Monthly archives: April 2011

Dezeen Screen: Ventura Lambrate

Dezeen Ventura Lambrate Milan

Milan 2011: in our latest movie filmed in Milan this week and published on our new video website Dezeen Screen, Margriet Vollenberg and Margo Koning of Organisation in Design take us on a tour of Ventura Lambrate, the design district they founded. Watch the movie

Leo, Houdini, Eugene and Dash by Stefan Diez

Milan 2011: German designer Stefan Diez presents this new upholstered version of his Houdini chair plus new pieces in the range for German brand e15 in Milan this week. More »

Dip in Space by Matali Crasset
and HEAD – Genève

Dip in Space by Matali Crasset and HEAD – Genève

Milan 2011: visitors lower objects into pits of molten wax then hang them from the ceiling to solidify in this installation created by students of the Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design in Geneva at workshops with designer Matali Crasset and curator Alexandra Midal. More »

Dezeen Screen: Benjamin Hubert

Benjamin Hubert interview on Dezeen Screen

Milan 2011: in our second movie filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan for our new video website Dezeen Screen, British designer Benjamin Hubert talks about his new Pod Chair, a pressed-felt “privacy” chair created for Dutch brand De Vorm. More »

A Flip Flop Story by Diederik Schneemann

Milan 2011: Rotterdam designer Diederik Schneemann presents a series of vases and lamps made from recycled flip-flops found washed up on Kenyan beaches at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

ANZAS Dance Studio by Tsutsumi and Associates

Anzas dance studio by yoshimasa tsutsumi

Beijing based architects Tsutsumi and Associates have completed this dance studio in Beijing with mirrored walls covered in tiny graduated dots to create the illusion of a mist hanging in the air. More »

Capo by Doshi Levien for Cappellini

Capo by Doshi Levien

Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this chair with a tubular base and cantilevered arms for Italian design brand Cappellini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More »