Patrone Chair by Gruppo Strum, 1966

LOVE AT FIRST VIEW

EM EXPOSIÇÃO NO MUDE | LISBOA

Adorei esta cadeira assim que a vi, não conhecia o designer nem a obra...

Concept:

"Pratone is an allegory of a longing for nature which came to the fore during the late 1960s as part of the hippie protest against a glutted consumer society. To create the appearance of a tall patch of grass, the Gruppo Strum had Pratone constructed from cold-foamed polyurethane, painted with green varnish. In contrast to the usual passivity of sitting, the user of this chair has to decide where to take a seat in the sculptural form."

Living Tour by Verner Panton 1968

"Most people spend their lives living in dreary, beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colors. The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination and make their surroundings more exciting."

Verner Panton

EM EXPOSIÇÃO NO MUDE | LISBOA

"Living Tower uses all three dimensions of a room. The organically shaped sculptural piece can be used at four different levels. Panton believed that it is important to seek harmony between people and their surroundings... the living tower fosters communication and interaction..."

in http://www.bonluxat.com/

It´s Forbidden to Forbid

MUDE - Museu do Design e da Moda | Lisboa

Exposição Temporária - "É proibido proibir" 60's

Hoje depois de uma exaustiva "exploração do terreno"  pelas ruas da Baixa Chiado, resolvi ir dar uma olhadela à nova exposição temporária do MUDE sobre os anos 60. Já tinha passado à porta às 16h e não fiquei indiferente às gigantescas figuras dos emblemáticos Beatles, portanto por volta das 19h entrei...

A exposição não é tão "grandiosa" como os Beatles da porta, mas tem um grande número de peças expostas, tanto a nível de design como moda. Peças estas, únicas, históricas e excelentes representantes do design dos Anos 60. Dou principal destaque à Living Tower de Verner Panton , uma das minhas peças de design favoritas de sempre...

Resumindo: valeu a pena entrar (como vale sempre)

Expo Zaragoza 08 - Pavilhão Português

Amazing work Made in Portugal

"The International Exhibition Expo Zaragoza 2008 was between June 14 and September 14, 2008. The 25 hectares along the river Ebro near Spain’s fifth-largest city, Zarazoga, hosted thematic pavilions and thematic squares plus the pavilions of more than 100 countries, all exploring the overall theme of the Expo, “Water and Sustainable Development.”

Some of favourite Expo mementoes are these spectacular images from the Portuguese Pavilion. Theming the Portuguese participation in the watery event, Lisbon-based Bak Gordon Architects envisioned a river’s ever-changing flow from its trickling source to a river mouth by the sea." The Cool Hunter