Fort in Savona and at the Festival of Baveno; “La voce rapita”, musical by Carlo Chiddemi at Teatro Chiabrera of Savona. Castagna Ravelli Studio collaborates, for cultural and entertainment events, with the City of Milan and the City of Savona, the Amici della Scala, Pirelli Real Estate, Teatro di Roma and recently, with Teatro alla Scala, Museo Teatrale alla Scala and the Orchestra Sinfonica of Savona. In the sector of fashion and design they work with Mario Buccellati, Gianfranco Ferré and Fontana Arte.

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installazione di luce/light installation Mulini a voce Cortile d’Onore, Loggiato Est 1° piano/Cortile d’Onore, Loggiato Est 1st floor progetto di/project by STUDIO AZZURRO 54 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Mulini a voce di/by STUDIO AZZURRO

Concept “Where are the giants?” Sancho Panza said. “There, you can see them”, the master answered, “with those long arms, each one has them long as two leagues”. “Look better, Your Lordship”, Sancho added, “those who are uncovering there are not giants but windmills and what look as arms to you are paddle wheels, and battered by the wind they make the millstone turn”.

“It’s common knowledge” don Quixote said, “that you are not very familiar with adventures; those are giants, and if you are afraid of them, move to one side and say a prayer while I go and enter a fierce and unequal combat with them”. After which, he dug in his spurs at Ronzinante regardless of his squire, who kept warning him that he was going to attack windmills and not giants. (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote de la Mancia, Tome 1, Chapter 8)

To throw oneself at windmills, looking like giants, is an effort that could be useless, maybe deadly. We are left with words only, words that tell us far-off stories in a close language held in the echoes of architecture, that has listened to it like a silent ear. The fabric the screens are made of is similar to the curtains that open and close, that move in the wind, keep the words, stop the pictures carried in the air. They are the words of conquered conquerors, citizens of the listening city. A large outdoor space, a suspended place, where the air plays and draws things. The words change into a murmur, the murmur into breath, the breath of the wind and words that can produce energy. The breath with words is the power that moves the paddles of the windmills. The force of the wind weakens and dies when the murmur is word again. The squeaking of the mill, of its paddles, stops and we hear it turning into a tale. So, the cycle starts again!

Project 19 arches of the East Arcade 1st floor are involved in projections of light. In the central 9 arches pictures of windmills and characters of Don Quixote are screened continuously, along with sources of clean and sustainable energy. In the remaining 10 arches, placed at the ends of the arcade and divided into sections, each of 5 arches, the projections send moving shadows of whirligigs for children. The installation is in several, different materials assembled freely: sophisticated, technological objects, natural materials like wood, paper and fabric, simple objects of everyday use.

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Con il patrocinio di STUDIO AZZURRO is an artistic research group that makes use of the languages of new technologies. It was founded in 1982 by Fabio Cirifino (photography), Paolo Rosa (visual arts and cinema) and Leonardo Sangiorgi (graphics and animation). In 1995 the group was joined by Stefano Roveda, an expert in interactive systems. For over twenty years Studio Azzurro has investigated the poetic and expressive possibilities of these media that have had such a decisive impact on our time. Through video installations and interactive environments, theater performances and films, they have developed an approach that has won wide acclaim, thanks to many important exhibitions and events. Besides their experimental works, the group focuses on more didactic experiences such as the design of museums and thematic exhibitions. In this way, while continuing their research they have attempted to construct a communicative context based on an active, significant participation of the spectator within a narrative framework, based on hypertext and continuing exchange between real and virtual elements. The group’s most important projects include: “La camera astratta”, Documenta 8, Kassel, 1987, Premio UBU 1988; “Kepler’s traum”, Brucknerhaus, Ars Electronica, Linz, 1990, Premio S.I.A.E. 1990 for opera; “Tavoli (perché queste mani mi toccano?)”, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan Triennale, 1995, Premio Francesca Alinovi ’95; “Coro”, Mole Antonelliana, Turin, 1995, first prize for the best multimedia project at the Videofestival Transmediale of Berlin; “Aristocratic Artisans”, Ace Gallery, New York, 2000; “Megalopoli”, Venice Architecture Biennial, 2000; “Tamburi”, ICC, Tokyo, 2001; “Meditazioni Mediterraneo. In viaggio attraverso cinque paesaggi instabili”, Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, 2002 (traveling exhibition in collaboration with Hermés); “Neither”, Opernhaus, Stuttgart, 2004; “Galileo. Studi per l’inferno”, Open Haus, Nuremberg, 2006; “Multimedia Museum of the Castello di Formigine”, Castello di Formigine, Modena, 2007.

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installazione di luce/light installation Grande Nuvola (lungh. 9 m x largh. 2,5 m x h. 2,5 m) Scalone d’Onore progetto di/project by DENIS SANTACHIARA 57 realizzazione/with A2A e/and SOLARES FONDAZIONE DELLE ARTI Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di Grande Nuvola di/by DENIS SANTACHIARA realizzazione/with A2A e/and SOLARES FONDAZIONE DELLE ARTI

Concept “Clouds that go and clouds that come, our senses are often struck by the clouds, we watch them open-mouthed and through their shapes we try to see animals, things and much more, we follow their changing into unforeseeable shapes, high and low, threatening and fleecy clouds, they change colour, solidity and transparency. In nature there is no event, no material so eclectic, unpredictable and elusive, impossible to fix as a final, plastic form. Through watching them, through wanting them to have a solidity that would not be verbal or textual, I started carrying them out as the light for the home landscape and public places. Not for the first time, I tried to ‘domesticate’ nature through an artifice, I began with false storms and then lightning bolts, domestic voltaic jumps and then I re-designed gravity. In this attempt to catch and adapt nature to design, I couldn’t forget the clouds, some big, some medium, some small cirri that in this FuoriSalone 2008 come and go from Milan to Rome”.

