GEODESIGN in Torino

Friday night I was invited to the opening of the GEODESIGN exhibition in Torino (The World Design Capital 2008). Out of many participants, 45 different contributions was picked out for the exhibition through a competition. The big Palafuksas center was crowded with people and there were many different things to see. I was excited, since my school was part of the exhibition, but most because of the big names like Piero Lissoni, Naoto Fukasawa, Giulio Iacchetti ecc. There was a lot of interesting products, and I've posted some of the most prominent and interesting things I saw. Click more for a thural description and a walk through the exhibition...




The competition: "A high level of experimentation, the creation of a network of highly interactive relations and an intense exchange of knowledge and experience are the project's fundamental characteristics.
Once the designers have been chosen, they will be called to Torino to participate in workshops that will elaborate and construct the prototypes by the end of 2007.
In April 2008, during the same period as Milan's Salone del Mobile, the entire project will participate in a large exhibit in the Porta Palazzo area, illustrating the entire process of dialog, design and prototype production."

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Giulio Iacchetti:
Sistema antifurto (anti-theft system)
Concept description:
A locking/anti-theft system where the user only has to bring the key (the locking system is so small that it is a part of the key), and the "closing"-system (the green thing) will be permanent in the street/on a pole, so you don't have to carry that heavy part around... The key is personal and the closing system is "open" to everybody- just put you key in- and lock.



The key:









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Piero Lissoni:
Stendipanni
Concept description:
A closing system for balconies with the use of greenhouses (you can have your own).










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Drè Wapenaar
Tende
Consept description:
A practical "curtain" for balconies with multi-functions.






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Naoto Fukasawa
Separè
Concept description:
A light nylon separè for the typical erasmus student. They meet a lot of new people, have to switch housing often and have everything with them in one suitcase. The possibilty for privacy is very low.







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Vered Zaikovsky, Civico 13
Berimbau (musical instrument/capoeira)
Concept description:
This dance imported from Brazil puts great importance on the instruments used; these instruments are expensive and difficult to find. The Brazilian maestros in Torino insist on the absolute usefulness and commercial potential of new instruments, in particular percussion instruments, that can be designed by contaminating traditional materials and forms with new ones.






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Matteo Ragni
Accescories for Hammam
Concept description:
A line of products/utensils designed for the bath, scrub and body, that can be used at the hammam–Dar Al Hikma cultural center in Via Fiochetto and that can also be sold in stores as a brand. These made in Corian.





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Le scuole IAAD e NABA, con Studio Ghigos
Archivio mobile (mobile archive)
Concept description:
Highly-efficient energy-saving objects, hi-tech or low-tech; or recycled/recyclable objects for the inhabitants of a condominium who are experimenting a sustainable lifestyle first-hand, sharing spaces and services. The students worked on a portable personal archive, where you can gain information "on the way".





The first model:






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Giulio e Valerio Vinaccia
Peruviani
Concept description:
A portable isothermical container for food.






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Migliore+Servetto
CIRCO
Concept description:
The circus school located in Grugliasco (east of Torino) is one of Europe’s most famous. Equipment needs to be designed for setting up performances in public areas in town (free-standing supports for trapezes and lightweight cords for transportation, that can be easily and quickly set up and dismantled, even during the performances). Made in Lycra.






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Fratelli Campana, Carlorattiassociati Walter Nicolino e Carlo Ratti
We tube
Concept description: a modular system for urban use.






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Others:
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Public urinal/stickers:



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Portable cinema:






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Students from my school NABA presentating a project in collaboration with the well-known designer, Enzo Mari:



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INFORMATION:

OPENING HOURS:
Sunday - Wednesday 10-19
Thursday - Saturday 10-23

free entry

Stefano Boeri
Curator
Stefano Mirti, Lucia Tozzi
Scientific co-ordination
Michele Bonino
Urban Center Metropolitano, community relations
Luca Cianfriglia
‘The Gate', community relations
Id-Lab
Logistics co-ordination
Torino Geodesign is a project
Developed in collaboration with the Assessorato
alle Politiche per l'Integrazione of the City of Torino.