https://u-joints.com u-joints Tue, 31 May 2022 09:04:13 +0000 https://u-joints.com en https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-I-Equations-of-a-universal-lifestyle Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:52:06 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-I-Equations-of-a-universal-lifestyle Equations of a universal lifestyle 2018, Fuorisalone, Milan U-JOINTS – Equations of universal lifestyle is the first exhibition that explores the theme of connections by looking at the multifaceted world of joints, from the most common to the most innovative, in every possible size and material, in almost any designed object, piece of furniture or an everyday project. More than 50 contemporary designers and industry professionals displayed new products, prototypes and conceptual pieces – many specially made for the show. In addition, the exhibition featured examples of some of the world’s most ingeniously engineered joints; private collections of knots and fasteners; and masterpieces of traditional Japanese and Chinese wooden joinery. Covering 1,340 square meters of space, the exhibition featured more than 850 exhibits. The Taxonomy of Joints, a 40 meter long infographic, was an unmissable element of the show. U-JOINTS displayed the works of 50 invited contemporary designers, design studios and research institutes: Alvar Aalto, Massimiliano Adami, Tomás Alonso, Andrea Anner & Thibault Brevet/AATB, Aldo Bakker, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, Camille Blin, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Thilo Alex Brunner & Jörg Mettler, Michel Charlot, Pierre Charpin, Carlo Clopath & Christophe Guberan & Julie Richoz, Stefan Diez, Francesco Faccin, Didier Fiúza Faustino, Martino Gamper, Alexandra Gerber, Thélonious Goupil, Konstantin Grcic, Anthony Guex, Antrei Hartikainen/Y-Team, Sam Hecht & Kim Colin/Industrial Facility, Chris Kabel, Rio Kobayashi, Kohei Kojima, Ville Kokkonen, Max Lamb, Kwangho Lee, Vico Magistretti, Cecilie Manz, Enzo Mari, Michael Marriott, Ingo Maurer, Alberto Meda, Christien Meindertsma, Jasper Morrison, Jonathan Muecke, Jonathan Nesci, Jonathan Olivares, Pentatonic, Bertjan Pot, Leon Ransmeier, Adrien Rovero, Gino Sarfatti, Peter Saville, Self-Assembly Lab MIT, Studio Brynjar & Veronika, Studio Wieki Somers, Keiji Takeuchi and Dirk Vander Kooij.                                    ←              → © Delfino Sisto Legnani https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-II-A-taxonomy-of-nails-screws-rivets-bolts-and-nuts Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:59:22 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-II-A-taxonomy-of-nails-screws-rivets-bolts-and-nuts A taxonomy of nails, screws, rivets, bolts and nuts 2019, ECAL, Lausanne U-Joints – A taxonomy of nails, screws, rivets, bolts and nuts is the second exhibition, dedicated to very basic fasteners, 192 common examples of nails, screws, rivets, bolts and nuts, alongside products created by 20 international designers and a new taxonomy diagram created just for U-Joints. Taxonomy is the science of describing, identifying, naming and classifying organisms. The Taxonomy of Joints traces the macrocosm of joinery in furniture and product design today. Starting from the most common production techniques, the structure creates a genealogical tree that is divided into four families, twenty subfamilies and a still-to-be-defined number of individualjoints. Much like that of an organism, the Taxonomy of Joints can grow or change its form: it is a work in progress. The taxonomy on display was graphically developed by British design studio Graphic Thought Facility. Featured joint projects by Massimiliano Adami, Ron Arad/Vitra, Camille Blin, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec/Magis, Joschua Brunn/UTIL, Thilo Brunner and Jörg Mettler, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Janez Cestnik/Aereform, Thomas Edison, Konstantin Grcic/Magis, Levi Strauss, Vico Magistretti/DePadova, Enzo Mari, Ingo Maurer, Noah Guitars, Jasper Morrison/Alessi, Marc Newson, Gio