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Wolfsburg, Germany

Limited Edition Volkswagen

Imperial Walker

In case you forgot the Empire Strikes Back

sequences, here we go: http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=J3F0YefAQLA&feature=related

This is the design I like the most.

Unfortunately, as long as I searched, I didn't find

any relevant information on this beauty. I don't

know the author, where and why and all these

little info I love to collect.

: (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3F0YefAQLA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3F0YefAQLA&feature=relatedhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolfsburg-Germany/114768665206881?ref=stream

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Kolkata, West Bengal

Kolkata Blue

Yesterday I read this fantastic news/project

coming from India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is

planning to paint Kolkata blue. On roads, onflyovers and even on trees, after the red rule of

the Left and the green wave of Poriborton,

Mamata is out to paint the city blue.

The chief minister has decreed that the city needsa neutral uniform colour code. If the government

has its way even the iconic yellow taxis of Kolkata

will be made blue.

And where it's not possible, like in WritersBuildings, the red turns to blue at night.

'If Jaipur is known as the pink city, Kolkata can

also be known as a blue city. Under the direction

of Mamata Banerjee we are using a uniform
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Brera

Il Grande Toscano

It's a curious statue, made by Igor Mitoraj. I wasn'table to find some explanation for the

colour for Kolkata', said Sovan Chatterjee, mayor,

Kolkata.

Here some more images from Kolkata (referred to

the Durga Puja Festival): http://www.facebook.

com/media/set/

Let's hope the project goes on. It is one of the best

urban projects I've ever read about. I am sure it

won't be easy to make it real, I cross my fingers

Here the article from the Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/.../kolkatas-blue-makeover-

has-some.../
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/02/15/kolkatas-blue-makeover-has-some-seeing-red/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/02/15/kolkatas-blue-makeover-has-some-seeing-red/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.306914522700814.70637.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.306914522700814.70637.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brera/135122893201404?ref=stream

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Corso Como

Alice Springs

Nice exhibition on June Brown (aka Alice Springs)

portraits at Galleria Carla Sozzani, in Corso Como

10. Not to forget the nice "Alice Springs,

Photographs" (Taschen) catalogue.

title.

To me, it looks as a monument for an impossible

love. He carries her deep into his heart. But

exactly because of this reason, they will be never

able to kiss each other.

That's the way

Here a link to his Wikipedia page where you can

see some other works made by him: http://en.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Mitoraj
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Darjiling, India

Babu

Gioia Guerzoni sent me an email with a fantastic

collection of Bengali babus. Great images by

Aparna Jayakumar. Here you can see some of

them: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/

What's a "babu"? Wikipedia starts its explanation

going like this:

"The term babu, also spelled baboo, is used in

modern-day South Asia as a sign of respect

towards men. It is a derivation of bapu which

Here some images: http://www.facebook.

com/media/set/

Here the link to the book: http://www.amazon.

co.uk/Alice-Springs.../dp/3836525798
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Bakrie Sumatra Plantation Kuala Tanjung

"If I'd asked people what they wanted, they would

have said a faster horse."

(Henry Ford)

Thanx to Dominic Wilcox for this simple but great

On Innovation (Henry Ford

on)

means father or grand father. The honorific 'ji' is

sometimes added as a suffix to create the double

honorific "babuji" which, in northern and eastern

parts of India, is a term of respect for one's father.

"Babuji" can also be used as a term of respect for

any respected elder or man."

Here is the link to read the rest of the entry: http:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babu_%28title%29
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Okayama-shi, Japan

Fireflies (Lots of Japanese)

A very nice story read on Wired mag (thanks to

Susanna Legrenzi for the link). It's about mr.

Tsuneaki Hiramatsu, his hobby (taking long-

exposure photographs of fireflies, and how thingsget viral on Internet.

quote. Mr Ford explains better than a book the

reasons why innovation is never a linear function

of actual people's needs and desires. Another one

who had this concept very clear was Steve Jobs

(and his total distaste for user-centered design

and other fairy tales...)

Here the link to some more images on Ford T:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/

Ps. In the image: a Ford T in a rubber plantation in

eastern Sumatra, 1919.
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Seoul

The 15th Feburary marked the official launch

ceremony of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security

Summit, South Korea. The Korean National Police

Agency launched a security squad, exclusively

established for the successful hosting of the 2012

Seoul Nuclear Security Summit which will be held

in Seoul from March 26-27, 2012. The squad is

shaped around a deep knowledge & understanding

of Bruce Lee world.

Korean Police goes Bruce

Lee.

Here the link to the fireflies images: http://www.

facebook.com/media/set/

And here is the link to Wired's article: http://m.

wired.com/.../japanese-firefly-photos-and.../...
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Victoria Station

Art has to move you and

design does not, unless it's a

good design for a bus.

Bruce Lee forever!

Here a link to some fantastic images: http://www.


Here the link to the videoclip: http://www.

telegraph.co.uk/.../South-Korea-shows-off-anti

And here a motivational quote from Bruce the

Great: "I'm not in this world to live up to your

expectations and you're not in this world to live up

to mine."

(thanx to Gioia Guerzoni for the link)
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Berlin, Germany

The Dark Side of the Moon

David Hockney explanation on the difference

between art and design is quite clear and sharp.

Yesterday it was the day of the presentation of the

New Routemaster bus in London.

Quite an excellent piece of Brit design. Here some

more images of Thomas Heatherwick's New

Routemaster: http://www.facebook.

com/media/set/

Here a very nice article on the Guardian: http:

//www.guardian.co.uk/.../routemaster-london-

bus-new

And if all of this wasn't enough, here the page

from "Transport for London" website: http://www.

tfl.gov.uk/corpo.../projectsandschemes/15493.

aspx
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Das ist fantastisch!

