Just as January means Cologne, April is Milan. And normally only Milan. In 2015 however we managed to spice things
December can be a trying month: always having to think of others; always having to patronise bars and restaurants you’ve
In our design calender post on the inaugural Memphis Exhibition in Milan we noted that although important for the development
Celebrated as the salvation of design. Denounced as kitsch. Fresh & invigorating. Vain & hifalutin. A watershed in design history.
As Noël Coward famously observed, only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun, and it takes a
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fritz Haller and Paul Schärer’s USM Haller modular furniture system USM instigated a series
Several visitors to the Milan furniture fair with whom we spoke, including some whose judgement on such matters we value
As is becoming traditional the interregional initiative Belgium is Design used Milan Design Week to present a showcase of contemporary
Privately and professionally we have long complained about, and been deeply saddened by, the lack of side/coffee tables with a
As a general rule, what you don’t say is more important than what you do say: your body language famously
Back in the hazy mists of 2014 the Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, Leipzig presented Sitting – Lying – Swinging.
In the late 19th/early 20th century Vienna based J & J Kohn helped establish the Austro-Hungarian Empire as an important
For reasons far too abstract, intangible, and potentially libellous, to go into, we didn’t report on the inaugural presentation of
Given that all we have too many household accessories and our planet too few natural resources to justify continually producing
For us one of the few genuine joys of Milan Design Week is observing visitors to the furniture fair perching
It being early April Milan furniture fair once again stands before us and with it the promise of untold column
As all old thesauruans know “April” is merely a synonym for “Milan” And lo despite all promises to the contrary
The inescapable chill in the morning air and the deep-seated boredom in the eyes of school aged children can only
We round up our Milan 2014 coverage with a company we admire, but about whom we find it all but
Milan is awash with churches. Milan is awash with monasteries. Basilica. Friaries. And other suitable locations for submitting penitence. We
If we’re honest, we really, really, should have seen it coming. We didn’t. Having been acquired in 2013 by Vitra,
In design the term “readymade” is used to refer to products created by giving existing objects a new function; generally
“We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite!” So sang the Danes their national football team to victory
Preparing for his solo exhibition “Pinned Up at the Stedelijk, 25 years of design” clearly helped Marcel Wanders tackle, and
Exhibitions in which designers present objects that inspire them are nothing new. But are by their very nature exhibitions that