AQUILIALBERG. AUSTRALIA.

An Urban Landmark for Forest Place Perth (Australia) International architectural competition. Location: Perth (Austalia). Client: Department of Culture and the Arts. Phase: First phase competition. Site area: 750 sqm. Year: 2009. Architects: AquiliAlberg. Design team: Ergian Alberg, Laura Aquili, Alessio Pucci, Alexandros Franzolin, Christian Ronchi. AquiliAlberg design proposal propose a catalyst of people and events that will allow the accumulation of inputs which are then invested in upgrading the city itself, attractive hub of events, suggesting a strong and immediately recognition of the site... a LANDMARK. The very theme of the connection between the parties themselves is to merge the reflecting information flows that characterize the area, determining the balanced development to that degree, emerging from the horizontal surface of the floor, which spread three-dimensional tensions, involving direction of the quadrilateral project, projected towards the city. A sculpture that can be defined as a complex system made up of many elements in cooperation among themselves, and to suffer continuous changes to adapt to the needs and expectations of visitors. website: http://www.aquilialberg.com
blog: http://aquilialberg.nova100.ilsole24ore.com
mail: press@aquilialberg.com

SAMANTHA HARRIS. VOGUE AUSTRALIA

Samantha Harris, modella aborigena di 19 anni, strega assolutamente, l’Australian Fashion Week. In cover di "Vogue Australia" di giugno. Madre aborigena, padre tedesco, 1 metro e 80 di curve, un muso carnoso che sembra ritoccato, ma invece nooo. Scoperta cinque anni fa. Lei dice: «Ho trascorso la mia infanzia a chiedermi perché bisognasse essere per forza bionde con gli occhi azzurri per avere successo nella moda, e oggi, posso dire di essere orgogliosa delle mie radici aborigene». Samantha, nata a Tweed Heads - nello stato del New South Wales - cresciuta nel Queensland, è la seconda modella aborigena nella storia a conquistare la copertina nazionale di "Vogue". La prima, nell'ormai lontano 1993, è Elaine George. Sfila a Londra, Tahiti, Nuova Zelanda, New York e, ben 18 passerelle a Sidney. La mamma si chiama Myrna (figlia di quella "Stolen Generation", quella dei bambini di pelle chiara strappati alle loro famiglie di aborigeni). Giuditta Mosca - di TGcom - scrive: «L'Australia ha una nuova top model; si chiama Samantha Harris e, pur non essendo la prima modella del Paese dei canguri, è la prima aborigena a conquistare il mondo della moda». Simona Marchetti - sul Corriere della Sera - scrive: «Samantha, fascino aborigeno 
che ha stregato la moda». Il fotografo francese Patrick Demarchelier - che lo scorso anno ha lavorato con la modella aborigena per la rivista Glamour (Prada e Balenciaga) - la corteggia per averla sempre. Da dire, che la Harris non è la prima icona fashion aborigena; prima di lei, Naomi Sims. http://urlin.it/1820b

TOP MODEL. ABBEY KERSHAW

Abbey Lee Kershaw (1987, Melbourne, Australia). She is most commonly known as Abbey lee. Her career as a model began in 2004 after winning the “Girlfriend Cover Girl Model Search” in Australia; on year later, at the age of 18 Abbey moved to Sydney to begin modeling full time locally. By March 2007 after signing with “Next” Agency Abbey Lee made the big move to the New York City and started to land jobs with several top designers. Models.com named Abbey “The next Superstar”. In 2008 after living in New York for only one year, Abbey Lee rose to the top shooting for world famous photographers such as Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Inez van Lamsweerde, Vinoodh Matadin, Nick Knight and Craig McDean. That same year, she graced the cover of V, dazed and Confused Australian Vogue being featured as a “Rising Star” proving true as the ad campaigns came flying in for Versace, Gucci, Fendi D&G, Kenzo and others. Abbey Lee joined the rest of the Angles walking in the Victoria Secret show and appeared in Chinese Vogue, Italian Vogue, V, Numero, W and Cosmo to name just a few and has quickly become one of the worlds, top rising models. We buzzed it here first last December. We suspected Abbey Lee was going to kill the runways of NY, which is exactly what she did. That was followed by a Gucci exclusive in Milan which now leaves Paris as the last leg of this young Aussie’s fashion marathon. Of course she’s wanted for everything which means she’s running hard to hit that finish line as “Girl Of The Season”. Abbey Lee has become a regular on the catwalk opening and closing shows all over the globe. She enjoys sports, working out, spending her time with her family and fellow model friends Alice Burdeu, Iekeliene Stange, Skye Stracke, Simon Nessman, Sarah Stephens, Freja Beha Erichsen and Lakshmi Menon.