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Then, the collection of publications, newspa -

pers and printed medias allowed us to create

a first map on the topic. The last two steps

consist in a exploration both of the web a of

our home countries and cultures. This last

method gave us a wider field of vision and

took advantage of our dierent perceptions

and backgrounds. In all these four cases, we

kept in mind that a welcoming sign is not

always obvious. We tried not to underesti -mate any kind of message, even though it

was weak.

M atching our datas during these twoweeks, we began to draw a path, andto get a precise idea about the notion of wel -

coming and the several forms it can show.

Indeed, we admitted at a certain point, that

the welcoming could be generated through a

message, but also a sign, a word, and even a

shape or a simple trace on the wall. It can be

cultural, social, artistic and sometime concep -

tual. More than a notion, its a state of mind,

an attitude that can be spotted in almost every

type of media, physical or not.

In a world where communication increase eve -

ryday, cultural identities are more and morerelayed by the technologies, and distances are

shortened by the medias and the progress,

welcoming has become a central issue, but

also an essential tool for the new experiences

our this world provide us. therefore, we can ex -

pect this notion to change and materialize into

new approaches and values, probably more

adapted to our everyday mutations.

For all of us in the group, the meaning of wel -coming is strongly linked with a positive value,an exchange, and a very human concept. Its about

a connection between the people, their environ -

ment and therefore, the things surrounding them.

The notions of personal spheres and property -

physical or intellectual - are the core of this issue.

The multiple ways of creating interactions and

relationships between beings and things, places,

signs or cultures are its language. Then, in orderto analyze the welcoming process, we decided

to look around through dierent medias, experi -

ences and gestures surrounding us and speaking

about it.

T hus, four main axes could emerge at the verybeginning of the study. The acquisition of ma -terial infos and images in situ was the first step.

The Brave New World...


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You move into a new city, for life, for va -cation, for whatever. You dont know thenew city. You have just the tourist guide and

nothing more. You dont know, where is the

best place to live, where are the best locations

to go out. Sometimes you wish that there is

somebody supporting you. Being there for

you and showing you the city through his ex -

periences and his point of view. In Frankfurt/

Main, a Godfathership program allows you

to meet a local citizen, that will introduce

you to the city and help you to find out what

youre looking for. You will contact him (or

her) in advance. While you meet him, he will

show you the good spots and special places

in his home town. Therefore, youll not stand

alone anymore and you will soon feel like

home in this foreign city.

Interculturalgodfathers

image source: flickr

If the city does not go on Facebook, Face -

book invades the city.Is as an evolution of so -

cial networking, as an analysis of voyeurism

and contemporary exhibitionism. Investiga -

tion of the epochal changes of a society in

which the status update is outperforming

what was the status symbol

T his project is held now in milan, and isdivided in three steps. The first one isabout spreading the message and the idea

of the project. Everywhere in Milan blankpapers were left, asking one of these three

simple questions: what are you doing ,

what are you thinking and what are you

feeling. This message invite people to think

about their identity, based on the cultural

changes and new social behaviors that the

socializing networks have made. It interests

specially on the widespread status update

phenomenon. the second step consists in

the collection of peoples answers, written on

these papers. The third step is a event where

photo shooting will be made, completing

the posters and allowing IS to hang them all

around the city. This project is a reflexion on

peoples changes due to Facebook or Twit -

ter, etc. It explore the very essence of peo -

ples personality through a simple media and

a short ad visual sentence about it. The main

objective is to make the citizens become

IdentitSociale

actors of their city, an though, oer them a

chance to express themselves in a larger and

wider space, Milan. Depending on the result,

it may become a very welcoming and shar

ing experience from milan people to all the

citizens and visitors.

And you, what is your urban status?

image source: identitsociale.com

In the last few years the Polytechnic of Mi -lan and the Chinese University of Tonji havestarted a productive twinship, whose main

purpose is to reach a know-how interchange

between the students from both countries.

