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Paris is celebrating May 1968, the series of popular events that shook the French capital 50 years ago!
While the Palais de Tokyo has left the walls of its facade into the hands of artists Escif and Paul Loubet, the Centre Pompidou is taken over by artists, children, students and academics for a three-week long staged occupation. During this period, graphic designer Philippe Lakits will create a 60-metre long fresco in the museum’s Forum, whilst general assemblies and performances will be held around Cavea, the nomadic structure developed by French designer Olivier Vadrot.

Make sure to rediscover the works of Vadrot on The Offbeats >> http://www.the-offbeats.com/articles/theatre-build-democracy-cavae-koilon-olivier-vadrot/

IMAGE: Laura Maggi

We are delighted to learn that the project proposal we developed with French architect Olivier Vadrot was selected for one of the residencies organised by ADATA AiR in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, this summer!!!

See you there in July for two weeks of experimentation and creative togetherness 🙂

Developed by French architect Patrick Bouchain for the Architecture Biennale of Orléans (France), this ephemeral and participatory project symbolises the 36.001st French municipality - the so-called Calais Jungle - and proposes to reinvent the notion of hospitality.

"[...] conviviality and doing things together with our community [...] do much more than produce innovative ideas: [...] a meaningful social life is actually the prime reason for a longer and happier life."

We are happy to share the short article produced by Designatlarge.it about the vision of architect & curator Joseph Grima (of Space Caviar) for the "redesign" of the Design Academy Eindhoven and for the cultural programme of Matera 2019.

Joseph Grima on Design Academy Eindhoven and Matera 2019 Joseph Grima of Space Caviar, creative director of the Design Academy Eindhoven and of Matera 2019, on how conviviality and an open mind towards the world can create innovation (and happy, active people)

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars” [Oscar Wilde]

Head over to our website to read the article we wrote about the beautiful community lighting project of Italian architect Matteo Ferroni >>

Foroba Yelen by Matteo Ferroni - light as common good Thanks to his multi-faceted collaborations in the fields of theatre and music, during his career, Ferroni has developed a careful and sensible approach to light - an element that he considers “highly theatrical and culturally meaningful”.

Currently on show at the .dalbertis, in Genoa (Italy), the exhibition “Foroba Yelen, nights of light in Mali” is dedicated to the homonymous community lighting project realised by Italian architect Matteo Ferroni in the rural areas of Mali.

We visited the show and met with Ferroni to understand better how the idea originated and where it is now headed to.

Head over to our website to read the article >>

Foroba Yelen by Matteo Ferroni - light as common good Thanks to his multi-faceted collaborations in the fields of theatre and music, during his career, Ferroni has developed a careful and sensible approach to light - an element that he considers “highly theatrical and culturally meaningful”.

"What a shame that nowadays we city dwellers are just so unused to fire, afraid of it even whereas in many other parts of the world it is still an intrinsic part of daily life – to cooking in particular." wrote Julia Georgallis - founder of The Bread Companion.
You can read about her experience with fire cooking at Designers On Holiday on her blog >>

The Bread Companion Cooking with Fire ‘The sea and a fire’ my mum and I agree, whilst doing some clandestine cauliflower smoking in my dad’s garage using my portable wood oven. I’m not supposed to light my fire there because it alarms the neighbours. But we’re doing it anyway, hoping no one notices. The sea and fire, we say, w...

It’s cold outside, so we decided to explore the power of fire! 🔥🔥

Around the Fire | The Offbeats We take a look at design projects that use the hypnotising power of fire to stimulate social bonds and a deeper awareness of the surroundings

Another theatre at the Fondazione Prada in Milan!
>> http://www.fondazioneprada.org/project/sligth-agitation-34-gelitin/?lang=en

IMAGE - Fumami (2017) by Gelitin - Courtesy Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy.

Talking with Triale’s co-founder Michael Tatschl about creative confidence, trials & errors, co-operation, design education and 3D printing in the Austrian Alps.
Read the interview >>

Triale - Reinventing design education in the Austrian Alps Unveiling Triale - a non-profit design institute experimenting with new technologies and nature in the heart of the Austrian Alps

Quick City USA - In recent years, pop-up cities and urban laboratories - such as Les Grands Voisins in Paris - have underlined the importance of communal alternatives and solutions within the normalised cities. Far from being a novelty though, these initiatives have many forerunners - some more utopian than others - of which Whiz Bang Quick City surely is one of them.

Discover more about it in our latest article >> http://bit.ly/whiz-bang-quick-city

IMAGE - Construction of the temporary structure developed during Whiz Bang Quick City #2, May/June 1972, courtesy of Aleksandra Kasuba