"Milan Design Week 2014"

Design Week Wrap Up @ Salone Milan 2014

Design Week Wrap Up @ Salone Milan 2014

From the 8th April to the 13th April, Milan was once more the undisputed “Capital of Design”.

Design pilgrims flocked to Milan for the world’s most important design fair and the unofficial start of the design season, hoping to catch onto global design trends, and get inspired by seeing what’s fresh, eye-catching, and cutting edge

What happens in the Milan Design Week goes beyond the presentation of new products that everybody can easily find online. Here at Design Week, the international brands expressed their energy for the world to see

The Salone del Mobile is the benchmark in the home-furnishing sector and an unique advertisement instrument for the Italian furniture industry.

Spazio Rossana Orlandi @ Salone Milan 2014

Spazio Rossana Orlandi @ Salone Milan 2014

The design gallery “Spazio Rossana Orlandi” which opened in 2002, is in a former tie factory on Via Matteo Bandello, in the Magenta / Sant ‘ Ambrogio neighbourhood of Milan.

Crowned “The Queen of Design” by the New York Times, Rossana Orlandi – who was once a fashion designer – is better known for her role discovering and championing new designers

Addicted to Every Possibility @ Salone Milan 2014

Addicted to Every Possibility @ Salone Milan 2014

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.

Tom Dixon ( PT 2 / 2 ) revised @ Salone Milan 2014

Tom Dixon ( PT 2 / 2 ) revised @ Salone Milan 2014

Tom Dixon is still on a mission to design, illuminate and furnish the future with innovative lighting, furniture and accessories of longevity, simplicity and a materiality inspired by Britain’s unique heritage.

For 2014 his theme was based upon the archetypical British members’ club which he reworked into a contemporary version – a modern day home-away-from-home, a plush and cultured haven where pleasure and work collide..

Wallpaper* Handmade @ Salone Milan 2014

Wallpaper* Handmade @ Salone Milan 2014

Wallpaper* Handmade was a “freshly minted celebration of craft, creativity and collaboration” which saw Wallpaper* Magazine once again pairing designers with manufacturers, and commissioning them to create one-off pieces for Milan Design Week.

This year Wallpaper* Handmade again returned to the Leclettico Gallery for its 5th year, and worked closely with the gallery’s founder Claudio Loria to curate the exhibition.

Minotti Presence ( Pt 2 / 2 ) revised @ Salone Milan 2014

Minotti Presence ( Pt 2 / 2 ) revised @ Salone Milan 2014

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.

Self unSelf @ Salone del Mobile 2014

Self unSelf @ Salone del Mobile 2014

The Design Academy of Eindhoven ( DAE ) alumni presented their graduation projects in Milan, Italy: at the Lambretto Art Project Building.

The ‘self’ in the exhibition title still first and foremost refers to the student. The Design Academy of Eindhoven is fully focused on the talents, preferences and fascinations of its students. For their graduation they have to initiate projects themselves, in which these come to the fore.

But when you look at those projects – about healthcare, open source production, new economic systems – they come across as pretty altruistic. Contemporary design is very much oriented toward the ‘unself’.’

Citizen @ Salone Milan 2014

Citizen @ Salone Milan 2014

Architect Tsuyoshi Tane of French design studio DGT, created a spectacular light and time installation for Citizen watches, at the Triennale Museum, that enveloped visitors in a soft gilded cloud.

“Sunlight is the terrestrial measurement of passing time”, explained Tsuyoshi Tane, “we took that as a starting point and developed the simple concept behind the Citizen installation.”

ECAL – “Best in Show” @ Salone Milan 2014

ECAL – “Best in Show” @ Salone Milan 2014

The Elita Salone Design Award recognizes the best exhibition staged during Milan Design Week .

This year, the prize was awarded to the ECAL / University of Art and Design, Lausanne for their “Delirious Home” exhibition shown at Spazio Orso 16 in Milan.

Developed by Bachelor students in Industrial Design and Media & Interaction Design at the ECAL. – “Delirious Home” featured a series of objects presenting a playful interpretation take on the concept of the “Smart Home”.