Every year each University selects 6 or 7

students who have to follow a special pro -

gram in the host University for an academic

year. A new team from China has just been

welcomed by some of us. ( See the pictureabove / below ).

At first the foeign students need to under -

stand the schedule rules and the organiza -

tion of the Polytechnic.

Their italian partners act as tutors also illus -

trating students life, meeting points, pro -

viding helpful tips. This cultural exchange

promoted by both Universities is greatly ap -

preciated by students and professors like -

wise and appears as the tangible evidence of

a real global vision.

The Eastmeetsthe West

image source: self made BGK

Tired of sitting for the boring chess game? Or

the same punches in boxing? Well try both,chessboxing. It was found by a Dutch artist,

Lepe Rubingh and not long after that it was

launch in UK with 51 members. How it works,

participants will box for 3 minutes then they

have to focus and think strategically on to

the chessboard for 4 minutes. Its a think -

ing and fighting sports combined together.

Once a checkmate before 6 rounds of chess

or knockout before the 5th round of boxing

CheckmateandKnockout

is made, then we have the winner. It doesnt

matter how bad you are in the ring you still

can win on the chessboard by a checkmate

and also the other way around. The idea is

to train people to be able to adapt quickly

to stress or panic and be calm when needed.

Also to remind people that fighting is not just

about the muscle, but need to be supported

by strategic thinking too.

ChessBoxing Tournament News

Packing a punch: the hottest fitness trends for 2009

Image source: wikimedia.org

image source: self made AB

In tropical countries like Colombia where the partiesare well known, there is a new style to invite foreign -ers to meet the city. There is this traditional track, used

by farmers for going to interurban travels with animals

and vegetables, this track is very colorful and made of

wood its name is chiva, nowadays we dont use it any -

more as a transport, inside of it t here is a huge party with

a music band included, so meanwhile you are crossing

the Colombian streets you are having fun and dancing

Colombian rhythms inside the truck.

Chiva-rumba

M etroweb, the optic fiber network in Milan decidedin June to launch an artistic project related to theunderground network of Milan, the most wired city of

Europe. More than 15 artists were invited to design the

manholes that allow acces to the fiber network from the

street. This colorful integration in the city landscape

invite people to think about the changes happeningsometimes under their feet, and not under their eyes.

It's also a gift to people, citizens and tourists, a detail

that you may notice or not, but also a colored spot in

the grey environment of the city. Beyond the beauty that

this contrast create, it's also a way to show the passer-by

that the city cares about him.

Mi get colored

image source: self made OG


In the hearth of the city we find a place that .seyeehtroftpecxeesnesyreverofedamsiA place where inspires your mind and devel -

op your imagination trough smells, noises,

touch and most importantly your taste. This

is a restaurant called Caf Noire placed in

via San Babila where there is a black space,

you cant see anything but you must enjoy

from your other senses, caf noire a com -

What youcant see inMilan

plete dark room has been designed with an

unusual concept, the people who work there

are blind and very talented they can recog

nize you by your voice and t he shape of your

face.

This allows the people to have the experi

ence of living from a fun point of view what

blindness means. The dishes are of course

surprise and there is live music too.


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T he Carnival of cultures is a interculturalmass event take place in berlin, the citywith the most immigrants in germany. In the

foreground see the organizer the concept of

integration and the breakdown of the fear

over dierent cultures.

The carnival is a colorful movement through

this part in berlin, where to most immigrantsare living, with a lot of music and theater

Carnivalof cultures

events. Today these event is extremely fa -

mous in Germany and count every year more

than 1,5 million visitors.

Milan with all the dierent cultures and na -

tions could be a really good ground for these

kind of event.

All dierent nations from whole over the

globe are welcome to celebrate an awesomefestival t ogether.

image source: compfight.com

F iorentina AC is the Italian football clubplay both inside and outside the football

field. In the last few years, during interna -

tional tournaments, rival teams and fans have

-

come in the city of Florence. One example is

is even possible to participate in collective

Banquets in specific areas near the stadium.

