The new Myto chair by Konstantin Grcic will be launched at the Milan Design Week in April. Returning David Report readers maybe remember my earlier post about the Myto chair when it first was presented back in July. Myto will be produced by furniture manufacturer Plank in collaboration with chemical company Basf. Myto is made...
The fourth day of the Milan Furniture Fair I cruised the aisles of the Salone Satellite (which celebrated its tenth edition). For those of you who have not been visiting Milan during the furniture fair, Salone Satellite is where the young designers are supposed to give the set up companies a lesson in creativity and...
Day three of the Milan furniture fair took me to the fairground itself. Actually I did not went there last year and the architecture itself was surprisingly good (that’s why I’m adding a few architectural images of the fairground for the Milan furniture fair below as well). If you compare to the showrooms at town...
If day one at the Milan design week was a lot about maximalism and decorative neo-surrealism, day two has offered some more simple, rational and functional form with products that you actually can use. The Dutch based neo-surrealism is touching the art landscape without having the same deep and meaning. Should we call it design...
The first day of the Milan design week has come to an end and I would like to share the most interesting moments with you. I have have been strolling around town so all the info and images is from outside the fairground itself. I will post quite a lot if images in a row...
I’m going to the Milan design week early tomorrow morning. It’s nice to meet the spring in Italy and all international friends in the design community. I have been visiting the Milan design week every year since 1988 and the town has turned almost into a second home. However, the posting could be a little...
Khodi Feiz are showing a family of outdoor furniture produced in recyclable aluminium and coated with non-toxic powder-coating technique. Powder coating is an extremely durable and efficient coating method because there is no loss of material when applied. The table is composed of three identical parts which join together, doubling the leg structure for stability....
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec will show four different projects of unlimited editions at this years Milan Furniture Fair. The projects are Slow chair for Vitra, Pol sofa for Kartell, Steelwood chair for Magis and Stone Light for Swarovski. Images below. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : ronan erwan bouroullec milan preview 2007 furniture fair vitra kartell...
Inga Sempé has sent me some pictures of two new products that will be presented during the Milan design week starting April 18. The first one is a piece for Edra. Inga Sempé describes it like this: “the initial idea was to have a hard plan like a shelf (to put things like DVD payers,...