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With 1,521 members and 865 projects in the race, all original, ironic, on the edge of surreal, the competition Castro Burrow Design Award 2008 has proclaimed its winners. The Blue Ribbon Design Award went to Roberto Betta, who has won 10 thousand euros with the project quaternion, a ladder to 4 steps that once closed takes the form of a bottle of Castro Burrow.

The project cooling beer BeFreeze Jean Claude Chiementin was awarded the Jury Prize of 2,500 neurons for the best technological innovation, while the Jury Prize of 2,500 euros for the best idea on the reuse of the bottle was given to Rafael with Vinader Ecopanchina the project, which consists of a bench with vase in which grow ears malt and a surface all holes to enter the bottles.

The other finalists dell’Unbeerlievable Collection 2008, inspired by the unlikely but possible forms of challenge, include the development of football in key Nastro Azzurro, the shoe green glass bottle with heel 12, the brush for the body Scrubbeer bristles-bottle, the thirst for Fire extinguisher, musical instruments, chairs, lamps, dispensers, watches, and even the stethoscope Say 33 cl. All 33 finalists will be exhibited to the public stage in the touring exhibition, which will be hosted by Circolo Canottieri Esperia Turin from 8 to July 12.

Italy: Design_kit is a new initiative to Designerblog, a series of interviews, which aims to create a geography of the landscape of the young Italian design, highlighting what are the icons of reference of the new generation and directions taken by the new creativity. The beauty of this map is that it autogenererà. Each interview will in fact the name of his successor.

The guest today is the eclectic and tireless Product Designer Valerio Sommella, residing here a little ease somewhat, invited by Sandro Meneghello and Marco Paolelli of Studio MeneghelloPaolelli.

Describe who you are, what are you doing and how you like it. I Valerio Sommella, Product Designer graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 2004. In recent years I had the good fortune to work with two of the most influential international designers. The first is Stefano Giovannoni, which for almost three years I was able to design products for companies like Magis, Alessi, Oregon Scientific, Docomo-Nec, then ranging from Furniture Design all’oggettistica up to ‘Hi-Tech design, to get my current collaboration with the study by Marcel Wanders, for which I followed, for example, the last event Poliform at the Salone del Mobile 08. From January this year I must also add to my resume the profession as an entrepreneur, together with a partner I founded Aquabrik Inc., a company that produces modular water system that I designed in 2004, distributed today in Italy and several European countries. It would be interesting to talk more about this project inspired by the shape and functionality of the famous Lego bricks of modular, but if you are interested I refer you to the site and the blog as additional sources of information.

Among the many inspirations that have been characterized the collection of Moroso to Furniture Show 2008, took note the new collaboration with the Dutch designer Edward van Vliet, who has designed, pouf, sofa, a chaise longue, chair, lamps and carpets, in short, an entire collection, hand-made Morocco and Thailand and characterized by refined and exotic atmosphere that can inspire.

A new collection illuminated by lamps Rontonton, small and large multi from surface structures, made of aluminum perforated with motifs inspired by the Moorish decor Moroccans, that filter the light to return heat emotional and involve almost every area with games of light and shadows suggestive.