-

ships between fans. The program is proceed -

follow Fiorentinas example soon.

www.fiorentina.it/home

Supporters

Florence

image source: fiorentina.it

networks and the web. Increasing the vis -

ibility of these helps and making them more

real and anchored in the city, Paris shows a

real investment on its support of the youth.

Growing more and more, these initiatives al -

lows young people to enjoy theater and con -

certs, but also to share good ideas, initiatives

and political events. I think that beyond this

opportunity, the way they materialized it is

the very welcoming action for the passer-by,

the stranger and the common citizen.

www. jeunes.paris.fr

KiosquesJeunes.

T he "young portal" of Paris City Hall or -ganize of a lot of good plans, activitiesand discounts for the young people in Paris.

they recently opened three Kiosques Jeunes

(literally: Young's kiosks) where the parisian

youth but also every people aged less than

30 can enter and get daily new invitations

and advices on cultural events, concerts and

exhibitions.

Held by young peoples and made for them,

these three centers are now materializing

and gathering the helps that the city hall

provide since a long time through dierent

sources: jeunes.paris.fr


Italy is well known for its traditional foodwaiting who comes to Milan to experiencnew taste sensations in one of its great res

taurants. But what can you can eat after 1

PM?. Most places where you can go to eatare already closed late at night and is impos

sible to find a supermarket open, in some

of the streets in Milan you can find the au

tomatic free shop , a 24-hour site where yo

can find all kinds of food, hot and cold drinks

sweets and salty snacks, precooked food and

even ice cream. The place has dispense

machines where you can get whatever yo

want and eat at your place, the places lack

of chairs and table which means is not pos

sible to enjoy your meals there. As a Latin

American foreigner is rare to find an ope

place without anyone to attend, and give

the feeling of loneliness in contrast with th

warm service that identify the Italian cultur

However this concept of self-service is ver

useful in midnight emergencies.

Aperto 24ore su 24

N eed to get rid of weekend hangovers?Monday night run is the answer. A groupof expatriates and Italian call them self Hash

House Harriers calling the fit, unfit, and any

misfit for a run and dinner every Monday

night. Good run, good laugh, and good

thirst will be satisfied with beers. There are

no age boundaries, to persuade older mem -

bers that they are not as old as they feel, but

the main objective is to encourage physical

fitness amongst members. Every week there

will be dierent places to meet and mostly

they meet up at international restaurant. Thissociety also introduces many dierent res -

taurant with dierent kind of international

gourmet. At each meeting every members

will have dierent experience, especially for

the cultural exchange. Having to go run on

monday night will also encorage the mem -

ber to be physically fit to face the weekdays.

Hashing in Milan - A Drinking Club with a running

problem, available from http://www.milanhhh.com

Hashing

in Milan

image source: flicker.com

image source: zitty

Zitty is a popular magazine in Berlin. In the city youcan find information about events, exhibitions, con -certs, all cinemas and tips for restaurants, bars and pubs

and a lot of shopping opportunities in Berlin. But you

can also find reports, reviews and letters about experi -ences for dierent events.

This magazine will be published every 14 days. It is very

famous for tourists and strangers and welcomes all them

in a very friendly way. Such summaries and thoughts

about cultural events doesnt exists in Milan, but the

closest I could find was probably MilanoZero...

Berlin

Yesibeer is a initiate in milan in partnership with AMREF, the African Medical and Research Foundation. Iyou visit the homepage of Yesibeer, you have to registe

and drink a virtual bottle of beer. With this action, yo

assist a project in Kenya which support the building o

water wells. Milan is full with stickers advertising for Yes

beer to tease people in the city, and increase awarenes

for the project and remind us about this african situatio

Nobody knows at first what kind of project it is, and wi

visit the website and support these awesome project.

Yesibeer

image source: yesibeer.com

O n the occasion of the official visit of King Husseiand Queen Rania of Jordan in Milan, three dierenexhibitions have been set up together with meeting

concerts, films and other special events.

