Rising Talent Awards 2018

Six mentors – six influential figures from the design industry – were called upon to name one Rising Talent each. Andrea Branzi, Piero Lissoni, Luca Nichetto, Art Director Giulio Cappellini, Rossana Orlandi and Rosita Missoni have picked today’s most promising talents. Though personal kinships and past collaborations certainly were a factor in their decision, the Jury was truly determined to celebrate the work of anonymous young designers, who received the news with great surprise and jubilation.Federica Biasi, Antonio Facco, Marco Lavit Nicora, Kensaku Oshiro, Federico Peri and Guglielmo Poletti are the six Italian designers who have been chosen for the Rising Talent Awards Italy. A wonderful opportunity for them to show the entire design community their immense potential and the direction Italian design is headed. I proud to announce to have been nominated by the master Andrea Branzi. For MAISON&OBJET, I chosen to tell the story of my own creative background, with a selection of iconic products from the past, revisited using unexpected materials, as well as a series of exclusive objects designed specially for the occasion. Among those: a faience tableware collection, with motifs hand-painted by Christian Pegoraro (Bottega Nove) and a rug designed in collaboration with CC-TAPIS, inspired by a night she spent in the desert, which associates earthly tones with North-African fabric patterns. Her exhibition will be entirely framed by a metal structure crafted by Mingardo Click here Download the official press release (PDF) ...

Federica Biasi at Maison&Objet

Rising Talent Award 2018 Six mentors – six influential figures from the design industry – were called upon to name one Rising Talent each. Andrea Branzi, Piero Lissoni, Luca Nichetto, Giulio Cappellini, Rossana Orlandi and Rosita Missoni. The Jury was truly determined to celebrate the work of anonymous young designers, who received the news with great surprise and jubilation. Federica Biasi has been nominated by Andrea Branzi “I chose Federica Biasi for her quintessential design and poetic ideas, which deliver subtle, yet very particular messages,” commented Andre Branzi, her mentor for the Rising Talent Awards Italy. " Andrea Branzi NEW PRODUCTS Federica has chosen to tell the story of her own creative background, with a selection of iconic products, including a special edition of Dama for Incipit  as well as a series of exclusive objects designed especially for the occasion. Among those: a tableware collection called UMI, with motifs hand-painted by Christian Pegoraro (Bottega Nove) and the first edition of OM a carpet  designed for CC-TAPIS, inspired by a night she spent in the desert, which associates earthly tones with North-African fabric patterns. Federica Biasi presents also Marianne a brass bookcase for Mingardo in honor of the famous Marianne Brandt and an armchair inspired by the french elegance called Sophie. 19–23 January 2018 MAISON&OBJET - HALL 7 / H20 Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre Click here for press release and high resolution images (PDF) ...

Operae 2017 – Why design

I'm going to present a new series of pantographed  metal tiles for Mingardo during the design Festival of Operae.  Operæ chooses Alice Stori Liechtenstein, founder of the Schloss Hollenegg for Design, as curator of the 2017 edition. Alice has identified the theme Why Design as the interpretative lens for looking at the works on display.Operæ will take place from the 3rd to the 5th November 2017 and it will find its new venue at Lingotto Fiere, which already hosts Artissima – International Fair of Contemporary Art and Club to Club – Operae 2017 - Why design...

CMF Professor in Master’s Courses

CMF Professor in Master's Courses : Product design & Furniture CMF, which stands for Color, Material & Finish, is an area of specialty within the greater industrial design discipline. At large, design-centric hardware companies, CMF designers work alongside industrial designers and product design engineers to make sure that the chromatic and tactile identities of the product are on brand and in vogue. On smaller teams, a lone industrial designer might take on this role.During the design phase, CMF is often communicated with stakeholders via renderings and descriptive language. However, when an appearance model or production units need to be made, CMF needs to be communicated more precisely so that there’s no room for misinterpretation. In this article, we’ll introduce some terms you can use for lean, effective CMF communication....

Mingardo – Temporary Bar

The Box, specializzato nella progettazione e realizzazione d’interni nel settore contract, ha presentato durante il Fuorisalone un temporary bar realizzato in collaborazione con Mingardo.Il progetto include un bancone bar, una scaffalatura porta bicchieri e una serie di tavolini da bar realizzati da Mingardo su disegno di The Box: l’elemento dominante è il metallo declinato in diverse finiture, dal rame all’acciaio lucido e spazzolato, con un richiamo ai disegni di Carlo Scarpa e alle architetture di Ignazio Gardella.  ...

The Iconic Handicraft

New Mingardo Collection – Directed By Federica Biasi - Read here the article written by Annalisa Rosso - Elle Decor Italia During Milan Design Week, Mingardo presents with an event in the heart of the city 10 new products The new collection presented in via Solferino 11, with the event “THE ICONIC HANDICRAFT”, which has been imagined and organized by the new artistic director, Federica Biasi. This is a collection that aims at emphasizing the sign and the iconography of the products, combining matter and craftsmanship....