MANOTECA

As one of the mainstream design magazines in Asia, Design 360° - Concept and Design Magazine is a bimonthly and bilingual magazine featuring international advanced design concepts and unique creativities. While sticking to the fundamental theme of design, the magazine has been pursuing innovation and changes since its establishment. From the “Design Companies Series” in 2008, “Design Tour Series” from 2009 to 2011, “Social Value of Design Series” in 2012, to “UNESCO City of Design Series” in 2013, readers have witnessed the reformation and innovation of Design 360° Magazine.

The new Design 360° Magazine of 2014 consists of three volumes; in each volume we will invite designers at home and abroad to showcase the humanistic stories in design industry, interacting with designers widely and authentically revealing the undiscovered stories. Meanwhile, the brand new layout design will greatly improve the readability and interesting to arouse readers’ empathy.

We're proud to announce our presence at the XXI International Exhibition of the La Triennale di Milano, entitled 21st Century. Design After Design. The exhibition traces a new history of Italian design in the feminine, reconstructing the figures, theories, and approaches to design that were sown in the twentieth century and that have taken hold, transformed and evolved in the twenty-first century. Our See-clo the wandering library will be exposed untill Feb 2107.

"Immagino regole e preconcetti come fossero pezzi di una recinzione metallica per vacche. Ti viene dato un semplice kit di montaggio che apri sfoggiando un sorriso, per iniziare a costruire un recinto da cui non potrai più uscire. Ogni tanto qualcuno si ribella. Tira un calcio alla recinzione e scappa, correndo nudo nel prato, sporco e col dito medio alzato. Fino a che i cecchini non gli sparano. Ognuno degli oggetti di MANOTECA per me rappresenta un calcio alla transenna e una lunga corsa nel prato, nuda, sporca e col dito medio alzato."

Manoteca book

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"Upcycling goes upscale in this beautiful, elegant, and global collection that showcases what today’s designers are creating out of yesterday’s materials.
Upcycling is the process of transforming seemingly low value items into something new. Today’s upcyclists are creating stunning furniture, lighting, and art objects that combine values of superb craftsmanship and design with ideas of how “waste” can be both inspiring and informing. While the environmental and financial benefits of upcycling are readily acknowledged in Upcyclist: Reclaimed and Remade Furniture, Lighting and Interiors, the designers and makers profiled show how the practice can result in pieces that are as aesthetically exciting as anything created using only raw materials. Based on the author’s popular website, this book features hundreds of creations from an international collection of today’s most exciting designers. It is organized by material, with chapters dedicated to wood, metal, glass and ceramics, textiles, plastic, paper, and mixed media. Reclaimed tree branches and barn doors are transformed into exquisite pieces of furniture; bicycle chains into chandeliers; t-shirts into rugs; saris into upholstery. Filled with an enormous range of materials and objects, this unique book will inspire any designer or design-conscious consumer to incorporate upcycling into their creative practice or interior design projects"

Upcyclist - Prestel

"the first-ever art & design book to source content exclusively from the Behance community, Super-Modified presents a bleeding-edge look at the trends driving today's most exciting creative work. Custom-curated by the Behance team, the book includes 288 pages of incredible creative work spanning graphic design, photography, fashion, architecture, illustration, and much more"

Una nuova favolosa casa per Indoor C | Nolita building | NYC

The Lower Foxtail Residence is located in Yellowstone Club, a private residential ski and golf resort in Big Sky, Montana, USA. The home was designed by Reid Smith Architects and built by Teton Heritage Builders using, among other things, triple pane Unilux windows across the south facing exposure of the home. The large expanse of glazings allows the panoramic views of the surrounding Rocky Mountains to permeate the interior voids as spectacular natural artscapes. Layering onto this, Len Cotsovolos of LC2 Design Services finished the home with materials and dark tones that emulated the natural elements beyond for a finished result of warmth and sophistication with a touch of glitz.

IN MOBILE CARTA combina i pezzi di design realizzati da Manoteca con gli oltre 5000 origami realizzati da Marisa Cortese, che dal 2001 pratica l'origami, l'arte di piegare la carta per creare le forme più diverse. Un'installazione originale e singolare, che consente ai visitatori di interagire: si può suonare, toccare e, letteralmente, entrare all'interno dei pezzi esposti. L'atmosfera è quella di un organismo vivente, pulsante: alberi di caffè indonesiani, corde e tasti di pianoforte che suonando muovono sciami di farfalle, colori dell'autunno e suoni della vita, ombre animate e presenze arcane, una sinestesia che parla a tutti i sensi.

Esposizione e installazione temporanea in via Alessandro Volta | Milano | Salone del mobile 2014