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On Interni 53, special issue attached to Panorama, they just published a review on COMVERT HQ. On the two pages by Anita Martinelli, let alone a couple of tiny mistakes, we can see three nice photos of Giuliano Berarducci. For you, trustee readers of this blog, I believe COMVERT HQ has no more secrets, but in attachment you have the fuori salone guide, which lists events, parties and whatever else is of interest during Salone del Mobile 2009. See you around for an appletini toast!

TSPORT is a magazine about sport and recreational facilities. Inside the issue n° 266 there are three pages about the bastard bowl written by Riccardo Consoli. 

A few days ago Current TV published this video report about bastard, and the grand opening of the new COMVERT HQ: ONLYWOOD Prima Visione. In the video there are a few images of the party with a some skate footage with our good friend Igor Fardin (white hat) and Daniel Cardone. The video is filmed and edited by Brandon.

In the picture above the artpiece made by Lorenzo Fonda (who’s leaving for Los Angeles where he wants to stay more than usual) and Sergi Sanchez after 12 hours of session alternating painting/skateboarding at the bastard bowl.

My take: if you smell something rotten do something… or pay the consequences after sometime.

Yesterday we have been very honoured to welcome the visit of Prof. Mario Antonio Arnaboldi, a well known Architect and Professor with a very special relationship with both COMVERT HQ and Bastard Bowl.

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On archinfo.it is published an article with the details of the bastard bowl construction, illustrations and a general view of the COMVERT Headquarter project.

On domus web there is an article with the main project and a few pics.

ITALIAN LANGUAGE ONLY.

They used a shot of Daniel Cardone frontside flippin over the extension of the bowl, taken by Giuliano Berarducci the day after the Grand Opening (ONLYWOOD), I put here the original pic at a better resolution.
(Click the picture to enlarge).

Daniel Cardone - fs flip @ bastard bowl

On saturday afternoon long time skate friends from Ravenna paid a visit to us and tested the bastard bowl. They put the session on fire (forgetaboutit)… it was a pleasure!

We hope they come back uphere to skate as soon as the winter arrives.

Here Giorgio certifies the extension with a Mc Twist at full speed…alla vecchia maniera.

P.S. This video was taken from the security webcams… don’t blame on me, everybody was busy doing something else ;)

Below what appeared today (Tuesday, October 28) on the italian newspaper La Repubblica. It talks about bastard and the new COMVERT HeadQuarter projectated by studiometrico. The grand opening happened on last friday night with a party named ONLYWOOD that left a mark in the over twothousands partecipants!

Below some blogs that covered the event and published pics and interviews (italian language only):

• Bloggokin
• Blogosfere
• Lo spremiagrumi
• Milanodabere.it
• INTERNI
• Atelier-LC
• studiometrico
• inoda+sveje blog (japanese)
• kishirikiblog (japanese)
• Auto&Moto

In the last three months we haven’t been able to fully committ to building the bowl as, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), we have been swamped with work in between delivering the bastard winter collection and developing the new line.

Installing the metallic net along the borders wasn’t exactly a piece of cake, having to deal with drilling holes and screwing bolts into metal directly on the spot. To ensure the net to the crossbars we used bolts with selfblocking nutcases.. so we’ll feel safe even when Scott Bourne shows up.

We entirely redesigned the lighting scheme, in order to get rid of poorly lit areas:

We switched the big neons from the sides to the center.
Plus we installed a light ring all around the double ceiling and into the groove that used to host the old cinema screen. Now the lighting’s perfect!

The hips corners were carved out of multilayer wood blocks (larch + fir), leftovers from building the offices… recycling rules!

The first paneling layer was laid down using a custom tool created for the occasion, nicknamed The Longherone (thanks Lorenzo Bini, Nils @INODA+SVEJE and Andrea Paulicelli @mamadesignlab !)… and as the mind wanders looking for new lines we get ready for the grand opening night FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24^TH

Here are some pics, taken by Giuliano Berarducci, Gros and Jep:

Machine cut panels

Hip edges

Hip edge shaping

Monolith carving

Test-corner curved edges

We got plans for the future

bastard bowl

Beer case for the workers

Wooden steps

GroS WORKING

The Longherone

Securing the Longherone

Jep & Maradona chilling on the corner

Andrea and his longherone

Jep, Lorenzo Bini (studiometrico) and Nils Sveje (INODA+SVEJE)