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
Light Tray by Andreas Engesvik and Daniel Rybakken
The gallery Spazio Rossana Orlandi has always been one of the must-go destinations during the Milan Design Week. The selection of mostly limited editions of well-known designers but also undiscovered newcomers displayed in the beautiful old milanese villa has alwas been a highlight. This year, amongst others, the Norwegian designers Andreas Engesvik and Daniel Rybakken … Read more
Nub Chair by Patricia Urquiola for Andreu World
Industrious Spanish designer and architect Patricia Urquiola has designed a new range of chairs called Nub for Andreu World that combine classic carpentry skills with resolutely modern elements. In a post-modern manner, expressively undulating wooden-dowelling seat backs are teamed with highly rational sleigh-leg and pedestal bases to create forms that invite a second, curious look. … Read more
Patricia Urquiola’s Net Box Collection for Molteni & C
Patricia Urquiola has made the Net Box collection for Molteni & C. With this new colection, Patricia Urquiola has demonstrated her ability to apply expanded metal mesh, usually thought of as an industrial material, to furniture design in a way that avoids a rough, ready-made aesthetic. One beautiful detail is the wardrobe’s metal-mesh doors, which … Read more
Gothic Chairs by Studio Job for Moooi
Belgian design office Studio Job have created the plastic 16th-century neo-Gothic chair Gothic Chair for Moooi. It is to be launched next week in Milan. Studio Job says, “We found a magnificent 16th-century neo-Gothic chair in an antique shop and put it on the table at Moooi, proposing that this complex handcrafted archetype be produced by the industrial … Read more
Milan Preview: Jaime Hayon for Fritz Hansen
FAVN; the Danish name for embrace, is a new sofa designed by Jaime Hayon for Fritz Hansen. The new sofa is the result of a creative dialogue and will be launched during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011 at Republic of Fritz Hansen’s showroom in Milan. “I wanted the sofa to be based on a … Read more
Tip Ton Chair by BarberOsgersby for Vitra
Furniture designers BarberOsgerby will present this tilting chair for design brand Vitra in at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. Called Tip Ton, the polypropylene chair features a kinked bottom rail that allows the user to tilt it forward nine degrees. The name ‘Tip Ton” hints at the characteristic dual-function seating experience which … Read more
Puck Table by Simen Aarseth
British furniture manufactor Benchmark, will be launching the Puck Table, designed by Simen Aarseth in Milan 2011. Simen is a new designer for Benchmark and a young talent to watch out for. Benchmark’s Managing Director, Sean Sutcliffe, spotted these fabulous tables at 100% Design last year where Simen was exhibiting as part of 100% Norway. ”They were … Read more
