Milan’s annual design fair Salone del Mobile always provides a platform for a vast diversity of talent—whether you visit a booth of a major player like Kartell or a little guy showing her first full collection, the range of offerings at this giant exhibition fairground promise something for everyone. Over 300,000 people visit the Salone del Mobile each year and as the anchor event for Milan’s Design Week, it is the main show for anyone who is interested in the trends and ideas that will dominate interiors in the coming year. At this year’s show, highlights included strong debuts from emerging studios at SaloneSatellite, the premier exhibition space for young designers, as well as high production installations from companies like Carl Hansen & Son and Artek.
As a bonus, we even took a short tour of the other, more fantastical and traditional side of Salone (needless to say, it was head-swirling, garish and eye-opening).
Marcel Wanders for Poliform
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Patricia Urquiola for Zantilam-Zant
Part of the “VERY WOOD” Installation exhibiting excellent examples of chairs utilizing bent wood techniques.
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Carl Hansen and Son
The installation space by Carl Hansen & Son was an elegantly well-considered visual delight.
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Carl Hansen & Son continued
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Carl Hansen & Son continued
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Carl Hansen & Son continued
Carl Hansen & Son have ties with Hans Wegner that span over 50 years. For Salone, a craftsman was seen in the booth building one of the designer’s classic creations to demonstrate how the handcrafted element of production in Wegner’s chairs lives on even today.
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Carl Hansen & Son continued
A comfy rendition of a classic dining chair by EOOS in the Carl Hansen & Son booth
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Carl Hansen & Son continued
A beautiful example of plywood bending in Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen’s Metropolitan chair
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DL PROTOTIPI Furniture at Salone Satellite
Beautiful furniture silhouettes in black by Daphna Laurens.
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Crane Lamps by Animaro at Salone Satellite
Designer Matthew Gilbert gave a demonstration at Satellite of these fun walnut lamps, which can be height and position adjusted according to your needs.