Project The large cirrus is 9 m long, 2,5 wide and 2,5m high. The supporting structure is made of an aluminium trellis and subdivided in three articulated sectors. In the middle of the structure there is an orthogonal axis motor reducer supplying the continuous rotation, that produces the slow alternate motion of the various sectors of the cloud through leverages. The structure is covered with a Lycra membrane: it is used as a stretch component to follow the motion of the movable parts and as a support for the outside covering made of a Dacron blanket. Two fluorescent tubes installed inside the ceiling supply the lighting.

Solares Fondazione delle Arti The creative process has always been the focus of Solares Fondazione delle Arti, dealing with a wide-ranging cultural production. “What we do is to start from the artist’s idea and define the easiest route to follow to carry out that idea so that from pure form it becomes substance. Actually, we work together with some of the most renowned names in the international art scenario, from Dennis Oppenheim to Ilya Kabakov, Richard Nonas to Michelangelo Pistoletto, Gaetano Pesce to Bertrand Lavier and, of course, Denis Santachiara. Together with the artists, we produce shows, cultural projects, events, installations and real works. Denis Santachiara was asked by Interni to take part in the event Green Energy Design, and that made us think about the complex relation between environment and energy, hence between man and the elements. The resulting idea was to repropose the Big cirri. Two huge white clouds, bright and floating, that evoke the force of elements, but also their poetry, the wonderful interaction between water, air, light and the emotion of having one’s head in the clouds. Santachiara’s design is more then ever ‘eco-emotional’ and the staff of Solares are proud of their participation in the carrying out of this work”.

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Con il patrocinio di DENIS SANTACHIARA was born in 1950 in Campagnola, in the province of Reggio Emilia. He began his activity as a designer in 1980, creating works on the borderline between art and design that were immediately shown at various events: the Venice Biennale (1980), Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara (1982), the Milan Triennale (1982/1984/1986/1996/2001/2004), the Rome Quadriennale (1998). In 1984 he organized and curated the exhibition-manifesto “Neomerchandise, the design of invention and artificial ecstasy” held at the Milan Triennale and Centre Pompidou in Paris, and in 1987 he curated the exhibition “Signs of the Habitat” at the Grand Palais of Paris and the Berlage Museum of Amsterdam (1988). In 1997 he installed, for the Florence Biennale, the exhibiton “The New Persona”, curated by Germano Celant, and in 2000 “Stanze e Segreti”, at the Rotonda della Besana in Milan, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. More recently, “Water Design” (2003) and “Open Living” (2004) during Design Week, Tokyo. Among his most important works of interior design and architecture: the Chartreuse of Avignon and the Museum of Magic at Blois, for the French Ministry of Culture (1988-1992), the furnishings for the square of Toyama in Japan (1993), and the interiors of the Art Hotel in Dresden (1994-1995). In 1990 he founded Domodinamica, the first collection of animated objects for the home, for industrial production, now produced and distributed exclusively by Modular. He has worked and works with Italian and foreign companies on new product research and new initiatives, including: SniaViscosa, Fiat, Progetto Cultura Montedison, B&B, French Ministry of Culture, Luceplan, Artemide, Swatch, Mandarina Duck, Rosenthal, Panasonic, Domodinamica, Vitra, Campeggi, Superga, Bang-Olufsen, Banca Generali, De Padova, Chrysler/Benz, Foscarini, Marutomy, Baleri Italia, La Murrina, Serralunga, Koizumy, Erreti,Bonaldo, Magis, Zerodisegno, Post Design, Polsit, Naos, Fontana Arte, Isedit. His works are included in the permanent collections of prestigious museums around the world, including: MoMA New York, Musee des Arts Decoratifs Louvre, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Museum of Lyon, Museum of Frankfurt, Vitra Museum of Weil-am-Rhein, Philadelphia Museum, Centre Pompidou Paris, Museum of Design of the Milan Triennale. Prizes include: the Compasso d’oro (1986), the Good Design Award of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design (1999) and the Design World (2000).

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Con il patrocinio di

A2A, multiutility company, is the result of the merger among the historical companies AEM Milano, ASM Brescia, AMSA and ECODECO, occurred on January 1st, 2008. A2A, with a turnover of 9,4 billion Euro, ranks first among the former city-owned Italian enterprises with over 2 million customers. The new Group expresses the best of the Lombard entrepreneurial attitude and holds the national leadership in the environmental field through the over 3 million wastes treated, 1,7 million of which used to produce electricity. A2A ranks second national player in the electrical industry as regards to installed capacity and sales volumes, with a well-balanced production mix and a considerable share (approx. 23%) obtained from the hydro-electric industry, a clean a renewable source. Finally, in the gas sector, the new Company, with over 2 billion cubic metres of gas sold per year and distributed through a high and low pressure network 14 thousand km long, is the third national player. A2A, besides playing a chief role in the Italian market, aims to be a protagonist in Europe, too.

