Patrizia Moroso, creative director of the Italian design company, Moroso, created an homage to African design at Salone del Mobile 2009 and then again at ICFF, collaborating with a slew of star designers including Ayse Birsel & Bibi Seck and Patricia Urquiola. The work is nothing short of phenomenal.
Me-Design magazine says: “2009 looks set [...]
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WHAT WOMEN ARE MAKING: AFRICA VIA ITALY
Posted in 'What Women Make' project, -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged -girl on the street, africa, artisans, ayse birsel, craft, craftsmanship, design, female, girlonthestreet, girls, italy, leadership, mafrique, memagazine, milan, milano, moroso, newdesign, oldmaterials, patiche, patricial urquiola, PatriciaUrquiola, tradition, what women make, whatwomenmake, women, yatzer.com on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To open a store, or to not open a store, exactly.
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged chauncey, core 77, core77, craft, design, fast fashion, forever 21, forever21, girlonthestreet, h&m, milan, milano, Moustache, salone, topshop, www.moustache.fr, zalkin, zara on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That is the question.
And in my research of exactly how to tailor make my next endeavour to fit
my passions and the times, I found this think piece at Core77 entitled Selling the Future: Design and the Financial Crisis that I think is worth a gander.
Quotes include:
“Make less. Make it better. Focus on craft.”
“Examine the thing [...]
Article I wrote for Terrace Magazine, a new magazine by Trace
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged design, furniture fair, girlonthestreet, milan, milano, salon de mobile, style, trend, trends on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s on the topic of the Design Moment and it’s published in this first issue of Terrace by the founders of the brilliant and inimitable Trace. Pick it up at your local (better) newsstand. By the way, that’s me with the hat in the lower center square.