One of the fathers of Italian Rationalism – Franco Albini’s original studio ( in the last years of his career) now a museum and historical archive, was opened to Salone visitors.
In the beautiful Palazzo in via Telesio, pieces of design icons – represented excellent examples of Albini’s quest for lightness and the process of subtraction, forming the common feature of his work.
With all the excitement for Knoll happening at both their significant return to the Salone Fairgrounds, combined with the presence of Rem Koolhaas to launch the “Knoll Tools for Life” collection at the Prada Space – it was little wonder that this year, Knoll’s permanent Mlan showroom at Piazza Bertarelli received virtually no press coverage.
To mark its 75th anniversary, Knoll’s eagerly anticipated return to the Salone was an ethereal and innovative presentation of their new and iconic residential and workplace designs.
Knoll’s Salone exhibition, conceived by OMA offers viewpoints on classic and contemporary designs and includes the new Rem Koolhaas designed “Tools for Life” collection
Sometimes a chair is just a chair; but sometimes it’s much more. Vittorio Bonacina’s furniture…
Super Brands Event @ dedece Nov 2009
Not everyone is intensely fascinated by how something is made.
Looking to the world for a pre-existing form that reflected the intrinsic nature of the…
Magis will present the new 2010 collection at the next milan furniture fair Marcel Wanders……….
An auction to raise money for (Red) — the Bono led charity that supports the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria — will be hosted on the 28th of November, curated by Apple’s Jony Ive and Australian designer Marc Newson
Seen around the Fair during Milan Design Week, 2010 .