Nendo noticed that Marsotto, ( which specializes in marble furniture ) , make a lot their products a single material in either “black” or “white”, without combining any other materials.
So in order to utilize the rather unsightly regularly spaced pillars and the spatial feature of the entrance being in the middle of the Spazio Bigli venue space, it was decided that the exhibition space would be divided right and left using “black” and “white”.
Japanese designer Nendo, has set up his show at one of Brera’s most magical spaces, the Chiostri di San Simpliciano, staging a comic story starring chairs.
With this exhibition, Nendo abstracts archetypes of manga comics. the chairs are happy, distressed, embarrassed, surprised; they leap and bound, zoom past, or slowly slink away. each chair has its own personality, allowing it to stand on its own or, when placed next to the others, to become part of a collective narrative.
It all started in December when Luca Nichetto and Oki Sato met in Stockholm for a coffee in Vetekatten, where they spoke about design and collaboration between designers of the past such as Ettore Sottsass with Shiro Kuramata.
Japanese design company, Nendo is really dramatic piece of furniture! The fadeout chair’s legs seem…
On show at the Jil Sander showroom in the Brera district of Milan, the Invisible Outlines exhibition brings together 16 of the brand’s projects, all exploring what happens when boundaries are blurred or – conversely – enhanced.
The exhibition stretches across seven rooms, largely with an all-white colour scheme and a soundtrack of meditative music.
The next generation of the ‘cord chair’, with its 15mm diameter legs of stainless steel…
British designer Max Lamb has travelled to China, Australia, the Catskills in New York, and closer to home—the beaches of Cornwall, England—to source materials for his one-of-a-kind furniture pieces.
Milan remains the only place where you can still see everybody in one go
‘ Life in Vogue – the Interior’s Cut ‘ is a fashionable riff on the show house model and becoming a must-see during the Salone del Mobile Fair.
Held at Vogue Italia’s Piazza Cadorna offices, participants this year include British fashion designer Jonathan Anderson, Beirut–based duo David / Nicolas, and Milan-based architect Massimiliano Locatelli.
Constantly on the hunt for more interesting spaces to show and more exciting adventures to share with his partners, customers and friends, Tom came across this abandoned cinema in central Milan, mysteriously never before used during the Salone.
With its monumental ceilings and entertainment history, it becomes the perfect setting to show, animate and sell the new Tom Dixon collections.
Knoll Textiles was founded in 1947 by Florence Knoll who began an enduring legacy of innovation with her unexpected adaptation of simple menswear fabric for furniture application.
With this bold move, she forever changed the language of modern textiles.
Knoll’s Legacy Collection debuted at Neocon 2017 with six archive-inspired upholstery fabrics, two archive-inspired drapery, and three deep emboss vinyl wall coverings, in a total of 102 color options
Paola Lenti again splashed out in textures, fun and Colour – the 2013 collection is…