milanindesign2016

Reviewing Salone del Mobile 2016

At Salone del Mobile 2016 visitors from across the world spent a whirlwind week discovering the latest offerings from some of the most exciting names in the industry. We had the opportunity to find out what Liz Teh, the Head of Design for Haworth Asia Pacific, thought were the best design trends and exhibitions this year.

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Milan Minute: FRONT

Of the moment Swedish design duo FRONT’s designs are based on common discussions, explorations and experiments.

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Axor: Water Outside the Box

Axor challenges designers to reinvent the way we experience water with alternative materials and forms at Salone del Mobile 2016.

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Milan’s Unlikely Heroes: PepsiCo and Nike

At this year’s Salone del Mobile, a collection of unlikely, non-industry specific exhibitors broadened the scope of what we’ve come to expect at Milan.

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How Milan brought the traditional to the contemporary

The word Costura refers to the noble tailoring tradition that has guided the design process for centuries, and was also the name of a STUA showcase at Salone del Mobile 2016.

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Local Design: Keeping it Local

What does Australian design look like? An exhibition of local talent at Salone del Mobile this year hoped to reveal just that.

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Milan Minute: Patrizia Moroso

Amidst the bustle of Salone del Mobile, we sat down with Moroso creative director, Patrizia Moroso.

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Enter the Moooi Universe

For the fourth time running, Moooi has transformed Via Savona 56 at Salone del Mobile into a vivid, immersive universe brimming with creativity.

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Milan Minute: Caesarstone CEO, Yos Shiran

From within Caesarstone’s inspired culinary collaboration with Tom Dixon, we catch up with CEO Yos Shiran.

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Anticipating a Bright Future

Lexus’ exhibition at Salone del Mobile for 2016 followed a theme of anticipation – revealing a bright, and enchanting design future.

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Sou Fujimoto’s Forest of Light

“People meander through this forest, as if lured by the charm of the light. Light and people interact with one another, its existence defining the transition of the other,” says architect Sou Fujimoto of his installation for COS at Salone del Mobile 2016.