milan Archives - claudeverett

Sugar from a C2C World @XXI Triennale

January 18, 2018March 22, 2024taoresearchmilan, 2016, research, italy, exhibition, culture

On October 2015, yoko saw a news on Facebook, shared by a never-really-talked friend. It was a call for under-35 designers participating the 21st triennial of Milan.

Yoko Poco ma Yoko

December 22, 2017March 23, 2024taoresearch2015, workshop, milan, think twice, education, italy

You see, we did trick on the feedback rating stars:

Then we got back some trickier stars:

Bach Shop

January 17, 2018March 23, 2024taospace2014, milan, interior, user participation, italy, shop

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.

Rooming a Space

January 15, 2018March 22, 2024taoobject, researchpublic space, 2012, product, workshop, milan, research, user participation, communication, italy

In the limited time of site survey, architects collect information by observing, taking notes, sketching, photographing, taking video, talking to locals etc.. When they are back in the office, they make sense out of them, giving birth to reports, diagrams and site models. By then, the whole team get a good understanding of the site especially by looking at the site model talking about the site, away from the site.

A gull in river Lambro

ImageDecember 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoimagegraphic, bird, 2014, milan, italy

Lamp B

ImageJanuary 11, 2018March 18, 2024taoobjectproduct, diy, life, milan, 2011, italy, appropriation

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Lamp B, 2011

Lamp A

January 7, 2018March 18, 2024yokoobject2012, product, diy, milan, think twice, italy, appropriation

The second house we lived in Milan was a super tiny one, about just 20 m². Small as it was, everything had to go vertical: Washing machine on top of fridge; bed on top of a slab across bathroom and wardrobe, connected with the living room with a moveable wooden ladder; orange tile on top of bathroom, indicating you could sit there eating watermelon in summer; of course, you could lie or sit or put things on top of the wardrobe too.

Although it was so small, it had almost everything to support our life: except the fridge and the washing machine we talked before, there were a tiny balcony, a ceiling fan, an oven, a shower room, a bidet, and so on. We loved it.

It only lacked of a lamp.

Snow Cat

January 19, 2018March 18, 2024taoobjectanimal, 2012, diy, cat, art, milan, nature, sculpture, italy, snow

Snowing! We made a snow cat in 15 minutes before going to school.

Basket Bin

GalleryDecember 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoresearchexperiment, public space, 2012, milan, think twice, italy, polimi

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14/03/2012 Someone left a coffee cup in the basket of tao's bicycle.

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15/03/2012 We added a red plastic bag to attract more cups but got nothing at the end of the day.

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16/03/2012 We tried a professional looking blue plastic bag, still nothing.

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17/03/2012 We persuaded people by words, still doesn't work.

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29/03/2012 We went back to blue-bag-only solution, and the bag was taken away by someone!

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30/03/2012 And we finally got a coffee cup again!

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Pausa Café

January 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectpublic space, product, workshop, milan, think twice, interior, italy, appropriation, 2010, furniture

In response to the theme “re-appropriation” of MIAW 2010, we wanted to dig out some hidden values in the campus. In the building of architecture school, during breaks, people chat outside the classroom while lean against handrails, on which coffee cups or coke tins can always be found. People do it naturally. But the performance of handrail could be better. By just adding wooden boards, we found the potential of handrail lying in its width. Finally, it was proved to be highly welcomed.

You Are Designed!

December 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoresearchpublic space, 2012, art, milan, research, italy

Via Conte Rosso 36 is our home when we were studying in Milan. It was next to one of the main exhibition area of Salone di Mobile (Milan Design Week). The official guide map suggested people a walking path from metro/train station to the exhibition area. It passed right under our balcony.