2013-05-19T08:57:45-04:00 http://archinect.com/blog/article/66627087/alternatining-color-concept Marc DiDomenico 2013-01-31T10:57:25-05:00 >2013-02-23T00:01:06-05:00 <p> <img alt="" src="http://www.florence-institute.com/EOS_Black.jpg"><br><strong>ALTERNATINING COLOR CONCEPT<br> EOS armchair retouched with an intrinsic new color pattern</strong></p> <br><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>Florence, Italy-</strong> A new version of the EOS chair designed by arch. Leonardo Rossano, has been proposed with an intrinsic new color scheme. The chair produced by True Design of Padova, is named 'EOS' derived from the Greek goddess 'dawn' or morning twilight. The chair is designed for boardrooms, lounges and refined home settings.&nbsp; The EOS chair has been now retailored by young designer, Sara Arias, with a pallet of colors that express the chair's underlying structure. The new alternate version uses a multicolored fabric selection and was inspired by the chair's modular system. The chair was originally available only in solid color tones. This unique version was fabricated custom for the Florence Institute after a visit to the chair's factory.&nbsp;</p> <p> The original EOS design has been available since last year in many bright colors, characteristic of the product selection of True Design. Until now...</p> http://archinect.com/blog/article/53443876/radical-ideas-transcendent-a-new-generation-collaboration-between-60-s-italian-radicalist-and-understudy-becomes-reality Marc DiDomenico 2012-07-13T04:21:06-04:00 >2012-07-15T09:53:21-04:00 <p> FLORENCE, ITALY - The Jacobsen-Binazzi Shelving Unit is a bookshelf that originated as a class project between Prof. Arch. Lapo Binazzi and his Master Student, Bethany Jacobsen, but has since transformed into a tangible, colorful design of rectangular units that can be reconfigured by the user. The project, titled Conoscenti, was selected for production by the company Genesis International of Siena who was interested in discovering young emerging designers. Made of brightly painted MDF panels, the juxtaposing primary colors accentuate the innovative qualities of this adaptable object. &ldquo;The piece became independently architectural, released from any dependency on a wall - meant instead to create or define space on its own. Open-ended cubes are suspended within the frame in a variety of volumes, which can be choreographed in a number of ways. The depths of each cube are varied to create a sculptural, multi-dimensional quality,&rdquo; comments Jacobsen. The design was first displayed as a ...</p>