Milan design Week
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Paola Lenti makes a case for colour confidence
At dedece Sydney, Anna Lenti introduced the Chromatic Alphabet, a new design tool intended to make architects and designers less hesitant about working with colour.
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Q&A: Kengo Kuma in Milan
Kengo Kuma, founder of Kengo Kuma & Associates and Pritzker Prize-winning architect, talks us through his collaboration with Jaipur Rugs that culminated with a showing at Milan Design Week 2026.
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March on Milan
Rodney Eggleston, Australian architect and founder of March Studio, designed one of Milan Design Week’s standout installations in 2026 as Aesop took over Santa Maria Del Carmine for its ‘Factory of Light.’
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“I’m not trying to design a shape, I’m trying to shape a feeling”: Eugeni Quitllet & Pedrali in Milan
At Salone del Mobile 2026, Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet launched Libre, a new seating collection with Pedrali that focuses on form, function and ergonomics.
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Embracing elegance
On the occasion of Salone del Mobile 2026, the Opale collection designed by Patrick Jouin for Pedrali expands with two new iterations: a chair and a barstool with armrests.
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Some special commercial pieces from Salone del Mobile
Milan Design Week means more than lounging in luxury and the latest in bathroom beauty. We pull out a handful of exciting commercial furniture highlights.
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The kitchen and bathroom launches at Milan Design Week 2026
From sculptural basins and wellness-led bathrooms to kitchens and professional-grade appliances, these Milan Design Week releases reframed the home’s most functional spaces as places of ritual and care.
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Standout furniture launches from Milan Design Week 2026
From indoor-outdoor furniture systems and archival reissues to experimental lighting, circular materials and collectible surfaces, these launches captured Milan Design Week’s broader conversation around comfort, craft, longevity and atmosphere.
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On Milan: The good, the bad and the trendy from Salone del Mobile 2026
Salone del Mobile and the wider Milan Design Week again provided plenty of food for thought this year. Here, we reflect on some design ‘trends’ as well as taking a more critical view of the annual gathering.
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Milan Design Week 2026: Standout exhibitions and installations
From Aesop’s light-filled installation by Australian architect Rodney Eggleston to Molteni&C’s immersive garden worlds, these are the exhibitions, launches and interventions shaping Milan Design Week so far — with more to come.
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Apartments on show during Milan Design Week
From Muuto’s softly lived-in Brera apartment to Artemest’s palazzo-scale grandeur and Studiopepe’s introspective project apartment, these Milan Design Week interiors use the home as a stage for design, feeling and identity.
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It’s time for Milan Design Week!
A selection of anticipated highlights to whet the appetite as Milan Design Week 2026 gets ready for kick-off in April.
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Will you be travelling to Milan Design Week 2026?
Salone del Mobile arrives in April and we’ll have our team over there as usual – get in touch if you’re heading over from Australia, New Zealand or the wider Asia-Pacific.
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Italian design icon Roberto Palomba joins the podcast during Australia trip
Italian architect and designer Roberto Palomba has been travelling across Australia in February 2026 for a series of talks, showroom events and product launches.
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Milan reflections with DKO
DKO’s Koos de Keijzer and Michael Drescher bring us this personal report from Salone del Mobile 2025 in Milan.
Articles
Pedrali’s new modular lighting collection is a rich marriage of Italian and Japanese design
The esteemed Italian brand has collaborated with Yusuke Kawai to create Kawara, a lighting collection defined by adaptability, elegance and a touch of tradition.
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Reporting from a whirlwind Melbourne Design Week
What a week! With so many events still to come, Jan Henderson gives us a taste of what the 2025 edition has been like so far.
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A stroll with Ross Gardam in his Milan exhibition
Ross Gardam’s installation, LUMINESCENT DUALITY, was a Milan 2025 standout. We took a tour of the space with the Australian designer to gain some deeper insights into the pieces on show.
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We talk to Arper’s head of sustainability at Milan Design Week
Andrea Mulloni is the head of sustainability at furniture manufacturer, Arper. With a particular emphasis on the evolving Catifa Carta chair, we chatted to him at Arper’s stand during Milan Design Week.
