Despite lingering malaise in the furniture industry, the organizers of the annual Milan Furniture Fair, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, have good reason to ramp up their festival's firepower this year: they feel the hot breath of ...READ»
Five days into an overwhelming six-day trade show has everyone seeking refuge. Vanessa Ferreira of Brazil found it on an old (2002) Boa sofa by fellow Sao Paulo residents Fernando and Humberto Campana, who gave a design talk at ...READ»
I'm in Milan, Italy, for the latter part of this week, in order to participate in the first alumni reunion held by the business school SDA Bocconi in its 50-year history.
As we speak, so to speak, I'm camped out in the basement ...READ»
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»
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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Each spring, the design world descends like a flock of starlings (glossy, dressed in black) on the northern Italian city of Milan for a week of revelry in honor of the Milan Furniture Fair (which those with Continental pretensions ...READ»
We've covered the current trend for wobbly, mottled design at Milan. But the dominant aesthetic is still decidedly minimal: Stripped down and super clean, a perfect fit for that cavernous, $10 million downtown loft. These designs ...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»
Limited edition vases by British design duo BarberOsgerby in the window of the Venini store on Via Montenapoleone.
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If you have five minutes, and want to watch one of the most enchanting videos ever documenting the birth of a chair, then grab your earphones and click on this preview of the piece that American furniture manufacturer, Bernhardt ...READ»
If you ever happen to visit the stunning Seattle Public Library or the brilliant new Wily Theater in Dallas, you might love the architecture--but you'll be sitting your butt on furniture designed by Belgian firm Quinze and Milan. ...READ»
Lamborghini, Pininfarina, Alessi -- these are hallowed names in Italian design ... and you will find none of them at Milan's Public Design Festival, which is all about the cityscape. "Design began as a tool to solve the problems of ...READ»
For design, fall is the season of ideas.The Milan Furniture Fair, held every April, is essentially an organ of the Italian furniture industry. Walking the fairgrounds on the city outskirts, one gets the sense that a thousand suits are ...READ»
On show in Milan last week were Ecomat's Lego-esque building bricks. They're made from sustainable materials, are earthquake-proof, and suitable for both permanent and temporary structures. Do you think the fact that some of the ...READ»
