Mohammed comes from Morocco. He has been working in Kristalia for 4 years and he represents one of the resources that has grown in our team over the time. A few days after the lockdown that “froze” Italy and imposed the physical distance as well as the stop of all the activities, something never seen before appeared in our production department: an Elephant chair painted with the colors of the Italian flag .
The mystery of this gesture, so unusual and at the same time so surprising, was cleared when Mohammed revealed to be the author. He said he had painted it spontaneously by hand at the end of the workshift a few days before the factory closed: “for me – he said to his colleagues and friends – it was a way to thank Italy, the country that welcomed me many years ago and which is currently experiencing a terrible moment.”
This unpublished version of the Elephant chair, whose design bears the signature of Eva Paster & Michael Geldmacher and which is not mentioned in the official catalog, soon became popular even outside the production department.
We recognized in Mohammed’s gesture a perfect expression of solidarity in a difficult moment for the entire national community, so we decided to tell his story in public and show Mohammed’s hand-painted chair on Social channels. The public’s reaction was enthusiastic.
That’s why we decided to launch a small production of the Elephant tricolor chairs as soon as the requests reaches an adequate quota to cover the minimum production costs: the rest will be donated to the Italian hospitals fighting against the Covid -19.
This is how Mohammed’s personal gesture of solidarity, so genuinely passionate and closely tied to a positive history of integration in the social and productive context of Friuli Venezia Giulia, served as a model for a wider gesture of solidarity.
Anyone who decides to buy a hand-painted Elephant chair as a sign of active participation and support of the community, can contact us through our communication channels.
We are looking forward to seeing you at Design Post from January 13th to 19th 2020, during IMM Cologne Deutz-Mülheimer-Str. 22a 50679 Köln
Abbiamo organizzato nel nostro club un vero e proprio workshop con l’obiettivo di avvicinare i più piccoli alla musica utilizzando gli strumenti di lavoro di un deejay.
un’esperienza musicale fisica e ludica a contatto con gli strumenti usati da un vero dj: mixer, giradischi e cuffie. A guidarli in questo viaggio alla console sono stati deejay professionisti, esperti di musica e abili comunicatori con i bambini.
E per concludere è arrivato il signor rockteller: il primo podcast di favole per bambini ispirate alle canzoni che hanno fatto la storia del rock.
Brioni, designed by Lucidipevere, has been selected for inclusion in the ADI Design Index 2019 along with other 225 projects that constitute the pre-selection for the Compasso D’Oro ADI which will be awarded in 2020.
In our last newsletter we had announced a secret event in Milan also open to those who responded to the email. The event was the acoustic concert of the artist Venerus at the home of Dj Alessio Bertallot, here are the images of the evening. There will be other events, stay connected and don’t miss the chance to attend.
Product update:
Holo oval top
Brioni with feet
Sushi / Nori / Maki wood top
Free educational tour for interior design and architecture students, young architects and professional architects
During two exciting days, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th of June 2019, during the London Festival of Architecture, we will be visiting some of the most influential architecture firms and awarded architectures in London.
The educational architecture tour has different main features:
to be inspired by breaking-through architects while visiting the most renewed and inspiring architecture firms based in London
to learn the architecture philosophy of the most influent architecture firms in the world
to experience some of the most awarded buildings in London guided by their creators
Only 15 lucky participants will be selected to join this free tour and contacted by the organisation with the details of the program and the meeting points.
If you are an architecture or interior design student after your subscription we will ask you to send your portfolio to info @ architectours .it.Senior architects of each studio will choose their preferred. Don’t miss the chance to be seen.A new series by Mattia Balsamini and Studio Fludd for Kristalia Design
Kristalia design pieces become active players in dynamic states of balance. The gym scenario suggests a challenging equilibrium between fun and discipline, body intelligence and rational control, repetition versus randomness.
Stemming of the previous collaborative project Wasted Arena where Mattia Balsamini and Studio Fludd spent a day roaming around the beaches on Lido di Venezia with a survival kit of mixed materials play-fighting on ephemeral battlegrounds on Stretching Routine the attention admittedly shifted towards a controlled and playful environment. As classic pieces got reworked and redesigned, they needed their skills and shapes to be tested.
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Mattia Balsamini is a photographer who focuses his attention on issues related to the territory of origin, the concept of home and work as an identity factor of man. His images reveal an interest in people and their stories, the functional aspects of technology and the graphic elements of the ordinary.
Studio Fludd is a multidisciplinary design collective, established in Venice in 2008 by Matteo Baratto, Caterina Gabelli and Sara Maragotto. Their main focus is the creative process of transformation of matter, explored within the intersections between visual arts, styling and set design, exhibition design, visual research and education.
Dua by Läufer & Keichel presented in preview during the Milan fair in 2018 will be proposed in the final appearance during the Imm exhibition in Cologne in our space at the Design Post right in front of the fair
Address: Deutz-Mülheimer Str. 22A, 50679 Köln, Germany
On January 15th, during our party, come and meet the designers; after the close of the Imm fair from 06:00 p.m to 08:30 p.m.