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In conversation with Vincent Van Duysen at Milan Design Week
We spoke to the Belgian architect about his work ‘Optô,’ which was on display as part of the exhibition ‘Poetica’ by WonderGlass at Milan Design Week 2025.
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Product launches from Milan Design Week 2025
So many product launches – where to begin with Milan? Well, across some of our favourite brands and all kinds of areas, here are some of the highlights we saw this year.
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Euroluce Report: Your guide to the lights of Milan 2025
It was the year of Euroluce and all things lighting at Milan Design Week in 2025. Among a high-quality and extremely wide field, here are some of the highlights.
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Exhibitions and installations galore from Milan
Milan Design Week amounts to so much more than product launches, so here are a few installation and exhibition highlights that we stumbled across in 2025.
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Thought for Humans: Milan 2025 Preview
On the eve of Milan Design Week 2025, we take a look at some of the expected highlights across product launches, installations and events.
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Stories Indesign with Georgina Wilson
Architect Georgina Wilson joins us in this episode of Stories Indesign podcast.
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Milan preparations are underway!
Be sure to let us know if you’ll be traveling to Italy as we prepare our extensive coverage and event plan.
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Singapore Design Week preview: Putting people at the forefront of design
Singapore Design Week is back and bigger than ever with a people-orientated theme featuring diverse events, workshops, talks and tours.
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Sitting down for dinner with Peter Goetz at Gaggenau Sydney
Gaggenau’s Managing Director was recently in Australia, where we had the pleasure of hosting an exclusive dinner at their Sydney showroom.
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Cesar’s Dante Chester on AI integration, bespoke design and material exploration
Dante Chester, Managing Director of Cesar, outlines the brand’s commitment to pushing boundaries and the infinite opportunities for customisation with the aid of technology.
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We know you don’t believe in ‘trends’ but here are five from Milan anyway
From colour and materiality to textures and even the odd column, here are some offbeat, oblique observations from the great Italian festival of design.
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“A perfect example of the design of the future”: Patricia Urquiola and Mater in Milan
We spoke to Ketil Årdal, CEO of Danish green-tech design brand, Mater, as they unveiled the Alder collection at Milan Design Week.
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Gaggenau defies gravity with its installation at Milan Design Week 2024
‘The Elevation of Gravity’ installation was an immersive showcase of innovation that heralded the debut of Gaggenau’s groundbreaking Essential Induction cooktop.
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Top ten launches from Milan Design Week 2024
From a modular armchair and statement lighting, to a table crafted from coffee waste and reissued classics, these are the best new products to launch at this year’s Milan Design Week.
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Latest Ross Gardam designs in the spotlight at Stylecraft
Designer Ross Gardam recently teamed up with Stylecraft to present a series of events that focused on select Ross Gardam designs and new releases, all available at Stylecraft.
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IndesignliveAsia Milan Edit highlights latest trends, products and design’s best
Whether you’ve visited this year’s Salone del Mobile or not, we’ve got you covered. Check out our exclusive Milan Edit for the best and latest scoop in design you ought to know.
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UNESCO world heritage artisanship on display in new furniture collection
Available exclusively via K5 Furniture, Bosnian brand Zanat’s exquisite new range of unique hand-carved furniture reveal the story of the people and materials, namely wood, that are weaved into them.
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8 best exhibitions at Milan Design Week 2023 according to Cera Stribley
Cera Stribley’s head of interior design, Jessica Coulter, shares with us 8 installations and designers that made a lasting impression during Milan Design Week 2023.
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Retrofuturism, immersive design and more key takeaways from Milan Design Week 2023
Cera Stribley’s head of interior design, Jessica Coulter, shares with us 8 installations and designers that made a lasting impression during Milan Design Week 2023.
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The 7 best installations at Milan Design Week 2023
From impeccably designed apartments, to immersive soundscapes and underground caverns, these were some of the most memorable experiences at this year’s Milan Design Week.
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6 Singapore designers exhibit their sustainable creations at Milan Design Week
Six of Singapore’s most progressive designers exhibit their sustainable creations at Future Impact in Milan.
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12 things we’re excited for at Milan Design Week 2023
The Salone del Mobile is just around the corner. The schedule is jam-packed and it already seems as if there’s not enough hours in the week for all the design goodness! Here are 12 things to look out for.
