The exhibition curated by Francesca Molten has been specially devised for the Salone, providing an exclusive glimpse into “rooms” designed by eight of the world’s most respected architects
Photographs will be shown alongside videos, sounds and comments, creating an interactive space that unveils the architects’ visions of living.
Moooi presented an assembly of vibrant living quarters and original product displays, blended into the timeless atmospheres of a unique exhibition of awe-inspiring 4.5 mtr high photographs by Italian maestro photographer Massimo Listri.
The video that introduces this year’s theme – the home – by director Francesca Molteni anticipates the exhibition/event ‘Where Architects Live’
Francesca Molteni and architect scenographer Davide Pizzigoni, together devised a project that recreates the private “rooms” of leading world architects by means of real-life videos, images, sounds, comments and reconstructions.
The result is an interactive exhibition space that unveils the architects’ visions of living, their choices and their obsessions.
The Minotti 2014 exhibition stand project revisits the concept of “destructured architecture”
Minotti skillfully creates spaces through the use of dividing walls, that interact among themselves through an interplay of differing heights and overlapping various elements, and a blending of materials and finishes designed to produce a dynamic separation of the various settings in which the new products from the collection are displayed.
Belgian furniture maker Maarten Van Severen devoted himself to the rigorous exploration of basic furniture typologies and in the process developed a formal language of uncompromising simplicity and beauty.
Maarten who died from cancer in 2005, aged 48, left behind an extraordinary collection of furniture and several important architectural projects.
Davide Groppi has chosen Milan Design Week 2016 to present “ WIRELESS IS MORE ” – the result of an ongoing search to express poetry and meaning through creative lighting.
The choice to apply wireless technology has allowed the development of creations that are closer to people and their specific needs, going beyond the limits imposed by electric wires.
Since 1973, the Biennale of Sydney exhibitions have presented the work of 1355 artists from 82 countries.
Most of these artists were also brought to Sydney by the Biennale, which often facilitated their travel and coordinated their professional engagements in a national outreach program to art schools and universities across Australia.
For the 2013 Salone , De Padova presented the masterful Donzella armchair by Michele De Lucchi and the multi facetted Deck seating system by Luca Nichetto.
The beautiful showroom installation was conceived by JoAnn Tan, and video installation by 5e6.
The 2017 Vivid Light Walk is a journey that takes you through streets, byways and secret places, by harbour coves, garden parklands and new parts of the city.
There are over 65 works on show, many are thought-provoking, ingenious, magical, witty, hilarious, awe-inspiring and stunningly beautiful
The busiest stretch of installations at Vivid Sydney 2017 is the Vivid Light Walk which trails around the foreshore from the expanded Royal Botanic Gardens, past the Sydney Opera House, through Circular Quay passing the Museum of Contemporary Art. Then onto Cadman’s Cottage and the lanes and backstreets of The Rocks, through to Campbell’s Cove and onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
There was a time when car makers came to Milan merely to observe. A handful of the more advanced designers would visit the Salone to be inspired by the wider creative community.
However, this has been steadily changing, with an increasing number of car manufacturers partaking in the last few years – with mixed results.
Because of the level of innovation, vision, and prestige surrounding the Milan Furniture Fair, many automakers use this week-long event as a chance to build their brand.
Startup workplaces, often pieced together under hectic circumstances and short time frames, frequently lack the flexible, modular, and organizational solutions that allow the uninterrupted productivity they require to flourish.
How do startups future-proof their environments in a business climate that may jump from four founders to 20 employees in one year and explode to a team of 75 a year later ?