Zanotta An Aurelia; A Nova Milanese; A Popolo Based on a study of objects uncovered in context of an archaeological dig in the vicinity of Nova Milanese, a community established nine miles to the north of Milan when an uncontrollable proliferation of the deeply debilitating Saloni made life in the once bustling, pulsating metropolis unbearable and unaffordable, the Zanotta trace their origins to one Aurelio dello Zanotta, a member of the Aurelia gens who was an important protagonist in the
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Milan Furniture Fair 2018, at least amongst those more design led manufacturers, is/was largely about consolidation, largely about new materials, new colours, slight changes to existing objects, with one or the other family proudly presenting their latest members. Which is no complaint, far from it, Milan's speciality traditionally being the new for the sake of the new, that misguided belief that one has to present something new every year. You don't. Present something new when you've got
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We're almost at the end of our Milan 2012 coverage. Not because we've run out of themes; but have run out of time. In the coming weeks we've got the opening of the Gerrit Rietveld exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum, the opening of the Marcel Breuer Exhibition at Bauhaus Dessau, Belgrade Design Week, DMY Berlin, Design Miami Basel, and all in addition to a couple of further interviews in connection with "British Design" at the V&A London and "Bauhaus: Art as Life" at the Barbican Art
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