IN THE AIR Black magic Sensitive geometries DESIGN STORIES DESIGN TROTTER Interview with Shigeru Ban France, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, China, etc.

DESIGN STORIES 22 Interview with Shigeru Ban DESIGN TROTTER 8 Pop star 24 What's "Nouvel" in Le Havre? 18, rue du Maréchal-Foch — 80130 FRIVILLE — www.delabie.com Publication director: Bertrand Margot; Editorial director: Delphine Bussière; Design/editing/art direction: California Agency; Editorial manager: Natacha Dreux; Printing: Imprimerie Leclerc; Photo credits: DELABIE, Domingos Tótora, Gardeco, Bang & Olufsen, OYOY, Broadway Malyan, Shutterstock, Constance Guisset Studio, Piero Lissoni, Salvatori, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Elisa Ossino, Jessica Soffiati, Giorgio Possenti, Tommaso Sartori,...

AHEAD It's all about points of view and combinations; deconstructing and multiplying to avoid getting stuck in a rut. In 1907, the founding fathers of cubism, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque – followed by the beacon of futurism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, in 1909 – revolutionized art history, turning it into a lifestyle. While the former represented what they saw in geometric forms to better reveal their own reality, the latter envisioned a brutal modernity in which shapes and colors clash within dynamic rhythms. From these artistic movements, we understand the importance of varying viewpoints...

DESIGNED TO LAST Environmentally-conscious design is now far more than a fad. By combining recycled materials and bold shapes or opting for green walls, architects and designers are committed to a world in harmony with nature. Wood, aluminum, cardboard and recycling are all the rage. Resources are being used optimally and the motto of the future is eco-creativity. 1. Disque Friso Terra, Domingos Tótora | 2. Bench in recycled kraft paper, Domingos Tótora 3. "OUTDOOR" shower column, DELABIE | 4. Beosound speaker, Bang & Olufsen 5. Salt & pepper mills, OYOY

Ill DESIGN TROTTER I Porto — Portugal Porto — Portugal I DESIGN TROTTER Ill PORTO OFFICE PARK PORTO (PORTUGAL) BROADWAY MALYAN The objective is clear: to help each tenant or owner recruit and retain the greatest talent, by offering an ideal environment and guaranteeing well-being. Two buildings have already been delivered — the third is under construction and will house stores, restaurants, and leisure and sports facilities — over a total surface area of 31,086m2, spread across 9 stories and three levels of underground parking, set within an urban park of 15,000m2. The border between interiors...

DARKSIDE Design goes over to the Dark Side of the Force! Like a nod to the painter Soulages — who celebrated his 100th birthday in 2019 — the world of art and decoration also goes back to black. Instead of fading into the background, black takes center stage. And light subtly brings out its depths and contrasts, both powerful and elegant. 1. Binoculars Building, Franck Gehry | 2. Monolithe, Constance Guisset 3. BLACK BINOPTIC electronic tap, DELABIE | 4. Pietra L trays, Piero Lisson

/// WHAT'S HOT / Paris — France Paris — France / WHAT'S HOT /// JUSTICE PALAIS DE JUSTICE PARIS (FRANCE) RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP JUSTICE GOES GREEN The numbers at the Palace of Justice in Paris are headspinning: 62,000m2 of usable space; 160m tall; 90 stories spread over 3 superimposed levels, decreasing in size; the second tallest occupied building in Paris after the Montparnasse Tower; 5,650m2 of roof gardens; 90 courtrooms... A colossus designed by a virtuoso! Aged over 80, Renzo Piano, 1998 Pritzker prizewinner, co-architect with Richard Rogers of the Pompidou Center, has delivered...

ELISA OSSINO THROUGH HER OBJECTS AND SET DESIGNS, ELISA OSSINO HIGHLIGHTS A MODERN, DREAMLIKE WORLD, WHERE TIME SEEMS TO BE SUSPENDED. HER GEOMETRICALLY-LINED CREATIONS DRAW CONTEMPORARY SPATIAL LANDSCAPES WHERE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF STRANGENESS MEETS ABSOLUTE BEAUTY. I love to set up spaces where time seems to stand still. A graduate of the prestigious Polytechnic University of Milan — like Renzo Piano — Elisa Ossino has several strong strings to her bow. Both cerebral and sensitive, she approaches the world transversally. As a designer — she created the famous "Elementi" lamp for De Padova —,...

Showerl HEAD OF STATE TECHNOLOGY BY DELABIE. PRACTICAL, RESISTANT, HYGIENIC, ECONOMICAL, ECOLOGICAL AND "DESIGNER". JUST THAT. THE SPORTING 2 ELECTRONIC SHOWER PANEL MAKES LIFE EASY. 80% water saving compared to a traditional shower. Thermostatic mixer integrated into the shower head. Shower starts when hand is moved towards the sensor. Duty flush every 24 hours after the last use to reduce the spread of bacteria. Shuts off voluntarily or automatically after 60 seconds. And smooth, rounded lines to make Tesla's latest "Model 3" grow pale with envy. 17 DELABIE product presented: SPORTING SECURITHERM...

Ill DESIGN TROTTER I Paris — France France I DESIGN TROTTER Ill Garden ^curiosities MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY PARIS (FRANCE) ATELIERS JEAN NOUVEL BACKPACK AND METRO TICKET Jean Nouvel offers a real change of scenery at the Musee du Quai Branly. The project, launched by Jacques Chirac, plunges one-day explorers into the heart of the Amazonian forest and asks them to consider art from elsewhere... and encourages the museum's architecture to tell us the history of the cultures it honors. The brief stated it should be a museum dedicated to the arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas,...

COMMITMENT WITHOUT HESITATION, ALL COLORS MAKE WAY FOR IT AND ALL EYES ARE DRAWN TO IT. ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE ULTIMATE CHOICE IS STAINLESS STEEL. Beyond its movie-star shine, stainless steel has so much going for it: simultaneously noble and durable, bacteriostatic and corrosion-resistant, it is also environmentally friendly. That's right, DELABIE products contain 60% recycled stainless steel. Ultra-trendy, it really is too good to miss! DELABIE products presented: MINI BAILA wall-mounted washbasin (Ref. 120180) UNITO wall-mounted washbasin (Ref. 120830) QUADRA washbasin (Ref. 120650)