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Sweet Sojourn My team is all set to prepare for the Special Annual Showcase Collector’s Edition, to be published by next month. Hmmnn…, a lot of work and travel plans in the offing around India, and a couple of visits outside India like the famous exhibitions of Paris, Maison & Objet, Bath & Tiles event Cersaie, and some design led conferences. Hardwork aside passion is what drives the team’s spirit at the moment. I am guilty perhaps, but the last few months have been grueling for the team. Working late nights & weekends has been the norm. Travelling and meeting people personally to source the best of the best products and materials across India for the annual edition is not an Photo: easy task. Yet, we feel there’s still so much Piero Mancheni more to explore and present to our esteem Product displayed: readers. The Last Annual Edition with more Natuzzi leather sofa, than 200+ products was received extremely Milan well and we are trying to do much better then what we had done last year. If only we could awaken the world to the whole new possibilities that the material world presents, our work will be well rewarded. With that in mind, we move to another month of hectic work, some missed meals, shuffling through 1000s of submitted designs and materials. May I remind you –“We are still accepting entries until the 15th of September so if you have a product or know about a material that truly deserves a place in the edition, please email to madhu@surfaces.in. Coming to current issue, we have an insightful face-to-face interaction with Sir Peter Cook in 10 on 10. MateLab (our section Material Laboratory) has selected uPVC to be under scanner this month, while the Focus of this issue is on Technology in Faucets. As the cover depicts, I have shared a brief travelogue of my visit to Rome and Vatican City. Due to limitation of space, we could not include some interesting photos of St. Peter’s Basilica, River Tiber, and many beautiful sculptures photographed during the trip. I welcome you to share your architectural journeys with Surfaces Reporter and we will be glad to publish them. Some of the quotable quotes from the pages inside:
“Imagine yourself sitting and looking at Delhi from a window and then suddenly, the view changes and you are watching cricket. It is technologically possible now.” “From “item of necessity” it has also become “item of Art”! “Be it “mardana”, the men’s lounge or “jharokha” the final see off point or even more mythical areas such as “chandni”, “reading room”, “bhandar”, “rang maya;”, “kaanch mahal” to the most interactive of them all “chowk”; such was the vicinity that I grew up in, an ancestral property in the midst of the PINK CITY, JAIPUR. Here I felt Architecture in the most innate manner.” “In India, I have seen buildings wobble to the extent I have not seen anywhere else in the world.” Feel free to write to me about your opinion and suggestions.
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ROME & VATICAN CITY Unlike Spain and other European countries where I have stretched almost length & breadth across the cities, in case of Italy, it was mostly for work, exhibitions, meetings and more. Though I had taken out time for some architectural visits yet could not touch upon Rome until this time. Being a writer and photographer with strong architectural interest, Rome was in my travel radar for long. Deliberately, I included 3-4 days extra in my itinerary for a satisfying experience. For the next few days, there was just nothing between me and Rome. - Vertica Dvivedi Photos: Surfaces Reporter
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