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Sensory design ruled this year: Cera Stribley’s Milan report
Cera Stribley’s head of interior design, Jessica Coulter, reports back from Milan Design Week and tells us why Fuorisalone put on a better show than Salone del Mobile in 2022.
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Sensory design overload at Fuorisalone 2022: Cera Stribley’s Milan report
Cera Stribley’s head of interior design, Jessica Coulter, reports back from Milan Design Week and tells us why Fuorisalone put on a better show than Salone del Mobile in 2022.
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7 memorable installations at FuoriSalone 2022
Alongside the plethora of new pieces released during Milan Design Week, the FuoriSalone is an opportunity to experience creative installations designed to spark inspiration.
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5 incredible commercial products launched at Milan Design Week
Halfway through Milan, design-breaking pieces keep on coming. With Habitus editor Aleesha Callahan on the ground, get the first look at these commercial pieces for all your workplace desires.
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5 commercial products, launched this week in Milan
Halfway through Milan, design-breaking pieces keep on coming. With Habitus editor Aleesha Callahan on the ground, get the first look at these commercial pieces for all your workplace desires.
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On the ground: Lee Broom’s Divine Inspiration
In the midst of the Milan Design week, Lee Broom has unveiled his latest lighting release in over four years: Divine Inspiration.
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Hot off the press! 9 new product launches direct from Milan Furniture Fair
The sights and sounds of Salone are in full swing this week for the much-anticipated return of the world’s biggest design fair. Aleesha Callahan reports on the latest releases on the ground.
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9 new product launches from Milan Furniture Fair 2022
The sights and sounds of Salone are in full swing this week for the much-anticipated return of the world’s biggest design fair. Aleesha Callahan reports on the latest releases on the ground.
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David Rockwell, designer of wonders
In this interview David Rockwell discusses turning theatricality into a design tool and discloses how seriously he takes the experience a space can generate.
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More favourites from Salone del Mobile 2021
We’re back again for another showcase of our favourite moments and pieces from Milan Design Week 2021. Read on to discover a selection of some of the globe’s most remarkable designs from the past year.
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We just can’t get enough of this year’s Milan Design Week
We’re back again for another showcase of our favourite moments and pieces from Milan Design Week 2021. Read on to discover a selection of some of the globe’s most remarkable designs from the past year.
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Relive the best of Salone del Mobile 2021
Say ciao to Milan Design Week once again. In this multi-part series, Indesignlive.sg places the spotlight on some of the best in design as we unfold the latest product launches of the year.
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Che bello! Relive the best of Milan Design Week 2021
Say ciao to Milan Design Week once again. In this multi-part series, Indesign welcomes some of the best in design to centre stage as we unfold the latest product launches of the last year.
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A sinuous masterpiece, inspired by the majestic qualities of the butterfly
The Butterfly Table by Cattelan Italia is an architectural masterpiece, designed to bring magic to the modern dining experience.
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Did you hear? Milan Furniture Fair is happening right now
18 months since we last experienced Milan Furniture Fair, at last, it’s back! Here’s what to expect (and what not to miss) during the reimagined week of design.
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Moooi’s New Tempo
Going against the tradition of launching novelties during Milan Design Week, Moooi’s new brand strategy launches novelties all year round, captioned “More Moooi Moments”.
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Show, Don’t Tell: Cult Brands At Local Milan No. 4
Cult has shown Australia’s prowess in furniture design with brands Nau and Tait in the largest independent Australian design showcase at Milan Design Week 2019.
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The Manzoni: Tom Dixon’s Permanent Base In Mainland Europe
“There is nothing dustier than a conventional lighting and furniture showroom,” says Tom Dixon. So at Milan Design Week 2019, he opens The Manzoni, a 100-pax restaurant that will be his permanent base in mainland Europe.
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The Manzoni: Tom Dixon’s Big Scheme To Avoid A Conventional Showroom
“There is nothing dustier than a conventional lighting and furniture showroom,” says Tom Dixon. So at Milan Design Week 2019, he opens The Manzoni, a 100-pax restaurant that will be his permanent base in mainland Europe.
