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“TRON designs CORIAN®”
A movie-inspired design show by Disney® and DuPont™ Corian®
Jacuzzi® participates at “TRON designs CORIAN®”
with an astonishing bathroom/wellness area designed by Marco Piva
“TRON designs CORIAN®”
Organizers: DuPont™ Corian® and Disney®
Sponsor: DuPont™ Corian®
Art direction: Disney® and Design Centre of DuPont™ Corian®
Location: “Padiglione Visconti”, via Tortona 58, Milano, Italy
Press preview: April 11, H 14.30 – 17.30
Opening: April 11, H 19.00 – 23 (only by invitation)
Opening hours: April 12 to 17: H 10.00 – H 22.00;
In collaboration with: Jacuzzi®, Pitti Progetto Visconti, Altha®, Capo d’Opera®, Cappellini, Ernestomeda™, Lago®, Tao® Esterno.
Design contribution: Marco Piva (for Jacuzzi®), Shai Akram, AquiliAlberg, Dror Benshetrit, Jordi Canudas, Giulio Cappellini, Andrew Haythornthwaite, Setsu Ito and Shinobu Ito, Gwenael Nicolas, Lagostudio, Ilaria Marelli.
Technical partners: DuPont™ Imvelo™, Light Tape®, Luxit, Shicon, Sony
March 2011 – Creativity and innovation meet design, Disney® meets DuPont™ Corian® at the next Milan week of design (11-17 April, 2011), the most important venue for design companies and professionals from around the world. DuPont™ Corian® and Disney® will showcase at “Padiglione Visconti” (via Tortona 58, Milano) “TRON designs CORIAN®”, a design exhibition inspired by the film “TRON: Legacy” from Walt Disney Studios.
At “TRON designs CORIAN®”, Jacuzzi proposes an astonishing bathroom/wellness area conceived by Marco Piva, inspired by the film "TRON: Legacy" and featuring an extremely elegant interpretation of the design versatility and the sensoriality of DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface.
The “TRON designs CORIAN®” exhibition is an original design project which will be art directed by DuPont™ Corian® Design Centre and Disney® and created using DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface for a surprising scenography.
About Jacuzzi® (www.jacuzzi.eu) - Jacuzzi® is a brand of reference in the bathroom furniture sector, and a leading world company for whirlpool massage and SPA products. The company is part of Jacuzzi Brands Corp, an affiliate of the private investment fund Apollo Management L.P. The European office of Jacuzzi Brands Corp. is Jacuzzi Europe SpA, which operates directly in Europe, Africa and the Far East from its headquarters in Valvasone (Pordenone, Italy) and many branches and offices, and indirectly from a sales network present across all the above markets.
About Marco Piva (www.studiomarcopiva.com) – Graduated from the Polytechnic of Milan, Marco Piva is a founding member of Studiodada Associates, a key player in the Radical Design period. He opened Studio Marco Piva in 1984, which provides architecture, interior and industrial design services in Italy and abroad. The studio designs residential and tourist projects for leading world developers and tourism operators. In 2002, Marco Piva established “Atelier Design”, a design cell within Studio Marco Piva where research and development are the fundamental keys of design. Exciting, fluid, functional. This is the language that distinguishes Marco Piva’s architectural creations, product design and interior design.
About DuPont™ Corian® (www.corian.com) - First marketed as a innovative man-made material for kitchen and bathroom worktops, DuPont™ Corian® - an exclusive product of DuPont (www.dupont.com) and an advanced surfacing solution that can be shaped into virtually any conceivable design - is now a leading global brand in superior quality surfacing materials for design, architecture and furnishing, a solution chosen worldwide by many dozens of thousands of architects, designers and companies and by millions of consumers. DuPont™ Corian® high tech surface is a design tool offering exceptional versatility and almost limitless possibilities for producing high quality, effective, functional and reliable solutions addressed to residential, public and commercial environments, both indoor and outdoor, from kitchens to lamps, from bathrooms to the skin of buildings, from seatings to domotic systems, from radiators to touch control surfaces, from tables to furnishing and fashion accessories.
Jacuzzi® is a registered trademark of Jacuzzi Brands Corp. The DuPont oval logo, DuPont™, Imvelo™ and Corian® are registered trademarks or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company or its affiliates. Tron® and Disney® are registered trademarks of The Walt Disney Company. Other logos, trademarks and registered trademarks are a property of their respective owners.
Media contact for Jacuzzi Europe:
- Free Message by Soccer5 Srl, Rossana Schiavello, rschiavello@freemessage.it; Davide Santoro dsantoro@freemessage.it; tel. +39.02.43982950
Exclusive media contacts for "TRON designs CORIAN®” (to request information and images about the exhibition):
- (Global communication manager for “TRON designs CORIAN®”): Claudio Greco, DuPont Building Innovations, Public Relations and Media Relations Manager (Europe, Middle East and Africa), claudio.greco@dupont.com