detail from the performance VB62 by Vanessa Beecroft (a work featuring real women and plaster casts), that opened the activities, last summer, of Fondazione Goca (Gallery of Contemporary Art-Palermo), directed by Antonio Bevilacqua.
in the room designed by Jasper Morrison for the exhibition “A World Furniture Show” (Cologne, 1986), some of the most recent products by the English designer.
On the Cover:
Flos design Paul Cocksedge, Life 01. Crystal vase with a lamp built into the base that turns on when a flower is inserted. The flower functions as an electrical conductor. The light turns off automatically when the flower wilts. Rendering Selene Tunesi.
KingSize features current progress in furniture projects by presenting all that is new in the exhibition and in the 400 events throughout town. A review enhanced by the presence of some of the most promising Young Designers from the international scene.
Augusto Ciarrocchi, presidente di Ceramica Flaminia, sul piatto doccia modulare Tatami, design Roberto e Ludovica Palomba, 2001, innovativo per l’installazione a filo pavimento.
In copertina: Vanna e Giulio Meroni, imprenditori del marchio Meritalia, letteralmente tappezzati dal prodotto di maggiore successo che è uscito dalla loro fabbrica. È il sistema componibile di imbottiti ultracolorati La Michetta disegnato da Gaetano Pesce nel 2005. Nello showroom milanese dell’azienda, in via Durini, si vende ancora quasi giornalmente.
On the cover: Gian Luca Sghedoni, vicepresident and CEO of the Gruppo Kerakoll, aprtly hidden by the architectural sheath designed by Antonio Citterio for the Green Energy Design showcurated by Interni Magazine (Milano, FuoriSalone 2008). Photo by Andrès Otero.
On the cover: Ernesto Gismondi, president and art director of Gruppo Artemide, with the Pipe lamp, designed by Herzog & De Meuron, 2005. Photo by Francesco Allegretti.
On the cover: Pietro Piccinetti, president and ceo of Gruppo Sintesi, with the Carrera sofa, designed by the studio De Cursu, De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi in 1969 for BBB, that has become part of Gruppo Sintesi.
Chrisco, the 30-meter sloop built by the CNB shipyard of Bordeaux, with naval design by Luca Brenta & C. Yacht Design and interiors by Wetzels Brown Partners.