25.11.07

VIELFACH Zürich - the smallest design shopping center

Vielfach, Froelichstrasse

Yesterday i went to Zurich to visit the Design exposition "Blickfang" with some friends. Before though, we went to the Seefeld neighbourhood, and had a look at the smallest design shopping center, "Vielfach". It is located in the Froehlichstrassse 41 and the shop really is small.

Vielfach

The interior is kept simple, all in white with two walls of showcases. The particularity is that each case is rented to independent designers and creators who wish to sell their (handmade) products and creations. All kinds of products can be found here, knitted and sewn items as well as painted or photographed mini-series, books in small editions, crazy, useful, beautiful ...everything is possible.

Vielfach

Each case has its own lighting, and is filled up by the artist who rents it.
There are so many different types of articles, i have bought some small magnetique bookmarkers to give as a christmas gift, i've seen baby t-shirts with funny prints on them, lovely felt-bags, ceramics and hand-made jewellery.

The principle of the shop is explained by a very nice salesgirl, and though the shop itself is small, there is much to see and discover ! And if you can't make it to the shop, they also offer the possiblility to buy on-line.

So, if you go to Zurich, have a stop in the Froehlichstrasse 41, it really is worth it !



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13.11.07

Self-Promotion

My kitchen published in the italian magazine "Casa Facile"

My kitchen published in the italian magazine "Casa Facile"

Back in July, the editor in chief from an italian magazine contacted me via Flickr and asked if i wanted to publish my kitchen remodel. Of course !!

So, here it is, in the november edition of Casa Facile.

I'm sooo proud of this ! Why ?
Because it is my first "real" project, after two years of evening school in interior design.
The first project which i did all by myself, from drawing the floorplans, researching suppliers, materials and companies for the big works, over to organizing and supervising the whole thing.
This article is a reward to the result of my work !

Thank you so much at Casa Facile, especially Giusi Silighini ( editor in chief ) and Claudio Malaguti ( text ) for the wonderful article, thank you so much !



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4.11.07

New feature on the sidebar !

I've added a new feature on the sidebar ( below the ads ):
From now on, i'll put all the adresses of the manufacturers, suppliers, shops and designers in a seperate rubric, so it will be easier to search for specific items.

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Neue Räume 07: arte diffusione

Neue Räume - Arte Diffusione

A wonderful chandelier seen at the booth of "arte diffusione", a shop which represents various international light and lamp manufacturers.

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Neue Räume 07: Eternit

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Eternit (Schweiz) AG is mostly known for its planter collection, which you can find about anywhere in Switzerland in public places as well as on balconies. Eternit is in fact a construction material, to be more excat it can be described as fibre-cement, made of cement, lime-stone, fibre, air and water.
At "Neue Räume", Eternit presented less known though astonishing designs, such as the "Strandstuhl" which was designed in 1954 already by Willy Guhl. This chair has been re-edited in 1997.

Neue Räume - Eternit

In 1951 Anton Bee and Willy Guhl created "Spindel", to be seen in above picture in the front. It is one of the planters which made Eternits reputation.

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Eternit AG has always asked designers to create new designs, either for the planter collection or other garden accessories. After the asbestos crisis, the composition has been reworked and since 25 years Eternit products are asbestos free. But the image had suffered serious damage at that time.
The past years, Eternit AG has also worked with various design schools. The bird houses have been designed in 2006/2007 by Vladimir Jaccard from ECAL. I think they are lovely, and would love to have one pending in a tree if i had a garden...

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Also above "Mold Lamp" was designed by a ECAL student, Michel Charlot. The lamp walls are not thicker than handmade paper. This would fit perfectly in a loft or industrial-inspired working / living environment !

In my opinion, the Eternit (Schweiz) AG booth was one of the most surprising at the exposition, showing how to use an industrial construction material for different purposes. Not to forget that each piece is hand-made in Switzerland !

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