The Launch Party #30 took place on Wednesday July 20^th with the preview presentation of the bastard, Electric and JART Spring Summer 2012 collections.

As usual Fresco distribution topped it off with their selection of  Lakai and Makia products.

Now a well deserved vacation is awaiting us, except for the sales reps who will be on pre sales campaign until late September.

From now on the upstairs showroom space at the bastard store will be open almost everyday for pre-sales on appointment until Sept. 20^th.

Fresco distribution contributed with a supply of the new excellent BSA beer and with a selection of products from Matix, Lakai, DVS, Makia and Brixton. The Iraola brothers, owners of JART, replied bringing in the mix a couple of good skaters to warm the bowl session and a Jamón ibérico that they personally sliced up for the attendees.

We have tried to behave but it was hard…

The bastard store upstairs showroom will stay open for orders by appointment starting this week through March 10th.

The book italiArchitettura (UTET edizioni) is part of a serie dedicated to italian architecture studios. This fourth volume deals with interiors and consists of more than threehundred pages, fourteen dedicated to the bastard store project of studiometrico.

Until now I think this is the best documentation ever published, with technical drawings and high quality details of the construction of the bastard bowl.

[…] questa quarta uscita di italiArchitettura è dedicata agli interni, che rappresentano un capitolo consistente, forse uno dei più importanti, della produzione architettonica nazionale. In un Paese dove si costruisce poco e si ristruttura molto è infatti inevitabile che parte delle migliori energie progettuali si riversino nel recupero di spazi già realizzati.

– Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi

You can buy the book online.
Watch out english readers as the book is written in italian only!

You can browse a preview below.

A big thank to everyone who supported us!
The bastard store by studiometrico just won the ArchDaily Building of the Year 2009 award for the best interior.

During 2009 ArchDaily turned into the most visited architecture website and this doesn’t surprise us at all, having seen the amount of contacts that their post published in May brought to the bastard store. ArchDaily chose to celebrate its successes of the last year with the Building Of  The Year 2009 award, voted from the readers.

Now the bastard store has made it into the finals by entering the Top 5 of the interiors section… and it’s huge considering the large number of projects in nomination, but we still need the final touch by all supporters provided with Facebook or Twitter.

You can vote for the bastard store by following this link:
archdaily.com/building-of-the-year/2009

Last wednesday at the COMVERT Hq we really tested the Milano showroom with the Launch Party #27, that showcased bastard and Electric products for Fall Winter 2010, dedicated to retailers, distributors, sales reps, collaborators and friends.

The showroom will be open everyday on appointment for sales, starting next week. The only missing ingredient is now a ‘Showroom Manager’, and for this purpose we’re examining the last curricula that get submitted to us through the job opportunity posted here (italian language required).

Saturday November, 21st 9pm

bastard store, via Scipio Slataper 19, Milan
Free admission with ticket.
Tickets available at bastard store, subject to seat availability.

On May 9, 1999 at the young age of 25, Tim passed away of sudden cardiac arrest. Tim was a professional skateboarder and an inspirational friend to all who met him. Tim had practically conquered the skating world and accomplished more than anyone thought possible. His Documentary is an inspiring in-depth documentary that celebrates the life of Tim Brauch. Composed by a community of friends and family, this film explores Tim’s intriguing life. Learn the legend of Tim, who he was and why he became such a big role model for future generations.

More info: timbrauch.blogspot.com

Thanks to Diana Manfredi, who organized everything remotely from San Francisco along with director Pete Koff, as well as tech support from ID-Impronte Digitali, we’re able to host the european premiere in Milano.

On saturday, November 21st we will enjoy the vision of this documentary sitting on the ex-cinema Istria gallery as we did for Underskatement.

After the screening, private skate session.

Invitations are available for free at the bastard store, starting today, so hurry before we run out of seats at bastard

Infos and reservation: store@bastard.it

The movie was off the hook, very inspirational story for sure. Tim was awesome and it’s great that his legacy still lives on today, go see this film if you haven’t already…It Rocks!

-Steve Caballero-

“[…]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.

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.