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HERE WE ARE!

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SALONE SATELLITE

Salone Satellite is the possibility for entrepreneurs to show their product worldwide. This showroom is put up every year in Milan within Salone del Mobile . The youngsters involved in this exhibition are mostly designers or simply students with a secret dream.

IIS C.E. GaddaIt was an incredible chance for us, maybe, future young entrepreneurs, to compare ourselves with someone who has more experience.

Due to this fact, we asked them some useful questions:

➢ What’s your idea about?➢ How did you come up with it?➢ Was it difficult to start up?➢ Have you received any financial assistence? ➢ How much does the product cost for the production?➢How much will it cost on the market?➢Others …

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“Nigi-Pon” is a high-tech squeezing ball that tells you how much energy you consume while you squeeze the ball. By knowing the exact effect of such a light physical activity, you’ll be encouraged to do a little bit harder exercise.

If you are sitting on the WC and you are bored, you can squeeze the “Nigi-Pon” and the toilet paper will come down! That’s because a wire connects the toilet paper with this ball.That’s AMAZING!

SOME PROTOTYPES…

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This simple but ingeneous invention will let you earn space by putting the chairs and the tables tables in their proper place.

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With its special shape this cup pegtop will allow you to provide an effective mixing of drinks. This is a russian invention, it’s called “A.R. Novate”

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Mapu Guaquén “the sound of the Earth” are clay speakers that combine old pottery tradition with the latest wireless audio technology. Each speaker has a soft, raw look thanks to the handmade shape and the use of earthy colors and cork finishing around the central speaker.

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The “Chic chair” is created by recycling of materials: sixty old ties are recycled and used as stuffing for a chair which provides excellent durability and incredible comfort in spite of what you may see.

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The Continuum is a luminous artwork that plays with the concepts of light and form. This object creates an ethereal light animated by the movement of small wires placed at its oval glass case.

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The "Fondue Stool” is a new stool which is made by dipping the sponge, it is called like this because the production process is similar to cheese fondue. We dip the sponge into PVC, dry it with hot air and it is done. We can see the sponge change its shape naturally due to its weight (gravity).

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The group of students “Can you spell Bauhaus?” created a hand warming machine which works just turning a handle.

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The same group created an intelligent wardrobe for people with mental illnesses such as alzheimer. It is made of colorful fabric and its peculiarity consists in having some images on it which help the person in remembering where they put their stuff.

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Wooden Aquarelle is an investigation into creating unique coloured treatments on wood.

Its effect is created by soaking the wood with water that has been mixed with colour pigments. The liquid soaks into the wood at different rates, depending on its placement and density of the material, then as it dries leaves behind a watercolour-like effect.

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CONCLUSIONS

The majority of the partecipants involved in Salone Satellite didn't receive any financial assistance from their country, Those who received it are the ones from China and Finland.

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You have to work hard to manage to produce your product and above all to show it in a fair like Salone Satellite.

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You could come up with an idea in every moment of your daily life, even when you don't expect it.

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During the visit we discovered that communication is the main tool for advertising your product, involving people and convincing them to buy it or to finance it.