Stefano Mirtis

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2012
timeline archive:
a personal collection
of curiosities
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Syracuse University Libraries
Marcel Breuer Digital Archive
The other day I received the link to the Marcel
Breuer Digital Archive: http://breuer.syr.edu/
To give you an idea: "The Marcel Breuer Digital
Archive represents a collaborative effort headed
by Syracuse University Library to digitize over
30,000 drawings, photographs, letters and other
materials related to the career of Marcel Breuer,
one of the most influential architects and
furniture designers of the twentieth century"

(from the website)
In the weekend I've spent some time on it, and I
can say it is one of the best digital archive I've
ever seen (together with Archigram's one and few
others).
Here a link with a folder with some of Breuer's
early chairs:
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Tobo, Sweden
Modern Form: Scandinavian
Ceramics 1930s/1960s
Beautiful exhibition (and beautiful website) on
Scandinavian Ceramics at SFO Museum (a nice
museum in Terminal 2 of San Francisco Airport):
http://www.flysfo.com/...
/scandinavian_ceramic/index.html
In this image: Erich and Ingrid Triller, Vases, ca
1950s, Tobo, Sweden. More images at: http:
//www.facebook.com/media/set/
You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you
will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it
still."
(Thomas More)
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...
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Somerset House
Stadia Bench at Pick Me Up
I've got an email from Richard Shed, with a new
project he did. Richard, although he is not
superfamous, he does a lot of very nice and smart
stuff.
Here in this picture you can see his latest "Stadia
Bench". You can see more at: http://richardshed.
com/theSWFC-at-Pick-Me-Up
And here is the link to his website with a lot of
very interesting projects: http://richardshed.
com/
Stefanos facebook timeline 13/52 2012
U10
All Things...
...are subject to interpretation whichever
interpretation prevails at a given time is a
function of power and not truth.
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
(she was thinking about Nietzsche's concept...)
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Piacenza
Huginn&Muninn Sauna
Designed by Duilio Forte and his atelier,
Huginn&Muninn is an entirely handmade outdoor
sauna in spruce wood which accommodates two
people.
According to the Scandinavian tradition, it is
powered by a wood stove. Its wall portholes frame
the sunsets on the Piacenza hills, and a warm light
floods in the small space.
Huginn and Muninn mean thought and
memory. Those are the names of the two
ravens of Odin. Every day he sends them flying
over all the earth, and they come back and tell
him everything they have seen and heard.
More images at: http://www.facebook.
com/media/set/
Atelier Forte page on fb at: http://www.facebook.
com/AtelierFORTE
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Design Museum iPad App
Writes Dezeen (precise and quick as usual):
"The Design Museum in London launches its Design
Museum Collection iPad app today that features 59
objects from their collection, including interviews
with museum director Deyan Sudjic.
In this first movie in a series taken from the app,
weve compiled entries about classic design for
driving. Pieces discussed include the Vespa
Clubman scooter, British traffic lights, Mobil Oil
petrol pump and a model car built from a sketch
by Le Corbusier. You can also watch this movie on
Dezeen Screen.
iPhone and Android versions will be launched in
the next few months.
Go to this link to read the whole article and to get
the links and samples: http://www.dezeen.
com/.../design-museum-...
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Caserta
Tone on Tone
I keep receveing beautiful collages from
Beniamino Servino. This one is "tone on tone".
He writes: "In spring, from april till may, the
abandoned landscape is colored with so many
different greens, you cannot count them. So many.
And each green has its own place.
Then there is a list, but this is impossible for me
to translate. Henceforth i cut and paste it in
Italian:
Thanx to Susanna Legrenzi for the link. In the
image above one of the 59 objects on show: Eliot
Noyes corporate and visual identity for Mobil (logo
by Tom Geismar of Chermayeff & Geismar, 1964).
