Mostre | Pixar 30 anni di animazione, Roma Palazzo delle Esposizioni 9 ott – 20 gen 2019

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La fama della Pixar, fondata in California nel 1986, è dovuta all’abilità nel combinare arte e tecnologia all’utilizzo innovativo dei digital media per creare storie originali e personaggi intramontabili.

Da Toy Story, il primo film completamente animato al computer, al più recente e Coco, passando per Monster & Co., Alla ricerca di Nemo, Cars e Inside Out, solo per citarne alcuni. I film della Pixar sono riusciti da sempre a coinvolgere e affascinare bambini e adulti.

In pochi sanno che questi incredibili film sono il frutto del lavoro di una squadra di creativi e registi di fama mondiale che utilizza i tradizionali strumenti come il disegno, i colori a tempera, i pastelli e la scultura insieme a quelli dei digital media più all’avanguardia.

Con oltre 400 opere tra disegni, sculture, bozzetti, collage e story board, e una ricchissima selezione di materiali video, la mostra Pixar, 30 anni di animazione curata da Elyse Klaidman e da Maria Grazia Mattei per l’edizione italiana, è un vero e proprio viaggio negli studios e nell’universo creativo della Pixar che approda al Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma.

Il percorso espositivo progettato da Fabio Fornasari, propone una chiave di lettura basata su concetti di personaggio, storia e mondo, tre elementi fondamentali per realizzare un grande film. Il tutto arricchito da due installazioni spettacolari l’Artscape e lo Zoetrope, che con la tecnologia digitale fanno rivivere le opere esposte e ricreano l’emozione e la magia dell’animazione.

I cortometraggi della Pixar

I cortometraggi sono una testimonianza dello spirito innovativo, della creatività e dell’inventiva della Pixar. Ciascuna di queste piccole gemme dimostra lo stato dell’arte raggiunto dalla tecnologia nel periodo in cui è stata realizzata. Appena usciti, questi corti non assomigliavano a nulla di già realizzato nell’ambito dell’animazione e hanno ispirato la successiva produzione di lungometraggi Pixar. Sono una magnifica sintesi dei concetti di personaggio, storia e mondo e nel corso del tempo hanno dimostrato il loro valore di creazioni artistiche in sé compiute.

FontePalazzo delle Esposizioni

Bonhams | The Bond Street Sale – Catalogue on Line


Saturday 2 December
at 2.30pm
New Bond Street, London

BONHAMS RETURNS TO MONACO WITH EX-STIRLING MOSS JAGUAR C-TYPE

 1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC 011 - Credit, Revs Digital Library
  • Bonhams announces The Monaco Sale 2016, taking place 13 May 2016
  • Driven by racing legend, Sir Stirling Moss, the ex-Works Team 1952 Jaguar C-Type ‘XKC 011’ is an early major consignment
In 2016, Bonhams will return to Monaco to present an exclusive sale of just 40 hand-picked, exceptional motor cars. Timed to coincide with the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, the sale will take place on 13 May 2016.
“Already renowned in motorsport circles for its annual Monaco Grand Prix and Monte Carlo Rally, the glittering Mediterranean Principality is now to host the Bonhams Monaco Sale,” said James Knight, Bonhams Group Motoring Director. “The auction will be carefully curated, tailored to offer only the most desirable models to the market.
“We are delighted to confirm that we already have several incredible consignments for the sale, led by the fantastic 1952 Jaguar C-Type ‘XKC 011’. This very special sports-racing car is not only an ex-Stirling Moss ex-Works team entry, it is also in wonderfully original condition, and is offered direct from the family that has owned it for 52 years. Research indicates the car is fully original, remaining un-restored since the day it left the Works team in 1955.”  
Jaguar C-Type ‘XKC 011’ was built new for the Jaguar Works racing team early in 1952. After making its racing debut at Silverstone in May of that year, driven by one-time pre-war Brooklands star Peter Walker, it was fitted with special longnose/longtail aerodynamic bodywork for the Le Mans 24-Hour race. There it was co-driven by Stirling Moss and Peter Walker, but failed to finish.
Reverting to handsome standard body form, it was again co-driven by Moss and Walker in the 1952 Goodwood 9-Hours race, finishing 5th, before Walker set best times in both the Shelsley Walsh and Prescott hill-climbs. World War Two hero Major Tony Rolt drove it to victory in the September Goodwood Meeting.
In 1953 ‘XKC 011’ was then campaigned by Stirling Moss and ‘Mort’ Morris-Goodall in the 1,000-mile round-Italy Mille Miglia, and by veteran driver/journalist Tommy Wisdom in the Sicilian Targa Florio. This great car’s Works Team career concluded with Moss finishing 2nd in heat, and 4th in the final of the 1953 British Empire Trophy race which took place at Douglas, Isle of Man.
The following year the car achieved further success, when it was loaned from Jaguar Cars Ltd to Belgian team, Ecurie Francorchamps.
After it was sold from the Works, the car became one of the most raced and best-known of all C-Types on the British club-racing scene, owned and driven by Michael Salmon, Gordon Lee and Robin Sturgess. It finally passed into the current vendor’s family ownership in March 1963, and it has been maintained in active yet incredibly un-spoiled order ever since.
Bonhams’ sale of Jaguar C-Type ‘XKC 011’ in Monaco, 2016, will provide a truly incredible opportunity to acquire the cream of the historic car collecting world.
The venue for this grandest of motoring auctions is the prestigious Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel, overlooking the Grand Prix circuit’s famous ‘Station’ hairpin, scene of so much motor sporting drama.
For further information on Bonhams motor car department visit: www.bonhams.com

Steve Jobs’s Design Philosophy

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Steve Jobs was an American pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s. Shortly after his death, Jobs’ official biographer, Walter Isaacson described him as the “creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.”

I read a blog entry by Cliff Kuang, editor of Co.Design, in which he discusses the 6 Pillars of Steve Jobs’ Design Philosophy. I have always had a great deal of respect for Steve Jobs and began thinking about how his 6 pillars of design might apply in Facilitation.

The 6 Pillars of Design

Cliff Kuang described the 6 Pillars of Steve Jobs’ Design Philosophy as:

  • Craft above all
  • Empathy
  • Focus
  • Impute
  • Friendliness
  • Find Simplicity for future in metaphors from the past.

Steve Jobs designed products that everyone had to have – they became accessible and now…

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