Archive for April, 2007

April 25th, 2007

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Milan update: Konstantin Grcic has designed a bar table to compliment his now-classic Miura stool for Plank. More »

April 24th, 2007

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Milan update: in her show in Via Tortona, Pieke Bergmans presented a range of Vitra classics transmuted by her “virus” technique of blowing molten glass vases directly onto pieces of furniture. More »

April 24th, 2007

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Milan update: young Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans showed elements of her Design Virus project across Milan this year, including these mirrors at the prestigious Dilmos Gallery. More »

April 24th, 2007

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Milan update: more designer collaborations with developing-world artisans, this time in the shape of the TaTu tables designed by Stephen Burks and made by craftspeople in Cape Town, South Africa. More »

April 24th, 2007

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Milan update: here are more images and a detailed description of the new work for Moroso presented by Doshi Levien at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More »

April 24th, 2007

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Milan update: The Campana Brothers are the latest designers to produce objects for Design With Conscience - a project by Artecnica that pairs leading designers with artisans in the developing world. More »

April 23rd, 2007

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Milan update: Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has sent us another photo of his extraordinary vase made by bees. More »

April 23rd, 2007

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Milan update: The Milan Furniture Fair is over and we’re back home now, but there’s plenty of material still to publish. First up are a couple of products presented by lighting designer Ingo Maurer More »

April 23rd, 2007

Office for Metropolitan Architecture has announced details of a new publication that will present research into the growth of new urban centres in the Gulf. More »

April 23rd, 2007

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Live from Milan: Dandelight by Lonneke Gordijn of Drift is a battery-powered LED light covered in dandelion seeds. More »

April 22nd, 2007

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Live from Milan: here are images of Corian Nouvel Lumières - a conceptual domestic interior built out of Corian by French architect Jean Nouvel and presented in Via Stendhal in Zona Tortona. More »

April 22nd, 2007

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Live from Milan: here are some photos of the Artek Pavilion in the Trienalle Park in Milan, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More »

April 22nd, 2007

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Live from Milan: The MinottiCucine showroom in Piazza Diaz features a new version of the stone Terra kitchen island by architect Claudio Silvestrin. More »

April 22nd, 2007

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Live from Milan: door furniture brand Fusital has presented new handles by architects Zaha Hadid (above) and John Pawson More »

April 22nd, 2007

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Live from Milan: Moroso presents its first project with young Anglo-Indian designers Doshi Levien. More »

April 21st, 2007

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Live from Milan: architects Foster + Partners have designed new versions of their aluminium chair for Emeco, plus new tables and a stool. More »

April 21st, 2007

Live from Milan: London creative agency Wieden + Kennedy have posted two videos on YouTube of them trying to destroy an Emeco Navy chair. More »

April 21st, 2007

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Live from Milan: here are some more images of the super-sized, mosaic-covered objects by Studio Job for Bisazza. More »

April 21st, 2007

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Live from Milan: Swedish design team Front have a new range on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, including Changing Cupboard, which has a decorated front that constantly switches between three different patterns. More »

April 20th, 2007

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London designers! Look what the philistines have gone and done while we’ve been away in Milan… More »