Design giant Minotti and German leather masters Walter Knoll were the standouts in halls five and seven, with Gervasoni, Living Divani and Thonet also presenting excellent new offerings.
April 22nd, 2014
Minotti
With its quiet elegance and timeless sophistication, the new collection reflects all that we have come to expect of the Italian brand. In particular, the Collar Sofa caught our eye for its adjustable armrests and seat backs.

The understated Collar sofa showcases Minotti’s penchant for quiet, elegant design
Minotti is available in Australia from De De Ce.
Walter Knoll
The Seito dining table by Wolfgang C R Mezger in white quartz and fine nut wood is characterised by a lovely play of angles and lines.

Walter Knoll’s Seito dining table is a picture of well-considered construction.
Walter Knoll is available in Australia from Living Edge.
Gervasoni
The Brick 233 table is inspired by Nordic classicism and features a special material made from environmentally friendly granules. The collection includes two chairs in wood with upholstered seat and backrest.

Gervasoni’s Brick 233 table is, as its name suggests, a robust addition to its collection
Gervasoni is available in Australia from Anibou
Living Divani
Piero Lissoni’s Lipp is the latest protagonist in Living Divani’s indoor collection. The sofa reinterprets the capittone style in a contemporary way and comes with a hand-quilted and padded lower back pillow. It also has a bench that can be positioned either at the front or back of the sofa depending on need. Available in leather or fabric.

Living Divani’s Lipp sofa’s slim proportions make it one of the highlights at the fair this year

The back of the sofa comes with a bench for additional seating options
Living Divani is available in Australia from Space Furniture
Thonet
For the Salone, Thonet’s classics such as Mart Stam’s iconic S43 cantilevered chair have gone bold with colour. Options include red, brown, grey, grey-green, mustard yellow, white and black.

Colour was the order of the day at the Thonet stand this year
For more indesignlive coverage of the 2014 Milan design fair visit: indesignlive.com/category/articles/in-review/milan-14
INDESIGN is on instagram
Follow @indesignlive
A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers
Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!
The Geelong College’s Sport and Wellbeing Centre ‘Belerren’ designed by Wardle is designed around bringing in natural light. But Shade Factor’s job was to help modulate and precisely control it for the most important competitive moments.
In the last instalment of our three-part performance seating series, Alex Bain from Architectus explains why sitting well shouldn’t feel like sitting at all and explores an unexpected success metric of the hybrid workplace: the grounding power of emotional support.
The newest brand to emerge from Cosentino’s creative crucible is Ēclos, a next-generation mineral surface that embodies the organic beauty and tactility of marble in a precision-mineral surface or material.
In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.
Directors of Cumulus Studio, Todd Henderson and Peter Walker, are always looking for the bigger picture in their work. Jan Henderson gives us a comprehensive insight into this Tasmanian-born studio.
The recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects 2009 Gold Medal is Hassell’s Professor Ken Maher. Architect, landscape architect and an urban design advocate, Maher was presented with the award last night at the AIA NSW headquarters at Tusculum, Potts Point. Maher is noted for his siginificant contribution to the practice of architecture and urban […]
The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed
Scheduled to open later this year on the banks of the Parramatta River, the 30,000-square-metre Powerhouse museum — designed by Moreau Kusunoki in collaboration with Genton — represents a major shift in the geography of Sydney’s cultural infrastructure.
Fiona Drago Architect refreshes one of Melbourne’s best-known hotels, balancing heritage character with a more open and contemporary hospitality experience.