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June 2006

Emiliano Godoy writes a review of the Milan Furniture Fair for Arquine in its summer 2006 issue.

Also on the same issue, two articles about Mexican designers Héctor Esrawe and Ezequiel Farca.

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May 2006

Karen Klages writes for the Chicago Tribune a report on the ICFF, and features prominently the Piasa room divider.

See the PDF of the article! (click here for the second part)

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May 2006 - New York, USA

At the ICFF '06, Pirwi exhibited the Piasa foldable screen for the first time in the USA. It was selected by Metropolis magazine as one of the five "New and notable" designs at the fair. Also, at booth 1877 you could see the work that Emiliano Godoy and Erika Hanson have developed for Maplex and Weidmann since last year's fair.

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See the Metropolis report on the New and Notable!


May 2006

Azure Magazine includes the project Sweet Disposable in their "Go Green" issue, along a great selection of sustainable products.

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May 2006

Daab publishes the book "Young Designers Americas", featuring work by Godoylab. This volume introduces the most innovative Interior and Product Designers of America. The book presents about 50 young designers or design companies and their products.

Visit www.daab-online.de!

Buy the book at www.amazon.com!


May 2006

In their first ever Green Issue, ELLE Magazine features the Z bench among many beautiful sustainable products.

Visit www.elle.com!

See the Z bench!


Spring 2006 - Milan, Italy

NEL, a collective of independent designers who join forces to create experimental design projects, exhibit their new collection at the Salone Satelite in Milan. Visit us at Booth C7!

NEL: Ricardo Casas, Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy, Cecilia León de la Barra, Óscar Núñez

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Spring 2006 - Mexico City, Mexico

Two simultaneous shows at the Franz Mayer museum in Mexico City exhibit works by 14 designers working in the UK, and 14 designers working in Mexico. The shows, organized by the British Council and the Museum, feature s Piasa room divider, a Knit Chair and a Sweet Disposable table lamp. The pieces are also shown in the exhibit's catalogue.

Visit www.franzmayer.org.mx!


Spring 2006

RM and Arquine publish the book Diseño: México, with the work of contemporary designers that are from, work in or are related to Mexico.

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Spring 2006 - Antwerp, Belgium

Emiliano Godoy leads a one-week workshop at Antwerp Design Seminars and Lectures week (ADSL '06) about 100bio materials, part of the Designing for Kyoto series of workshops and lectures.

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Fall 2005

Rotovision publishes the book Experimental Eco Design by Cara Brower and Rachel Mallory with texts by Ezio Manzini and Edwin Datschefski and works by Tom Dixon, Shigeru Ban and Emiliano Godoy, among others.

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December 2005

Dwell features Earth-Friendly Furniture, an article by Virginia Gardiner about furniture designers who work in sustainability.

Also, Modular Bookshelf, featuring the Weidmann piece is on page 54

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November 2005 - Mexico City, Mexico

The Galería Mexicana de Diseño celebrates its 15th aniversary with a group show that feature works by over 70 designers. Emiliano Godoy shows the Piasa room divider, part of the knitting project.

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October 2005

A three page article appears in Casa Viva about the the Knit Chair and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in Asahikawa, Japan.

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October 2005 - Farnham, United Kingdom

Sustainable Innovation '05, 10th international conference on the "Global state of the art in sustainable product/service development and design.

Emiliano Godoy presents a paper on the use and development of biological materials for design, as part of the refereed paper section.

See the Sustainable Innovation website!

Read the "Biological future" paper!


Fall 2005

The Mexican architecture and design magazine publishes an eight page article on Emiliano Godoy's work, with texts in english and spanish about the Z1 bench, the Sweet Disposable project, the Knit Chair and the work with Weidmann.

Visit www.arquine.com!


September 2005

Wallpaper features the Weidmann chair in their ICFF '05 report.

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See the Weidmann project project!

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September 2005

The Knit Chair and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in Asahikawa (see below) are mentioned in Elle Decoracion.

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Fall 2005

Celeste features in their Fall 2005 issue a brief note about Materia Prima (see below) and about the work that Emiliano Godoy and Erika Hanson have developed for Weidmann.

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See the Weidmann project project!

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September 2005

Designing for Death, a five page article by Lynette Koh talks about the Sweet Disposable project and the work by Emiliano Godoy.

See the Sweet disposable project!


August 2005 - Mexico City, Mexico

Materia Prima, a group show organized by Emiliano Godoy, opens at Ludens, a design gallery in Mexico City. The exhibition featured works that used finished products as raw materials for new objects. Among the participants where Héctor Esrawe, Iván Hernández, Juan Zouain, Cecilia León de la Barra and Liliana Vélez.

Visit the Ludens website! -

See the Estudio stool!

See the Cesaria Evora !


August 2005 - New York, USA

CONDUIT 2005: Between Landscape and Marketplace
The 2nd Conduit National Design Competition

Emiliano Godoy wins a Conduit Award with his project "A Place to Hang Your Hat". There were over 350 product submissions, and the jury awarded one Grand Prize, four Conduit Awards and four Honorable Mentions.

Visit CONDUIT's website!

See A Place to Hang Your Hat!


July 2005

CONTRACT magazine features the Weidmann chair on their article about the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF'05)

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June 2005 - Asahikawa, Japan

The Knit Chair receives a Broze Leaf at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in Asahikawa, Japan. The piece was selected over 900 entries from all over the world. The competition is held every three years and has awarded such prominent figures as Nanna Ditzel, Carol Catalano, Yuriko Takahashi and Torben Skov.

Visit the competitions website! -

See the Knit Chair!


May 2005 - New York, USA

ICFF '05, Erika Hanson and Emiliano Godoy showed pieces designed for Weidmann at booth #1557. Using Maplex, a 100% biodegradable and recyclable material, the prototypes show Weidmann's manufacturing capabilities.

See the Weidmann project project!

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February 2005 - Mexico City, Mexico

The Z1 bench is featured at Diseño Muerto, a show at the Galería de Arte Mexicano. The show, organized by Edgar Orlaineta, showed works by artists, designers and architects that walk the line between design and art.

See the Z1 bench!


December 2004

DWELL magazine published a picture and brief text about Sweet Disposable, the sugar products' project.

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May 2004 - New York, USA

Emiliano Godoy participates in several shows in New York. At the ICFF exhibiting the Knit Chair and the Sweet Disposable project at Pratt/ID's booth.

The importance of being earnest, a show at Sustainable Living in Williamsburg also features the Sweet Disposable project.

The indispensable trashcan at Galapagos features Beem, a foldable trashcan made from plywood and rope.

Both the Norrebro chairs and the Precisely tabletop set were featured at Living Spaces, a very show with young designers.

The incredible heptagons and Precisely are featured at Pratt/ID's booth in Brooklyn Designs.


May 2004

ID Magazine incldes the sugar coat hook, part of the Sweet Disposable project, in an article about the ICFF '04

See the Sweet Disposable project!


October 2003 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Hip Lamps are included in Holanda 2003 show in Amsterdam, organized by the Latin American Design Foundation. The exhibition featured works of many designers from the region, including the Campana brothers, Alberto Mantilla and Liliana Ovalle.

See the Hip Lamps!

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August 2003 - Copenhagen, Denmark

The Norrebro chairs are featured at DIS's show in the Danish Design School.

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May 2003 - New York, USA

The sponge is featured at the ICFF '03 as part of Pratt/ID's booth, as well as in the booth for Brooklyn Designs at Saint Ann's Warehouse.

See the Sponge !

 

© Emiliano Godoy, 2005