The main exhibition Jordan unveiled ( 21- 30/10

oers the opportunity of appreciating the fascinatin

atmosphere of ancient castles in the desert, Petra, th

Dead Sea. The photos will be sold to finance charity ac

tivities. The picture are a window on a magic far worl

that capture the passer-by.

Unvailing

Jordan


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G uided walking tours to see all the important sighis a common part of a visit in a foreign city. Bug.w.t., which are dedicated to one special topic in th

past of the city are not existing in Milan. You can fin

special tours dedicated to one special topic, but not i

the context of the past. To learn something about th

history based on a special topic could be a new trend i

the infrastructure of tourism events. New people in th

city get in contact with the past and can learn speciinformation about the history.

Take a walk

on the past side

image source: self made JW

Pub Crawling is a new Trend in Berlin. The Trend camefrom United Kingdom. A group of tourists meet eachother and go into dierent pubs. In each pub, they have

to drink at least one drink. One leader of the group, the

organizer, has to stay sober, manage and control the

group. The aim of pub crawling is to get in touch with

new people and with dierent places allover the city.

Tourists and local people are very fond of this kind of

events, often used to welcome friends from abroad.

Pub Crawling

H aving started from a small room in Milan in, Good50 x 70 have vision to change the world throughgraphic design and creative communities. Inviting crea -tive young minds to share about critical issues aecting

todays world through poster competitions. Good 50 x

70 will squeezed those creative young minds on child

labour, climate change, aids, nuclear emergency, health -

care deprivation, war on terror, and also womens right

violation. So, what are you going to do to change the

world?

www.good50x70.org

A Project

for the World

M ilan has given a warm Bienvenido to the Span -ish cultural events in museums, theatres and res -taurants. During these two weeks in October, Milan is

welcoming the culture and the tradition of the Spanish

capital. Everyone can experience what living in Madrid

is like through numerous events taking place all over

the city. People will enjoy the Madrilea atmosphere, not

only through videos, films and music but also through

the cooking and typical flavours, selected by two of the

best chefs from Madrid who will be oering their skill.

Made in Mad


image source: getty

D riving a car in Milan to move into this kind of tiand crowded city is nonsense. An alternative tranportation could be a folding bike. You can fold your bikwithin a few moments and store it without using a lot

space in your flat. You can combine perfectly diere

kind of transports with this type of bike. Ecology an

sustainability are now changing our mentalities rega

ing our habits and behaviors in the city. This smart tren

coming from Berlin is more and more appreciated all

ver Europe, and soon in Milan!

Fold-Bikes

M usic and food are the main ingredients for the 27thPaolo Sarpi community party but not only...ViaPaolo Sarpi is the street crossing the area with the high -

est number of Chinese immigrant s in the city. The yearl y

party is one of the nicest opportunities for the people

living in that district to know more about their area and

to make it known and appreciated to as many people

splehdnaspihsnoitalerwensruovoafsihT.elbissopsa

sweeping away cultural and social prejudice.

A cultural

opportunity



T.B. Open Art

Bexhibit their art, but cannot aord it or are not famousenough for standard galleries. After the collapse of the

Berlin Wall it survived demolition thanks to the Tacheles

art group, who turned it into a big multi-disciplinary cen -

tre, with several ateliers. A personal space is available

The only rule is that everyone must be admitted to enjoy

an art-space interaction.

image source: GOBY

T he last generation of search engines has just landed,

entertainment. The new search engine is likely to become

a reference point for millions of users who want to make

a good choice to enjoy themselves!

www.repubblica.it/2009/05/sezioni/tecnologia

Select you fun

M agnetic Attack is a alternative way of advertising inthe city of milan. This service provide a steel totem,where everybody can stick small magnets on it, with

their own add. Then, somebody comes and likes one of

the magnets, and take it home for his fridge. The add is

then moving from the street to the potential customers

home, and get a better impact since the customer see it

everyday. Since it is free, everyone feels welcome to pick

one of these magnets.