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installazione esterna/external installation EcoGate (7,4 m x 7,4 m x h. 5 m) Largo Richini progetto di/project by SIMONE MICHELI realizzazione/with BREDA SISTEMI INDUSTRIALI luci/lighting Nordlight Ledco sedute/seating Adrenalina 61 Milan Design Capital® 2008 (15 - 21 April 2008) Courtyards of the Università degli Studi of Milan 15 April - 1 May Ca’ Granda - former Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di EcoGate di/by Simone Micheli realizzazione/with Breda Sistemi Industriali

Concept EcoGate is a symbolic door to eco-compatibility. EcoGate is a whole of signs reminding the visitor of how an intelligent path to a really sustainable future can start only through a series of new relations between the intellect dimension and that of the possible built-up. EcoGate is a transit icon designed to promote a reflection on the possible expressions and contents of our architecture. EcoGate is a dynamic geometry meant to stress how basic is man’s patient and copious work in order not to lose everything, not give up everything, to enable our children to see the sky once more. “We have been asking our world for more and more, never thinking of possible gifts! We went too far and we are still going too far. Maybe in order to put an end to this bizarre and irresponsible way of approaching life, it would be enough to stop and look, even for a second, at the bright light in the eyes full of beauty and enthusiasm of our children and everything would be clear at once!”

Project It’s a cubic installation marked by a structure in white iron with an outer edge formed by a thick cord weaving and a reflecting flooring. The players of this urban, technological setting are two sectional main doors by Breda Sistemi Industriali designed for this event. Carried out in top quality materials (wood/polycarbonate/steel) and 98% recyclable, Breda doors, Wood Line mod. Disegni Speciali in slide S3, are formed by sectional panels in wood and polycarbonate, that run on semi-vertical slides, a solution that allows to occupy less space in the ceiling and have a minimum visual impact of the mechanics of the product also from the inner side of the room. The sections of the door surface are pinch-proof, with a patented contour. The automated door is supplied with safety devices complying with the applicable rules. The painting was made with procedures making use of eco-compatible products (water paint for the wooden section and epoxy paint for the slides). A sharp acid yellow stresses the aesthetic, technological and building features of the system offered in a dynamic motion that, together with lights, sounds and words, becomes the visual knot of the whole composition.

Breda Sistemi Industriali For over twenty years a market leader in the manufacturing of sectional doors, Breda’s strong points are dynamism, innovation, technology and creativity. Safety and user-friendliness, noiselessness and thermal seal complete the technological features of Breda products and make the company synonymous with global quality.

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Con il patrocinio di SIMONE MICHELI founded his architecture studio in 1990. The studio, divided into departments, works on architectural design, contract, interior design, exhibit design, product design and visual design. Over the years the studio has produced many architectural projects, interiors and installations for in the areas of residential and contract, as well as designing many useful objects for some of the most important European manufacturers. In 2003 Micheli founded the company “Simone Micheli Architectural Hero”. He has shown work at the Venice Architecture Biennial. He is the curator of thematic exhibitions at the most important international fairs. In 2007 he represented Italian interior design, participating in the XXX Congreso Colombiano de Arquitectura in Baranquilla, Colombia, and in 2008 at the International Conference of Foto di/Photo by Maurizio Marcato Architecture for Contract at Hanover, Germany. Interviews and films about his works have been made by the Italian television networks “Mediaset”, “Rai”, “Sky – Leonardo – Alice – Gambero Rosso” and foreign broadcasters like “Tele France”, Swiss television, Chinese and Korean networks. Recent prizes include: the “Design Plus 2007” – Frankfurt, special prize for the world of the bath, and “Comfort & Design 2008” – Milan, international prize for pursuit of excellence and innovation, with the “Badge” radiator for Cordivari; the “Best Interior Design” and “Best Apartment Italy” prizes with the project Golfo Gabella Lake Resort for Sist Group, in the “Homes Overseas Award 2007” – London, an international prize for the best residential real estate developments in the world, and the “European Architectural Award Plaster 2008” - Portugal, for the Rizzo house. His works have been featured in leading Italian and international magazines.

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Con il patrocinio di RELAX ISLANDS

Within the event Green Energy Design a number of comfortable RELAX ISLANDS will be installed, actual “urban lounges” where, one can have a rest or a meeting between events during the FuoriSalone®. The islands, situated in the upper arcade of the Central Court are shaped as a sort of choral belvedere allowing to admire the installations below and the video-installation by Studio Azzurro, organized in the loggia facing the opposite seventeenth-century court. The relaxation islands, purposely carried out for the event and made of natural and recyclable materials, will be fitted out by some leading companies in the furniture industry.

The relaxation areas aren’t just comfortable places for meeting and reading, in a “surreal” way organizing situations peculiar to the home context in a public place, but also privileged places to see the whole staging of the show from above. Inside the relaxation areas, in a central position, a temporary “caffè Lavazza” stand will be organized, as well as a fitness area by Power Plate, at the public’s disposal. Carried out together with some leading companies in the design furniture industry, the relaxation islands are meant to give the variegated design community and the many visitors the possibility of relaxing in comfortable armchairs and sofas, leafing through magazines and books, as in a sort of contemporary living room transposed inside the Ca’ Granda.

