Milan 2012: Another Terra
Another Terra / Home Away From Home is a collective exhibition that was shown during Milan Furniture Fair last month. The exhibition presents a series of original works by the designers invited to the annual workshop, part of the IN Residence / Design Dialogues project, that since 2008 has been held in the unique location … Read more
Daniele Innamoratos Rare Butterfly Collection at Gallery Nilufar
Daniele Innamorato recently showed his Rare Butterfly Collection paintings at Gallery Nilufar, Milan. The project was born in 2005, thanks to the meetings with Mrs.Nina Yachar. The butterflies are painted on paper realized with the test of Rorschach method. The paintings are exhibited in small series or operas and every piece is unique having been realised … Read more
Cos at Salone del Mobile
Swedish fashion brand COS has collaborated with set designer and illustrator Gary Card to create a pop up shop in the Ventura Lambrate part of Salone del Mobile last month. Gary explains, “I felt like the pop up store should embody the COS ethos, simple yet witty design that doesn’t overpower or distract. … Read more
COLOUR ONE for MINI by Scholten & Baijings
We always get to see the final product. We buy it, consume it but rarely do we ever see or question the process of its composition. The INTERNI Legacy exhibition staged by the renowned Italian design magazine INTERNI presented MINI as one of the main protagonists with the design installation COLOUR ONE for MINI by the Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings at the Cortile del … Read more
Milan 2012: Black & Black by Nendo
Yesterday was the first day of Milan Furniture Fair and we went to Zona Tortona to see minimalist japanese designer Nendo’s exhibition Black & Black. The show was a mixture of new launches and some old classics in an old industrial factory space. Read more: Nendo
Preview Milan 2012: Cura by Studio Toogood
Studio Toogood have teamed up with skin care brand Nivea for the Salone del Mobile 2012 to create an experiential installation called la cura that will offer a creative antidote to the chaos of the annual Milan furniture fair, and will invite visitors to re-balance through a series of intimate performances. Upon arrival, visitors will be seated on Spade chairs designed by … Read more
Preview Milan 2012: THINKK Studio & Studio 248 in Ventura Lambrate
Bangkok designers THINKK Studio and Studio 248 will team up to present furniture and lighting at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next month. Exhibited products will include an adjustable lamp that’s held together by a single cord slotted the components, a chair with a double back for different sitting positions, a wardrobe designed for picking out and displaying seven outfits for the … Read more
Milan 2012 Preview: Mindcraft12
Here’s a little sneak peak to what we can expect from the danish craft association Danish Craft’s annual exhibition collection Mindcraft12 at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair. Designers include GamFratesi, benandsebastian, Jakob Jørgensen, Peter Johansen and Louise Campell. Designers benandsebastian will be showing a mirror that “reflects, distorts and transforms its context” . Inspired by historic plate … Read more
Jim Hodges Sculptures
Jim Hodges’ latest, two-part exhibition at the Gladstone Gallery in New York City — mounted across both gallery spaces in Chelsea in late 2011. For the last two decades, Hodges has utilized a broad range of materials — both precious and commonplace — to transform quotidian objects into reflective sculptures. Merging the personal, political and universal, … Read more