Magnetic Attack


W ho says the blind couldnt tell how tattoo likes?Colorful Tattoo is very pleasing to our eyes butwhat about to our touch sense? Well Braille Tattoo is.

The braille tattoo have been traditionally used for cen -

turies in Africa. The modern Braille Tattoo require metal

objects to be placed under the skin that will lift up the

skin. Its about time for public especially youngster to

understand Braille, and start practicing the sense of

touch to discover the hidden message.

http://obeatink.com/general/braille-tattoos-bodyart-

for-the-blind

Braille Tattoo

image source: flickr.com


T his was the last sign of how the city looked like in viacadorna close to the trienalle museum, where tookplace an exhibition of the art work of drivo e rovescio

who dressed the street with handmade corduroy in

colorful wool strings. We found a parallel exhibition in

a Chilenian Street in Santiago de Chile were Benetton

exposed the new colors of the season.

City

dressed

F or those who feel oppressed in their countries acant express themselves in the way they are, Mioers much more than fashion and expensive cloth

There are many tourist agencies that organize trips a

excursions to special places for gay people. Milan hid

true treasures in the gay scene. Among the classic ba

youll also find; The Afterline bar, Company and Ric

while Binario Uno and Billy represent the most fashio

ble clubs of this cosmopolitan city. The Gay Commun

is also very well represented in the media. There are tw

monthly magazines, Pride Magazine and Babylo

magazine and the famous Chiquito Gay Guide Italia

www.nighttours.com/milan

Be who you are

A new approach of direct promotional tools for ad -vertising, exhibition, and many more that will catchattention of the target audience. It involves curators,

designers and iconoclasts to produce each MindCube

Totem to be displayed with quality and original con -

cept. The MindCube encourage the audience to view

the aesthetic experience through the isolation of each

totem. Since most audience will only see artwork or

things that attract their eyes, therefore the MindCube

method somehow forces audience to see the artwork

closer in details.

http://www.youtube.com/mindcubecurator

MindCube

image source: boxshock.blogspot.com

S treet food festival from San Francisco take placeevery year. A lot of dierent restaurants from wholeover the world show and cook several cultural meals

directly on the street, where everybody can meet and

eat together. The idea is food for everybody, food for

anybody.

This event welcomes both the passer-by and thestranger to get in contact with new food and new peo -

ple from whole over the globe.

Street food fest

image source: google.com

image source: apartamilan.it

M ost Italian architecture is characterized by massivebuildings with thick walls, hiding their treasures in -

Important architects such as Claudio Silvestrin, Rudy

Dordoni, etc. are applying a new vision of space abolish -

ing borders and breaking down barriers. The concrete

walls are replaced by glass, thus establishing a continu -

ous contact between the inside and the outside. This

can be considered as a further development, a new

-

ing them to see who we are...

Invisible

barriers



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B ambini tutti fuori! For one day children will blowed to play on the streets at Bovisa. A speSaturday afternoon has been organized by Derg

Officina Creativa and Design Democratico Parteci

to to oer the children the opportunity to discover

simplicity of past games such as tip-cat, hide and se

treasure hunt, etc. and also to discover the games

Southamerican, Chinese, Senegalese tradition.

Playground Bo

isa


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It was the slogan that Greg Lynn used when he exhibitshis Recycled Toys at Triennale Bovisa. His creativeapproach for making use old toys becoming aesthetic

functional object has won him the Golden Lion award.

From his artwork, the message was nicely delivered to

the audience, to make use of recycle objects. One of

the recycled materials that he was focusing is plastic,

and the idea comes from reusing materials in a new way.

www.ultrafragola.com

Dont waste, be

creative

OEPS

You may recognize this work around Milano, was mby a couple of girls from Denmark called OEPS Crthey are street artist and visit dierent places around

rope and stamp with their own signature the urban a

like Milano, Berlin, Copenhagen, London etc.

