Category: Milan Design Week


Milan Design Week 2013: AGF Class 3 Bowls by Renee Boute

Many of you will remember the exhibition “Great Taste for Waste” that was staged at Dutch Design Week 2011 AGF

Milan Design Week 2013 Granoff Sofa by Scot Bailey Taylor McKenzie-Veal Ian Stell Yumi Yoshida

Probably on account of all the wood, upcycling and back-to-basics on show at Milan Design Week 2013, Granoff Sofa by

Milan Design Week 2013 Roll and Hill at Euroluce

As we believe we’ve said before it is always especially pleasing when a designer you first got to know as

Werkstadt Vienna Milan Design Week 2013

Although as a general rule we don’t want to think about Vienna Design Week during Milan Design Week – as

Back at Saloni Milano 2010 Ronan Bouroullec told us about his feeling that the internet and new technology could, perhaps

Milan Design Week 2013 The Mattiazzi Collection

For us one of the highlights of Saloni Milano 2013 was/is Italian manufacturer Mattiazzi. And not just because they have

milan design week 2013 caroline olsson pencil light

Back at Designers Open 2011 Norwegian designer Caroline Olsson caught our attention with “Curious”, a wooden lamp inspired by pencil

Milan Design week 2013 Galleria Viafarini Magic Moments Inside

Those Milan Design Week visitors brave enough to venture north of Garibaldi Station, yes there is civilisation up there, will

Milan Design Week 2013 Empatia by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Paola di Arianello for Artemide

As it was our first event of Milan Design Week 2013, we’re honouring Artemide with the first post from Milan

Object Limited Edition Design at MIART Milan 2013 Libreria Volumi Sospesi Matteo Casalegno Galleria Paola Colombari

Before Milan Design Week and Furniture Fair really get started we took the opportunity to relax a little and to

Milan Design Week 2013 Moormann non è presente

In little under a week the Doors of Hell will once again open to release Milan Design Week on our

Paolo Lomazzi, Donato D'Urbino and Jonathan De Pas Il gioco e le regole pose

We’re almost at the end of our Milan 2012 coverage. Not because we’ve run out of themes; but have run

barber osgerby olympic torch

As reported elsewhere in these pages, there is a great deal of hope in the UK that the 2012 Summer

Milan 2012 kidsroomZOOM We Never Give Up

Back in October one of our highlights at Vienna Design Week 2011 was the exhibition kidsroomZOOM! Essentially a mid-town Vienna

Milan 2012 Rui Alves Woodpecker middle tall

It’s probably fair to say the biggest surprise at Salone Satellite 2012 was seeing Rui Alves aka My Own Super Studio.

Milan 2012 Belgium is Design two designers kork milan

We bow to no man in our admiration for the people of Belgium. Not only have they common sense to

Milan 2012 Antoinette Bader

As regular readers will know one of our favourite design festivals is Vienna Design Week. And one of our all-time

Harry Thaler Pressed Chair Nils Holger Moormann

At Milan 2011 Moormann presented the prototype of Pressed Chair by Harry Thaler. At Milan 2012 the market ready version

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As anyone involved in the designer furniture industry will confirm; it’s a secretive old world. Probably only matched in its

Milan 2012 Dutch Invertuals Untouchables Retouched

As we’ve already admitted the first time we saw a Dutch Invertuals exhibition we didn’t hang around very long. Since

Milan 2012 Villa Necchi Details of Life and New Visions

Although proud of the number of “issues” we have with Milan design week and furniture fair. It does of course

Once a month we visit a trade fair. We don’t always want to – but we always have to. We

Among the new Vitra products launched in Milan one of the most eye-catching was Waver by Konstantin Grcic. Following an

Billed as being an “… experimental, collaborative journalism project that aims to lift the lid on the design world to

As you know we’re no huge fans of Milan. Love the city. Don’t love the size and cost of their