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Domus magazine issue 929, out now, comes with a map/guide of the 129 best italian contemporary architectures, according to their editorial staff:
Instant atlas – a map of new italian architecture

“[…]This Domus ‘atlas’ is a snapshot in time that can be read as initial tally of architects who are destined to produce (hopefully sometime soon) a new situation in contemporary architecture all over Italy that is more egalitarian in quality and diffusion”. Stefano Casciani

Picture number 20 features bastard store and Comvert Hueadquarters, which grand opened last October 24th; project realized by studiometrico. It shows one of my favourite angles, the bastard bowl photographed from beneath.

Pete Koff’s documentary Supercharged, the life and times of Tim Brauch will start at Camera 12 in San Jose on September 26th (6:30)… it sounds like is getting big with a two day party, contest and big bands playing.

Check timbrauch.blogspot.com for updates.

We are working to premiere here in Milano for late October… and looking for partners to cover all the expenses so that nobody has to pay any ticket. If you are interested show up now.

In the Art area of freestyle.ch it has just been published an interview with Lukas Goller. Starting 2009 he put his contribution to the bastard snowboard project.

The itw is in german language but you can see a selection of his works (the one above is for Milano Centrale skateboards)… I can’t understand what is written but I can follow the only link written and I remember Lukas often talks about this: Trailer Park Boys.

The Smoke came out last year with on of the best reggae records I have in my collection… no cheating! You know what I’m talking about if ever had the chance to listen to Routes.

Waiting for a new record to hopefully come out soon, here an occasional live video of Wasn’t it You at Radio Popolare.

Dimitri and Yoonjung from LA inform us that a few days ago Nicolas Negroponte has been born… already embedded with his own website, a Twitter account, Facebook and a couple of email address.

When they say connected… I can’t wait to read his first post. My best to the whole family!

This afternoon Jim Houser visited us (…and checked out the bastard bowl). Today at 6:30PM he opens his show The Tip of the Sword at Galleria Patricia Armocida in Milan.

Have a look to his interview on Fecal Face.

The plan above shows the concrete bowl that is now under construction in Corsico (MI), Italy. The bowl is part of a regeneration project of the Travaglia Park.

Leonardo Oprandi (project manager at LAND) has informed us that all the prefab Concrete elements of this mini combi bowl designed by mamadesignlab have been just delivered on site.

Here some pictures from last week showing the already finished excavation of the area.

A serious grand opening is expected right after the summer.

Todo o mundo é pais and Dave Duncan feels like home for sure in Rome where the three days WCS contest just ended.

On SkateMap daily updated videos (some bandwith problems at the moment I am writing… whats’up Telco!?). Check out Carlos De Andrade in the bowl!

Diana Manfredi sent us this trailer of the docu that Pete Koff, San Francisco based filmmaker, is preparing: Supercharged –  the life & times of  Tim Brauch. We look forward to have it on the screen soon in Milano.

If you are new to this talking here some more info on what’s up with the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund end his noble (and useful too!) mission.

The book of the Designing Designers 2008 conference where I attended some months ago with Francesca Murialdo and Lorenzo Bini of studiometrico, has just been published.

[…] Modern communication technologies connected to the new globalized economies have created a fresh way of working that influences both space organization and methodological aspects. New offices and workplaces are created to host updated requirements, thus being substantially transformed. New type of workers – the so called knowledge workers – have introduced innovative ways of living and interacting with the working spaces […]

Four pages and some pictures of Giuliano Berarducci are dedicated to our COMVERT HQ.

Edited in english language from POLI.design you will find it soon at the bastard store or at the bookstore Hoepli or libreriauniversitaria.it for € 23,00.