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Con il patrocinio di ISOLE DI RELAX/RELAX ISLANDS - ARREDI/FURNITURE

LOGGIATO OVEST 1° PIANO/1° FLOOR

Carrera design DONATO D’URBINO e/and PAOLO LOMAZZI produzione/production BBB

Comfort & Light design MARTÍ GUIXÉ produzione/production DANESE

Moss rocks space & café design SETSU e/and SHINOBU ITO produzione/production LAVAZZA

Re_Glax your mind design MARCO PIVA produzione/production AGC FLAT GLASS ITALIA - REFLEX

Power Plate my5 produzione/production POWER PLATE

Collezione Re-trouvé design PATRICIA URQUIOLA produzione/production EMU

Minimalism by MINI produzione/production B&B ITALIA

CORTILE D’ONORE

Collezione Ivy design PAOLA NAVONE produzione/production EMU

Shafa design LUCA TRAZZI produzione/production GVM

Bouquet e/and Little Garden design TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA produzione/production MOROSO

PRESS ROOM Cortile d’Onore realizzazione/realization RIMADESIO con/with FONTANAARTE, KARTELL, ZERODISEGNO

Thanks to CLEAR CHANNEL, LUCEPLAN, NOLOSTAND, SERRALUNGA, SHARP

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Donato D’Urbino Paolo Lomazzi Donato D'Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi operate in the fields of architecture, installations, furnishings and product design, collaborating with leading Italian and international companies. Their deisgn activity is accompanied by theoretical and cultural pursuits. They participate on many juries for competitions and teach at many schools, including the Design departments of the Milan Polytechnic and the IUAV of Venice. Their production is documented in the historical literature on Italian design and in the main international publications on architecture and industrial design. Many of their works are included in the permanent collections of museums around the world, and have been selected for traveling exhibitions on Italian design. Prizes and honors include the Compasso d'Oro (1979, Milan), the BIO 7 (1977, Ljubljana) and BIO 9 (1981, Ljubljana), and Design Award Winner (1998, Hanover, Germany).

Collection of chairs and settees, very soft and compact, in foam with removable cover in stretch fabric. Rectilinear or curved, endless arrangements are possible by matching the middle or end components, concave or convex. Riedition of the 1969 original, designed by Decursu, De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Carrera design di/by DONATO D’URBINO e/and PAOLO LOMAZZI produzione/production BBB 66 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Martí Guixé Born in 1964, he studied interior and industrial design in Barcelona and Milan. In 1994, during a stay in Berlin, he formulated a new way of thinking about the culture of products. In 1997 he began to show his works, based on research on new design system, the introduction of design in the world of food and its presentation through performances. He has won important prizes and honors, including the Ciutat de Barcelona Prize (1999) and the National Design Prize of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2007). His works have been shown in some of the world’s most important museums, including MoMA New York, MuDAC Lausanne, MACBA Barcelona and Centre Pompidou in Paris. He now lives in Barcelona and Berlin and works with companies on an international level like Authentics, Camper (including the interior design of many shops, and the recent FoodBALL, a new food-shop concept), Galeria H2O, Cha-Cha, Chupa Chups, Desigual, Droog Design, Saporiti, Watx.

© Imagekontainer Reading lamp in aluminium (dia. 44xh.62 cm). The icon shape of the body is enlivened by a classic movable reading light. The body of the diffuser contains a hollow where you can set the reading light at different heights.

Convertible chair formed by 5 cushions (80x80 cm or 60x60xh.12 cm), each designed to suit all purposes through different tactile qualities and finishes of the cover, density of padding and sizes. Fabrics and padding in different, eco-sustainable natural, not treated materials.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Comfort & Light design di/by MARTÍ GUIXÉ produzione/production DANESE 67 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Setsu Ito Shinobu Ito Both designers and architects, they took degrees in Japan, at Tama Art University of Tokyo (Shinobu) and the University of Tsukuba (Setsu), but they live in Milan. They presently work as consultants for important companies, in Milan and Tokyo. Their works, published and exhibited in Europe and Japan, have received many prizes. Some are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Munich. Shinobu also works on graphic design, with experience in the field of marketing during a period of work with CBS SONY. Setsu is also a teacher, in Milan at Domus Academy and the European Design Institute, and in Tokyo at Tama Art University.

