2014 Archives - claudeverett

cld worm

ImageJanuary 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoimagegraphic, gif, 2014

House of Four

ImageApril 23, 2019December 27, 2020taospaceundercurrent architects, 2016, architecture, 2017, 2015, 2014

Bach Shop

January 17, 2018March 23, 2024taospaceuser participation, shop, italy, interior, milan, 2014

We met Bach when we were about to leave Milan in October 2013. We were selling our no-need-anymore stuffs. She came to our place to take a tent in a morning. We talked a little while and agreed to arrange another time to talk longer. She then went on her one day trip to somewhere. We soon left Milan, into the mountain.

Several months later, we were told that she had got a place in Corso Porta Ticinese in Milan, an undoubted popular spot pretty near city centre. It was a great step forward for Bach from running online business to having a real shop in such a place. We were quite happy when she asked us to be her consultants on interior design. Moreover, Mi, who studied industrial design in school and works in a famous Milanese styling company joined us.

Composed by Bach (interactive design), Bach’s boyfriend Yuan (automobile design), Mi (product & styling design) and we two (architecture), a multi-disciplined team was formed.

Instant Holiday

January 6, 2018March 22, 2024yokoobject, researchvalsassina, prototype, interior, think twice, 2014, life

Thanks to the big window facing east, our bedroom is filled with sunshine from early morning till noon in clear days. During the period of not being too cold, say from late spring to early autumn, we would open the window and let our pillows sunbathe there.

Tree Pot

January 19, 2018March 22, 2024taoobjectpasturo, snow, appropriation, italy, sculpture, nature, 2014, think twice, art

If you couldn’t find anything strange, please think twice.

In front of the building we live, there are three trees, two birches and one cherry, standing in snow. We collected some snow and made a pot for the cherry.

Cold

January 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectsculpture, think twice, 2014, art

We made Cold to celebrate Yoko’s birthday. Yoko had been thinking for having a pinwheel for a long time. Therefore we decided to DIY some and put them together in a meaningful way.

It was just another autumn-like summer day in Valsassina, wet and chilly. A trembling character came into our mind. It was 冷 (lĕng), a Chinese character meaning cold in English. We made it out of pinwheels and put on the wall where strong wind arrives. In this way it materialized man’s sensation of ‘cold’ in an interactive way, and at the same time make the room even colder…

H.R.

January 19, 2018March 22, 2024taoimagecanada, logo, 2014, graphic

We designed the logo of a Canadian trading company belongs to Yoko’s old best and best old friend.

Primavera

ImageJanuary 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoimageart, valsassina, snow, italy, nature, 2014, life, gif

Fú

January 19, 2018March 20, 2024taoimage2014, logo, visual identity, china, competition, communication, think twice

“What do you think you are looking at?” We asked friends and colleagues with the picture on the right. Paper-cut? Red envelope? Package for Spring Festival gift? Wedding invitation? None of them really got the answer we had expected to hear—the Chinese character Fú (福) on the door of every family, a traditional way of celebrating Spring Festival. We were shocked about this since we were so confident that nobody would misunderstood it. It urged us to review our design strategy completely, which brought us our second proposal. —Now, it would be good to talk about the things that happened prior to this very moment.

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