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The Euroluce biennial, which this year has reached its 30th edition, shines the spotlight on the entire sector. But both in the framework of the Rho festival and in the FuoriSalone circuit, the companies in the light sector move on common ground: in fact, there is an unprecedented protagonism of integrated and intelligent lighting, increasingly at the service of...

On the occasion of the Milan Furniture Fair Tom Dixon inaugurates The Manzoni, a place between restaurant and showroom, “where the people can slow down and experience our product in a live setting”, says the British designer and lifestyle brand inventor. “The atmosphere should be sophisticated and a bit moody. It’s a high ceiling space so it will also...

Now in its 31st edition, the leading Italian manufacturer of contemporary design furnishings for public spaces, offices and homes, taking part in the world’s leading international design fair, presents ten new collections made from metal, wood, plastic materials and upholstery; each is the result of meticulous research and collaborations with Italian and international designers. Pedrali’s “Palace of Wonders” is a...

Between Pavia and Singapore. An invisible thread connects the two cities and the journeys of Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai. A brief sentimental relationship, that started at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, turned into a professional accord with the Lanzavecchia + Wai studio and establishes a partnership made up of duality and understanding. Their creative process follows knowingly ‘uncomfortable’...

Richard Ginori participates in the 58th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano with a high impact display space, compellingly introduced by an immense kaleidoscope in which the decorations of Manifattura come to life. An experiential journey made even more captivating by the unique background music created specifically for the collection by Valentin Huedo, internationally recognised DJ and music producer...

What makes a product an icon? We asked two designers, and not just any two designers. We talked about this question with Piergiorgio Cazzaniga and Jean-Marie Massaud, respectively, the designers of Tense and Flow. Two MDF Italia products that celebrate their tenth anniversary this year, fearless in questioning their historicity and in confronting new experiments that have accompanied their...

Events, talks, Fuorisalone and many attractive initiatives: Milan Design Week is all this. But we must not forget the product, main focus and principal element of the Salone del Mobile.Milano. The companies, in this sense, also guarantee for the 2019 edition a vast proposal that ranges from interior to outdoor furnishings, from the living area to the sleeping area, with...

It is not merely a question of influence and inspiration, but rather a much broader phenomenon of cross-contamination and overlapping identities between the worlds of Design, Art, and Culture, the boundaries of which easily transcend one another to find an ‘other’ dimension that is even more experientially all-encompassing. This edition of Milano Design Week is proof. The tight synergy...

Echino by Sebastian Herkner for ZanottaAt more than a year after the acquisition of Zanotta, what direction has the company undertaken? The acquisition of Zanotta is not financial at all, but arises from an observation: we are returning to a new ‘Humanism’ that places man at the centre of things; not because of a cultural attitude, but because technology and...

Welcome, have a seat, the curtain rises. A new edition of Milan Design Week, including its key event, the Salone del Mobile.Milano is ready to begin, currently marking its 58th anniversary. And it is indeed a show of absolute prestige to kick off the most followed and loved week in the international design scene: in the setting of the Teatro...