Sand and resin for the floor and panels in rusted iron and musk for the wall create a Zen garden made of rock and vegetation, that draws inspiration from Kare San Sui (garden in the style of a “dry landscape”), the symbol of all things of the natural world, icon of the very existence of things as we feel them. A place where to withdraw into oneself and see things from the outside, objectively; a space where one can find and reflect – perhaps enjoying a Lavazza coffee! – where one can fuse with the innermost spirit of the natural element.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Moss rocks space & café design di/by SETSU e SHINOBU ITO produzione/production LAVAZZA 68 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Marco Piva A graduate of the Milan Polytechnic, and one of the founding members of Studiodada Associati. His particular focus on organization, cooperation and training led him to create IDA, International Design Agency, an Italian interface for a world design network, and then EDEA (European Design Expert Association), a strategic design consulting company, collaborating with designers, sociologists and marketing experts from Germany, France and England. From 1997 to 2002 he coordinated the Hotel Technologies Group, the first interdisciplinary group of companies specializing in technologies for hotels and contract. Since 1999 he has headed the postgraduate degree programs at the Milan Polytechnic’s Scuola Politecnica di Design, and the European Design Institute in Milan. In 2001 he founded the studio Marco Piva Atelier Design, conceived as a center of research and development for industrial design. The activity of the studio ranges from large- scale design for the development of tourism terminals to the design of interiors, as well as the creation of specific products for collective spaces. The studio’s clients include: Arflex, Cabas, Confalonieri, Ege, Frati, Gervasoni, Kvadrat, iGuzzini Illuminazione, Inox, Lapis, Leucos, Luminara, Moroso, Novello, Oikos, Omnitex, Pierantonio Bonacina, Poliform, Rapsel, Serralunga, Sicis, Sirrah, Stella Rubinetterie, Tisettanta, Zonca.

Glass is a traditional material yet, when worked with a pioneering technique, it shows its contemporary and innovative soul. The objects carried out for this event make the most of the potential of this material and attain maximum expressiveness. Transparency, elegance and form lightness, as well as malleability, resistance and eco-compatibility are the intrinsic features of the material, and the strong points of products.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Re_Glax your mind design di/by MARCO PIVA produzione/production AGC FLAT GLASS ITALIA - REFLEX 69 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Power Plate my5 is a vibrating fitness board distributed and marketed by Power Plate Italia. Carried out in eco-compatible materials, it is meant to be used at home: indeed, it takes up less than one square meter, thus allowing a considerable time and space saving.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Power Plate my5 produzione/production POWER PLATE 70 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Patricia Urquiola

Born in Oviedo (Spain), she now lives and works in Milan. She studied architecture at the Madrid Polytechnic and the Milan Polytechnic, where she took a degree in 1989. From 1990 to 1996 she headed the product development division of De Padova, and from 1996 to 2000 coordinated the design group of the studio Lissoni Associati. In 2001 she opened her own studio, working on design, installations and architecture. She designs for the companies Moroso, Agape, Alessi, B&B, De Padova, De Vecchi, Driade, Foscarini, Kartell, MDF, Molteni, San Lorenzo. She has created stands and showrooms for Moroso, Knoll, Marks and Spencer (London), Molteni, Sand (Denmark), Somma, Roberto Torretta (Spain).

Inspired by the “wonderful chairs in iron rod of the fifties, full of curls and squiggles”, Re-trouvé is a collection of metal furniture combining an ironic rendering of a design of the old days with a high-tech industrial production, yet keeping the quality typical to handcrafted works. All products (chairs, armchairs, tables and pots) are available in white, black, yellow, turquoise, green and orange, with cushions for the seat in several colours.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Collezione Re-trouvé design di/by PATRICIA URQUIOLA produzione/production EMU 71 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Paola Navone An architect trained at the Turin Polytechnic (1973), in the 1970s and 1980s she worked – along with Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass Jr. and Andrea Branzi – in the Alchimia group, developing an avant-garde position that was honored, in 1983, by the prestigious International Design Award of Osaka. During that same period she began the collaboration, still in progress, with Abet Laminati. From 1985 to 1988 she made a radical breakthrough: she became the consultant for the construction of image and product in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for UNIDO and the World Bank. This activity led to exhibitions, conferences and consulting. Born in Turin but a citizen of Milan, she moves with ease through different roles, from architect to designer, art director, decorator, writer, teacher, curator of exhibitions and events. In a context of professional research that absorbs and reworks many different kinds of input, Orient and Occident, crafts and design. Over her long career she has worked with prestigious companies like Abet Laminati, Armani Casa, Knoll International, Alessi, Piazza Sempione, Mondo, Driade, Orizzonti, Arcade, Oltrefrontiera, Casamilano, Antonangeli, Dada, Molteni, Natuzzi, Roche Bobois, Swarovski, Poliform, Egizia, Emu. Among her recent works of interior architecture: the restaurant “Pane e acqua” in Milan, the new Art Trading office in Moscow. She has been the artistic director of Gervasoni since 1998.

The collection created by Paola Navone and inspired to the old “topiary” art (pruning of trees and hedges to give them ornamental shapes) includes sofa, armchair and coffee table (that comes also with a Led source powered by photovoltaic cells in the base), along with a huge armchair, a one-off carried out purposely for the Interni event. Meant to fill and decorate outdoor spaces, these sculpture-furnishings are carried out in the natural material par excellence – metal – , they harmonize with the surrounding landscape thanks to the extreme lightness of structures (empty inside) and their non-invasive feature.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Collezione Ivy (Poltrona gigante 4,43 m x 3,6 m x h. 2,6 m) design di/by PAOLA NAVONE produzione/production EMU 72 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Luca Trazzi Architect and designer, born in Verona in 1962. After taking a degree in architecture in Venice in 1987, he moved to Milan where he began to work with Aldo Rossi on important architecture and design projects, including the facilities of the Gruppo Finanziario Tessile in Turin, the convention center in Milan, the City Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the renewal of the Kursaal area at Montecatini (casino, theater, offices, shops and apartments) and the residential development “La Corte” in Verona (offices, shops and apartments). In 1993 he opened his own studio of design and architecture and in 2000 became part of Designboom, and general co- director. He is now designing the new Coffee Shop chain for Illy, supermarkets and shopping centers for Despar, the chain of Messaggerie Musicali Megastores, and has created concepts for Avirex, Fiorucci and Mash. He designs products for: Viceversa, Illy, Swatch, FrancisFrancis, Guzzini, Kreon, Martini, Alfi, Wmf, Fiorucci, Zucchetti Robotica, Porsche.