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Verde-lime, verde-giallo, t verde, t verde scuro,
chartreuse, verde chiaro, arlecchino, primavera,
verde ufficio, polpa di lime, verde pera, verde
menta, celadon, verde pisello, verde pisellini
Findus, verde muschio, verde muschio da
esposizione a nord, verde palude, asparago, giada,
verde persiano, verde delle persiane, verde
Verona, verde
bottiglia, verde erba, verde trifoglio, olivastro,
oliva, oliva verde, verde islam, verde mimetico,
verde marino, verde trasparente del Volturno a
Cerro al Volturno, verde marrone del Volturno a
Capua, verde foresta, felce, cinabro, verde pino,
smeraldo, verde cacciatore, mirto, verde militare,
grigio verde, verde giacca della guardia di Rocca,
verde
catrame scuro, verde Caraibi, verde pastello,
verde mare chiaro, verde mare scuro, verde rame
da ossidazione naturale, verde rame da
ossidazione accelerata, verde bandiera, verde
panno verde, verde biliardo, verde melma del
Volturno alla foce, verde assenzio, verdone,
verdino, verdastro, verdello, salvia, verde marcio,

E un verde assorbente.
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San Francisco, CA, United States
If this, than that (aka IFTT).
Very useful, very simple, very free. What a nice
project, indeed!
This is how it is explained:
Put the internet to work for you by creating tasks
that fit this simple structure: "if this then that".
Think of all the things you could do if you were
able to define any task as: when something
happens (this) then do something else (that).
The founder of the venture are Jesse Tane and
Linden Tibbets, and you can play yourself at: http:
//ifttt.com/
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Los Angeles, CA
The Simpsons Guide to Art
History
The Simpsons have been on air since 1989. Just
think about that for a second. Over 500 episodes
chock-full of pop culture references, current event
bits, film allusions, and art history homages, so
very many art history homages. Ay caramba!
Alright. Lets approach this the only way one can
with conspicuous subjectivity. From Boschs hell
to Warhols wrath to Dals delights, behold: Our
ten favorite art history moments from The
Simpsons, selected for their authenticity, context,
visual loyalty, and utter ridiculousness. Feel free
to argue. Really, do.
Continue to read the article at: http://flavorwire.
com/276356/simpsons-art?all=1
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Newark, NJ, United States
Loving a Robot
Quite fantastic (I would say):
http://www.truecompanion.com/home.html
From their website:
We have been designing Roxxxy TrueCompanion,
your sex robot, for many years making sure that
she: knows your name, your likes and dislikes,
carry on a discussion & expresses her love to you &
be your loving friend. She can talk to you, listen to
you & feel your touch. She can even have an
orgasm! We will be releasing a male sex robot
soon.
They are also anatomically consistent with a
human so you can have a talk or have sex. They
are Always Turned On and Ready to Talk or Play!
Have a Conversation or Sex It is Up to You!
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Caserta
Economies of Scale
Just received from Beniamino Servino. Fantastic,
indeed.
They are there to answer your questions 24/7/365.
Here an article where you can get the main
concept of the whole product: http://www.
huffingtonpost.com/vic.../robots_1_b_1150679.
html
Thanks to Marcia Caines for the link.
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Wallasey, United Kingdom
Matthew Smith and Manic
Miner
If you are old enough to know what is a ZX
Spectrum, you might remember Manic Miner.
Otherwise, you should catch up. It was a great
videogame designed by Matthew Smith, a gaming
superstar of the early 1980's.
Here you get to know more: http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Manic_Miner
And here is an interview with his creator, the
fantastic Matthew Smith: http://www.petemella.
co.uk/smithint.htm
Thanx to Gaspare Caliri for sending me the link to
"Spectrum Diamond", a great documentary on the
visionary Matthew Smith: http://www.
opificiociclope.com/.../2002/01/spectrum-
diamond/
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Nun's Island, Montreal
Imagine you are Canadian,
and you are old...
..and they tell you have to go to an elderly house.
A special one. An elderly house that used to be a
gas station design by Mies van der Rohe in a place
called Nun's Island.
Here some more images of the original gas station:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
And here the link to an article where you get to
see the new recreational center for old people in
such a thing (sometimes, Canadians, they get
Finally, here the link with a folder with some still
images of "Manic Miner": http://www.facebook.
com/media/set/...
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River Thames
London's tempo is 122.86
beats per minute.
Last month, David Byrne resided for three days in
a one-bedroom art space resembling a riverboat...
that happens to be docked on the roof of Queen
Elizabeth Hall in London.
While participating in a residency for the project A
Room for London, he created a new sound
installation titled "Get It Away". Byrne used field
recording equipment to capture the city's natural
noises, which he turned into the piece.