Ponti/Olivari, Saara Renvall, Paul Schärer and Fritz Haller/USM, Swatch, Industrial joints by Berardi Bulloneria, Biopsybell, Climbing Technology, Colombo, Dialmedicali, Immediate Load, Mero Italiana, Mondial Horse Nails, North-Lock, Officina Bonacina, Parravicini, Poggipollini, Pro-Bolt, Rivit, Sariv, Stil Group, Tecom Implantology, Titanmed, Univiti, Viteria Fusani Special thanks to Janez Cestnik/Aereform, Alessi, Sandro Bolzoni, DePadova, Fondazione Vico Magistretti, Sam Hecht, Magis, Sally McGrane, Noah Guitars, Swatch, USM, UTIL, Vitra Design Museum, Zanotta ←              → © Calypso Mahieu https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-III-Adhesives-and-Fusion Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:44:24 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-III-Adhesives-and-Fusion Adhesives and Fusion 2021, Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur U-Joints – Adhesives and Fusions provides an informative and fascinating insight into the versatile strength of adhesives and bonding agents, both traditional and newly developed, which are used in areas ranging from object design and architecture to sport, the food industry and medicine. The exhibition scrutinises not only adhesives but also fusions. The latter term covers a wide variety of traditional welding techniques, right through to sophisticated methods with intriguing names such as high frequency welding, plasma brazing, stereolithography and 4D printing. Visual identity by Graphic Thought Facility. Featured joint projects by Alvar Aalto/Artek, AATB, Massimiliano Adami, Benjamin Bichsel/ECAL, Maddalena Casadei/Fucina, Tom Dixon/Cappellini, Ray and Charles Eames/Evans Products Co., Emeco USA, Gramazio Kohler Research Group ETH, Marie Griesmar, Christophe Guberan with Carlo Clopath and Self-Assembly Lab MIT and Rapid Liquid Print Co., Hess Medizin Technik AG, Floris Hovers/Magis, Hella Jongerius, Ville Kokkonen/Stora Enso, Ryuichi Kozeki/Nittax Corporation, Janne Kyttänen/Freedom of Creation, Golan Levin and Shawn Sims/F.A.T. Lab, Mammut Sports Group AG, Jonathan Muecke, Gaetano Pesce/CorsiDesign, Raw-Edges, Adrien Rovero, Sarna Plastec AG, Jerszy Seymour, Studio Lomazzi, D’Urbino and De Pas/Zanotta, Studio Wieki Somers, Marcel Wanders/Cappellini, Lukas Wegwerth, Zaven, Oscar Zieta  Industrial joints by Arthrex, Azknobel, Bolton Swiss S.A., Danzer Holding AG, Instituto Italiano della Saldatura, Kerrdental, Kremer Pigmente GmbH & Co., Mascherpa Spa, Revello, tesa tape Schweiz AG, Vaber Industriale Spa ←  → © Marco Casino © Piercarlo Quecchia / DSL studio https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-IV-Knots-Knits Tue, 31 May 2022 09:04:13 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/EXHIBITION-IV-Knots-Knits Knots & Knits 2022, Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale U-Joints – Knots & Knits is a glimpse into the manifold possibilities of intrinsic connections, unravelling the history of textiles, fabrics and ropework. Whether used in rigging, for lifting heavy objects, wrapping a lunch box or closing a gift, securing a funambulist’s highwire, keeping a climber from falling off a wall or creating adventurous playgrounds for children, knots are considered the oldest and most basic technique of joinery. Bridges, bamboo scaffoldings, fishing nets: all kinds of structures can trace their origins to the simple gesture of pulling a string through a loop. Knitting, in turn, creates anything from clothing to car interiors to entire architectural structures. When strings are intricately crossed, woven patterns are born. In the form of upholstery weaves, they lend comfort to our sofas, can buffer noise or explode into life-saving airbags. Electric cables, airplane wings and morphing membranes for vascular prostheses can be woven. Clothing and home textiles are unimaginable without weaving. Decorative tapestries cover walls to keep out the cold, while knitted, knotted, hooked and woven carpets and rugs cover floors and warm our feet. Woven wicker, rattan or birch bark creates baskets, chairs or shoes. Seamstresses master stitching in sewing work. Surgeons practice stitching for closing wounds. Women embroidered each night after dinner, whether for leisure or work. Needlework was used to embellish dresses or to stitch mischievous political messages into a piece of cloth.But the use of knits and knots is by no means old-fashioned: not long ago, a computer’s core memory was stitched, as are today, books, sneakers and NASA’s equipment for space.   