Their art is based on geometrical shapes and is m

of colorful plastic beads. Many artists like this recog

Milan as a city in which their work can be appreciateimage source: self made AB

image source: improveverywhere.com

Welcome

foreigner!

O ne of the missions of Improve Everywhere is to givea warm welcoming to the passengers who landedat JFK airport. The main rule is that the visitor are com -

pletely out of it! The welcome is given by means choirs,welcome boards and bouquets of flowers. A beautiful

experience that passengers will remember for long time.

improveverywhere.com/2008/11/17/welcome-back/

Have you ever wonder how you can make use of ththrown or left over wood? Try think of some ideas we can honours the nature. Art and Design doesnt alw

come from perfection, we can still produce creative

work from recycling. Furthermore artworks from recy

are usually unique, because the final result will be

unpredictable. Thats how Simone Lodovico Masseron

cartoons designer in Milan repay nature for its genero

Recycled Art http://www.recycled-art.com

Honours theNature

image source: recycled-art.com

+BC,need a hand?

+BC is a service provided to bike users in sevplaces in the town. A repair workshop is installethe back of the truck, and welcomes people to repai

free their bike, providing them advices and tools. In

change, they just want you to invest a bit of time and h

them to work on your bike and though, share the la

Professionals are helping you to understand your bic

and to fix it in any situation! It's a very human behav

that unfortunately we don't find everywhere The

is placed in dierent areas everyday of the week.image source: self made OG

A collaboration between fine artist, drumer, and sounddesigner to produce a multimedia work. Artists arerequried to be creative and come up with new ideas to

pleased the audience. A new kind of multimedia per -

formance, which is dierent from video clips. More mu -

sicians and djs start to use this idea to enhance their

performances by showing collage, painting, sketches,

etc onto the screen that will fit into their performance.

In some performance the whole artwork is done live, in -

cluding the fineartist or videojockey that have to suit the

images with the sound.

Art and Music

Combination

image source: youtube.com

Adutch firm recently pull out a new way of project 3D im -ages on buildings. Through games of light and severalperspective eects, they try to play with the visual senses

of the spectator. Emphasizing the architecture, they create

amazing visual experiences linked with the buildings and

connect them to alternative realities and a world of dream.

The incoming of numerical references and culture into the

very tangible world of the stones is creating a link between

history and the geek generation we are, reducing the gap

between two worlds .

Architectural 3D

Projection


image source: atomoitalia.org

Its a sporting event where gay & lesbian athletes cometo participate from all around the world. Some say that150 players will show o their tennis skills at the Tennis

Corvetto where the matches takes place. This friendly

competition is organized by the Association of Homo -

sexual Tennis Players (A.T.OMO), and this year was from

September 3rd until Sept. 6th.Everyone can play, both

men and women, according to their talent and level of

practice from beginner to pro. Guests will be invited to

the Caf Palo Alto where they will be served typical Ital -

ian food.

Italian Gay opentennis

Is a travel around the city proposed by the l'Istituto deiCiechi (institute for blind people) where you can meetthe city in a walk prepared by them, this is an adventur -

ous expedition that invites you to actually feel the city,

no with your eyes but with your body. The journey starts

with a group composed by 8 people and you are taken

trough dierent sceneries to perceive them from other

point of view.

www.milanodabere.it/milano/mostre/dialogo_nel_buio

Dialog

in the darkness

image source: milanodabere.it

D esign Partners are sponsorizing Design in the city,a series of events around the main shopping areas,showroms and cultural sites of the Italian capital of de -

sign. The best of Italian technology and design will be

on desplay within everybodys reach. This event is one

of the main opportunities for people to get in touch with

the World of Design.

