04.18.16
Fair Report
The Best of the 2016 Milan Furniture Fair, Part II
The 2016 Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone — aka the Milan furniture fair — closes today, and we were there on the ground, running around like crazy people trying to absorb a year’s worth of new furniture in less than a week’s time. According to our iPhones, we walked about 7.5 miles a day in our quest to scout great design. Here’s the second of three posts chronicling what we found.
Salone del Mobile
Pastel tri-tone Catifa chairs by Lievore Altherr Molina for ArperThe freestanding Parentesit divider by Lievore Altherr Molina for Arper
Claesson Koivisto Rune‘s nestable Palladio table series for Artifort
Graphically-printed New Perspective mirrors by Alain Gilles for BonaldoOne section of Luca Nichetto‘s Lofoten sofa system for CasamaniaMore nesting tables: the Lily collection by Marc Thorpe for CasamaniaRodolfo Dordoni‘s Boboli table for Cassina, which also comes in black and nickel-colored versionsKonstantin Grcic‘s sculptural Props tables for Cassina
Striped mirrors from Ron Gilad‘s Deadline series for Cassina, which includes 12 different optical illusion-y printed mirror designs
Ron Gilad‘s Deadline mirrors for CassinaA prototype of the ZH One chair by the late Zaha Hadid for Cassina Ribbed-glass Commodore cabinets by Piero Lissoni for Glas ItaliaThe Layers console by Nendo for Glas ItaliaEven more nesting tables: Happy Endings by Jerszy Seymour for Magis, in a trendy black speckle (image courtesy of Designboom)
The Aircraft Mirror from Moroso’s collection with Diesel LivingA new chaise version of Sebastian Herkner‘s Pipe chair for MorosoThe outdoor-friendly Husk lounger by Marc Thorpe for MorosoBarber Osgerby‘s Puzzle tiles for MutinaTri-colored Framed mirrors by Anderssen & Voll for MuutoThe Dieter Rams-esque Control light by TAF for MuutoPart of a new expansion of Pool’s Grid seating collection for Petite FritureJasper Morrison‘s All Plastic chair for Vitra, which looks like bentwood but is in fact all plastic
Soft Modular sofa by Jasper Morrison for VitraThe Vesper table by Sebastian Herkner for SancalColorful “Mini” versions of Marc Krusin‘s Clay tables for Desalto
Around Town
Rugs by Patricia Urquiola and Federico Pepe for CC Tapis, exhibited at Spazio PontaccioThe new marble version of Apparatus’s wooden Portal tableOne of three versions of Daniel Rybakken‘s cut-crystal Secant lights for J. Hill’s StandardThe Bavaresk table from Dante’s Parallel Choice Assortment Collection
Minima Moralia screens from Dante’s Parallel Choice Assortment Collection One of the styled rooms at Vitra’s two-story Casa Vitra installation in BreraNew chairs, tables, rugs, and lamps by Dimore Studio
Hay’s massive multi-room installation at La PelottaTerrazzo tables by Daniel Enoksson for HayThe 30 Degree lamp, from Sebastian Wrong’s newly christened Wrong.London lighting brand
David Rockwell‘s leather Valet Lounge Chair for Stellarworks
Levi Sarha‘s lava-rock Drill lamp, part of Damn magazine‘s Belgian Matters showThe Board bench and chair by Julien Renault, also part of Belgian MattersThe Hide table by Karoline Fesser for Hem, which also comes in greigeNew splatter-painted versions of Max Lamb‘s Last stool for Hem
Screwless Zig Zag shelves by Studio deFORM for Hem
Dutch Invertuals
Resin and copper lidded boxes by Studio Truly Truly, part of the 2016 Dutch Invertuals show curated by Wendy Plomp and themed around “Advanced Relics” (photos by Ruy Teixiera)
A black wood “mirror” by Nel Verbeke at Dutch Invertuals
A polished-brass “mirror” by Tijmen Smeulders at Dutch Invertuals
An abstract clock by Martina Lasinger at Dutch InvertualsA chunk of bronze — gradated from raw to polished — by Hongjie Yang at Dutch Invertuals