A good tonic to ostentatious and wildly out of context design can be found at the Prophets and Penitents show, which is being held in a wing of Sant’ Ambrogio, Milan’s oldest church. DAMn magazine has invited over 30 designers to submit prototypes to the show, dubbed “Confessions of a Chair”. Wandering in to a small chapel on the left of the main building, you are immediately struck by that stony coolness that always seems to pervade the atmosphere of religious places.
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Confessions of a Chair
April 24th, 2009Super Fucking Flash Beer
April 24th, 2009
Dear God. Why, oh why, in such a tasteful, elegant, stylish and cultured country is one of the staple beers in their many bars… Tennents Super.
Tennents. Fucking. Super.
The Maison That Martin Margiela Built.
April 24th, 2009Synonymous with groundbreaking avant-garde fashion pieces Maison Martin Margiela has never been one to follow the crowd.
In Paris he showcased his S/S 09 collection but no one will know if he heard the roars that ensued as the show was drawn to a close by the walk of a perambulating birthday cake, entire marching band and his many lab-coated assistants as, by tradition, he was absent. He has remained a mystery man in a forward thinking, pioneering Maison, but this has not stopped the demand to have access to the product.
And after twenty years the Maison has answered. In a preface to a new direction with the brand, Martin Margiela has introduced a proposal in the form prototypes of interior products and architecture that are in development for the future.
Theatre
April 24th, 2009
It is temporary, only for the duration of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009. Maison Martin Margiela introduces its concepts of interior architecture through an installation. It is a recreation of the environment and workspace of their Parisian workshop. Highly detailed and theatrically produced it provides an insight into the inspirations that drive the fashion house and how it’s philosophy transfers to interior products.
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Notes from a Petri Dish…
April 24th, 2009
I write to you from a small world where I sit pruning my flagellum in contemplation. When our colony size is sufficient and when environmental conditions suit, we will engage in a group motility known as ‘swarming’. Some will grow extra flagella, become highly motile, attach themselves to each other and move as one. All in order to explore the environment and colonize a more favorable patch. Despite enormous progress, some extraordinary group behaviors remain poorly described by scientists and artists alike.
Post Future
April 23rd, 2009
Technology can be alienating to all generations. The lack of understanding and the lack of a desire to understand can prevent an interaction with that technology. Yesterday, on a late evening stroll down Via Savona I was enticed into a small courtyard gallery, not knowing what to expect I worked my way through the space coming across an inviting darkened door way. The press desk on the left packed with too many inquisitive sales people asking where i was from made me realise the formal nature of this exhibition.