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|Camper

September 15, 2005 _companies

The famous Spanish shoe maker Camper has launched the new fall-winter collection inspired in India; the result of applying common sense, respect towards the environment and the natural shape of the foot.

|Artist Collection

September 7, 2005 _accesories

ChilliChilly is a new brand based in Hong Kong that designs, manufactures and markets art for living. Their production includes dining and kitchenware, timepieces, office accessories, lighting and other household goods.
Decode is an aluminium clock that has the numbers coded so they become apparent when the hand intersects them. The clock received the GOOD DESIGN Award 2004.
Artist Collection is their new range of drinking glasses, with graphics designed by numerous artists: Genevieve Gauckler, Supermundane and Pars among others.

|Patricia Urquiola for Alessi

September 2, 2005 _accesories

Alessi has recently presented the results of their new collaboration with Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola.
Orloff is a geometric bowl made out of a single stainless steel circle that is molded without any welds, available in two sizes.
Buckle is a stainless steel and genuine leather watch that can also be worn around the neck or transformed into a pocket watch thanks to a long leather strap.

|Luceplan

August 30, 2005 _lighting

Luceplan's 2005 collection is simply wonderful.
Designed by architect Paolo Rizzato, Miranda is a series of table, bedside, floor and suspension lights made of aluminium and blown glass. The diffuser is either opal or mirrored glass supported by a ring that holds the lampholder, the concepts true core. Miranda is a perfect example of Rizzato's distinctive design style, timeless elegant with a bit of an old taste.

A historical piece of Luceplan's porfolio, Fortebraccio, has been revisited by Paolo Rizzato and Alberto Meda and the result is just stunning. New colours, better functionality and some smooth radius have freshened up this contemporary design classic.

Mix is a sophisticated reading lamp with a lightweight frame that uses the new LED Chip on Board technology designed by the duo Meda-Rizzato.

|Oficina Nomade

July 3, 2005 _companies

Oficina Nomade is a project aimed at rediscovering the genuine value of the amazon culture created by argentinian designer Christian Ullmann and brasilian Tania de Paula. The bases of the project are sustainable production and design, contributing to educate artisans and develop local economies.
Oficina Nomade works with several designers, artisans and communities manufacturing semi-handicrafted products that exploit the amazon creativity, local know how and genuine brazilian materials such as wood, natural fiber, bambu, seeds of local trees and palms, coconut, natural latex, handicraft paper, fish skin and ceramics.

The collection has been exhibited in several shows including Macef 2002 in Milan and has received several prizes. In the photos Taui stool design Sergio Fahrer e Christian Ullmann ;Jarina Lamp design Tania de Paula e Christian Ullmann e Curadoria Amazonia Design exhibition.

|Hitachi's Ultimate Visual Experience

June 24, 2005 _companies

Hitachi will partner with Paramount Pictures for a worldwide promotional campaign surrounding the upcoming motion picture War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise.
Hitachi's ambitious promotional campaign, entitled The Ultimate Visual Experience marks the first step of the japanese company's new marketing strategy incorporating its keyword Glocal

The campaign is a perfect match between Spielberg and Cruise's pursuit of the world's best in film entertainment and Hitachi's commitment to the highest picture quality through its digital consumer electronic products.

Hitachi Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide.
The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services.

|Poltrona Frau

May 29, 2005 _companies

Poltrona Frau has announced the acquisition of 100% of Cassina, the italian group that controls also Alias and Nemo.
The group that has already in the porfolio renown design brands such as Cappellini, Thonet Vienna and Gufram aims to export to the world the best of italian design and manufacture.

|Cultivate

May 20, 2005 _companies

Cultivate is a young dutch company that manufactures lighting, furniture and interior accessories.
Cultivate launched during Milan Design Week the collection made by skilled craftsmen in modern factories in the Netherlands.
Among the novelties Therese, Josephine and Marie Louise, a series of lamps made of PMMA sheets illuminated by a special fluorescent bulb and Sputnik, a coffee table folded from one sheet of aluminium without any additional contructional elements or welds.
The pieces were designed by Sander Mulder and Dave Keune from the design agency Buro Vormkrijgers.

|Danese 2005

April 14, 2005 _companies

During next Salone del Mobile the historical italian company Danese will present the new collections Living, Working and Lighting.
Among the new products X&Y Table designed by Paolo Rizzato and Ovidio Table (in the picture) by Francisco Gomez Paz, the lamp Amami by renown japanese designer Fukasawa, Tet by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and the office accesories created by Theo Williams and Rota & Pedretti.
The collection will be launched Sunday 17th from 11.30 with the traditional brunch that the company organizes every year at Piazza San Nazaro in Brolo 15, Milan.

|Design+Crafts+Fair Trade

May 28, 2004 _companies

100%natural products are handmade in Colombia by people of limited resources but great skills. The project supports these communities by commercializing their products but also by manufacturing other objects specially conceived for 100%natural by qualified designers.

|Lego numbers

November 18, 2003 _companies

LEGO is the fourth largest toy manufacturer in the world in terms of sales.
Since 1949 LEGO has produced 203 billion bricks.
On average each person on earth owns 52 LEGO bricks.
There are 102.981.500 different ways of combinig six eight stud bricks.
With an annual output of 306 million tyres LEGO is the world's largest tyre manufacturer.
The accurancy when manufacturing a LEGO brick is measured to 2/1000 of a mm.
Moulding takes place in Denmark and Switzerland. Take a step by step interactive tour of the manufacturing process here.