During the IMM fair in Cologne We’ll invite you to our Made in Italy Party
in collaboration with New York Beer
Dj Mimmi Maselli will play only the best of contemporary Italian music
After the close of the Imm fair from 06:00 p.m to 08:30 p.m.
in our space at the Design Post right in front of the fair
Address: Deutz-Mülheimer Str. 22A, 50679 Köln, Germany
We invite you to visit our totally renovated space
Download the new Home catalog → Feel at Home
What happens if you put three chairs in the middle of a Singlespeed Ciclocross race? this is the Tiger Cross by Tigers BPC
Photo by @stef.no Artbeat Photography @maxiezzi (instagram)The Cristalplant® Design Contest, now into its 11th edition and promoted by Cristalplant® in collaboration with Kristalia, aims to find innovative projects which use Cristalplant® as the main design element and take their inspiration from Kristalia style.
Hallways and entrances, and in particular the use of their most characteristic features, are the inspiration and visual appeal that we ask young designers to rediscover and develop in order to create iconic products.
Interior design trends in contemporary homes rely less and less on standalone cabinets although the decorative features used in their place must fulfil the same purpose, seamlessly integrating with the living area and existing harmoniously alongside the style of the other furnishings.
Projects submitted must be coherent with the characteristics of Cristalplant, use the same Kristalia language and be in one of the following categories:
• coat rack
• hat stand/rack
• console table/unit
• shelving
• umbrella stand
• side tables
• wall mirror
• storage units
• coat hooks
CONTEST AIMED AT
Young creatives born after 01/01/1983 able to develop innovative projects using Cristalplant®.
The winning projects will be selected and prizes awarded at the sole discretion of an expert panel of judges elected by the promoters.
The award ceremony will be held during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, at the Kristalia showroom in Via Larga, on the corner of Piazza Santo Stefano, 5.
The projects selected will be presented to the public and press at the award ceremony which will be held on Wednesday 10 April 2019.
PURPOSE
The Cristalplant® Design Contest in collaboration with Kristalia aims to find eclectic designers and ask them to interpret Cristalplant® in a creative way in order to develop innovative products that break new ground. Full details of Cristalplant® technology can be found at www.cristalplant.it in the dedicated Cristalplant® Design Contest section (designcontest.cristalplant.it).
PARTICIPATION
It is free to take part in the contest which is open to participants of all nationalities born after 01/01/1983. By submitting, participants accept the terms of the contest, including assigning the right to reproduce and publish the projects submitted for information and promotional purposes, and with the organisations involved. Designers can submit more than one project. Winners and special mentions from previous editions may not take part, either individually or as part of a group. Projects which are not selected will not be published to allow the designers to present and/or reuse them professionally.
ASSESSMENT
In assessing the projects, the following aspects will be considered:
Duration: an iconic item will last over time. It captures the needs of the present and anticipates the tastes and needs of the future;
Prestige: in both communication and commercial terms.
Intrinsic utility and formal appeal;
Originality.
A product for use in the hallway that is also an icon is not just pretty and quirky – obviously – it is reflects a way of being, a particular lifestyle or new everyday routine.
Elegance and minimalism, in keeping with the language of Kristalia, in one of three variations: Design, Informal, Minimal.
Compliance with the logics, especially that of Cristalplant, of manufacturing and practical use, but also in relation to the other materials used by Kristalia, in the event they are also used in the design project.
The Cristalplant component must weigh between 5kg and 50kg.
PRIZE
The judging panel, at their sole discretion, will name the winning design and five special mentions in each category. The winning design will also be featured in the catalogue of the prestigious Kristalia organisation. In accordance with Article 6, sub-section 1, letter A of the Italian Presidential Decree No. 430 of 26 October 2001, the contest is called exclusively for the submission of industrial projects and is not to be considered a competition with prizes. The cost of producing prototypes in Cristalplant® and the industrialization thereof shall be borne by the Cristalplant organisation, in recognition of the personal merit of the most worthy participants.
DIMENSIONS AND SUPPORTS
For each design, three renderings must be submitted as jpg files with a resolution of 150 dip, 210x297mm in size (A4 format) bearing the title of the design, to be selected from those listed on the submission form (as explained on page 4). The project renderings must be uploaded to the appropriate section of the website: http://designcontest.cristalplant.it/ dal 01/02/2019 al 28/02/2019.
COPYRIGHT
Intellectual property and copyright of the designs remains with the individual designers. The designs shall be pertinent to the contest alone until 15 April 2019. Until that date, participants must not publish or make known in any form the designs submitted. Failure to comply with this will result in them being excluded from the contest. All potential collaborations which may later be forged between the designer and organisations promoting the contest shall be regulated separately between the parties. In signing their submission to the contest, participants, under their sole responsibility, declare that they are the authors of the projects submitted and sole owners of the relative copyright. The participants take full responsibility and bear full liability for any disputes which may arise regarding the originality of the works and/or ownership of the aforementioned rights.
DEADLINE
28 February 2019 23.59
Designs will be presented to the public and press during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, at the Fuorisalone event. Selected designers and winners will be contacted in mid-March.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONwww.cristalplant.it – info@cristalplant.it – http://designcontest.cristalplant.it/