Milan 2012: in Milan earlier this month Zaha Hadid paid a surprise visit to Dezeen Studio at MOST to chat to us about her Secret Garden installation, some of the other projects she has in the pipeline and her impression of this year’s furniture fair. More »
Milan 2012: our third daily TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan features Tom Dixon showing us the mini-factory he’s set up at MOST to make furniture that will be given away to the public, while Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, gives us her tips for the key shows at Milan this year.
We also have a report from the Hacked Milan show at La Rinascente and Hanna Nova Beatrice of Form magazine tells us about the vibrant design scene in Scandinavia. There’s also a chance to win a Jambox as well as our latest (highly inaccurate as it turns out) weather report. More »
Dezeen Screen: in this movie Dezeen filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma talks about her book PIG 05049, in which she traced and catalogued all the products derived from a single animal. Watch the movie »
Dezeen Screen: In this movie filmed by Dezeen at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, San Francisco designer Yves Behar talks about Sayl, an office chair inspired by suspension bridges that he designed for furniture brand Herman Miller. Watch the movie »
Dutch designer Maarten Baas presented these new versions of his Clay furniture at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. More »
Dezeen Screen: this movie filmed by Dezeen in Milan features Nick Regan, one of the co-founders of kinetic object company Laikingland, presenting their recent work at Ventura Lambrate. Watch the movie »
Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai created these paper lamps in collaboration with a Singaporean craftsman who makes masks for a traditional lion dance. More »
Milan 2011: visitors to an installation by London designer Paul Cocksedge at the Milan showroom of lighting brand Flos could view an animation of a BMW 6 Series car only by putting their heads inside a plastic lamp shade. More »
In this movie, filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, Arjan van Raadshooven from Vij5 talks to Dezeen about Newspaper Wood, a wood-like material made from recycled newspapers. Watch the movie »
French designer Ora-Ïto has designed a spaceship and a sedan chair for car manufacturer Citroën. More »
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer and Dutch design studio Vij5 presented a wood-like material made from recycled newspapers at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Dezeen Screen: designer Scott Wilson (see our previous story) shows us his LunaTik and TikTok watches and tells the amazing story of how he raised $1 million in funding in just a few days. We filmed this interview with him at Ventura Lambrate in Milan and are now stocking LunaTik at our pop-up in New York. Watch the movie »
Here are some more images of Yuya Ushida‘s expanding plastic sofa for Dutch company Ahrend, featured in our movie interview with the designer published yesterday on Dezeen Screen. More »
Dezeen Screen: In this movie filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month Japanese designer Yuya Ushida talks to Dezeen about the mechanical engineering behind his XXXX furniture range for Dutch brand Ahrend. Watch the movie »
In this game of chess created by designer Florian Hauswirth of Switzerland, pieces that are taken can be stacked to create new pieces with combined abilities. More »