These works are entirely carried out in natural marble quarried from the Carrara basin; in particular a shafa (form the Chinese word “sha fa”, meaning settee, armchair, sofa) was carried out in grey “bardiglio” and the other one in purple. These materials, generally used in the building industry, can be worked with thicknesses (3 mm) once inconceivable. Their use in the field of design allows to save what is not used for building purposes and recycle it through the artist’s imagination, giving life to the natural stone, fully exploited.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Shafa (2,83 m x 1,55 m x h. 1,85 m) design di/by LUCA TRAZZI produzione/production GVM 73 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Tokujin Yoshioka

Born in Japan in 1967, he began working as free-lance designer in 1992 and opened a studio in Tokyo in the year 2000. From the cooperation with fashion designer Issey Miyake come the first, important projects, including the shops “Issey Miyake” and the shows “Issey Miyake The outcome of Tokujin Making Things” (Fondation Yoshioka’s creativity, Cartier, Paris) and “A-POC the chair “Bouquet” Making” (Vitra Design ‘opens’ on a thin stem Museum, Berlin). He came to in chromium-plated the Milan Furniture Exhibition metal where white or in 2002 and presented the soft-coloured petals chairs “Honey Pop” and bloom, formed by “Tokyo” for Driade. Among square fabric modules his projects, the lamp “Tofu” sewn one by one on an for Yamagiwa, the chandelier egg-shaped body. “Stardust” for Swarovski Still for Moroso, the Crystal Palace and the outdoor table “Little “Pane Chair”, presented at Garden”, carried out in the Milan Furniture Exhibition metal, can also be in 2006. That same year, the used as flower box. one-man exhibition “Tokujin Yoshioka – Super Fiber Revolution“ (Axis Gallery, Tokyo). His works, that won him several international awards, including the JDC Design Award (1997) and Mainichi Design Award (2001, 2002), are displayed in the permanent collections of the most prestigious museums in the world.

ISOLA DI RELAX/RELAX ISLAND Bouquet e/and Little Garden design di/by TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA produzione/production MOROSO 74 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Lampada/lamp Polaris design MARCO MERENDI per/for FONTANAARTE

Sistema di libreria/bookshelves system Cartesia design GIUSEPPE BAVUSO per/for RIMADESIO

Appendiabiti/Coat standy Alta Tensione design ENZO MARI per/for KARTELL

Poltroncina/armchair Nobody’s Perfect design GAETANO PESCE per/for ZERODISEGNO

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Con il patrocinio di MINI Besides being a car, for many people MINI is a world composed of emotions, passion and fun. Starting with the MINI Clubman, a decidedly unconventional car that stands out for its innovative design, new color combinations and aesthetic solutions with an eye on the legendary models of the Sixties. With lots more space, of course, thanks to a five-seat interior (or four, upon request) and a bigger luggage compartment. While the front is very recognizable, the back features the original “Splitdoor”, with two panels and a contrasting separation frame in the same color as the roof. Another innovative feature is the “Clubdoor”, the extra door on the right side to facilitate access to the back seat. The car comes with three different motors, the sporty MINI Cooper S Clubman, the speedy MINI Cooper Clubman and the thrifty MINI Cooper D, three versions based on the established philosophy of the Munich-based automaker: more power, less consumption, lower emissions. Since August 1959, when the little car from Oxford took form in the drawings of Issigonis, many things have changed in technology, creative languages and everyday life. On international markets since its debut in September 2000 at the Paris Motor Show, the true heir made by BMW Group has brought a natural evolution of the MINI universe, while conserving the car’s original spirit and lively personality. The MINI by BMW Group maintains the simultaneously chic and brash, sporty image of the historic MINI. Bringing out the performance and driving pleasure offered by the original. The car has been completely updated in terms of design, comfort and safety. With the confidence of its own history and personality, it feels at home in the new millennium. In Italy, apart from the initiatives directly aimed at the market, MINI has launched a dialogue with students and recent graduates, extending its presence to the world of creativity, schools and training, including projects for education about safe driving. The car is also a protagonist of cultural and lifestyle initiatives involving major figures in the world of cinema, encouraging talented young actors and directors through prizes and competitions.

MINI for Green Energy Design The MINI trademark has always paid close attention to design culture and its exponents, especially because the MINI itself represents a piece of design history. This is the spirit with which the brand participates at Green Energy Design, the event produced by Interni for the FuoriSalone 2008. On this occasion two “special” MINI versions will be presented to the press, available on the market starting in May. MINI also takes part in Milan Design Week (15-21 April 2008) at the Triennale, where a MINI Clubman will be on display throughout the week. By its side visitors will find an original info point completely devoted to the new edition of the MINI Design Award, the prize now in its fourth edition, to favor the artistic and professional growth of young talents.

