In this slideshow we present the best images from our 2009 Milan Furniture Fair coverage, whether from news or photos taken by Fast Company's Milan Photo Brigade.READ»
The creature that guards the Nhow Hotel in Zona Tortona (Not the Starck gun lamp in the top left corner). -Julie Taraska
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No one will be tempted to eat it, but this breakthrough LED panel is organic--the light emitting diodes are sandwiched between washi paper made from kozo fibers and a Mulberry tree. The body of the Comet by Kita, on display ...READ»
Marc Sadler's ribbony column Tress floor light fixture for Foscarini could have been lost in the madding crowd at Super Studio Più had it not been inside a popular walk-in kaleidoscope. -Janet Eastman
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No photos! No gelato for you! In these tight times, staff at venerable Vistosi only cater to true buyers at the biannual Euroluce light fair. - Janet Eastman
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The Tawaraya (boxing ring) bed that once held Memphis design heavyweights fills a room at Galleria Carla Sozzani in Corso Como 10 in one of hundreds of special exhibits tied to the fair. -Janet Eastman
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Kartell had one of the best booth designs, with these hilarious non-sequitur 2-D cutout vignettes. -Jill Singer
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Commissioned for the fair, Welsh lighting artist Cerith Wyn Evans created a neon sculpture, I=N=V=O=C=A=T=I=O=N (I call your image to mind), that evoked ghosts of "numerable and innumberable light events" from fireflies ...READ»
Here are the highlights so far from our 2009 Milan Furniture Fair coverage--from essays and news to photos taken by Fast Company's Milan Photo Brigade.
Milan Articles
Milan 101: A Furniture Fair Primer
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Designers are rebelling against the notion of pristine objects. This year at Milan's Furniture Fair, that trend is on full display. But it's actually an ancient idea. For hundreds of years, Japan's dominant aesthetic has been wabi ...READ»
What if, when you didn't need that dining table anymore, it could be transformed into a bookcase or a chandelier? That's the idea behind this oversized erector set designed by Form Us With Love, a Swedish design ...READ»
The Milan Furniture Fair opens next month, and with it, the design world’s annual bacchanal of hype and hoopla. More than any other event on the design calendar, Milan sets the agenda for the year ahead, and not just for ...READ»