A sci-fi comedy, made by a Finn (Timo

Vuorensola), where you have Nazi living in the

dark side of the Moon, coming back to conquer

Mother Earth. All of this starring at the Berlin Film

Festival!

Here some stills from the movie: http://www.


BBC reports on the whole story: http://www.bbc.

co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17046477

And here, the movie trailer: http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=vLPlpk6APQA&feature=fvst

Ps. (quite fascinating)

Iron Sky is one of a new wave of productions,

including Artemis Eternal, The Cosmonaut, A

Swarm of Angels and RiP!: A Remix Manifesto,

produced in collaboration with an on-line

community of film enthusiasts, that are creating a

new kind of participatory cinema.At Wreck-a-

Movie, a collaborative film-making web site, the

producers have invited everyone interested in

"chipping in" with their ideas and creativity to read

the tasks given to the community and to take a

shot.
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Triennale di Milano

Big Lawn

I went to see the Museum of Design at Milan

Triennale. Short field trip with my Bocconi

students. A nice afternoon spent in the last 50

years of Italian design. This version of the museum

(Alberto Alessi as curator, Mart Guix in charge ofthe exhibition design) was ok. Not good, not bad.

Out of the many things displayed, my favorite is

surely the "Pratone", a masterpiece designed by

Giorgio Ceretti, Pietro De Rossi, Riccardo Rosso in1971 (when they named themselves: "Gruppo

Strum") for Gufram.

The idea to have some 20 "Pratoni" (Big Lawn) one

next to each other with visitors allowed to jumpon them, it was a nice trick to end the visitors

experience.

Here the link to enter Gufram world (a trip in
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Barletta

Credit crunch ain't finished yet.

Hereyou have Agatha Ruiz de la Prada take on a

petite armchair. It's produced by Corvasce and it

comes at the incredible price of 368 euro.

Credit crunch is not over, but producer didn't get

it. They make low cost products at very high price.

The lovely thing is that this recipe is actually

working.

Some more of ms Ruiz de la Prada cardboard stuff

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

Beyond Le Corbusier LC2

Petite Armchair

time, final stop the early 1970's...): http://www.

gufram.com/design_eng.html
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Trafalgar Square

On the Fourth Plint

This, I truly love: a two-tonne bronze (gold-

looking) statue of a young boy on his rocking

horse.

The boy's formal name is Powerless Structures, Fig

101, and he sits on top of an empty plinth

designed to host a bronze equestrian statue of

William IV by Sir Charles Barry (which was neverinstalled).

In Trafalgar Square over the next 18 months for all

to enjoy.

And here the link to Corvasce (they do all kind of

curious things, all made in cardboard): http:

//www.corvasce.it/
http://www.corvasce.it/http://www.corvasce.it/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trafalgar-Square/205562139465447?ref=stream

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Toblach

Sottsass Holding up Kiefer

If you are Kiefer and you get Sottsass holding you

up, I guess it is a nice feeling. But proably the

same goes around: you are mr. Sottsass and you

have to hold up mr Kiefer.

Anyway, two cool chaps, finally meet...

The authors are the Scandinavian duo Elmgreen &

Dragset and it will remain in place for around 18

months, replaced in 2013 by a giant blue cock of

the chicken variety by German artist Katharina

Fritsch.

Read the whole article at: http://www.guardian.

co.uk/.../sensitive-fragile-trafalgar...
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Toblach

Sharing My Room

So, I get invited to go to the mountains for the

week-end. Why not I say.

Next, I'm told I will have toshare my room with

Kate Moss. Well, a (very special) Kate Moss. To beprecise, Mark Quinn's Kate Moss.

Very beautiful, and very special. To wake up and

see her doing yoga is quite a fantastic

experience

Here some other images to appreciate her total

beauty: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/

And here an article where you get someexplanation on this strange fascination by Mark

Quinn: http://www.guardian.co.

uk/music/2006/apr/12/2
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Toblach

Another nice trick of this house were I spent the

weekend was to have a spa with vista Eliasson.

Very nice, indeed. You bath and while you think

about your things you have this fascinating shades

generated by some projectors& mirror.

Of course, if you do it in late afternoon, the

natural light comes to play, changing the whole

effect in slow motion.

Here some more images (the ones I like the most

are when the whole machine is turned off): http:

//www.facebook.com/media/set/

And here is the entrance to Olafur Eliasson's world:

http://www.olafureliasson.net/

Bath with Mirror and

(Colorful) Shades
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Milan

Camouflage

Camouflage is normally used for tanks and things

you use in war. Here you have Lapo Elkann who

used the camouflage thingy for his Ferrari 458

Italia.

I like the idea. AndI also like mr Lapo, one of the

few Italian designers able to facethe old masters.

Here some more images related to his Tailor Made

Service (in partnership with Ferrari): http://www.


And here a nice article about Lapoland on the

Financial Times supliment: http://www.

howtospendit.com/...
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Toblach

Ms Penny

I spent the week-end in this special place. A lovely

house in the Dolomiti mountains. Surrounded by

stunning works.

You go to your roomto sleep and you understandyou are not alone: you'll spend the night with ms

Penny (here above).

Boop. Very strange feeling. In the next days I will

report on the other curious people and things I'vemet there. For the time being if you want to know

more about ms Penny (to be precise this is #4

variation), and her Evan Penny (her master) here

is the link: http://www.pxleyes.com/.../a-

tribute-to-the-ultra.../
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