DESIGN :: SEED by David Trubridge in Tortona at #Salone #Milan delivers an environmentally responsible solution where 40 boxes of flat-packed pendants now replace the single lighting box that was the former incarnation that was used to transport the product.  The foyer of the Tortona based installation presided over by the largest of the family, a beautiful illuminated sculpture. From David Trubridge.com on the collection :

‘Why fill a truck with one tree, when the cost to the Earth is reduced by boxing a packing boxes ins seed? You receive the seed of a light shade, & have fun & satisfaction making it grow yourself. Your tree fills the space, the patterns of its leaves calm  with their shade. It nourishes with its fruit, & keeps the balance of life.  The idea ripples out & spreads to the world, which becomes a brighter place.’ David Trubridge

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RIDE :: new Vespa-esque scooter by MINI at La Triennale design museum #Salone #MIlan!

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SEEN :: installation at La Triennale - exhibition graphic constructed from 3M products!

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SEEN :: on a wall on Porta Ticinese #Salone / #Milan

SEEN :: on a wall on Porta Ticinese #Salone / #Milan

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DESIGN :: Alessandro Mendini, one of the last of the great 20th century designers presented gold glass mosaic sculptures for Bisazza at La Triennale for the launch of a new monograph. Having collaborated with everyone from Alessi through Swatch, at 80 years old he has returned to directing architectural tome DOMUS, as well as being having his life work showcased in a series of retrospective exhibitions in Paris, London and Milan.

Full interview to be here published next week.

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READ :: @WALLPAPERmag previews #Salone #Milan - Spazio Rossana Orlandi will feature ‘Schwarm’ by R.a.R for Thomas Eyck, the Dutch talent spotter who launched the careers of many design luminaries including Studio Job & Scholten Baijings …..  and read more on other installations:

‘For this year’s edition of the furniture fair, Spazio Rossana Orlandi has pulled together another stellar roll call of designers. Headlining the list is ‘Daylight’ by the Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken, for which a basement room will be tricked out to create the illusion of a sunny day outside. Other highlights include BCXSY’s collection of carpets woven by communities of women in Israel; Omer Arbel’s venture into sand casting for Bocci; and Thomas Eyck’s new entomological ceramics by R.a.R. 

DOWNLOAD the WALLPAPER Salone iPhone APP HERE

READ :: @WALLPAPERmag previews #Salone #Milan - Spazio Rossana Orlandi will feature ‘Schwarm’ by R.a.R for Thomas Eyck, the Dutch talent spotter who launched the careers of many design luminaries including Studio Job & Scholten Baijings …..  and read more on other installations:

‘For this year’s edition of the furniture fair, Spazio Rossana Orlandi has pulled together another stellar roll call of designers. Headlining the list is ‘Daylight’ by the Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken, for which a basement room will be tricked out to create the illusion of a sunny day outside. Other highlights include BCXSY’s collection of carpets woven by communities of women in Israel; Omer Arbel’s venture into sand casting for Bocci; and Thomas Eyck’s new entomological ceramics by R.a.R.

DOWNLOAD the WALLPAPER Salone iPhone APP HERE

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DESIGN :: Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders for #Cappellini launches next week #Salone de Mobile #MIlan - as well as products for Alessi, Magis, FLOS, on-line design store Skitch, a book for Rizzoli press and more for his own brand MOOOi!
Marcel reflecting on Milan and it’s significance to the design world as Salone approaches:

‘I love Milano, historically the city is the biggest intellectual design think-tank. It is the cradle of design as well as the hometown of the mothers of  is most important heroes. Still today it has the capacity to sometimes flip inside out and outside in, cover the planet with its brains and attract and contain the most complete and massive amount of creative passion and vision. It is the place where designers feel there is a future and the world awaits their talents, a place where history is written. Milano is kissed by orchids’ - MARCEL WANDERS

shop Wanders’ designed products HERE

DESIGN :: Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders for #Cappellini launches next week #Salone de Mobile #MIlan - as well as products for Alessi, Magis, FLOS, on-line design store Skitch, a book for Rizzoli press and more for his own brand MOOOi!

Marcel reflecting on Milan and it’s significance to the design world as Salone approaches:

‘I love Milano, historically the city is the biggest intellectual design think-tank. It is the cradle of design as well as the hometown of the mothers of  is most important heroes. Still today it has the capacity to sometimes flip inside out and outside in, cover the planet with its brains and attract and contain the most complete and massive amount of creative passion and vision. It is the place where designers feel there is a future and the world awaits their talents, a place where history is written. Milano is kissed by orchids’ - MARCEL WANDERS

shop Wanders’ designed products HERE

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DESIGN :: from #Salone Satellite #Milan 2010 to showing now at Stella McCartney & also on via Montenapoleone, design duo MALAFOR also have an installation at UNPOLISHED - Young Design From Poland…. what a difference a year can make!!
check inflatable paper bag sofa from 2010 HERE or check MALAFOR.com

DESIGN :: from #Salone Satellite #Milan 2010 to showing now at Stella McCartney & also on via Montenapoleone, design duo MALAFOR also have an installation at UNPOLISHED - Young Design From Poland…. what a difference a year can make!!

check inflatable paper bag sofa from 2010 HERE or check MALAFOR.com

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DESIGN :: Dutch innovators DROOG bring DESIGN FOR DOWNLOAD to #Salone #MIlan - follow @droogamsterdam, @rennydroog or check into www.droog.com/blog/ for daily updates on the project.
FROM DROOG:

“Droog will present furniture and accessories designed for download by EventArchitectuur and Minale-Maeda, including CNC cut tables, cupboards, desks, side tables, shelves, couches and 3D printed electrical outlets, flowers and charms. Droog will also present digital design tools that allow ordinary computer users to easily make functional design decisions, automatically generating blueprints for local execution in various materials. The tools also enable communication between designer and customer, streamlining and lowering the cost of a custom design process. “

DESIGN :: Dutch innovators DROOG bring DESIGN FOR DOWNLOAD to #Salone #MIlan - follow @droogamsterdam, @rennydroog or check into www.droog.com/blog/ for daily updates on the project.

FROM DROOG:

“Droog will present furniture and accessories designed for download by EventArchitectuur and Minale-Maeda, including CNC cut tables, cupboards, desks, side tables, shelves, couches and 3D printed electrical outlets, flowers and charms. Droog will also present digital design tools that allow ordinary computer users to easily make functional design decisions, automatically generating blueprints for local execution in various materials. The tools also enable communication between designer and customer, streamlining and lowering the cost of a custom design process. “

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DESIGN :: British collective designjunction debuts next week at #Salone #Milan in ZEGNA H.Q on via Savona with Modus (launching a Pearson Lloyd sofa), Innermost, Channels, Anglepoise, Race, Melin Tregwynt, Benchmark +Stone & Wedgewood - exhibiting alongside US lighting manufacturer ROLL+HILL, renown for their over-scale chandeliers. The installation, art directed by Brit designer Michael Sodeau, also launches his new stationary label ANYTHING in conjunction with Japanese brand Suikosha - who combined, are donating profits from all sales during Salone to Japan Red Cross.

for more check out - designjunction

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