Design meets

the citizens


This cinema, besides the fact it play only original ver -

sion movies is also a local support for a lot of initia -

tives. It welcomes associations and groups to organize

cultural, sportive and musical events. It has become the

core of many gatherings and rallies

il Cinema

Mexico


Raw 9003

D uring the Salone del Mobile, a group of studentsgoes into the city, in order to reverse the precon -ceived order of things while creating dierent encoun -

ters and perceptions. Creating installations during the

night in Zona Tortona, they use the urban space "as atransition between the public and the private". The aim

is to come into contact with milanese peoples and to

initiate new ways of using their city. The installations

suggest invitations, to share a food, a moment or simply

to join the group in a picture where furnitures are placed

to evoke a decor or a theater scene

www.raw9003.comimage source: rae9003.com

T his is one of the strangest things I've ever seenWe were chilling in Porta Ticinese when some guycame with a dead stued fox, walking around like it was

his dog A huge amount of people start to follow him,

wanting to caress the animal and asking for her name

"Fulvia!" He answered, and precised then, that he will

open a special facebook page for the animal. The impact

of Fulvia was amazing! More or less 500 people were ask -

ing something about it on the night, and later, when we

passed by in the same spot, people were saying hello,

showing pride to know the name of the most crazy and

trendy attraction of the night. This stued fox has now a

facebook page and a lot of friends, that will probably get

to know each-other through Fulvia. A step beyond, it's

amazing to see how a useless object can create links in

the real world in less than 30 min Since we were with

this guy, we were introduced to a lot of milanese people

and felt really welcomed in this crowded place.

la Fulvia!



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A side from its function to protect agives comfort to our feet, the flowboot also reminds us of the nature wh

nowadays more and more people try to co

tribute for the environment. It might not

consider as an eco-friendly nor natural if

look at from the materials but it gives a h

py and flowery feeling. Such designs are ve

striking and it reminds us of the youth mo

ment of flower generation back to the 60s

Flower

Generation

image source: self made DS


A s we can see on other articles, the bike meetings be -come more and more trendy in Milan as in other cit -ies in western Europe. A lot a people meet with bicycles

and cruise together trough to whole city. Sometimes

enjoying the opportunity to drink together and thus, the

social activity more than the sport. This sticker is related

to a pirate party, for which invitations are spread all

around the town to anybody who wants to come. Its theopposite way of bike clubs and blogs, who invite only

the members of their communities.

Bikemeeting

>>Giro

T ao band are the owners of this particular stage,which goes around Italy and give s performanceeverywhere. The bus has 60-70`s styles and all the

painting outside is mainly about this decades making

allusion of the love times, the mobile scenery is moving

around 200 dierent place and gives free concerts. Is a

new musical proposition to meet Italian music.

www.myspace.com/taovox

Love Bus tour

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How music contributes to the environment? Todaymore and more artist trying to convey this messagethrough their music, but how can it actually be done?

Circolo Magnolia will be one good example. A concert

area in a green area in the middle of the forest with fresh

air but not to pollute the forest, thanks to the solar panel

system that can accommodate energy needed for all the

activities. But this is not the only way how music contrib -

utes for the environment. Go green music.

www.polkadot.it/green-music-in-milan

Green Music

Welcome to

the World

H ow far has gone the technology, and how we canvisualize our next future, With this new inventionmoms can appreciate their babies from the earlier stag -

yllebriehtsdaertahtecivedahtiw,yawtnereffidanise

and projects a 4-d image on the wall, they can have a

closer approach of how the baby would be like.

www.thecoolhunter.net/lifestyle

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Supported by the local city halls, this event is bornin France and has now reached Europe, becomingan official European Neighbor's Day People are oftenliving in the same building without knowing themselves,

therefore, this "Fete des Voisins" was created to oer

a chance to this people to get in touch. Everywhere in

France and at least in Paris, people are now having din -

ner once a year, in their yard, garden or at someone's

place to celebrate this special moment It's always an

occasion to meet the newly arrived, and to welcome

them properly

Fte des voisins

T wenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Milan of -fers his contribution to remember the epoch-makingevent which re-united the East and the West of Europe.

