imcubo:

happy Towel Day!

imcubo:

happy Towel Day!

I feel a little ashamed, I haven’t been posting here in eons now…sorry.

I’ll try to get some more found photos in flea markets in spring, I promise.

I’ve been posting a lot on my other blog though…follow that in the meantime!

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latebloomersdesign:

the first picture taken in Milan during the Milan Design Week at the RETROBOTTEGA EXHIBIT by Sfuso of our project Chào!
here we are, come visit us!

et voilà!

latebloomersdesign:

the first picture taken in Milan during the Milan Design Week at the RETROBOTTEGA EXHIBIT by Sfuso of our project Chào!

here we are, come visit us!

et voilà!

imcubo:

inizia oggi!
a tutti i milanesi ( anche quelli di passaggio ): andate a vedere e fate foto!
oh, comunque ridendo e scherzando siam finiti al Salone del Mobile ad esporre dopo aver vinto un concorso…mi merito di tirarmela.

imcubo:

inizia oggi!

a tutti i milanesi ( anche quelli di passaggio ): andate a vedere e fate foto!

oh, comunque ridendo e scherzando siam finiti al Salone del Mobile ad esporre dopo aver vinto un concorso…mi merito di tirarmela.


latebloomersdesign:

et voilà, it is done.
after prototyping ( 1 - 2 ) and field testing ( 1 - 2 ) we are ready.
those are the “instructions” for our little feeding nest Chào; a veneer A4 laser-cut sheet, which becomes a tiny and durable architecture.


now the project is ready and it will be for sale soon!
keep in touch for the new upcoming website.

latebloomersdesign:

et voilà, it is done.

after prototyping ( 1 - 2 ) and field testing ( 1 - 2 ) we are ready.

those are the “instructions” for our little feeding nest Chào; a veneer A4 laser-cut sheet, which becomes a tiny and durable architecture.

image

image

now the project is ready and it will be for sale soon!

keep in touch for the new upcoming website.

imcubo:

latebloomersdesign:

guess what it is.
PS. it’s another project.

vediamo chi indovina…


suvvia followers, provateci per lo meno…

imcubo:

latebloomersdesign:

guess what it is.

PS. it’s another project.

vediamo chi indovina…

suvvia followers, provateci per lo meno…

imcubo:

when I was trying to be like you…

imcubo:

when I was trying to be like you

imcubo:

from the series Contact 1984
addio a Gabriele Basilico 1944-2013

imcubo:


from the series Contact 1984

addio a Gabriele Basilico 1944-2013

latebloomersdesign:

it looks just fine.

yep.

latebloomersdesign:

it looks just fine.

yep.

latebloomersdesign:

This is the first cardboard prototype of project LB003.
It’s a bird house and it’s going to be made just out of a laser cut and engraved A4 cardboard ( or bamboo laminate ) sheet.
It’s an easy-to-produce, easy-to-make, ecological and cheap nest ( the name “chào” is the chinese translation of the word ).
Thought primarily for children, this project links itself to the chinese tradition of having birds as pets and could be an easy way to make a bond with nature even in urban surroundings.
Just snap the parts, fold and hang it.


I’m so proud of this one!
PS. we’re looking for production, so if you can anyhow help us ( do you have a laser cutter? do you work in a company that has one? do you happen to know good deals? would you like to finance us or support us? ), please contact me!

latebloomersdesign:

This is the first cardboard prototype of project LB003.

It’s a bird house and it’s going to be made just out of a laser cut and engraved A4 cardboard ( or bamboo laminate ) sheet.

It’s an easy-to-produce, easy-to-make, ecological and cheap nest ( the name “chào” is the chinese translation of the word ).

Thought primarily for children, this project links itself to the chinese tradition of having birds as pets and could be an easy way to make a bond with nature even in urban surroundings.

Just snap the parts, fold and hang it.

I’m so proud of this one!

PS. we’re looking for production, so if you can anyhow help us ( do you have a laser cutter? do you work in a company that has one? do you happen to know good deals? would you like to finance us or support us? ), please contact me!

seeping child

7,3 x 10,3




year I found this picture in the same album of the last one and the baby in this photo looks like he might actually be the same blond kid in the background.
I should suppose it’s just a couple of years earlier.


