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PRODUCE - Boffi has relaunched Mini kitchen, designed by Joe Colombo in the Sixties. Gian Luca Amadei looks at this and Total Furnishing, another design for flexible lifestyles
Blueprint , 2006
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PRODUCE - Tim Abrahams visits the Stockholm Furniture Fair. Gian Luca Amadei visits IMM Cologne. From the first, we look at two dynamic designs which show a new canniness in Nordic design. Young designers making products unique through adaptation. In Cologne, we found an event that is developing in exciting directions, with great work on show and an architectural emphasis to debate
Blueprint , 2007
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PRODUCE ITALY - In this unique edition of, Produce, Gian Luca Amadei and Sarah Brownlee take a look at how international designers are working with Italian companies to create products that use the latest manufacturing techniques. Mapping out the design process and showing concept stages, the 11 pages of Produce Italy gives an insight into the working methods of designers whose work will grace the Salone de Mobile
Blueprint , 2007
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SUMMER SCHOOLS - Offering intensive learning in idyllic locations, summer schools are increasingly popular as a means of self-improvement for designers. Gian Luca Amadei surveys the cream of the crop
Blueprint , 2007
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PRODUCE - Herman Miller's new chair is called Embody. It represents the outcome of two years of research followed by four years of design. Tim Abrahams visits the area around the Great Lakes to investigate the philosophy which has produced such a leap in office chair design. The chair will be launched at Orgatec in Cologne, this October, as will the Bouroullec's flexible workstation, Playns. Gian Luca Amadei visits the Parisian design duo
Blueprint , 2008
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PRODUCE MILAN - Milan's Saloni is getting bigger and bigger: Visitor numbers to the Rho fairground are growing fast and the number of events around the city continues to expand. Yet Milan's infrastructure is groaning under the weight of this annual design extravaganza. Gian Luca Amadei reports on a city under stress, and finds traces of recession in the furniture exhibited. Even so, Milan continues to be the best place to find innovative furniture design
Blueprint , 2008
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PRODUCE - Gian Luca Amadei reports on the new range of furniture to come out of a collaboration between furniture manufacturer, Thonet and Japanese retailer, Muji. The innovative joint project revisits a selection of design classics, as well as launching new designs by Konstantin Grcic. Also, Vicky Richardson has selected the best new European products from London's contract interiors exhibition, Design Prima, which took place in June
Blueprint , 2009
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PRODUCE - It is often thought that London is a city of designers and creatives: Products are actually made elsewhere. Gian Luca Amadei finds this is not the case. He interviews the heads of five London-based manufacturers. Uncovering the ideas, processes and approaches of Izé, Case Furniture, The Rug Company, Thorsten van Elten, and Hitch Mylius, a picture emergès of the city's active furniture industry, focused on mass production
Blueprint , 2009
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MASSIMILIANO FUKSAS - The Italian architect is prolific in France, but has caused controversy with experimental projects in his native country. Gian Luca Amadei reports on Fuksas's latest work and his penchant for building sites
Blueprint , 2008
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THE ITALIAN WAY TO LEARN - Italy's design schools face tough choices to keep their reputation
Blueprint , 2006
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PRODUCE - Ten: Gian Luca Amadei reveals work in progress by 10 London-based designers, such as Carl Clerkin and Tomoko Azumi, for a 100% Design exhibition looking at sustainability in the capital
Blueprint , 2006
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PRODUCE - Elephant and Castle in London is undergoing a mammoth regeneration. Gian Luca Amadei looks at one housing development by dRMM that aims to change the way we build and live
Blueprint , 2006
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PRODUCE - This year B&B Italia is relaunching the Le Bambole seating range, designed by Mario Bellini. When it was first launched in 1972, the advertising campaign by Oliviero Toscani caused a sensation and propelled the company into the international spotlight. Now Toscani has returned to bring the campaign into the 21st century. Gian Luca Amadei examines the process of updating an icon
Blueprint , 2007
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PRODUCE - Nokia has developed an elegant and cost-effective solution to mobile phone design. The 6500 classic marks a real step forward for design and production in this competitive market. Behind this sleek and ergonomic handset lies much detailed research aimed at creating a product that suits the market but that still speaks volumes about design ingenuity. Gian Luca Amadei unravels the design and manufacture of this laser-cut aluminium 'sandwich'
Blueprint , 2007
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PRODUCE - Anatomy of the LDF: Gian Luca Amadei looks into the London Design Festival and 100% Design, checking out Matthew Hilton's new furniture brand, cutting some rug with Moho Design for Moroso and doffing his cap to the guys at Formica. Plus Vicky Richardson reviews the clever Wrap3 three-dimensional projection system seen at Tent London, and gives top marks to the resourceful and talented Out of Office Collective
Blueprint , 2007
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SALONI MILAN - Milan's evolving relationship with design has made it one of the most connected cities in Europe. Tim Abrahams and Gian Luca Amadei visit during the Saloni -- A time of openness and exchange between the design industry and the city -- And pick out the highlights
Blueprint , 2007
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PRODUCE: URBANTINE - As the winner of Tent London and Blueprint's Urbantine Project is announced, Gian Luca Amadei explores the design and construction plans for Alex Haw's Work-Space-Ply-Time temporary pavilion
Blueprint , 2007
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PRODUCE: 100% DESIGN-BLUEPRINT AWARDS - Gian Luca Amadei reveals the shortlists for the Best Newcomer and Best New Product awards at 100% Design
Blueprint , 2007
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CHILE SCHOOL - So, your studio has built a pavilion? That's nothing. Valparaíso is the only architecture school in the world to have created its own Open City. The architectural pieces in the city, called Ritoque, are created as responses to journeys throughout South America and a unique style of freeform poetry adapted by the school. Gian Luca Amadei examines this remarkable institution as it emerges from academic isolation
Blueprint , 2008
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PRODUCE - London-based Nina Tolstrup's pallet furniture demonstrates a playful craftmanship that harks back to the Golden Age of Danish design but also demonstrates a social concern and a modern British quirkiness. Recycling pallets and scaffolding planks, she has created a series of simple but clever items from table lamps to coat racks. Gian Luca Amadei explores her designs and the philosophy that lies beneath them
Blueprint , 2008
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