Milan
Corian
Corian DuPont was present during the design week in various locations. Between the most interesting were: “Z. island” showing a kitchen for “Ernestomeda” by Zaha Hadid, and “Layering with Corian”, presenting a bench by Setsu & Shinobu Ito.
Lexus
There are no words to describe the work of Tokujin Yoshioka for Lexus L- finesse. This magic and exquisite installation remind us of the beauty of simple things.
Ingo Maurer – Delirium Yum yum
If there is someone always able to create a certain feeling of wonder and amazement that is Ingo Maurer. His trigger this year was the huge “Delirium Yum Yum”, a vortex changing speed and propelling a ball inside of it. For the same object in smaller scale, the result is a vortex moving gracefully thanks [...]
Driade
Omero by Francisco Gómez Paz is an unique product in it’s category, an innovative magazine rack in injected aluminium and steel legs. Next to it yet another version of Ron Arad’s chaAmong the other designers present in Driade’s collection ‘06, we highlight the presence of Patricia Urquiola who continues her work with natural fibers. For [...]
Drinks are too hot?
Design by Stephen Reed, this “Hot stuff mug” is the alternative to not to burn your hands. On show at “Talented Graduates 2006” British Council.
Droog Design
Every year Droog Design presents us with conceptual projects full of poetry, and this year their “Garden of delight” is not the exception. Starting with “Solid poetry”, a concrete surface that reveals a subtle decoration when wet; moving to a Swing that serves as a pot, to adorn itself, and finishing with the “Treetrunk bench”.
Light and Rain
There was no surprise, the rain comes every year for the “Salone del Mobile”. At least for the light installations, the colour effect gets intensified. Heavy Light, 10 light installations around Milan, curated by Interni magazine. In the pictures “Due: Luci dallo spazio”, Colonne di San lorenzo and “The gate of time” by Paul Friedlander [...]
