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ex carceri ‘le nuove’, turin june 29 – october12 http://www.torinoworlddesigncapital.it
‘flexibility – design in a fast-changing society’ is one of the many events taking place in turin this year in conjunction with the city being named the ‘design world capital 2008’. the show consists of nine projects by international designers installed at a former prison, ex carceri ‘le nuove’.
a flexible space by means of a wall of venetian blinds made of mirrors that slowly turn and modify the perspective…
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born in nieuwleusen, netherlands, in 1975. currently based at schiedam. his latest projects include work for moooi, pallucco, domestic, van vilt, silvera and goods bertjan pot explores the skin of products, – sometimes the skin is the whole product, sometimes it’s just something that covers up something else.
— see the nine installations:
 renewable clothing by fernando brízio |  instant rooms by matali crasset |  liquid memory by ross lovegrove |
 chasen by patricia urquiola |  mirror-blind by bertjan pot |  flexible bench by giulio iacchetti |
 domestic sandbags by antenna design |  jailbreak (vendôme series) by kram/weisshaar |  my treasures trash by emiliana design studio |
— ‘flexibility’ introduction 
flexibility – introduction