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Images: the new MINI Clubman; MINI Design Award 2008 presentation, Triennale Design Museum; catalogue covers MINI Design Award 2005, 2006, 2007

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Con il patrocinio di PIRELLI RE Ecobuilding

This is the program of ecosustainable building launched by Pirelli RE, a leader in the Italian real estate sector and one of the main companies in this field on a European level. The program covers all new construction of both residential and commercial buildings, based on four main principles: energy efficiency; use of eco-compatible materials; use of renewable sources; comfort for living and working. The program includes a series of solutions: increasingly extensive use of renewable energies (especially solar and geothermal), innovative and efficient systems for heating/cooling, equipment with a high level of energy efficiency, improvement of thermal insulation, use of more efficient external window frames and glass facades, with suitable sunscreens, individual energy management, reutilization of rain water, use of natural and eco-compatible materials, and the use of green roofs. The focus of Pirelli RE on these themes began many years ago: in residential building the company was a pioneer in the implementation of ecosustainable standards, as in the case of the Progetto Malaspina at Pioltello (MI), recognized as an example of excellence by the Kyoto Club for its significant reduction of energy consumption and environmental impact. The first development initiative of Pirelli RE in the Ecobuilding program will be Giardini Viscontei at Cusago (MI), a project on an area of about 16,000 sq meters, that calls for the construction of thirteen two or three-storey buildings, for a total of 200 apartments. This project is an emblematic case of construction for high energy efficiency, developed with particular attention to all the factors for reduction and optimization of energy consumption. Ground water will be used as a natural, renewable energy source thanks to high-performance heat pumps for heating and air conditioning, eliminating CO2 emissions. Radiant panels will permit the use of natural ground-water energy to directly cool the spaces. Pirelli RE will also apply the program in the office sector, starting with the addition to the new facility Bicocca, Milan (Headquarters 2), which will be the first Class A building in terms of energy certification. The energy consumption for heating in the winter will be about 30% lower than the parameters set by regulations. Consumption for summer air conditioning will also be greatly reduced thanks to a particularly high-performance enclosure, a continuous triple-glass facade with mobile screens installed in the external ventilated cavity, allowing only 15% of radiant energy to pass through. The focus on ecosustainability is also central in architecture: just consider the honors received in the context of Urbanpromo for the Eastgate Park project at Portogruaro (VE), precisely due to its innovative characteristics of attention to environmental themes, in a project of industrial logistics; and the invitational design competition recently held for the conversion into offices of the building that contained the dining hall and entryway of the Breda industrial complex at Bicocca. The environmental sustainability of the project is one of the most important criteria included in the competition guidelines.

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Giardini Viscontei, Cusago (MI), 2007-2010, 16.050 mq Headquarter 2, Milano Bicocca, 2007-2008, 12.070 mq

Concorso Edificio Tredici, Milano Bicocca, 2007

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Con il patrocinio di

The most famous department store in Italy, since 1917. Under the guidance of the Borletti family, in the years of the economic boom it became a true institution, offering products with a clear modernizing impact and becoming an interpreter of cultural trends, including the creation of the “Compasso d’Oro” award. In 2005 the company was sold to an investment group: Investitori Associati, Pirelli Re, Deutsche Bank and the Borletti family. The aim was upward repositioning of the firm, making it the finest showcase of Made in Italy and international brands. The leadership was assigned to Vittorio Radice, an executive with extensive experience in foreign department stores. The objective was to make Rinascente become a true international department store through three strategic processes of change: restructuring of all the stores and the opening of new outlets in the most important Italian cities; enrichment of merchandise offerings with the inclusion of prestigious fashion, design and lifestyle brands; passage from self-service to total, competent customer assistance. The flagship store at Piazza Duomo in Milan underwent a process of complete restructuring, with the opening of new floors. This operation will be completed in 2010. Major international names of avant-garde architecture and design have taken part, all makers of prestigious works and of leading, trend-setting venues and stores around the world. Andrea Griletto for the restoration of the facade, the Studio Cibic & Partners for the shop windows and the 5th floor with the children’s collections, India Mahdavi for the ground floor and mezzanine, for beauty and accessories, Vincent Van Duysen for the third floor, featuring contemporary women’s fashions, the London-based studio HMKM for the renovation of the spaces for the lingerie collections on the fifth floor. The group Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has done the seventh floor, entirely devoted to taste: an absolute first for the Italian market, with a variety of different refreshment offerings, including a gourmet food market with a cosmopolitan tone. The second floor with the menswear collections is presently being restructured, under the guidance of Rodolfo Dordoni, the internationally acclaimed Milanese architect and designer. In the meantime, the transformation has also impacted other stores. Based on the Milano Duomo format, the fragrance and accessories departments in Padua and at Roma Fiume have been updated, with design by Ferruccio Laviani, and in Florence with India Mahdavi. Cagliari has opened two new levels for women’s fashion, redesigned by Rodolfo Dordoni. The merchandise range has also been completed revised, with the insertion of high-end brands, first at Milano Duomo and then, gradually, in the other locations. Just to name a few: Burberry, Chloé, Dior, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs for accessories. Bulgari, H Stern, Montblanc, Pisa Orologeria, Robert Wan for jewelry. Jo Malone, Kiehl’s, Molton Brown, Shu Uemura, Tom Ford for beauty and fragrances. Philosophy by Alberta Ferretti, R.E.D. Valentino, See by Chloé, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Moschino Cheap & Chic for women’s contemporary fashion, and Kurt Geiger for footwear. Armani Junior, Burberry, Dior, Miss Blumarine, Monnalisa, Polo Ralph Lauren for the children’s collections, and for lingerie Emporio Armani, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, D&G, La Perla, and Agent Provocateur, an exclusive for Italy. Others still are about to arrive, including Armani Collezioni, Stella McCartney and Polo Ralph Lauren. The result of this global process of change will Via Trentacoste 7 make La Rinascente become a world-class department store with a collection of 20134 Milano products and brands that is always the best representation of the contemporary consumer. tel 02 21 56 3-319/237/320 [email protected] Just like the cathedrals of shopping in New York, Paris and London. Co-producers:

