Categoria: issue 07

DesignMediterraneo|MediterraneanDesign2 International Design Contest 2010 Visual Design Third Prize Countries and nations living around Mediterranean Sea are very different in their culture, traditions and religion. However there are few universal factors of existence which are similar to all of them and affecting the day-to-day living. This factor is fresh water. Actually low supply of the… Continua a leggere Just add water / Boris Shpeizman

DesignMediterraneo|MediterraneanDesign2 International Design Contest 2010 Visual Design Second Prize The borders of the Mediterranean sea cannot be easily defined: they’re shaped by the life of nature, by the extension of the olive tree, by the sweet taste of figs that wish to grow on an environment that grants them life. The borders of the Mediterranean sea… Continua a leggere Mediterraneo on my mind / Rossella Valenti e Martina Francesconi

DesignMediterraneo|MediterraneanDesign2 International Design Contest 2010 Visual Design First Prize Typography is made of typical Mediterranean vegetables and frutti di mare as a subject, like a handmade collage, after that I took some photographs transferred them into my computer for color correction and resize. The idea is to represent mediteran how is it for real because… Continua a leggere Design mediterraneo / Filip Roca

Antoinette Mamo     Malta     STOW multifunctional storage Clémence Houpikian     France     THE NOMADINE Maysa Saccal     Libano     Tawla Dario Rose     Italy     Garden table Mono Sofia Ponte     Portugal     Working Unit Onur Mustak Cobanli     Turkey     Incognito Raúl Durá     Spain     The Rooots Zeinab Mourad     Lebanon    … Continua a leggere Selected Projects-Product Section

MNIMI in modern greek means “remember” not only wants to be an homage to a common cultural root to almost all the peoples of the Mediterranean, namely the classical Greece, which influenced the cultural and political life of Mediterranean people and which is the foundations of civil modern society. MNIMI wants to be a story,… Continua a leggere MNIMI / Filippo Mambretti

Chapeau wants to emphasize the peculiarities and technical characteristics of a typical Mediterranean and peasant culture: the weaving of rush and wicker. A technique, which like all the hand-made techniques, as well as its production of useful items and never trivial, carries with it a true life philosophy and a social attitude. It is impossible to… Continua a leggere Chapeau / Walter Giovanniello

Stackable, it seems absurd for a book shelf, but its peculiar design allows combination of many of them one after the other, according to one’s needs and to the available space. Different colors underline its versatility. Biography I was born in Sciacca in 1971, after the degree in architecture with a thesis in design and… Continua a leggere Accianco / Renato Marsala

In ancient times, amphora was used for transportation of fluids such as olive oil, wine; over time it has become the symbol of Mediterranean production and consumption. Amphora has brought both commercial trade and cultural exchange. Amphora reflects the Mediterranean lifestyle and complex communication. Amphora’s form of transportation and storage has been the inspiration for… Continua a leggere Novum / Anıl Ahmet Asal

DesignMediterraneo|MediterraneanDesign2 International Design Contest 2010 Product Design Mention The aim of my project is to discover the fusion between the organic and the industrial. As I was learning the industrial process of plastic rotational molding I discovered the potential for combining raw organic elements in the process. I tried creating a process where the meeting point… Continua a leggere Rawtating / Zaffran Weisler

DesignMediterraneo|MediterraneanDesign2 International Design Contest 2010 Product Design Mention Immigrants and the Mediterranean Sea: a desperate and indissoluble link that is somewhat disturbing for the wealthy society and at the same time something that inspires unease, fear of diversity, the unknown. People leaving behind their countries, crossing the desert, being detained and facing once more the… Continua a leggere Brakumo – Comfort Kit / Paolo Paladini