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Milan preview: Our must-see installations at Fuorisalone 2019
It’s almost here… Next week is Milan Design Week! Keep your finger on the pulse with this selection of must-see installations at the Fuorisalone.
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Pedrali good ideas at Salone del Mobile 2018
For their 30th year at the event, Pedrali steals the show with products inspired by architecture, art and the theatre.
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Sights and sounds of EuroCucina 2018
With the EuroCucina at the Salone del Mobile Milan having just rolled around, Sub-Zero and Wolf offers up insight into new technologies in the kitchen and the extensive array of design possibilities.
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#Pedraligoodideas at Salone del Mobile 2018
For their 30th year at the event, Pedrali steals the show with products inspired by architecture, art and the theatre.
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MINI Living And Studiomama Illustrate The Individuality Of Micro-Living
The motoring and lifestyle brand collaborated with the London architecture firm to present MINI Living — Built by All, an installation dedicated to micro-living.
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Google Makes Its Design Debut At This Year’s Milan Design Week
A collaboration with Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, Google’s Softwear exhibition demonstrates the harmony between technology and interior design.
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#MilanIndesign2018: Lee Broom’s Moody Observatory Marks A New Direction
The first of the brand’s planned trilogy of exhibitions showcasing its new lighting collections this year, Observatory presents seven of Lee Broom’s most progressive work to date.
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#MilanIndesign2018: Lee Broom’s Moody Observatory Marks A New Direction
The first of the brand’s planned trilogy of exhibitions showcasing its new lighting collections this year, Observatory presents seven of Lee Broom’s most progressive work to date.
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#MilanIndesign2018: Oki Sato On Creating An All-Timber Chair for Fritz Hansen
Oki Sato of Nendo talks about N01, his first collaboration with Fritz Hansen, and the brand’s first all-timber chairs since Arne Jacobsen’s.
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#MilanIndesign2018: 6 Installations You Don’t Want To Miss
Along with chairs, the Salone del Mobile has become synonymous with extravagant installations. Here are six that you definitely don’t want to miss. You still have time!
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#MilanIndesign2018: ECAL + Foscarini’s Portable Lights
ECAL and Foscarini present an intimate exhibition at Palazzo Lita showcasing nine lighting objects that explore the ways light accompany our movement in a space.
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#MilanIndesign2018: 4 Top Trends At EuroCucina
At EuroCucina 2018, the world’s top kitchen brands reveal their fashionable vision for the future of cooking, dining and hosting in the kitchen.
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Fiona Lynch’s guide to surviving Milan… Or any trade show
Whether you’re planning to go this year, or hoping to make it next year, one thing is for certain when it comes to trade shows – there is so much to take in. So grab all the advice you can to make sure you have best (and smoothest) experience.
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The #Salone17 Review: What More Should We Expect From Milan?
For anyone who couldn’t make it to Milan’s Salone del Mobile and Design Week this year, Cubes magazine’s Milan in Review panel at Xtra had all the need-to-know insights!
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Envisions: Favouring Process Over Products
How exciting can MDF and chipboard be? Very. As Dutch design collective Envisions showed in its Wood in Process exhibition during Milan Design Week.
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Playing with Outlines
Nendo showcased 16 delightful exhibits that play with the concept of outlines and blurred boundaries in its solo exhibition Invisible Outlines.
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You’re Invited: Milan in Review 2017
Couldn’t make it to Milan this year? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!
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Indonesia in Milan: Empowering Diversity
Indonesia showcased the work of some of its best designers at Milan Design Week 2017 with IDentities: Handmade Contemporary Indonesian Design showcase – the nation’s debut exhibition in Milan.
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IKEA, Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before
What used to be one of the design world’s most reviled institutions is now earning a reputation as an authentic design house, committed to investing in original talent. And their efforts at the recent Salone del Mobile 2017 were aimed at emphasising this new era for the brand and for design democracy.
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News Flash: IKEA is Cool
What used to be one of the design world’s most reviled institutions is now earning a reputation as an authentic design house, committed to investing in original talent. And their efforts at the recent Salone del Mobile 2017 were aimed at emphasising this new era for the brand and for design democracy.