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Con il patrocinio di On the occasion of the 47th International Furniture Exhibition, Nokia enables all visitors to have access to several services and information, also mobile, to discover the most interesting events and projects. The partnership with INTERNI allows to unload the “GuidaFuoriSalone” and “Guida Zee Milano” on the cellphone, and also the creation of a mobile blogging: 10 INTERNI editors, supported by a technical Nokia team and a photographer, will monitor the new products and the main appointments by using the functions of Nokia Nseries to capture the highlights of the event and share them through a dedicated blog supplied with photos, texts, audio and videoclips in real time, accessible on the website www.nokiatrendslab.it. Nokia will place the Nseries Angels at the disposal of the Design Tribe, personal “on the road” equipped with the latest high-performance multimedia Nseries, giving useful information on the events of the exhibition and all services related to restaurants, hotels, shops and after-dinner places. In addition, to dedicate space to the creativity of the young, Nokia presents at the next Salone, “Nseries Design Award”, the international contest for the design of furniture and accessories conceived and developed together with Gruppo Sintesi. Finally, situated in the heart of the “FuoriSalone”, at the Nhow Hotel on via Tortona, the habitat of Nokia Nseries for sharing and communication will be organized in rooms dedicated to a special experience, music, photo, video, surfing, gaming.

NSeries Angel realizzazione/with NOKIA

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TVISION (l. 1,3 m x h. 2,54 m) display multimediale verticale/vertical multimedia display LCD 70” progetto di/project by PAOLO CASTI realizzazione/with CLEAR CHANNEL ITALY OUTDOOR 83 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio

Lampade da esterno ad energia solare /Solar energy outdoor lamps Sky design di/by ALFREDO HÄBERLI produzione/production LUCEPLAN

Vaso-seduta/seating-vase Holly All design di/by PHILIPPE STARCK produzione/production SERRALUNGA

Vaso/vase New Wave design di/by ROSS LOVEGROVE produzione/ production SERRALUNGA

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ALLESTIMENTO GENERALE/GENERAL LAYOUT Aquos LC-20AD5E e/and Aquos LC-42X20E Serie Slim Line produzione/production SHARP 85 Milano Capitale del Design® 2008 (15 - 21 aprile 2008) Cortili dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 15 aprile - 1 maggio Ca’ Granda - ex Ospedale Maggiore

Con il patrocinio di DANILO REA was born in Vicenza on August 9th, 1957. In his earliest childhood he moves to Rome, where he graduates in piano at Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia. In 1975 he makes his debut with the Trio Di Roma (Enzo Pietropaoli and Roberto Gatto). His concert and record cooperations include, among others, those with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Steve Grossman, Bob Berg, Phil Woods, Michael Brecker, Art Farmer, Billy Cobham, Aldo Romano, Tony Oxley, Dave Liebman, Bobby Hutcherson, Gato Barbieri, Joe Lovano, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Wheeler, John Scofield, Randy Brecker. He is much sought after in the pop music circle, where he boasts of a most prestigious CV: Mina, Domenico Modugno, Pino Daniele, Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi, Fiorella Mannoia, Renato Zero, Riccardo Cocciante and many more. In 1989 he takes part as solo pianist in Roberto De Simone’s opera “Requiem per Pier Paolo Pasolini”, performed at Teatro San Carlo in Naples, conductor Zoltan Pesko. The bands he has worked with include Lingomania (best Italian band at “Top Jazz” 1987). He has given concerts in France, England, Austria, Swiss, Turkey, Holland, Spain, Finland, Norway, Serbia, USA, Canada, India, Australia, Mexico, Senegal, Tunisia, Brazil and China. He has recorded two CDs of piano solo: “Lost In Europe” (V.V.J.) 2000, and “Lirico” (Egea) 2003.

Listone Giordano – Natural Genius Started last year with the TV commercial Listone Giordano, the cooperation between the Umbrian company and Danilo Rea, one of the major piano virtuosos in the international jazz outline, is now a real, artistic and creative sodality inspired by shared values. In the commercial, the artist played a soundtrack that interpreted the motion of the wood grains as un unusual musical score, creating extremely spellbinding moments and emotional involvement. From Umbria Jazz to the Guggenheim Museum in New York, from the artist’s performance at the presentation of the collection Natural Genius by Listone Giordano, to his presence at the event Green Energy Design, the exhibition organized by the magazine Interni for the 2008 Milan Furniture Exhibition, the magic created by his music and his talent doesn’t come to a stop.

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