Visual identity by Graphic Thought Facility. Featured joint projects by Anni Albers, Luisa Cevese, Clifford Ashley, Carole Baijngs, Estelle Bourdet, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, You-Chia Chen, Rebecca Collins, Dach and Zephir, Pete Decker, Pauline Deltour, Earnest Studio, Pierre Fouché, Shigeki Fuijshiro, Kai Hesari, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, Kate Jenkins, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, Hella Jongerius, Chris Kabel, Karhu, Markku Kosonen, Wataru Kumano, Adrianus Kundert, Evey Kwong, Maria Lai, Ada Lovelace, Robin Pleun Maas, Outi Martikainen, Mary Queen of Scots, Masayoshi Matsumoto, Christien Meindertsma, Aino Michelsen, Thomas Missé, Takao Momiyama, Bruno Munari, Matilda Palmu, Gaetano Pesce, Philippe Petit, Tau Pibernat and Vera Castelijns, Irene Posch, Simone Post, Bertjan Pot, Rein Reitsma, Samy Rio, Garth Roberts, Marialaura Rossiello/Studio Irvine, Adrien Rovero, Kustaa Saksi, Katrina Sánchez Standfield, Brynjar Sigurðarson, Mikko Snellman, Ief Spincemaille, Peter Steinhauer, Studio Sanne Visser, Kiki van Eijk, Joep Verhoeven, Milou Voorwinden, Ulla-Stina Wikander, Marcel Wanders, Jamie Wolfond, Zaven Loans by Ames, Armare Rope, Artemide, Cappellini, Dever Srl, Matthieu Cortat, ECAL, Fogo Island Workshops, Galerie kreo, Kaarnalaiva, Kvadrat, LaGalla23 productions, Lapuan Kankurit, Lindeman, Redfort, Sports Museum of Finland, Vitra, Karin Widnäs, Woodnotes       In collaboration with Luovi Productions Kari Korkman, Helena Fernström, Anni Korkman, Iris Korkman, Rania Taina, Neea Rautio, Lauri Johansson. ←  → © Aleksi Poutanen https://u-joints.com/EDITORS Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:11:54 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/EDITORS Andrea Caputo (b. 1976) is an architect and researcher living in Milan. He combines his professional practice with ongoing research in the architectural and urban planning fields, and has published numerous editorial projects and articles. In 2011, Andrea opened his architecture studio in Milan and three years later, in 2017, he opened another in Shanghai. His first investigation into urban culture’s aesthetic and social influences was published as All City Writers (Critique Livre, 2009) and soon became a sought-after reference work for street culture. From 2018 to 2021, he edited Domus magazine’s “Studio Visit” column, which explored contemporary architecture studios’ practices. Currently, Andrea’s studio is engaged on behalf of the Vastushilpa Foundation of Ahmedabad to conduct a vast survey on the architecture of Balkrishna Doshi, Pritzker Prize 2018.  www.andreacaputo.com Anniina Koivu is a design writer, curator, consultant and teacher. Based in Milan and Lausanne, she works across a number of fields, from curation to art direction, product development, and editorial and research projects. Her clients include Kvadrat, Iittala and the Shorefast Foundation, for whom she is design director of the Smaller House Furniture collection of
 Fogo Island Workshops. Her latest publication Vico Magistretti: Stories of Objects (ECAL/Triest, 2020) is the result of an investigation into the little-considered moment in the lifespan of design products when production stops. She wrote the comprehensive monograph on Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Works (Phaidon, 2011) and has edited and contributed to many other design publications. She is co-curator of Plastic – Remaking Our World (Vitra Design Museum, 2022). She is Head of Master Theory at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. www.anniinakoivu.com https://u-joints.com/THE-BOOK Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:09:28 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/THE-BOOK U-JOINTS –  A taxonomy of connections U-Joints – A taxonomy fo connections is out!  