An apparently simple result and an extraordinarily complex process define Table B, designed by Konstantin Grcic for the Extrusions series of BD Barcelona Design and presented at the Milan Fair, and then at the BD head office in Madrid at the end of September. Inspired by classic works form the firm, such as the Hypostila shelf, Table B is more than an object: it is an emotion.
Experimenta, junto al Ayuntamiento de Madrid colabora en la realización de la exposición Cartográfica Madrid Diseña. Organizada por Dimad (Asociación Diseñadores de Madrid), comisariada por Pierluigi Cattermole, director de Editorial Experimenta, y coordinada por María Cuevas, la muestra, planteada a partir de los conceptos de red y comunidad, es una herramienta colectiva en la que han participado en esta primera fase alrededor de 800 personas.
Irma Boom (Netherlands, 1960) is an editorial design activist who, after working for the Dutch Government Printing Office, founded Irma Boom Office in Amsterdam in 1991. Since then she has produced 200 books and has taught classes at Yale University in the US and the Van Eyck Academy in Maastrich. Her most ambitious project to date was the book celebrating the centenary of the Dutch conglomerate SHV, which she worked on for five years with complete freedom.
«Calle Pellaires», le digo al taxista que me recoge en el aeropuerto.
«¿Donde Mariscal?», me responde.
In 2006, the USA alone produced 2.7 million tons of PET plastic, 80% of which ended up “as is“ in the dump. Brandimage has created a fully recyclable bottle composed of two layers of bamboo or palm tree paper pulp and a waterproof inner lining made of biodegradable PLA. To open it, the top of the bottle pulls off and doubles as the lid. Dubbed the 360 Paper Water Bottle, the name of the container designed by Jim Warner refers to the integral vision of a project that re-thinks production and design.
