Australian Force In Milan

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile starts in Milan today, and Australian designers are representing in high numbers this year. Find out who is over there showing off.

BY jesse

April 16th, 2008

Word gets around the industry only via word-of-mouth as to who is exhibiting in Milan each year. It isn’t usually until post-coverage rolls around that we find out who was there on the ground showing their stuff.

indesignlive.com decided to collate a list of all the Australian designers we know who are over in Milan right now.

If your’e over there, show your support and pay them a visit.

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