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Los Angeles, CA, United States

Note to the Cleaning Lady

This is the ★★★★★ note written by Werner Herzog to his cleaning lady:

Rosalina. Woman. You constantly revile me with your singular lack of vision. Be aware, there is an essential truth and beauty in all things. From the death throes of a speared gazelle to the damaged smile of a freeway homeless. But that does not mean that the invisibility of something implies its lack of being. Though simpleton babies foolishly believe the person before them vanishes when they cover their eyes during a hateful game of peek-a-boo, this is a fallacy. And so it is that the unseen dusty build up that accumulates behind the DVD shelves in the rumpus room exists also. This is unacceptable.

I will tell you this Rosalina, not as a taunt or a

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threat but as an evocation of joy. The joy of nothingness, the joy of the real. I want you to be real in everything you do. If you cannot be real, then a semblance of reality must be maintained. A real semblance of the fake real, or “real”. I have conquered volcanoes and visited the bitter depths of the earth’s oceans. Nothing I have witnessed, from lava to crustacean, assailed me liked the caked debris haunting that small plastic soap hammock in the smaller of the bathrooms. Nausea is not a sufficient word. In this regard, you are not being real.

Now we must turn to the horrors of nature. I am afraid this is inevitable. Nature is not something to be coddled and accepted and held to your bosom like a wounded snake. Tell me, what was there before you were born? What do you remember? That is nature. Nature is a void. An emptiness. A vacuum. And speaking of vacuum, I am not sure you’re using the retractable nozzle correctly or applying the ‘full weft’ setting when attending to the lush carpets of the den. I found some dander there.

I have only listened to two songs in my entire life. One was an aria by Wagner that I played compulsively from the ages of 19 to 27 at least 60 times a day until the local townsfolk drove me from my dwelling using rudimentary pitchforks and blazing torches. The other was Dido. Both appalled me to the point of paralysis. Every quaver was like a brickbat against my soul. Music is futile and malicious. So please, if you require entertainment while organizing the recycling, refrain from the ‘pop radio’ I was affronted by recently. May I recommend the recitation of some sharp verse. Perhaps by Goethe. Or Schiller. Or Shel Silverstein at a push.

The situation regarding spoons remains unchanged. If I see one, I will kill it.

That is all. Do not fail to think that you are not

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Zona Tortona

Eye-Candy (Sometimes They Are Nice)

In Zona Tortona there was this cute installation "Line Light Fall" by Naohiko Mitsui (Triumph design and consulting).

A series of Oled panels )which do not generate

the finest woman I have ever met. You are. And I am including on this list my mother and the wife of Brad Dourif (the second wife, not the one with the lip thing). Thank you for listening and sorry if parts of this note were smudged. I have been weeping.

Your money is under the guillotine.

Herzog.

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Via Santa Marta

Balanced

This was another nice exhibition. Mischer'Traxler "Balanced" for Wait and See shop in Milan. The Viennese duo pulled out a quite nice show. Simple but effective.

More images of this at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

high temperatures), organic materials + three mirrors to generate the impression of entering the Matrix.

Here some more images: http://www.designerblog.it/.../salone-del-mobile-milano…

Here the link to Triumph Design website: http://www.triumphdc.com/

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Subalterno1

Introverso

This "Introverso" vase by Paolo Ulian, was another project I liked pretty much (out of Milan design week).

Writes Ulian: "Introverso is a white Carrara marble vase with a second flower vase in ABS. It's a vase that hides in its substance another vase (in a different shape). They are two parallel stroies at the same tiem independent: the first one excludes the second and viceversa. A small hammer / single flower vase leaves us the difficult decision: to choose between the visible vase and the one awaiting to be released".

Bravo bravo!

Mischer'Traxler website at: http://www.mischertraxler.com/

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La Triennale di Milano

Il gioco e le regole

The game and the rules. It is the name of a small (but nice) exhibition on Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'Urbino e Paolo Lomazzi's work (till June).

Here the link to the exhibition website: http://www.triennale.it/.../1025-de-pas-durbino-e-lomazzi-en

More about this project at: http://analogicodigitale.it/project-07/The rest of the projects of "Analogico / Digitale" exhibition at: http://analogicodigitale.it/

Paolo Ulian website: http://www.paoloulian.it/

Some of his well-known projects: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

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Castiglion Fiorentino

Dolce Stil Nuovo

Went to visit Peter Lang and his Texas A&M students. Nice two days with nice people. Lots of energy and various nice pics...

Here the link to their website: http://www.durbinolomazzi.it/

Here some images of their most impressive products: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

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Fondazione Portaluppi

Little Italy (Italietta)

Last Saturday, we did an experiment. We chose 24 superbrilliant people. Some young, some old, some famous, some unknown, some this, some that…

We told them to come to Fondazione Portaluppi, because we wanted to make a magazine. Everyone had to come and everyone had to spend the day workin on his/her visual contribution. By the end of the day we had a phone application with the whole mag. Now we have also the website (for the ones who don't have a smart phone).

If you have an iPhone or an Android phone, you can download (for free) the Yapp Box application. Once you have downloaded you register with your email and you enter this code: MXYZ2X.

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Or, if you prefer, you can go to this web address: www.littleitalymag.com

In the image above, Umberto Riva contribution (original drawing from 1949, upon which he added the "niente" (nothing) balloon.