Get a copy at this link or visit our temporary bookstore in Milan (June 6-12 Dropcity, tunnel 58)  For any press inquiries please contact us at info@u-joints.com Download the press kit HERE U-Joints – A taxonomy of connections looks at human history through its details, and invites us to see design and architecture in new ways. The result of a four-year long research project and exhibition series, this book is a collection of possibilities, of existing projects and potential new ideas. Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, U-JOINTS is a collective project that brings together the voices and viewpoints of more than 120 authors. Together they “tell” design and architecture in the form of stories, essays, interviews, statements, visits to factories, reportage, facts and figures and, not least, a vast taxonomy of joints. Photo portfolios examine how joints are produced, illustrate their diverse uses, or simply show the inherent yet often overlooked beauty of connections in the man-made world. U-Joints has been compiled by a group of more than 120 authors, researchers, designers, architects, artists, photographers and illustrators Johanna Agerman Ross, Florian Amoser, Andrea Anner, Ron Arad, Ines Ariza, Amy Auscherman, Kate Bachman, Mattia Balsamini, Margherita Banchi, Olivo Barbieri, Anna Bates, Luca Becchetti, Martin Bereuter, Robin Bervini, Elizabeth Bisley, Philippe Block, Jörg Boner, Erwan Bouroullec, Ronan Bouroullec, Thibault Brevet, Barbara Brondi, Franco Bulian, Gabriela Burkhalter, Carlo Carbone, Marco Casino, Eleonora Castellarin, Michel Charlot, Pierre Charpin, Andrew Clancy, Johann Clopath, Brendan Cormier, Andrea Corsi, Matthieu Cortat, Marco Costantini, Douglas Coupland, Giuliana Crocco, Nicolai de Gier, Marco De Michelis, Thomas Demand, Benjamin Dillenburger, Delphine Drouin-Prouvé, Félix Escrig-Pallarés, Didier F Faustino, Ramak Fazel, Margherita Ferrari, Luigi Fiano, Lia Forslund, Vincent Fournier, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Fabrizio Gallanti, Lukas Gansterer, Ilaria Giannetti, Raúl González-Bravo, Fabio Gramazio, Susanne Graner, Stefano Graziani, Konstantin Grcic, Maxime Guyon, Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Dirk Hebel, Sam Hecht, Christina Högner, Yngve Holen, Clare Hunter, Dylan Iwakuni, Hella Jongerius, Jane Joyce, Hettie Judah, Eliyahu Keller, Kevin Kelly, Emily King, Ruby Kitching, Matthias Kohler, Jolanthe Kugler, Kengo Kuma, Wataru Kumano, Evey Kwong, Markus Lahteenmäki, Tiffany Lambert, Andreas Larsson, Anssi Lassila, Gabriele Lelli, Miles Lewis, Thomas Lommée, Cecilie Manz, Enzo Mari, Michael Marriott, Allegra Martin, Sally McGrane, Joanne McNeil, Alberto Meda, Renee Merckx, Nicholas W Moore, Leonardo Mosso, Jonathan Olivares, Manuel Orazi, Federico Parolotto, Des Pawson, Eugenio Perazza, Tom F Peters, Philippe Petit, Marta Pezzoli, Francesca Picchi, Matteo Pirola, Nicolas Polli, Mariana Popescu, Irene Posch, Bertjan Pot, Piercarlo Quecchia, Marco Rainò, Julie Richoz, Nadja Rottner, Chiara Francesca Ruggiero, Paolo Rui, Tom Sachs, Simone Sandahl, Christoph Schindler, Burkhard Schmitz, Alessandro Simonetti, Delfino Sisto Legnani, Sina Sohrab, Peter Steinhauer, Bruce Sterling, Oli Stratford, Deyan Sudjic, Christian Sumi, Fabio Targa, Skylar Tibbits, Joanna van der Zanden, Justinas Vilutis, Kari Virtanen, Yves Weinand, Philippe Weisbecker, Mark Whitby, Richard Wiborg, Alastair Philip Wiper, Peter Zumthor. Editors: Andrea Caputo, Anniina Koivu Editorial team: Margherita Banchi, Marta Pezzoli Senior researcher: Eleonora Castellarin Design: Graphic Thought Facility Printed and bound by: Musumeci Spa Publisher: SYNC-SYNC Editions Printed in Italy © U-Joints, Milan 2022 ISBN 979-12-210-0342-0 https://u-joints.com/CONTACTS Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:23:29 +0000 u-joints https://u-joints.com/CONTACTS Contacts info@u-joints.com @u_joints