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Milan Furniture Fair 2018: High Five!!
Milan Furniture Fair 2018, at least amongst those more design led manufacturers, is/was largely about consolidation, largely about new materials, new colours, slight changes to existing objects, with one or the other family proudly presenting their latest members. Which is no complaint, far from it, Milan’s speciality traditionally being the new for the sake of the new, that misguided belief that one has to present something new every year. You don’t. Present something new when you’ve got something new to say, something new to contribute, something meaningful.
Largely ≇ exclusively and there were a few new projects to be found which did have something new to say, did have something new to contribute, were something meaningful. If not enough for a handful. Sure we could have added another project just to compete the quintet, there being no shortage of candidates to choose from, but then just as we don’t expect manufacturers to publish for the sake of the new rather for the quality, so we don’t publish for the sake of the five….
As ever we didn’t see everything, have without question missed things we shouldn’t have missed, things we will regret missing later, apologies all round, but, and with that in mind, our Milan Furniture Fair 2018: High Four!!
smow blog compact Milan 2017 special: Konstantin Grcic
Backrests appeared to be a major feature of those new products Konstantin Grcic presented at Milan Furniture Fair 2017. Or perhaps better put, from those new product we saw by Konstantin Grcic, we interpreted the backrest as being central components. But it wasn’t all about backrests, a few thoughts on new products for Magis, Plank, Flos and Mattiazzi.
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: USM Haller
We round up our Milan 2014 coverage with a company we admire, but about whom we find it all but
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Sarah Böttger & Hanna Emelie Ernsting at Salone Satellite
Milan is awash with churches. Milan is awash with monasteries. Basilica. Friaries. And other suitable locations for submitting penitence. We
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Meike Langer and Karoline Fesser at Salone Satellite
One of the stand out objects for us in the Young Perspectives exhibition shown in Boffi’s Cologne flagship store during
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Triennale Design Museum – Italian Design Beyond the Crisis. Autarky, Austerity, Autonomy
One could be facetious and say that organising an exhibition looking at “the creative potential triggered by crises in the
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Artek @ Salone del Mobile
If we’re honest, we really, really, should have seen it coming. We didn’t. Having been acquired in 2013 by Vitra,
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Berlin Design Selection
In design the term “readymade” is used to refer to products created by giving existing objects a new function; generally
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Danish Dynamite by Alexander Muchenberger
“We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite!” So sang the Danes their national football team to victory
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Moooi
Preparing for his solo exhibition “Pinned Up at the Stedelijk, 25 years of design” clearly helped Marcel Wanders tackle, and
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Uncino by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Mattiazzi
“Modern office chairs can be like machines, very technical. We wanted to create something a little softer, more human.” So
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Source Material @ Kaleidoscope Project Space
Exhibitions in which designers present objects that inspire them are nothing new. But are by their very nature exhibitions that
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Thomas Schnur @ Salone Satellite
As regular readers will be aware, unlike The Kinks we are no dedicated followers of fashion. Millinery is another matter
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Vitra @ Salone del Mobile
Older readers will remember how last year one of the Vitra Senior Manager’s quoted from this blog in his pre-fair
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Le Feu Sacré. Designers and glass blowers at Institut français
“With Milan design week, as with life”, we noted in our Milan Design Week 2014 preview, “the best, most interesting, most
(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Dutch Invertuals – Happy Future
Many people, if not peoples, could currently be forgiven for reacting somewhat sceptically to the notion of a “Happy Future”.
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: May
As a general rule May doesn’t exist for us… it is just a fluid continuation of April. And of Milan.
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: April
The biggest April fool is…. us, for always going to Milan! That said, as ever, we did find a few
Milan Design Week 2013: Granoff Sofa by Scot Bailey, Taylor McKenzie-Veal, Ian Stell and Yumi Yoshida
Probably on account of all the wood, upcycling and back-to-basics on show at Milan Design Week 2013, Granoff Sofa by
Milan Design Week 2013: Empatia by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Paola di Arianello for Artemide.
As it was our first event of Milan Design Week 2013, we’re honouring Artemide with the first post from Milan
Object. Limited Edition Design at MIART Milan 2013
Before Milan Design Week and Furniture Fair really get started we took the opportunity to relax a little and to
Nils Holger Moormann: “Furniture needs time. It must be refined and gradually perfected.”
At Fuori Salone Milano 2011 we helped Moormann construct their stand. And of course took the opportunity to chew the
Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2011: The (smow)team choices
Sometimes its hard to remember that Milan isn’t just about showing off how clever you are. Its also about furniture.
Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2011: 50 ways to leave your lover
Last month we posed the question “Is Milan design Week still relevant?” And Antje was kind enough to join our
(smow) in Milan: Röthlisberger Kollektion, Switzerland
For most people naming Swiss designer furniture producers is as much of a challenge as naming famous Belgians or happily