In order to celebrate this historical event, Provincia di

Milano together with several cultural associations have

invited a team of German artists, called Fehlstelle, to

rebuild a segment of the most famous wall, the BerlinWall. The 15 meter long and 3.45 meter high art struc -

ture will be erected at Porta Venezia. Some key photo -

graphs of the unforgettable night of 6 November 1989

will be dislayed all along the wall surface. Two turrets,

like the ones in the real Wall, will also be build near

Garibaldi train station. Both structures are going to be

the focus of important celebrative events, along with

other cultural happenings which will take place in Milan.

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Berlin Milan


D o you know that according to Worldwatch Instipersonal computers used 115 billion sheets oper annually? Since nowadays we are still using pa

to stored information, that means until today more

more papers will be used, but theres always a way

make use of the wasted paper. This is how Jens Pr

contributes himself to the environment. His artwork

exhibited in the A Touch of Green Exhibition, in Mil

Encouraging the public to recycle and make use of

used paper in a creative way. His artwork is turn

shredded papers that are mixed and moulded to come furnitures.

www.jenspraet.com

Creative

Paper Waste

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M useo Nazionale della Scienza e della TecnoloLeonardo da Vinci is organizing the first intetive travelling exhibition of Leonard da Vinci. Nature

& Science. The exhibition will be held until Decem

2009 where a wide overview of Leonardo da Vincis w

will be displayed in Incheon, Korea. Introducing Ita

Renaissance atmosphere by showing the World. M

famous paintings and also his study o f nature researc

as scientist and artist.

www.leonardonatureartandscience.com

Interactive

exhibition

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In some areas in Paris there is a new tradition going on.Four or five arabic restaurants now provide an open freecouscous once or twice a week. Directly inspired of the ar -

abic hospitality and traditions for welcoming the stranger,

this activity has now reached a lot of several cultural and

social environments. People from completely dierent

backgrounds join themselves every week around this gen -erous meal, and share opinions, tastes or simply thoughts

about their city or cultures. Indeed, it's a very human value

to gather around a dinner and share the food with un -

known people; and it's also a way to transmit a cultural her -

itage despite economic and profits obligations we live in.

uneviemoinschere.com

Free Couscous

in Paris


Make pictures

with your mind

A t the airport of Malpensa and Linate you can findthis unforgettable diary to register your journey. Inthe middle of media era where blogs and web platforms

are suited to share your experiences here there is a love -

ly and new-old fashion agenda which invites you to keep

your experiences and set your private memories. The

hard cover is attached by a magnet and the front de -

sign are multicultural illustrations from dierent places.

C ritical Mass is a bicycle event, typically held everylast friday of the month in more than 300 cities allo -ver the world. Founded in San Francisco, the purpose of

this event was to draw attention on the problem of wel -

coming bikes in the city. Seen like a "protest by cyclist

reclaiming the streets", these events should be viewed

as "celebrations" and spontaneous gatherings, and not

as protests or organized demonstrations agreeing to

Critical Mass participants. This organization diers from

many others in its rhizomal - rather than hierarchical -

structure, and therefore, was often called an "organized

coincidence". The routes are decided spontaneously

and the movement is free from association costs and

hierarchical leadership. The only requirement is to get a

sufficient "critical mass" to ride

Critical Mass

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N owadays, more and more people is trying to con -tribute to save the environment. However not allbusiness can easily contribute to the environment di -

rectly, like the sex industry for example. Maison dEnvie

(House of Desire) A brothel in Berlin wo uld oer an Eco

Discount to their patron by not using cars, simply by

coming with bike or public transport. Eventhough not

in large quantity but with this Eco Discount more peo -

ple will tend to use bikes. Soon other industries that are

likely hard to contribute directly to the environment may

apply this simple Eco Discount as their support to save

the environment.

thelocal.de/society/20091015-22583.html

www.trendhunter.com/trends/eco-friendly-brothels-

maison-denvie

Eco Discount


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