A new partnership in the form of Kristalia’s multifaceted ideas lab gives rise to new products and emotions. In addition, unprecedented and surprising projects are being created with old friends. They involve design concepts that extend to meet further needs and point to new successes, and the latest materials with a performance that has never been seen, touched or experienced before. 2016 has seen a great start for Kristalia: Would you like to continue it in this way, with us?
Maki table by Bartoli Design
Holo table by Kensaku Oshiro
LP chair by LucidiPevere
Penguin chair by Michael Geldmacher
Oops I Did It Again table by Monica Graffeo
Elephant table by Neuland
Colander chair by Patrick Norguet
How did your partnership with Kristalia begin? In June 2015, during a trip to the Friuli region, I visited Kristalia for the first time and met Ruggero Magrini and the team of collaborators. We hit it off right from the start, and I felt that I could build a good working relationship with them. What prompted you to choose Italy as a place to study? I chose Italy because it has always been recognised worldwide for its quality design, manual expertise and know-how in the furniture sector. Artisans and manufacturers, people with commitment, dedication and a passion for their work, invest time in research and innovation to produce real high-quality products. They are experts with whom you can build a direct working relationship, which is fundamental to me. Can we say that your creations combine Italian style, which you have assimilated over the years, with your origins? Having spent exactly half my life in Japan and half in Italy, my projects definitely express a combination of the two cultures. I have always been interested in working on a common aesthetic theme between different cultures. To me difference is an essential quality in order to create. You are familiar with our love for music. Therefore, it is only natural for us to ask you: What type of music do you listen to during your working day? I generally listen to various genres of music. It depends on the design phase and on my mood. Recently, I have been listening to much piano-based music. What inspires your work, where do you find inspiration? I find inspiration in everything around me, in everyday life; reading, sketching, creating, listening, travelling… Ramen, soba and udon noodles or Italian pasta? It’s difficult to answer this question. I like them all. Do you have a dream? I don’t have any particular dream. It is important to me to live peacefully trying to improve myself every day. How did the Holo project arise? What inspired you? I found inspiration in nature, in things consumed by time. In the sculpted, almost monumental, shapes of rocks and stones moulded by wind and water. With the Holo table, I tried to recreate these shapes and sensations found in nature, through the “perfection” of industrial production. To enhance its beauty, I deliberately worked on the contrast between extremely rigorous, clear-cut lines and soft, sinuous and organic lines, such as those of the base support. Soon previews of new products that we are going to present at the fair “Salone del Mobile” in Milan A new designer for a new project for the Milan fair, soon the preview Renault F1 2016 Press Conference BCN stools in pole position Our proposal on Monday, today provides table and white chairs OOPS Dimensions: Extensible L 100-170 x D 100 cm Finish of top: Satin-finish white Iacquer Leg finish: White Iacquer aluminium Finish of extensions: White Iacquered aluminium SHARKY Body finish: White Filling finish: Field 222 Kvadrat Finish of structure: White SHARKY Body finish: White Finish of structure: White Monday idea – Kitchen idea BE-EASY – table Finish of top: Fenix-NTM® Ottawa beaver 0717 Leg finish: Ottawa beaver Compas cushion – chair Body finish: White Finish of structure: White Filling finish: Scuba 0004 Kvadrat NOW! DESIGN À VIVRE – MAISON&OBJET PARIS – I LOVE COLANDERQuantum Studio opening party in the center of Moscow In 2015, Patrick Norguet has designed a new chair for Kristalia. Preview at: – during Imm Cologne at Design Post – Deutz-Mülheimer-Straße 22a 50679 Köln – Now! Design à vivre – MAISON&OBJET fairs Hall 7 Stand A7 Are you looking for a bar stool? Take into consideration our Sharky stools This is our #mondayidea We are excited and happy to participate again this year at the show “now! design à vivre” – “Maison &Objet” in Paris. The novelty this year will be presented the chair: Colander. The chair was designed by French designer Patrick Norguet. It is stackable and can also be used outdoors (it has small holes also for water run-off), an aluminium frame (a die cast aluminium cross piece and extruded aluminium legs), with a seat and back in moulded polypropylene. It currently comes in the following colours: white, black,beige, coral red and basalt grey. We can definitely call it a versatile chair: it is excellent for the catering sector, ideal in homes, and can be used both indoors and outdoors. For this trade fair in France we decided to be even more visible inside our booth How? We thought of using adhesives to stick to our clothes. For choosing the service of printing adhesives we turned to the Internet. We decided to use the service online printing of stickers Moo by Which we printed of round stickers. The concept is to resume the dislocating “i love paris” adding our new chair colander, Thus will be impossible not tonotice us! Is the second time we have used this service. The first time the website we had been recommended by a friend, we tested once more to print stickers for our gadgets to be provided to journalists. We recommend printing service on line to all our colleagues, who are looking for a fast, accurate, easy, good quality, fashionable. Customize the stickers is reallyeasy, the on line service is simple and helps you step by step. The stickers are of excellentquality and we find them ideal for our activities of guerilla marketing. Customize the stickers is really easy, the on line service is simple and helps you step by step. The stickers are of excellent quality and we find them ideal for our activities of guerilla marketing. It is a service that we recommend to all, See you in Paris! The first #mondayidea of 2016, happy new year! The proposal this week to the decor of a dining area Boum chair Body finish: Black Metal finish: Black Filling finish: Field 642 Kvadrat BCN table Ø 100 x H 75 cm Finish of structure: Beech Finish of top: Black Alucompact® #mondayidea the best way to start the week: we’ll recommend a combination made through our website. Make your own combination, today we suggest an Outdoor idea: Sushi Outdoor Rama Slide Base OutdoorRIP Ornette Coleman, jazz visionary
#fridayjazz – Jazz legend Ornette Coleman, the visionary saxophonist who pioneered “free jazz” and won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007
Coleman is regarded as one of the greatest innovators in jazz history along with Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker. In the late 1950s, he originated “free jazz,” challenging the bebop establishment by abandoning the conventional song form and liberating musicians to freely improvise off of the melody rather than the underlying chord changes.
#fridayjazz suggest by Dj Alessio Bertallot Classical music meets the electronic; the piano is accompanied by strings and synth. The music of Dardust draws soundscapes dilated, inspired by the Nordic tradition as a certain film music particularly evocative. Dardust – Invisibile ai tuoi occhi