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It’s Time To Face Facts, Guys: IKEA Has Become Awesome
What used to be one of the design world’s most reviled institutions is now earning a reputation as an authentic design house, committed to investing in original talent. And their efforts at the recent Salone del Mobile 2017 were aimed at emphasising this new era for the brand and for design democracy.
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The Colourful World of Danish Craft and Design
The work of some of Denmark’s best designers and craft makers was presented in Milan last week in a fascinating exhibition that explored the theme of time.
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Nendo’s Objectextile for Jil Sander
Fashion meets photography in Nendo’s Objectextile collection for German fashion label Jill Sander. And the results are quite remarkable.
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Through the Eye of Nendo: Fashion meets Photography at the Salone
Nendo’s Objectextile collection for German fashion label Jil Sander starts from the point of photography. And the results are quite remarkable.
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Linking Minds by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the ‘A Matter of Perception’ Exhibit
Very often good ideas are generated by closed encounters and long lasting collaborations. The goal for Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Linking Minds installation is to create an exhibition that lends itself to the creative process between two or more persons.
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6 Installations in Milan That Make You Really Think
Milan isn’t just about the latest products, but the latest ideas, too. Here we bring you the best creative installations that have something to say.
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Zaha Hadid Architects for Samsung
In the spirit of the late Zaha Hadid, ZHA have whipped out an extraordinary collaboration with Samsung for Milan Design Week 2017.
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The Great Tom Dixon Experience
Experience the reliably cool eccentricity of Tom Dixon only in the Multiplex, an oasis of comfort and entertainment for exhausted design aficionados, tourists and busy professionals juggling appointments under the Milanese sun.
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Chromatography: the Colour World of Scholten & Baijings
Herman Miller, Maharam and Scholten & Baijings present brand new textiles and furniture in a colourful exhibition on the occasion of Salone 2017.
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Objects or Objets d’Art? An ECAL Exhibition Explores
Displaying pieces by students from industrial design and fine arts programmes, ECAL’s More Rules for Modern Life exhibition plays with the flimsy distinctions between objets d’art and practical objects.
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In Milan: Behind the Scenes with Doshi Levien for Kettal
Doshi Levien give us special insights into their new products for Kettal: fresh members for the Cala family, geometric rugs, and subtle duo-tone textiles and ropes that can be used across the Kettal collection.
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Unveiled in Milan… the Colour World of Scholten & Baijings
Herman Miller, Maharam and Scholten & Baijings present brand new textiles and furniture in a colourful exhibition on the occasion of Salone 2017.
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Salone 2017: Kartell Presents the World of ContamiNation
Once again, Kartell whipped out the big guns, this year with a “metissage” of thoughts, philosophies, images, colours and styles at their ContamiNation themed stand.
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Salone 2017: Linking Minds, where Ideas Grow from Scratch
Very often good ideas are generated by closed encounters and long lasting collaborations. The goal for Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Linking Minds installation is to create an exhibition that lends itself to the creative process between two or more persons.
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The Tom Dixon Retail Experience, only at the Salone
The films are rolling, the shops are open, the food and drinks are being hacked and served; Multiplex is in full swing. Experience the reliably cool eccentricity of Tom Dixon.
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Salone 2017: Marni Invites you to Playland
Just for the occasion of Milan 2017 Salone del Mobile, famed fashion-house Marni has transformed its space at Viale Umbria 42 into one big designer-heaven playground: The Marni Playland.
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Editor’s Pick: 6 Milan Installations you have to See at the Salone
Milan isn’t just about the latest products, but the latest ideas, too. Live from on the ground at this year’s fair, we bring you the best creative installations that have something to say.
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Milan Conversation: Benjamin Hubert on his Digital Knitting Project for Moroso
Among Moroso’s novelties at the Salone del Mobile 2017 are two prototypes for a chair with a complex 3D-knitted mesh construction that shows the efficiencies possible with new production techniques.
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Zaha Hadid Architects and Samsung Partner Up at the Salone
Once again (and in the spirit of their late leader, Zaha Hadid) ZHA have whipped up something extraordinary in collaboration with Samsung for Milan Design Week 2017.
Furniture
Barber & Osgerby on Vitra’s New Mariposa Club
We caught up with dynamic duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby at Salone and quizzed them about their new Mariposa Club chairs for Vitra.