The U-Joints – Equations of Universal Style exhibition at the Plusdesign Gallery, curated by Andrea Caputo and Anniina Koivu, examines the theme of joints, through 50 designers’ experiments, prototypes and products.
U-Joints explores the theme of connections in design, by taking a look at the multifaceted world of joints – from those that are most common, to design’s most innovative ones, as well as those that have had the greatest influence on contemporary design.
If Body Building (2015) examined power and beauty through the seemingly skin-deep subject of the human body and NO SEX (2016) addressed human psychology through the first basic element – sex, then the title of the 2017 project is a logical progression: GOD.
Partners in work and life Alberto Biagetti and Laura Baldassari unabashedly dissect and expose their personal obsessions through performances and, being designers, via the creation of very peculiar products.
The two designers are storytellers, modern-day bards, interpreting and expressing the reality they perceive and, in this case, strip down and expose our relationship with that traditionally taboo subject of sex
The Unofficial watering hole for design insiders during the Salone is Bar Basso
Bar Basso is remembered the late and great James Irvine with a new gin and tonic glass designed by Michael Young.
Maurizio Stochetto & the Bar Basso created a cocktail glass in James’ memory to honour the legendary friendship that was formed – in the wee hours of the morning, over a Negroni or 2 !!
James Irvine: an Englishman in Milan – A tribute to the designer and to the relationship with Milan.
This project is a homage to the designer James Irvine who died suddenly and unexpectedly, in Milan in 2013
Curated by Maria Cristina Didero and Marco Sammicheli, the pieces on display were chosen from James’s studio and personal collections, precisely because they are tied to Milan, and able to tell that special relationship made of small habits, meetings and collaborations that Irvine had established with Milan.
The 2012 W Hotels – Designer of the Future winner Philippe Malouin – opened his first Italian solo exhibition, ‘Simple’, at Milan’s Project B gallery, an impressive effort showcasing his unique design approach.