Milan 2009: A Peek At The MGX Concept Car By Materialise
A side view of the MGX by Materliase concept car.--Julie Taraska
Inside the MGX by Materliase concept car.--Julie Taraska
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Teresa Sapey Lights Via Monte Napoleone With Her Paper Lanterns
Teresa Sapey's Luce dal Lino project strings 100 lanterns above Via
Monte Napoleone. --Tim McKeough
Opening night design parties spill onto Via Monte Napoleone, illuminated by Sapey's lanterns. --Janet Eastman
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Limited Edition Vases By BarberOsgerby
Limited edition vases by British design duo BarberOsgerby in the window of the Venini store on Via Montenapoleone.
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Only The Strong Survive At The Public Design Festival
In Tortona, as part of the Public Design Festival, a cube was erected where fair-goers could play a reverse tug of war, with opponents pushing against a clear plastic panel while two men yelled, "PUSH IT!" from the sidewalk outside. --Jill Singer
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Enzo Mari's Young At Heart At Danese
At the Danese brunch Sunday morning: Enzo Mari in front of the new
kids' toy he's launching with the Italian company. What he's hiding
behind his back? A lit cigar. --Jill Singer
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Alcohol Meets Design At Veuve Clicquot Lounge
The long-standing link between alcohol and design is fully exhibited at the museum Veuve Clicquot erected in an enclosed bridge crossing a people-packed street in the Zona Tortona. On display, new promotional works by Tom Dixon (ball-shaped light), 5.5 Designers (brick-like champagne shelf) and Front Design (wooden Veuve Clicquot boxes arranged into seating).
Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Exhausted Patrons Seek Refuge In Boa Sofa's Cushiony Comfort
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 SaloneSatellite.
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Marenco Novella's Coat of Many Colors
The graphic coat worn by Marenco Novella of Borgio Verezzi, Italy almost blends into the towering wall of painted porcelain plates at the Richard Ginori Taste Lounge on Via Tortona. --Janet Eastman
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: All Female Swedish Designers Take The Decks At Z Club
Friday night at the Z Club: Swedish designers Front did a DJ set from midnight on at the new club/pop-up shop in Zona Romana --Jill Singer
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Quisaz-Quisaz Let Patrons Play Love Doctor At Love Design Book Launch
At the Love Design book launch in Zona Romana, which included sex-themed creations by Arik Levy and Matali Crasset, a young French duo presented Quisaz-Quisaz, a curtained room with two hanging stethoscopes for listening to your own and your lover's heart. --Jill Singer
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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: The Diesel for Successful Living Band Shines-- Literally Look closely: The players in the Diesel for Successful Living band look suspiciously like lamps.
Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Milan 2009: Predator vs Designers
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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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: OLED Comet Lamp by Kita
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 through the end of the fair at Galleria Il Castello in the Brera District, is un-green acrylic. - Janet Eastman
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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: Marc Sadler Inside a Kaleidoscope
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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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: No Gelato for You!
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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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: Boxing Ring Bed
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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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: Kartell's 2-D Cutout Booth Kartell had one of the best booth designs, with these hilarious non-sequitur 2-D cutout vignettes. -Jill Singer
Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: Cerith Wyn Evans' Neon I=N=V=O=C=A=T=I=O=N
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 to the scan of mobile telephone. It was suspended above the garden in the city's Triennale Museum. -Julie Taraska
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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: Dror's Peacock Felt Chair for Cappellini
Dror Benshetrit of Studio Dror struting his stuff in his Peacock felt chair for Cappellini. -Julie Taraska
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Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009
Milan 2009: Richard Ginori 1735 Collaborates with Paola Navone on Taste Lounge Across from Superstudio in Tortona, Taste Lounge, an installation by Italian porcelain manufacturer Richard Ginori 1735 in collaboration with Paola Navone: Trompe l'oeil murals of dishes, a huge wall of vintage plates, and in the back, a cafe designed by Italian food collective Arabeschi di Latte.
Posted Fri Apr 24, 2009
