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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.

Expo Milano 2015 – Piazza Italia @ Salone Milan 2014

Expo Milano 2015 – Piazza Italia @ Salone Milan 2014

After welcoming over 350,000 visitors, Milan’s Salone del Mobile closed its doors on the 13th April, 2014

As preparations for next year’s Salone are undoubtedly already underway, the city braces for an even bigger event in 2015 that is anticipated to bring 20 million visitors to the design capital over the course of six months.

Expo Milano 2015, will take place from May 1 to October 31, 2015.

Domus Voices @ Salone Milan 2014

Domus Voices @ Salone Milan 2014

The spirit of the Domus Voices project was the sharing of a new human landscape ie the design of the emotional map of the city

By lending an ear to architects, artists, fashion designers, students, illuminated entrepreneurs, artisans and start-up inventors, Domus gave voice to real partakers of Milanese civic life and placing them at the centre of an urban design, where Milan becomes a paradigm for the cities of the world

Heineken Sub Pinball @ Salone Milan 2014

Heineken Sub Pinball @ Salone Milan 2014

In a super cool activation, Publicis Italia created an awesome piece of experiential marketing for the introduction of Heineken’s “The Sub,”, by inviting people to a seriously tricked out “living room” called, appropriately, The Sub Living Room.

When the lever of a Sub Draught machine was pulled, the entire living room turned into a gigantic pinball machine.

The Auto (Mobile) Show @ Salone Milan 2014

The Auto (Mobile) Show @ Salone Milan 2014

The auto-makers in recent years have been increasingly present at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, as most major car manufacturers take an increasing interest in the event.and muscle in on Milan.

The Salone was again invaded and supported by the Motor Car industry – showing their design credentials to the fullest and making a significant contribution to the exclusive party circuit in town for the Fair, with new installations, design competitions and the appearance of the odd concept car all conspiring to share the limelight with the big furniture brands.

Street Fashion Style @ Salone Milan 2014

Street Fashion Style @ Salone Milan 2014

The Italian city of Milan is a place for aesthetes and design lovers.

Not only does it celebrate its own Fabulousness twice a year during Milan Fashion Week, it also attracts a slightly cooler crowd during the Salone, a week of exceptional design that spans interiors, lifestyle, furnishings and not to be forgotten – Fashion as well

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.

The Art of Living @ Salone Milan 2014

The Art of Living @ Salone Milan 2014

The Art of Living exhibition at the Triennale di Milano was curated by one of Italy’s leading Interior Design Magazines “Living Interiors”

The goal was to tell the relationship between art and space of the house. As a painting, a sculpture , an installation influence the domestic scenario ? And can a piece of design affect a site-specific ?