Maybe a bit late but here is a short film my company Designboost made during the MiniBoost at the  Milan Design Week. We also made thirteen interviews with top international designers. Seven of them are released so far (you can see two of theme here and here).

As I have reported about before  DuPont Corian and Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) made an exhibition called “CORIAN super-surfaces” at the April Milan Design Week.

Above is a brand new video of the presented re-defined lounge environment and also an interview with Amanda Levete.

Snapshots from the Milan Design Week / Milan Furniture Fair.

This is a new post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza.

Confessions of a Chair took place in Milan between 22 – 27 April at the Oratorio della Passione Sant’Ambrogio and was an initiative of DAMn° magazine and Galleria Blanchaert with Elena Aguido & Alexandra Waldburg-Wolfegg.

From making-up to breaking-up, Prophets & Penitents: Confessions of a Chair has now made the move from a 15th century chapel to the small screen. Featuring the debut of 35 chair prototypes, and assorted established & emerging designers.

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The other day I presented my three best moments from this years Milan Design Week; Maison Martin Margiela, Senseware and Richard Ginori @ Taste Lounge. Not for the furniture though, which would be obvious at a furniture fair/design week, but for the ambience and the creativity. Today I’m posting a series of snapshots from the Milan Design week 2009. I have to admit that I didn’t spend that many minutes checking new products this year. I mean, haven’t we seen it all before? The colour of the year is green, or black, or white, or red… So I decided to look for something else. Maybe to find what’s important and relevant? The little things that make a different. What’s luxury (other than a new cool chair), what’s culturally connected to our way of life?

I don’t know if I got all the answers, but still I found some good ideas here and there. I didn’t look for design out of a business perspective this year. Or maybe that was exactly what I did?

Here we go.

The Established & Sons shantytown look-alike exhibition.

Moroso exhibition with African theme by Stephen Burks. Stephen is by the way doing great work bridging third world countries with the design industry. Check out Aid to artisans.

Tree with flowers in old warehouse.

Nice and creative chaos at Rossana Orlandi.

Patricia Urquiola exhibition in the Visconti palace with great respect for the famous ballroom.

Blown up minimalized crystal at the Arik Levy exhibition for Swarovski.

A lot of blackboards in the Tom Dixon stand.

Graffiti - to be, or not to be…

Nice wrapped up decorative elements together with old books at Boffi.

Staff with long experience at Rossana Orlandi.

Myself as graphic figure holding camera in the Canon show.

Fabrics. Very tactile.

Crystal Lexus.

Giant outdoor fabric lamps at Montenapoleone.

Jellyfish projected in the Canon show.

Inside the Established & Sons shantytown.

A metaphor for all brands that need to be fixed?

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Panasonic entrance.

Milan Design Week is the epicenter of design for a couple of days in April every year. Thousands of companies, journalists, designers and hang-arounds meet up and interact around design in all kind of shapes and materials. I have to admit I’m getting a bit bored to look at chair no 25 on a single day. These days my eyes are looking for something else. The unpredicted and the unusual; the experience that makes a difference. I couldn’t care less when it comes to just another average designed product. Do we really need it? Probably not. Quite often it is unfortunately just a waste of time and money. But you will of course also be able to find a couple of really nice exhibitions that make the trip to Milan Design Week worthwhile. It could be a detail here and there, a product, an idea, a concept, a colour or just something different. My three main moments this year were Maison Martin Margiela, Senseware and Richard Ginori @ Taste Lounge.

Maison Martin Margiela introduced its concept of interior architecture through an installation called “Mat, Satiné, Brilliant”. Have you ever visited any of their stores around the world you felt the environment and atmosphere recreated by the use of a variety of creative expressions of their identity and philosophy. It was a truly great experience.

Another good moment at this years Milan Design Week was Senseware; a Japanese exhibition that explored how we in the best way could use new attractive high-tech materials. The exhibition director Kenya Hara describes the title Senseware like this: “matter that stirs the human creative instinct and awakens the desire to make things”.

Finally I would like to point on the Richard Ginori @ Taste Lounge exhibition by architect and designer Paola Navone. The exhibition offered a nice break of comfort and relaxation for bodies and minds. It was a good break from the busy Tortona area and something complete different from the boring Superstudio Piu (what are they up to by the way?). 

I will post some other images from Milan Design Week in a separate post within a day or two.

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Here follows a couple of projects by Swedish designer Monica Förster that will be launched at the Milan Design Week 09.

Cappellini presents in cooperation with Liljeholmens  and designer Monica Förster, a unique candle for the 2009 Milan design week. The stearin candle has a stylish character and is even more beautiful in formations or in pairs. The candle is 75 cm long and fits most standard size candle holders.

This upholstred lounge chair has a light organic structure. The charactere is created by a quilted pad on the inside of the chair. Legs in satin dull chrome finish. 

The world’s first ergonomic office chair for women called Lei by Officeline.

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Here follows a couple of projects by Richard Hutten that will be launched at the Milan Design Week 09.

Air Spheres for Gallery Plusdesign. Soft molecule-like structure makes a surprising bench. 

Playing with tradition - runner for I+I. Hand knotted wool runner where east meets contemporary.

Sexy-relaxy  with light. The first industrial version of the well known Sexy-relaxy chair, this time with light. 

Aperativo for Royal Leerdam. A series of glass dildo‘s on a champagne glass stem, to celebrate special moment

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Here follows a preview of a couple of new projects at the Milan Design Week by Claesson Koivisto Rune. Seems like the trio has been working very hard! There are actually even more projects than this…

Haven by Paola Lenti

Hillside by Arflex

Delta by Arplex

Parapu the pulper chair by Södra

Slowride by Busnelli

Pets by Busnelli

Olive by Swedese

Doodle by Tacchini

Boxplay by Swedese

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German based designer Konstantin Grcic will launch the chair Monza, a new chair for Italian brand Plank, at the Milan Design Week.

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