Deathly Hallows

Just passing by home between one trip and another. This feeling of unstableness, and the reading of last Harry Potter (how do you translate Deathly Hallows?) leads to some strange thoughts and memories.
Imaginary and unuseful objects, magical or cursed objects, objects that bring good or bad luck, objects that establish a link with the past, the future or with another world.
I designed this stiletto phone a few years ago for a Russian footwear firm, that was looking for something special as a present for their customers. I don't know if they're still on business, their web site is down. They didn't pay for the drawings anyway.
I knew that the idea itself wasn't completely new, nevertheless I was surprised to find this picture of Imelda Marcos, the world's best-known shoe collector, handling a similar high heel phone.
Leaving again tomorrow to the seaside, have a nice holiday everybody.

Italian Elections II: Three Bridges

Easter, Liberation Day, First of May, three part-time weeks with infraweekly celebrations. Berlusconi wants to recount the cards one by one. In the meanwhile D'Alema and Bertinotti litigate for a seat. We are a little suspended on the greenish water in a foggy day, like on the Three Bridges of Comacchio, trying to find a way out. Good Vacations for those who can.

Original 3D Models

As I said before, these wonderful shoes are not for sale. This is the text that is normally sent to people asking directions about ordering: "STYLETTOS Italy is still mostly a graphic design project. Only a few sample series were produced till now, but they are sold out at the moment. Further production is not planned in the short term. Thank you anyway for your interest and appreciation, always welcome, and stay tuned with this web site for new models and features." Eventual collaboration or development proposals are always carefully considered, but at the moment I'm more inclined to take advantage of this web site and three-dimensional software potentialities, rather than to face the problems implied in footwear production and commerce.

Before somebody asks, I'll give a few technical details about my digital models. They've been developed using only AutoCAD and a few custom made Visual Basic routines. Neither 3DS or Maya, nor any post-editing with Photo Shop or other similar programs, just rendered images taken from my models. I never published the software I invented, but some of the digital models are on sale through Viewpoint catalog, now Digimation catalog.

An important feature, allowing to fully appreciate models' tridimensional nature, is the Experience! section, that can be reached from the home page. It's about impressive interactive animations that can be activated installing Viewpoint Media Player plug-in. You will be able to zoom and rotate models ad libitum observing them in smallest details and even diving into them, try and see (a broadband connection works better).