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Moscow Design Week Highlights: Wooden Apples and an Electronic Eye

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The 3rd Moscow Design Week, themed “The Reincarnation of Russian Design,” opened in Moscow on October 9 and runs through October 14. 10.10.2012, Sputnik International

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Moscow Design Week Highlights: Wooden Apples and an Electronic Eye

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The 3rd Moscow Design Week, themed “The Reincarnation of Russian Design,” opened in Moscow on October 9 and runs through October 14.

The 3^rd Moscow Design Week, themed “The Reincarnation of Russian Design,” opened in Moscow on October 9 and runs through October 14.

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The 3rd Moscow Design Week, themed “The Reincarnation of Russian Design,” opened in Moscow on October 9 and runs through October 14.

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This is the third time that Moscow has hosted the festival, this year themed “The Reincarnation of Russian Design,” has been held in Moscow.

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The Central House of Artists was transformed into a space for innovative ideas and creative experiments.

© RIA Novosti . Tamara BaranenkovaThe installation “The Architect’s Eye” at the building’s entrance was created at the Moscow studio SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov. The Eye was the most popular piece at the Milan Design Week in 2011. This is the first time it has been displayed in Russia.

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The installation “The Architect’s Eye” at the building’s entrance was created at the Moscow studio SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov. The Eye was the most popular piece at the Milan Design Week in 2011. This is the first time it has been displayed in Russia.

© RIA Novosti . Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankMoscow Design Week involves 80 artists from across the world. Many were Russians, but foreign stars include Italians Giulio Cappellini and Alessandro Gedda, and French designer Ora Ito.

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Moscow Design Week involves 80 artists from across the world. Many were Russians, but foreign stars include Italians Giulio Cappellini and Alessandro Gedda, and French designer Ora Ito.

© RIA Novosti . Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankThe event mixes together European artists of worldwide repute with their young Russian counterparts, who observers said are beginning to emerge as designers worthy of international attention, forging cross-cultural ties along the way.

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The event mixes together European artists of worldwide repute with their young Russian counterparts, who observers said are beginning to emerge as designers worthy of international attention, forging cross-cultural ties along the way.

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Giulio Cappellini unveiled his project “Made in Italy” at the event.

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Curator of the project “Color” Yelena Akimova calls it a response to the muted tones of Moscow’s natural environment.

© RIA Novosti . Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankOutsized everyday objects, including a human-size tablespoon, a bird feeder marked like a football field, and a paper ship that can hold four people, were created by the Russian design team of Sasha and Dasha Gantseva.

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Outsized everyday objects, including a human-size tablespoon, a bird feeder marked like a football field, and a paper ship that can hold four people, were created by the Russian design team of Sasha and Dasha Gantseva.