The subject of this BW picture is a little boy, with a pacifier in his mouth, napping on some blankets laid on the grass of a park or garden.
The baby goes slack, clenching his little fists and dreaming. He wears a white shirt and is barely covered by a white sheet. Behind him lays a white sock and in a corner of his bed there is a little container.


The image could be the result of the camera of a lovely parent, looking at his/her baby while spending some time in the backyard.
But we could also imagining it, for the sake of our purposes, by someone trying to tell us a something else.


Postwar Germany had a really harsh time rebuilding the nation, the society and in general giving a roof to everyone. This picture was taken between the end of WWII and the building of the Berlin Wall; in that time the country was still recovering from a destructive war and was also being teared apart between East and West.
It was a bad time for die Deutsche and in a lot of areas there was a great deal of poverty and unemployment. 


Like for the last picture I’ve posted, the photographer could have wanted to describe this times, focusing on the lasts. Many have walked this path, using children as subjects to move the viewers and to drive the attention on the problems of the society.
Some times in photography this sort of escamotage has been used improperly, but it could also be a powerful mean to make us face what we usually tend to avoid.  ( one of the most notable and controversial example was the Pulitzer Prize-winner shot by Kevin Carter of a dying sudanese girl )


It could have been Dorothea Lange snapping this picture, because of the type of image and the style.
She told us dark times in the history of United States and she often pointed her camera to families and children, describing the period she was living in through the portrait of every day life with care, delicacy and fragility.

Late Bloomers Design: project LB002 ( the “ecological ashtray” ) is being tested and it...

imcubo:

latebloomersdesign:

project LB002 ( the “ecological ashtray” ) is being tested and it looks like it works.

here after 7 days from the beginning of the test, with home-made prototypes

and here this morning, after 10 days.

yep, it works.

Late Bloomers Design: another work in progress, the concept of an “ecological ashtray”.

(via imcubo)

latebloomersdesign:

code - LB001
name of the project -  6776

wooden multi-purpose table




the table is composed by two desks, made by the same cherry wood in two different essences. the upper desk is removable and slides into the rails carved in the legs of the table to cover the lower desk.

when uncovered, the lower desk is a comfortable working station with the upper desk casting the legs of the person sitting. the lowest part of it becomes a footrest while the other side provides an upper level for the working station, a little shelf.

the small shelf made by the upper side of the moving desk has a nook to better organize cables and wires for a lamp, a second screen or every oder gizmo.

the desk can also be detached from the table to be used as a low coffee table or as a  tray.




et voilà

latebloomersdesign:

code - LB001

name of the project -  6776

wooden multi-purpose table




the table is composed by two desks, made by the same cherry wood in two different essences. the upper desk is removable and slides into the rails carved in the legs of the table to cover the lower desk.

when uncovered, the lower desk is a comfortable working station with the upper desk casting the legs of the person sitting. the lowest part of it becomes a footrest while the other side provides an upper level for the working station, a little shelf.

the small shelf made by the upper side of the moving desk has a nook to better organize cables and wires for a lamp, a second screen or every oder gizmo.

the desk can also be detached from the table to be used as a low coffee table or as a  tray.


et voilà

imcubo:

latebloomersdesign:

LB001
LB001 is the project of a multi-purpose table, with two desks, designed for little spaces, studying rooms, office sharing and studios.
It is a wooden and warm table, simple in its design as in its use. 
The upper desk slides into rails in the legs of the table, covering or uncovering the lower one, hiding rapidly your working station for a quick meal or just to cover for a short pause.
We started yesterday developing the project, it will take a little more. 
Keep in touch.


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hi
maybe you didn’t know it, but I am a designer.
and I have decided to design.

imcubo:

latebloomersdesign:

LB001

LB001 is the project of a multi-purpose table, with two desks, designed for little spaces, studying rooms, office sharing and studios.

It is a wooden and warm table, simple in its design as in its use. 

The upper desk slides into rails in the legs of the table, covering or uncovering the lower one, hiding rapidly your working station for a quick meal or just to cover for a short pause.

We started yesterday developing the project, it will take a little more. 

Keep in touch.

_________________________________________________________________________

hi

maybe you didn’t know it, but I am a designer.

and I have decided to design.