Continue reading at:
very poetic and extremely surreal...): http:
//www.archdaily.com/.../conversion-of-mies-van-
der.../
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Joe Fresh Fifth Ave
Bertoia's screen gets
restored!
Pretty impressive, isn'it?
It's Harry Bertoia's screen for SOM's Manufacturers
Hanover Trust building. It's called "Golden Arbor,"
a six-ton screen in copper, nickel and brass that
ran 70 feet across the west wall of the
http://www.pitchfork.com/.../45894-check-out-
david.../
And here you have the link to the website of the
whole thing: http://www.aroomforlondon.co.
uk/hear.../feb-2012-david-byrne
Thanx to Tiziano Bonini for the hint...
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Joe Fresh Fifth Ave
La Seconda Luna: Award for
Lifelong Passions
mezzanine.
Here some images of this incredible spatial device:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
Here an article where you can read about the
whole story: http://archpaper.com/news/articles.
asp?id=5885
And here a picture of the (finally) restored screen:
https://twitter.com/
"The urge for good design is the same as the urge
to go on living."
(Harry Bertoia)
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Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni
At Achille Castiglioni Office /
Museum
A very nice competition: the European Award for
Lifelong Passions. Via Facebook.
Here what they write on their fb page (http:
//www.facebook.com/lasecondaluna)
La Seconda Luna Award is a prize dedicated to all
those who have a passion. We reward eccentricity,
creativity, things lost, those to come, risk-taking
and those who dare, who are meticulous and
attentive. Our passion is to discover your passions
and reward them.
Participate in the contest, a total of 26.000 will
be awarded in prizes.
Thanx to Cristina Natalicchio for the link.
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Via Madonnina
Hector and Achilles
The other day, I took my Bocconi students at
Achille Castiglioni office / museum. As usual, a
fantastic experience for all. Ms Irma was there, as
well as Giovanna, Antonella, Dianella.
If you pass by in Milan, this place can't be missed!
Here the link to their website: http://www.
achillecastiglioni.it/
Here the link to some more images of the various
rooms and magics scattered here and there: http:
//www.facebook.com/media/set/
And this is Achille Castiglioni explaining some his
products at Aspen conference (with Paola
Antonelli translating): http://vimeo.
com/21819514
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In my design course, the nicest is when I explain
the students the mythology of modern design. It's
like Homer, exactly the same. You have to key
figures: Hector (Sottsass) and Achilles
(Castiglioni).
But then, not like in Iliad, they don't try to kill
each other, but they were two good friends.
So, in my class there is always this day we go off
to see the Castiglioni world (see post before) and
a beautiful house designed by Sottsass. Hector and
Achilles, facing each other, few hundred meters
apart, in downtown Milan.
Very lovely. Students like very much, and I like it
very much as well...
Here the link to the folder with some more images
of Sottsass house: http://www.facebook.
com/media/set/
"Sing, goddess, of Achilles ruinous anger
Which brought ten thousand pains to the
Achaeans,
And cast the souls of many stalwart heroes
To Hades, and their bodies to the dogs
And birds of prey"
(Homer, Iliad)
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Japan
Dooors
I've found a very nice game for iPhone and iPad:
Dooors.
Quite special, with its own logic.
Designed and produced by 58works (aka Odako
Design)
Here is the link: http://itunes.apple.com/...
/dooors-room.../id490611105...
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Paris, France
Stone is not cold.
http://www.brainpickings.org is one of my
favorite source of information and inspiration. The
other day they tweeted out this link to a page
dedicated to Miroslav aeks "Stone is not cold".
What a great discovery!
Here some more images of this series: http:
//www.facebook.com/media/set/...
And here the link to the original article where you
can find much more? http://www.brainpickings.
org/.../stone-is-not-cold.../
Of course, not to be forgotten is the website
dedicated to aek's works: http://www.
miroslavsasek.com/index.html
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Catania
A Nice Zine
A very nice project by Giuseppe Mendolia Calella:
a fanzine in 200 samples (2011). Very efficient and
very sweet.
Here the website where you can see some other of
his works: http://gimeca.blogspot.it/
(especially the books and the fanzines are very )