Read the latest issue of the magazine dedicated to surface treatments and organic and inorganic finishes – Special edition dedicated to the aluminium, architecture and design industries!
Have you ever reflected on the difference between planning and designing, between a project and its development? It is the same as between dream and reality. Dreaming, like planning, belongs to a creative, imaginative, detailed and inspirational phase with unrealistic but visionary traits. It connects the subject with reality, the designer with the issue to be addressed. Reality, like the design activity, is the construction phase, the realisation of the idea – of the dream, to be more precise – with less vivid colours, with the sacrifice of a few details and with the necessary compromise between what is feasible and what is not.
In architecture and design, therefore, planning refers to the creative thinking behind a project, the visionary approach intended to guide the subsequent realisation, whereas design refers to the technical process by which an idea is transformed into a tangible product, such as a building or an object.
Bridging the gap between a project and its development requires having all the technologies and materials, including finishes, needed to translate an idea into reality. This is the most challenging phase for designers, who sometimes lack the necessary technical information on materials and their performance.
That is where CMF (Colour, Materials, Finish) comes in, a field focussing on the chromatic, tactile and decorative identity of products and environments. Over the years, CMF experts have worked with designers on the one hand and manufacturers of materials and finishes on the other hand, to promote knowledge sharing, training and collaboration to bring the design world – more inclined to breaking down limits – closer to the industrial one, constantly dealing with technical and scientific limits.
Since its inception in 2010, the ipcm® magazine has had the metal architecture sector, including architects and designers, among its preferred targets, providing it with precise information about any innovation in the world of surface finishing materials – in other words, what constitutes the skin of a product, the interface between an object and the environment.
This special aluminium issue features a series of articles and success stories on the peaks of innovation achieved in the surface treatment of aluminium, a material that is increasingly popular in architecture and beyond. As in previous years, ipcm is also a media partner of the most important platform dedicated to the aluminium sector, the international trade fair Aluminium in Düsseldorf (Germany). We will gladly meet you among the stands to discuss the most significant issues, trends and developments in the industry!
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