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This is the email that Giovanni sent us. Generally we do not report “advertising” or commercial information, not being a blog from which we get money, but since Giovanni seems to be kind and smart (rare things when combined) I proposed to speak of himself and his work through this short interview.
Ready, via:

1. A bit of questions to know you better. Tell us about yourself through your “measures” (age, height, weight, waist size, shoe size, number of shoes owned …)

26 years, 178 cm tall, 65 kg, a 44 waist …? Shoes 45. Shoes … I possess few trainers, DR Martins, a pair of black Converse, probably two pairs of classic shoes in my entire life, and hateful little blue leather sandals with two little holes in front.

2. The first names of you and all your relatives that you can remember in 30 seconds.

My name is John, Madeleine, Giampietro, Domenico, Alfredo, Anna, Biagio, Clemente, Giovanna, Teresa, Marco, Luca, Carlo, Maria, Giacomina, Paolo.

3. Color: eyes, hair, eyebrows, beard, underwear wearing right now, car or bicycle.

Brown hair, brown eyes, almost hairless … no beard, bushy eyebrows, Calvin Klein boxer, Smart FORFOUR, black outside, red inside, a mountain bike cycling … fluorescent green rusting: I have a Ninja 636, a Yamaha motocross and a MZ ES250 50s

4. Favorite color.

Grey.

5. Favourite Number

17

6. Find a picture of yourself

a. As a child

b. How you are now.

c. As an old

d. Before your birth.

e. After you are dead.

7. Why did you choose to be a designer instead of Comboni Brother (choose between these or a create one: Comboni brother, actor, senator for life, pornstar, astronaut, an agronomist …)

Because I went through childhood and adolescence by the Comboni Fathers … so I wanted to do as a child.

8. Favorite designer and why.

Luigi Colani, because he has the art to understand the future. He is  is always incredibly forward.

9. Designers who hate and why.

Philippe Starck: because he forces on objects fanciful forms that clash with their actual utility.

10. Favorite object and why.

Glasses “Over the top” of Oakley, a brave attempt to break down stereotypes.

11. Design object that you hate and why.

The tap “AXOR Starck 2” Stark … I have it in the bathroom, I curse it every morning when my hands are wet or soapy and I am unable to open and close the water.

12. What schools did you do? Would you recommend them?

ITIS Castelli – 2 years then escaped to a better life … not recommended for creative minds.
High School art Maffeo Olivieri Brescia – Fertilizer for creative minds … funny.
LABA University of Fine Arts in Brescia – perhaps unsophisticated and sometimes disorganized, but very, very, very exciting and full of life. Highly recommended.

13. Let’s speak of the radiator. How did you get the job?

I was  presented to the holder of Hotech tha has been producing radiators for years, and the first thing he said was: “We do not need design projects for a heater, we receive hundreds, maybe you could do something for the web site or graphics fot the catalog … ”

14. What is the most important thing to know when designing a radiator?

That besides being beautiful it has to work well, costs little and has little material waste in production.

15. What was the original idea?

The initial idea was to exploit the untapped potential of the basic material that Hotech uses for radiators, the aluminum plate! Before Bloom, all producers who used this support was limited to cropping patterns, creating flat shapes on different levels, minimal at most a few fold of the sheet. I wanted to blow up the form, making it bear fruit, it opened as the muddy ground, which breaks under the sun. We say that it has not been a walk, but even a difficult birth, it was fun, although challenging.

16. The relationship with the client?

The client is a truly admirable man! A simple person when I go to him he is always in the shop to get his hands dirty, not being distinguished from the workers. He is open to new ideas if valid, sincere and direct, in no uncertain terms, attentive to technology and international market. If his first reaction was a “We do not need.”, the second, before the first sketches, was simply “Ok, let’s do it.”

17. What would you say to those who have under-floor heating to buy your product?

My father is hydraulic. At my house he enjoyed doing a mix: we have underfloor heating, radiators, fan coil … and even a small fireplace. To whom has the underfloor heating I would say that he/she made the best choice, there’s a though: underfloor heating is not instantaneous, slow and gradual, it takes hours. If there are carpets, or large furniture, the heat is greatly obstructed. Not to mention the bathroom, ideal habitat of the radiator, underfloor heating creates problems, the water dries in the traps of showers and bidets, and it often causes pain in the ankles tha in the bathroom often are bare. So, why not opt ​​for “Bloom”? Beautiful, functional, it requires up to twenty times less water than a traditional radiator and is also available in electric version, then just plug, without breaking walls and put tubes.

18. Hey, you know I’m almost convinced to get one? But what does your father do at home with all these sources of heat? and how much do you pay the bill?

Obviously we do not use them all together… But there is really any type of heating.

19. Will you be at the next design show in Milan?

As a visitor, of course! As a concrete presence with projects, I was there in 2010 and 2011, more and Fuori Salone. This year I am in doubt, perhaps, if I’m lucky and win a contest …

20. What do you like about the Salone and what not?

It is a major event to keep up, though, frankly, I like less and less. It is becoming terribly commercial. It seems as when you run to  the newsstands to pick up your favorite magazine and fanning it, and you find that 60% is advertising and articles to read and enjoy are less and less. Really it is losing its magic.

20. Do not you think there are too many objects around and, as a designer, you stand in front of the mechanisms of this industry?

There are so many objects of course, but on top of Olympus of design will go up very few. Especially if it made in Italy, here no one spends more on a good product. They invests in sensational and amazing products and not only in terms of pure design, otherwise you fall in “starcky” styling .
The real design is here, not in northern Europe, not China or Japan. In northern Europe they do something fantastic but too often more related to crafts or unique pieces. The design must be true industry producted, otherwise where’s the challenge? In Japan and China is the exact opposite, technologically advanced, but is it all done in an environmentally friendly, is it a sustainable design? Or is it a design without scruples? This may not be the design of the future. In Italy we are pressed by competition, warned by the skepticism of companies in the pillory and sustainability: the optimal situation to do your best :-)

21. Projects in progress?

My friends always criticize me for the variety of my projects … I have several ones in progress, already prototyped and ready for market: a pressed compost dwarf garden that decorates  and manure at the same time, a cabinet with sliding doors, which exploits the principle of “scanimate” when you open the doors ; a pot-kennel that takes care of small pets and houseplants. Fortunately I have many other projects in mind and in the drawer of sketches.

22. Dreams?

Well, beyond the stereotypical designer dreams, like improving the world, moving emotionally people with their own objects … more specifically, I wish that the present situation been reversed: so that is not me chasing companies to produce and offer my projects, but they are to beg me to work for them. Then it would say I was really good.

If you really want to be chased, nowadays, just say you are a No-Tav …
The projects that you’ve described are very intriguing, so keep us informed.
Thanks for signing subjected to this barrage of questions (mostly becere) with irony and availability.
To close, since the interviews are always unidirectional, ask us a question.

Certainly I will keep you updated on the projects I’m working on, about the dwarf into compost, is depopulated on blog design, just type on google: << minority “John Tomasini” >>
I am preparing some material to support them adequately.

A question for you …
Architettisenzatetto: how to make the best of coolness, which is really curious as galloping my imagination … Tell me what is it for?

It is our motto in life and work: you must always make a virtue of necessity.

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