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July 27, 2013, Saturday
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WHO is he?
Besides numerous works of architectural design and restoration, Paolo Maldotti also designs space for offices and hospitality.
In 2000, he established Archilandstudio, an architecture and design studio specializing in space for new sales format concepts, especially in the food and fashion sectors. Work includes corporate identity, interior design and furnishing. The studio has created innovative projects for restaurants, cafes, hotels, service station chains, and diners at airports' food courts in Italy, Europe, Korea, China and Japan. It has collaborated with forefront contract companies at international scale.
Describe your work. Do you have a favorite?
We conceived numerous staging projects for information desks and events during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. We pool all operations sectors to translate clients' expectations into goals and strategies through custom-tailored concepts. These highlight the demands and fundamental values of the company or product.
We are versatile in thinking and keep an eye out for new materials and functional demands. At the 2011 Salone di Milano, we presented the Nu.Ovo, a multi-purpose housing cell and an innovative mobile human container concept.
My favorite so far is the showroom for FIAT in Tokyo, combining showroom, cafe and restaurant.
What are your current projects?
In China we are busy with the interior design of City Shop. The newly designed shops in Shanghai and Beijing will be finished in this August.
What's your design style?
The best designer realizes the dream of the client. All design should be completed according to client requirements. My view is to avoiding putting in too much of my own style. On the other hand, I will use some Italian features, including culture and traditions.
Where are you most creative?
I can do design anytime and anywhere and the ideas usually come from my initial response when I got the project. I prefer a quiet environment and the feeling of freedom is the most important thing.
What does your home mean to you?
I live in Turin, but I am always on trips for work - I spend more time at airports than at home. My home is much simpler than people think. I design more for other people's homes than my own. But of course, it's still the place that's most peaceful and quiet to me.
What do you collect?
Souvenirs, but not commercially made for tourists. I collect small items to help me remember a place. For example, I have been here a couple of days and I read Shanghai Daily every morning in my hotel. I will bring one edition home to remember the days in this city.
Where do you most want to go in Shanghai?
The Bund - I first visited in 2007 and it has been changed a lot. I like exploring new places in this energetic city, like the former French concession, Xintiandi and Tianzifang.
What's the next big design trend?
The new trend in design will be tightly connected with environmental protection, sustainable development, recycling, new materials and new energy.
Besides numerous works of architectural design and restoration, Paolo Maldotti also designs space for offices and hospitality.
In 2000, he established Archilandstudio, an architecture and design studio specializing in space for new sales format concepts, especially in the food and fashion sectors. Work includes corporate identity, interior design and furnishing. The studio has created innovative projects for restaurants, cafes, hotels, service station chains, and diners at airports' food courts in Italy, Europe, Korea, China and Japan. It has collaborated with forefront contract companies at international scale.
Describe your work. Do you have a favorite?
We conceived numerous staging projects for information desks and events during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. We pool all operations sectors to translate clients' expectations into goals and strategies through custom-tailored concepts. These highlight the demands and fundamental values of the company or product.
We are versatile in thinking and keep an eye out for new materials and functional demands. At the 2011 Salone di Milano, we presented the Nu.Ovo, a multi-purpose housing cell and an innovative mobile human container concept.
My favorite so far is the showroom for FIAT in Tokyo, combining showroom, cafe and restaurant.
What are your current projects?
In China we are busy with the interior design of City Shop. The newly designed shops in Shanghai and Beijing will be finished in this August.
What's your design style?
The best designer realizes the dream of the client. All design should be completed according to client requirements. My view is to avoiding putting in too much of my own style. On the other hand, I will use some Italian features, including culture and traditions.
Where are you most creative?
I can do design anytime and anywhere and the ideas usually come from my initial response when I got the project. I prefer a quiet environment and the feeling of freedom is the most important thing.
What does your home mean to you?
I live in Turin, but I am always on trips for work - I spend more time at airports than at home. My home is much simpler than people think. I design more for other people's homes than my own. But of course, it's still the place that's most peaceful and quiet to me.
What do you collect?
Souvenirs, but not commercially made for tourists. I collect small items to help me remember a place. For example, I have been here a couple of days and I read Shanghai Daily every morning in my hotel. I will bring one edition home to remember the days in this city.
Where do you most want to go in Shanghai?
The Bund - I first visited in 2007 and it has been changed a lot. I like exploring new places in this energetic city, like the former French concession, Xintiandi and Tianzifang.
What's the next big design trend?
The new trend in design will be tightly connected with environmental protection, sustainable development, recycling, new materials and new energy.
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