In the white room of Palazzo Mocenigo, until the 10th of April 2016, The Alchemy of Colour: a “journey” through the different natural dying techniques of textiles. The exhibition, while explaining one of our first technological enterprise, reveals how human evolution, both cultural and economical and scientific advancement have always gone hand in hand. Curated by Stefano Panconesi, Sissi Castellano, Chiara Squarcina and Augusto Panini the display presents primary materials and products of the dyeing process. Mainly base textiles and hanks, they are the result of a natural process created using a colour palette derived from natural colours- roots, stems, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits and some insects- from witch the original pigments are obtained: yellow, red, blue, orange, green and purple.
TRUECOLORS BY VISSER & MEIJWAARD
Truecolors collection by Visser & Meijwaard is inspired by the quality of industrial PVC cloth.
The collection consists of a series of benches, stools, cabinets and bags made from this strong cloth. Truecolors is a contemporary design collection in which versatility of color and use are key.
The cabinets and stools are built up from oak frames with a PVC upholstery. Because of the zipper the cushion covers can be replaced and the cabinets can be opened and closed.
Photos by Kevin Rijnders
PICCOLA ORSA BY JO WEAVER
Piccola Orsa comes out: a children's book published by Orecchio Acerbo, written and illustrated by Jo Weaver. This book is about a fantastic adventure in the forest of a bear and her lovely cub.
LA CABANE ATELIER
La Cabane Atelier: a creative, collective and collaborative space in the village of Sutton, Québec
DODO TOUCAN
Dodo Toucan is able to find common ground between design and crafts. This fusion turns everyday life into poetry!
TAPAM - TAPAM
TAPAM – TAPAM: three sisters from France who decided to get together around a table, hand in curiosity, to make a lot of beautiful things. Don’t you feel the impression of being lost in a botanical garden by watching these pictures?
PETALOSO
It's a nice story! Sorry it works only for Italians!
A young pupil named Matteo, attending the primary school of Copparo faced with a task assigned by the teacher on adjectives! He wrote that a flower was " petaloso " . The teacher decided to send the new word at the Accademia della Crusca for evaluation. And the Accademia said YES, PETALOSO is a well-formed-word and could be used in Italian! There are other Italian words formed in the same way: for example "peloso" (pelo+oso), "coraggioso" (coraggio +oso).
I love PETALOSO. And do not forget the #petaloso
THE SALAMANDRIAN PROJECT
The Salamandrian Project by the artist JIWONXKIM is a colorful journey with bizarre animals. Wonderful!
GRAMPA
From Paris the “Happy little world for kids” imagined by GRAMPA
SABINE MARCELIS
The ‘voie’ light series is the first result of an investigation into the manipulation of light-paths by Sabine Marcelis studio. These are so magic!
GYMI FURNITURE
Directly from Finland here it is Gymi Furniture: a functional furniture set that enables your children to continue their gym class at home.
CASSINA
Cassina offers a new reinterpretation of the iconic model Baby Utrecht by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld dated 1935: it is a new version, with reduced sizes to be ergonomically suited to children.
CLOUD BY RICHARD CLARKSON
Cloud is an interactive lamp and speaker system by Richard Clarkson. It is designed to mimic a thundercloud in both appearance and entertainment. A new kind of magic!
WHOLE
WHOLE is a gorgeous Wastefree, Hand dyed, Organic, Local and Eco friendly items for your home & family. Enjoy it!
PEDRO CERISOLA
HIPOCAMPO is the playful furniture by Pedro Cerisola. A multi-functional rocking chair in the shape of hippocampus that is transformable according to the different stages of child development.
STUDIO ZOETHOUT
Directly from Netherlands Studio Zoethout make the world a happier place with their lovely clouds!
HAPPY CANDLEMASS
The celebration of Candlemass originated as a tribute to the light of God's glory that was manifested in Christ Jesus. The date of February 2nd places the Candelaria celebration forty days after Christmas. It is also the mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. The tradition want that during the Candlemass day all the candles in the house are blessed!
I remember my grandma was used to say: "Candelora dell'inverno semo fora" (tras. It's candelora and the winter is almost finished)
DOBLEUFA
Let's have a big party with the fab garlands by Dobleufa from Argentina!
PACIFIC RAINBOW
Although it's only January , here is a new French brand perfect for next summer : Pacific Rainbow that has renewed the swimsuits that parisian teenagers loved in the 90's.
REMEMBERING FABER-CASTELL
Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, who led German maker of the humble pencil used in classrooms around the world, has died at 74 last January 21. He was eighth generation to run the enterprise, founded in 1761 in Stein near Nuremberg. The history of the company is really interesting! Go on reading on Faber-Castell website!