Each day our editors will roundup our favorite sights and projects from Salone Milan Design Week. Today we look at highlights from the main fairgrounds for the Salone del Mobile.
Poetic Shelves from Finland
These playful shelves from Hanna-Kaarina Hikkila and Anni Pitkajarvi of the Helsinki-based Luomo collective make the best of simple geometries and natural materials like copper and wood.
Salone Satellite at Salone del Mobile
Dreamcatching with Tord Boontje and Lounging with Front
At Moroso, designers continue the manufacturer’s collaboration with Sengalese artisans incorporating weaving techniques and new material technologies. Above, Tord Boontje’s low-slung outdoor seat has a nostalgic dreamcatcher motif providing structural support. Swedish studio Front’s soft outdoor day bed has a mountain of throw pillows perfect for lounging. The designers also incorporated an outdoor rug, designed to connect the raised seating with the ground below.
Pavilion 16 at Salone del Mobile
Beaming from the Walls
Arper’s new Parentesit architectural wall panels have bluetooth-enabled connectivity built in. Stream music, take a call or just enjoy the calming colors and geometries of these beautiful and functional shapes.
Pavilion 16 at Salone del Mobile
Stop and Smell the Oranges
At the Spanish brand Expormim’s booth, Jamie Hayon’s Mediterranean-inspired “Frames” chair was perfectly positioned under a blossoming live orange tree. The smell was intoxicating and a lovely break from the hum of the tradeshow floor.
Pavilion 6 at Salone del Mobile
A Pastel Palette
A bit of po-mo pop from the masters of Danish modernism. This year the team at Carl Hansen & Son introduced some of their classic seating in a range of pastel colors. The exhibition design was a surprising and delightful departure from their more austere presentations of the past.
Pavilion 5 at Salone del Mobile
Anton’s Playhouse
Anton Karlsson is a designer, painter and artist but mostly a provocateur. His vignette at the Salone Satellite stood out for it’s biomorphic and tactile forms crafted from fiberglass, acrylic and hide glue. This presentation was Karlsson’s first in Milan—his focus was not on finding manufacturing partners but to use the exhibition as, “a mirror to see how people perceive me and the work.” With two stove-shaped lamps, a desk chair without the support of a seat, a drooping sink and a human-shaped mirror with a motorized “peeper,” the work was fun, interesting and exceptional.
Salone Satellite at Salone del Mobile
Valentin Van Ravestyn displays his material tests at Salone Satellite to demonstrate the resistance and potential flexibility of thin laser-cut plywood. The result of these experiments is an elegant chair that recalls more the feel of a hide leather seat rather than the original material. This project is a great example of the power designers have to shift our perspectives on the structural possibilities of various materials.
Salone Satellite at Salone del Mobile
Living Lamps
Animaro’s adjustable series of wood based lighting on view at Satellite are as functional as they are hypnotizing.
Salone Satellite at Salone del Mobile
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