ALICE, HOW OLD R U?

ALICE CATTANEO, artist How is your bed? It’s a yellow iron bunk bed. I sleep down. My two cats are used to sleep in the upper bed that is full of their hairs.

Which is your favourite food? I like the “thready rice” that my dad prepares. He cooks the rice with a lot of cheese that melting with the hot rice becomes thready! My mum is fantastic when she cooks the cinnamon pie. What don’t you like? I do not like cooked fennels and those little and black things, like black olives and capers.

Which is your favourite book? Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who and Magic Piper LP: when it’s time to turn the page, there is a "drin".

Have you got an imaginary friend? No.

What do you want to do when you grow up? I want to be a fireman like Grisù.

Which is your first drawing? A lot of doodles on my dad books... and a kangaroo with a koala inside his pouch.

ARCANGELO, HOW OLD R U?

ARCANGELO FAVATA, designer, Alicucio How is your bed? My bed is big and soft. When I get inside under my blankets, I think to be in a small hideaway where nobody can spy me and I can image and make quiet dreams.

Which kind of meal you do not like? and your favourite? I do not like vegetables and bitter things. I prefer sweet ones, particularly chocolate and my grandma tart with strawberry jam.

Your favorite book to read? My favorite book is Pinocchio.

Have you got an imaginary friend? Yes, I have. His name is Lico. He is a bit naughty but when we play together he transform himself in a red plastic sheriff and we fight together against all the bad.

 

 

 

 

 

h2o architectes: let's play and make space!

The Paris based h2o architectes are working on a new project "Chatou". And they've talk about their idea with zoomy. SUPER!

   

"This little building, located in the owner’s backyard, was neglected for years. The aim of the project was to provide a private space for a teenager looking for his independence. Therefore, the program includes elements necessary for an autonomous life including sleeping, living, studying and washing. It had been decided between the parents and teenager that meals would still be a shared time in the family home... Due to the very limited floor space (12m²) we tested different options assembling the programs into a kind of “inhabitable furniture”. Multiple spaces are connected in a unique volume in a series of four split-levels with dedicated areas for each of the programmatic functions. Silver birch plywood was chosen as the singular material for this living-space-as-furniture, giving a visual coherence and unity to the details and interlocking spaces".

JAVIER, HOW OLD R U?

JAVIER GUTIERREZ CARCACHE, designer, Adonde How is your bed? my bed is very small. It has a strong iron frame with interwoven wire strings that bounce softly and I can jump as if it were a trampoline, so strong it is. It is next to my little brother’s bed, so if I jump too high, I can land on his bed. We pile up pillows to make a landing and sometimes we crash against each other.

Which kind of meal you do not like? I hate milk. the milk I drink comes directly from a cow in my uncle’s farm and the taste is too strong for me. I have to close my eyes and drink it at once the way you drink your medicines when you’re ill. I guess I have to drink it if I want to grow up.

And your favourite? I love my mom’s omelette: fresh tomatoes, bell peppers and onions. she batters the egg with all the vegetables before frying the omelette on both sides. It becomes this airy tortilla, light inside and crunchy on the outside. I wrap it inside a corn tortilla. UHMMM… I wish I could eat one right now.

Your favorite book to read? My favorite book is the little prince. I wish It was me who drew that snake with the hat, I mean the elephant. And I wish I had met all those interesting animals and people and I love that he has a flower who domesticated him and a fox that wants to be domesticated and it’s all about ties between people. Good ties. And I love how the color of wheat is like the little prince’s golden hair. Sigh.

Have you got an imaginary friend? No imaginary friend for me.

 

ICO ! recycled cardboard basket !

ICO is the new Adonde object! Directly inspired from an icosahedron with its twenty sides, ICO comes in several colors to put on your desk, shelf or table. Just empty your pockets into it. ICO will hold steady on any of its sides and you can roll it from one place to another.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAURENT, HOW OLD R U?

LAURENT SERIN, designer, Adonde How is your bed? My bed is too big for me: it's a regular single adult bed and I'm afraid of getting lost in it during my sleep.

Which kind of meal you do not like? I don't like pasta. It's slimy. Maybe french pasta is overcooked. And your favourite? My favorite is dessert dessert dessert, any kind.

Your favorite book to read? I read anything --- all the "bibliothèque rose" which is a french collection of easy-to-read kid's novels. and comic books.

Have you got an imaginary friend? My dog, but he is not imaginary and certainly my very, very best friend. I spend most of my time playing with him and i love sleeping on the floor or under the kitchen table with him.

... the cloud

... Helium, soap and water to make a mini-cloud indoors! "An architectural experiment into what’s the simplest way to create a shaded space where conversations can happen.” explained Asif Khan, the young London based designer of this magic cloud!

photo by James Harris

FRANCESCA, HOW OLD R U?

FRANCESCA BENEDETTO, landscape architect, Yellow office How is your bed? I have a wooden bunk. It's very high and I sleep up.

Which kind of meal you do not like? I do not like green, red, yellow and orange peppers (all peppers at all). And your favourite? I love ricotta cheese in the wicker basket.

Your favorite book to read? Moby Dick

Have you got an imaginary friend? No, I haven't, but I have a dog named Franz.

 

Collective Paper Aesthetics

              Collective Paper Aesthetics, November 2010, Noa Haim

Collective Paper Aesthetics is a civic game in design models; reloading Buckminster Fuller Octet-truss patent to a series of explorations in objects, space and experience.

…On the contrary to a Blanc reference point Collective Paper Aesthetics is starting with a print proof. Simply take a tour around the room in your mind, fold and un-fold it, puzzle it and frame your special moments. The known and the unknown are visualized from one same yet different pre-cycled building block. Everyone can play a designer.  

Collective Paper Aesthetics is a civic game in design models – Can everyone be a citymaker? The work is translating a site specific installation made for London Festival of Architecture 2008 to a participatory activity, construction toy, household accessories and visual merchandizing.

 

 

ANNALISA, HOW OLD R U?

ANNALISA ROSSO, AT Casa journalist How is your bed? My bed is yellow, like everything I like

Which kind of meal you do not like? I don’t like anything except candy and ice cream

Your favorite book to read? The Magic of Oz

Have you got an imaginary friend? Yes I have. He is always the same: an old dog

 

 

 

 

CONNIE, HOW OLD R U?

 CONNIE WONG, illustrator

How is your bed? My parents have a very nice bed that like to jump on it very much. 

Which kind of meal you do not like? I hate bitter melon. And your favourite?  I love deep fired milk from a dim sum restaurant by my house. 

Your favorite book to read? Old Master Q Comic, its funny!

Have you got an imaginary friend? You mean the puppy that I ride to school everyday?

 

MARIANNA, HOW OLD R U?

MARIANNA PILEGGI, photograper H0w is your bed? My bed is always covered by many white... or  natural colors sheets !

Which is your favourite meal? I love pasta and cheese with jam. And what do not like? I hate the red meat!

Which is your favourite book? The little Prince 

Have you got an imaginary friend? No, I have a lot of real friends!

GIANNI, HOW OLD R U?

GIANNI CARAVAGGIO, artist How is your bed? When I was very little I had the traditional crib and I lived with my grandparents. Now I am older and I sleep with my two brothers in three very common wooden beds. I can lift my bed up and hide my drawings

Which is your favourite meal? I love the duck filled with apples prepared by my mum. I hate the tripe.

Your favorite book? An illusted book with lions, Superman. What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor for the sports.   Which was your fist drawing? I have drawn a cheetah and an hunter. My teacher wanted it and I had to give it to her...