#HTEExperimental Materials and the Handmade Digital: Highlights from Milan’s Ventura Lambrate Design District
In the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan, material explorations and experiments at the intersection of craft and technology were on show. Packed into the warehouses, abandoned garages and galleries of the district were over 160 exhibitions from emerging designers and independent design galleries. Craft reigned supreme in Lambrate but young designers are challenging the very definition of handmade employing new technology, machine processes and manmade materials in new and unexpected ways.
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Envisions – Products in Process
Exhibition view of 9 Dutch designers presenting prototypes, works in progress and materials explorations. Read more about it here.
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Envisions – Products in Progress
Material experiments from Envisions. Read more about the exhibition here.
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Envisions – Products in Progress
Material experiments from Envisions. Read more about the exhibition here.
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Envisions – Products in Progress
The exhibition design gave a sense of order and texture to the objects organized on plinths in a warehouse in Ventura Lambrate. Read more about the exhibition here.
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NANI bench by Studio Joa Herrenknecht
Studio Joa Herrenknecht’s project for the Form & Seek Collective show used salmon leather to create the seating, which is an ample waste by-product from the food and fishing industry.
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Phases Vases by Studio Jeroen Wand
A part of the “Maybe Blue Would Have Been Better” installation, Studio Jeroen Wand’s ceramic vases are made using one continuous mold, and then each vase is dipped in other plasters to create a one-of-a-kind profile
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Hot Wire Extension Stools by Studio Ilio
Studio Ilio’s benches and lamps are made using an innovative heating process that makes solid objects from hot wire and waste 3d printing powder.
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Hot Wire Extension Lamps by Studio Ilio
Studio Ilio’s benches and lamps are made using an innovative heating process that makes solid objects from hot wire and waste 3d printing powder.
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Cosmetic Surgery Kingdom by Bora Hang
This chair collection by Bora Hang compares the trend of plastic surgery in South Korea with the practice of design by hacking old chairs and reforming them into the familiar shape of the classic Eames LCW Chair.
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Cosmetic Surgery Kingdom by Bora Hang
This chair collection by Bora Hang compares the trend of plastic surgery in South Korea with the practice of design by hacking old chairs and reforming them into the familiar shape of the classic Eames LCW Chair.
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View the full gallery here
http://www.core77.com/gallery/52103/Experimental-Materials-and-the-Handmade-Digital-Highlights-from-Milans-Ventura-Lambrate-Design-District