The people involved in the first issue of the mag were: Francesca Benedetto, Denise Bonapace, Fulvio Bortolozzo, Elio Caccavale, Paolo Cascone, Alessandro Contini, Simona Costanzo, Michela Dossi, Carmen Kuster, Peter Lang, Daniele Librizzi (with the support of his son, Francesco Librizzi), Giannino Malossi,Alessandro Scandurra, Pierluigi Nicolin, Matteo Poli, Michele Porcu, Alessandra Raso, Umberto Riva, Filippo Romano, Zoe Romano, Andrea Sartori, Giacomo Scandurra, Antonio Scarponi, Beniamino Servino, Adelaide Testa, Andrea Volpe.

Editor of the whole thing is Gioia Guerzoni, with the support of Alessandro Scandurra and myself...

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London

Nuue (Cocoon)

This is quite a booooouuuuummm project.

"Shota Aoyagi and Jungeun Lee both of Japanese descent, studied together in London and created Studio Koya. Their latest exhibition called “Nuue”, and originally called Wrapped Garment project, is named after a Korean word which means cocoon.It started by wrapping synthetic fiber around desired form such as a wooden mannequin or a board. Through a heating process with pressure, wound fiber transforms itself into a 3-dimensional moulded garment bringing expected and unexpected sculptural silhouettes with flexible texture. The garment can be complete with only fibre and heat."

Keep reading at: http://trendland.com/studio-koya-nuue-project/

Thanx to Sara Manazza for the link...

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Milan

IN-EI

NYT says:

"IN-EI, a new line of lamps created by the fashion designer Issey Miyake for the Italian lighting company Artemide, includes table, floor, ceiling and pendant lights. The collection, which is made from recycled PET plastic bottles, can be stored flat and expanded into three-dimensional forms without the use of internal frames.

The line grew out of the computer-driven fashion brand 132 5. Issey Miyake, “whose inspirations derive from a mathematical program that creates three-dimensional shapes based upon the user’s starting points,” Mr. Miyake explained by e-mail. For the lamps, he added, “I chose those shapes that seemed most organic."

More images at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

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Wenduine Beach

Sandworm

Quite a special and ❥❥❥❥❥ project by Marco Casagrande on the Belgium coastline...

Here some more images: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

And here even more image & explanations: http://www.archdaily.com/223656/sandworm-marco-casagrande/

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This morning David Weiss of Fischli & Weiss died.I am very sad, because I loved their work very much.

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One more time to watch: http://vimeo.com/7198223

In the image above: Peter Fischli und David Weiss; Die drei Schwestern, 1984.

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Palazzo Litta

Rat and Bear

Still from: Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Rat and Bear, 2008.

How to work better (by Peter Fischli and David Weiss).

1. do one thing at the time2. know the problem3. learn to listen4. learn to ask questions5. distinguis sense from nonsense6. accept change as inevitable7. admit mistakes8. say it simple9. be calm10. smile

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Lake Saint Louis, MO, United States

Accidental Mysteries

Antonio Scarponi sent me this link. Supernice. This is a great work by John and Teenuh Foster, "Accidental Mysteries".

Here the original link sent by @scarponio: http://observatory.designobserver.com/.../accident.../33938/

And here is their website: http://www.accidentalmysteries.com/

"Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography. 'I enjoy the search for incredible, obscure objects that challenge, delight and amuse my eye. More so, I enjoy sharing these discoveries with the diverse and informed readers of Design Observer'."

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Meenakshi Amman Temple

The headline for this post arrives from @fadesingh (retweeted by Gioia Guerzoni). The image is a detail of Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai.

More images of this fabulous temple at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

India is not a spiritual idea, it is psychedelic.

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Museum Jorn

I wish you a very nice Sunday. Headline thanx to Aldous Huxley, image thanx to Asger Jorn.

If you want to see more works by Asger Jorn, here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

And, here the link to the excellent Asger Jorn museum's website: http://www.museumjorn.dk

Thanx to Gioia Guerzoni for Huxley's quote...

You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art.

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Seoul, South Korea

Tesco and Samsung launched a virtual HomePlus grocery store that opened its doors in Seoul two days ago.

The store, located at the Seoulleung subway station, offers some 500 products. The shopping concept is simple: customers can order by scanning the related QR codes on their smartphones with the HomePlus app and get the items delivered to their doorsteps.

Too bad that both Tesco and Samsung don't have a single decent designer to turn this interesting idea in a fascinating experience for the user (the visual outcome is really ghastly).

More at: http://ax3battery.com/.../worlds-first-virtual-store.../

Interesting Idea for a Horrible Design

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La Fabbrica del Vapore

Nanni Strada's Mappamodello

Another thing I've missed at Milano Fuori Salone was the exhibition of Nanni Strada's things.

She is one of the most interesting characters in Milanese scene. Decades of work at the crossover between fashion and design. Really a fantastic career...

Here is the link to her website (in Italian): http://www.nannistrada.com/

Here the link to a collection of some images / projects I really like: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

And here a link to a very nice interview (Matteo

Thanx to Antonio Scarponi for the link...

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Pastore interviews Nanni Strada for Cluster magazine): http://www.cluster.eu/the-freedom-of-geometryla-liberta.../

In the image above: "Mappamodello" (Mapmodel), an universal paper pattern where you can see the traces of all the works made by ms Nanni Strada Parquet in the 1970's for China and Asian countries.