Tag: Italy - Page 3
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Clever Desk Design Assembles In Seconds, is Held Together With Ratchet Straps
For people in a hurry and on a budget, ratchet straps are all the rage.
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The Stamp Chair And Stamp Lamp From Tom Dixon Demonstrate The Power Of The New Machine
The chair was commissioned to show how well a big punching and cutting machine can work, and it was graphic.
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FIAT Bets Big On Natural Gas As The Future of Fuel For Cars
They claim that electric cars are not ready for prime time. They may be right.
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Ferraris May Be Red, But Their Factory Is Green and Gorgeous
A visit to the Ferrari factory makes me eat some of my preconceptions.
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Franco Albini's Veliero Bookshelf Is Like A Suspension Bridge For Books
Just like a bridge, it tries to do the most with the least as it creates a bookshelf and room divider
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The (Coffee) Pod People Are Taking Over Europe
The triumph of convenience over common sense and good taste takes hold even in Italy
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Urban Design Lessons from Milan and Bologna: Architecture Matters as Much as Planning
In one city the pedestrian rules; in the other, the car. And it's the architecture that makes the difference.
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Wood Construction Can Last A Long Time
In Bologna, Italy, it has been doing the job for 800 years.
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Cross Laminated Timber is Ready for Prime Time
They are using this fabulous tech all over Europe. Why are we taking so long in North America, when the trees are dying?
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The Inertial Seawave Energy Generator Rocks
Clever device puts a gyroscope in a boat hull, and converts rocking motion into electricity
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Milan's BikeMi Bikeshare Uses Shaft-Drive Bikes
Interesting wheels are all over central Milan
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Design Mixed with Social Justice Equals a Chair by Marni
You can't always get what you want, but you can dream...chairs by the Italian fashion designer Marni at the Milan Design Show.
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Ferrari Thrill Goes Mass Transit -- First Private European Rail Company Tickets on Sale Now
What's sleek and red and faster than a Ferrari? Ferrari president Montezemolo introduced his newest business venture, mass transit, on Friday.
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Hot or Not: Lamps Made Of OSB (Survey)
We love designs that use simple, basic materials. But can you be too simple and basic?
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Officina Roma: A Villa Entirely Built Out Of Trash
It wasn't built in a day, but a week is pretty fast for 24 high school students.
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Multiplo Transformer Folds Into Just About Anything You Need
"your bed, table, sitting room and much more in some easy moves."
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Wiel Arets and Alessi Design Corian Kitchen For Valcucine
Some of the biggest names in European design collaborate on new freestanding kitchen design
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Transformer Pants Have Built-In Dining Table
Never not have a place to eat again, if you are wearing Pic Nic Pants.
