Design

150 Years of Italian Unification

Masters of Style: Celebrating the Stories behind Italian Fashion Somerset House

To mark the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification, ‘Masters of Style’ brings together six of Italy’s most influential fashion houses to celebrate the stories behind Italian fashion. Looking at defining moments from their advertising campaigns, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, Gucci, Missoni and Prada will showcase a personally hand-picked selection of images from their collections and archives, bringing to life iconic style moments and offering an insight into the passion and influences behind their work.

This exhibition is curated by Peroni Nastro Azzurro in partnership with fashion commentator Colin McDowell and Somerset House.

London’s Serpentive Sackler Gallery Opens 2012

Serpentine Auction to Raise Millions at Sotheby’s ArtLyst

Artists including Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami Chris Ofili, Richard Prince, Paula Rego and Cindy Sherman are predicted to raise unprecedented funds for the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery on 30 June.

The Serpentine Sackler Gallery, opening in 2012, will be renovated and designed by Pritzker-Prize winning architect Zaha Hadid. It is named in recognition of a transformative lead gift from the Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation.

This historic,1805 Grade II listed building in Kensington Gardens (The Magazine), will give new life and purpose to the former munitions store into an innovative public venue for contemporary culture, doubling the Serpentine’s programming space.

The Serpentine will present the best emerging international talent from the worlds of art, architecture, dance, design, fashion, film, literature, music, performance, science and technology. Commissioning new work will be at the heart of its mission.

30,000-Gallons of Water+Medieval Weapons

Design

Creativity Beyond Belief!

Digging into this story, in Kalkar in 1972, construction was started on the SNR-300, the first large breeding reactor in Germany.

The reactor was designed to use plutonium as fuel and be cooled by sodium, giving it a higher potential for disaster. Opposition built to the power plant, and the highly controversial was continually delayed.

Finally completed at enormous expense, the nuclear facility never opened. Besides community concerns, the reactor would have rendered the building contaminated and unusable, becoming both a political and environmental nightmare.

The building is essentially one of the most expensive, complicated pieces of trash in the world and lives a new life as an amusement park.

Functional Fair Tales

Jenny Ekdahl is currently pursuing her Masters degree at Sweden’s Lund University School of Industrial Design. Her Spring 2011 project “Charms & Disguises,” which was recently exhibited at DMY Berlin, is an exploration of the deeper meaning of fairy tales.