renaissance of light
illustrations of designers and their lamp concepts (works by odoardo fioravanti, carlotta de bevilacqua+paolo dell’elce, paolo rizzatto+francisco gomezpaz, antonio citterio, federico angi & brian sironi) featured on deep magazine
the biggest winner!!!
this project is the reinterpretation of a very interesting and articulated research on the efficiency of solar panels conducted by levi stanton as part of the california deam week initiative. It’s a little story of a chubby and wealthy solar panel named sol, his life is just fine as it is, being bulky and unpractical, not using all the energy that he collects.
one day sol decides that it has to change, to improve! so he takes his gold vitamins (enriched with nanotubes) and starts working out, he puts a lot of effort and heart in it, sweating it off, wanting to become a better panel.
at the end he becomes slim and tall, meaning it can fit everywhere or be used on all kinds of surfaces, covering large areas and “wrapping” everything up, besides now that he’s “built up”, his body is more efficient, absorbing more light and conducting all the little red protons through his carbon nanotubes and silicon nanowires to the right places (house, car, power a/c, computer, etc)… renewable energy for everybody!
the illustrated tale of dancing table & plate + miss jolie
a comic strip explaining an alternative origin for dancing table & plate and miss jolie vase designed by joel escalona , it’s the story of how a plate, a vase and a table get inspired by mexican folk dance, twisting, dancing and improving their looks.
illustration featured on madews#4 issue
photo courtesy joel escalona.com
the illustrated tale of pop-up
a comic strip explaining an alternative origin for pop-up (a high tech assembly system of polymer modules) designed by matteo ragni for caimi brevetti. it’s the story of a lonely module that is continuously pierced out by notes and photos until he allies with some module friends finding an attachment system to stick together and to hold the notes and photos without being pierced.
photo courtesy matteoragni.com
the illustrated tale of fly
a comic strip explaining an alternative origin for fly (an hybrid object that combines a set of shelves and a video screen) designed by matteo ragni for liv’it. it’s the story of two shelves always making fun of an unstable video projector screen, after some time and with the help of the wind, the screen takes its revenge mashing itself up with the shelves, creating a new typology of product.
photo courtesy matteoragni.com
the illustrated tale of ponchotaxi
a comic strip explaining an alternative origin for the ponchotaxi (a two person poncho concept designed by Matteo Ragni for invicta). it’s the story of a young poncho and his grandpa cape. the cape teaches the poncho about chivalry and manners and then the poncho improves itself in order to help gentlewomen on dispair (weather dispair).
photo courtesy matteoragni.com
the illustrated tale of piedras
a comic strip explaining an alternative origin for piedra roja table designed by liliana ovalle , it’s the story of an unstable side table and how a rock gives it weight and steadiness, the project studies improvisation, where random objects are brought together in peculiar combinations.
illustration featured on madews#3 issue
pietro (on the forrest)
illustration for the library pietro resta nella foresta, designed by matteo ragni & atelier bruno longoni, project part of the festival del design.
photo courtesy matteoragni.com
the illustrated tale of drip table
a comic strip explaining an alternative origin for the drip table designed by emiliano godoy and manufactured by pirwi, it’s the story of this young teak log who can’t be processed as wood because its too thin, but together with other teak logs can create sustainable objects made from “scraps” (the green version of “one for all, all for one”).
illustration featured on madews#2 issue
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