SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE 2015

MILAN NEWS

INDUSTRIAL ZONES BECOME THE CANVAS FOR SOME AMAZING INSTALLATIONS

2015MILAN FAIRSUMMARY

Edra, Absolu by Francesco Binfaré

Installation in Triennale

This year marks the 10th Ventura Lambrate project

Kartell, Piuma by Piero Lissoni

Moooi’s installation titled ‘Unexpected Welcome’ featuring Rahi Rezvani’s artistic photography

B&B Italia, Papilio Shell by Naoto Fukasawa

Foscarini ‘Tunnel of Light’ installation in their Brera showroom

Verpan, Easy by Verner Panton

B&B Italia Outdoor, Fat by Patricia Urquiola

Every second year it’s all eyes on lighting at Salone del Mobile. It’s an exciting time to visit Milan– especially when the back lanes and industrial zones become the canvas for amazing installations and this year was no exception.

The standout shows and designers for 2015 included newcomers and familiar faces and made for an inspirational week. The focus for many brands was on product extensions, thinking about new materials, colours and forms, plus some influences from the past including Memphis with all its bright colours and quirky forms.

The big news at Moooi was the Carpet collection. Big, bold, photorealistic prints from names such as Maison Christian Lacroix and Ross Lovegrove.

B&B Italia introduced new family members including Papilio Shell, a lighter more adaptable version, plus the Husk in new versions and finishes. New from Antonio Citterio is the Charlotte chair which features a lightweight aluminium frame covered with raw-edged leather.

At Zanotta, key pieces from the group’s back catalogue were reinterpreted in new fabrics and colours. Kartell launched bright vases, stools, and a lamp, by the late Ettore Sottsass, setting the Memphis tone for the brand.

In the lighting pavilion, a standout was Roll & Hill, the bespoke US group launching a series of artful chandeliers and lights handmade in New York.

But one of the most beautiful shows was Edra, where huge mirrored screens showed off pieces like the supremely comfortable Absolu Sofa by Francesco Binfaré which demonstrates the necessary commitment to years of R&D done by only the best of the best.

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THE ART OF LIGHT

BY DAVID HARRISON

When light and design connect in just the right way it can be pure magic. At the Milan Furniture Fair this year, David Harrison took a look at some lighting designers who consistently redefine the genre.

Light is one of those things most of us take for granted - reaching for a light switch is so automatic that we have lost sight of its true magic. Artists, photographers and some designers see light differently, searching for it in unusual places and within interesting materials.

In Milan, Daniel Rybakken, Studio Drift and Ingo Maurer all showed at venues across the city. While each studio works very differently, they all pursue projects of varying scales, from small domestic fittings, to installations for galleries and special events.

Studio Drift is the Dutch design studio of Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta. Their work involves large-scale installations that respond to the duo’s fascination with nature and technology. What started out as an experiment on attaching the hairs of a dandelion to a battery-powered LED, has expanded into acclaimed site-specific lighting projects around the world.

Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken has a preoccupation with conceptual lighting and a unique approach to architectural lighting. His latest design ‘Stochastic’, is a cascading chandelier of silvered glass spheres. A magical mix of mirror, light and sculptural form shows Rybakken’s preference for manipulating light rather than object creation.

An early pioneer of alternative lighting design, Ingo Maurer first came to fame in the mid-1960s and continues to explore witty lighting solutions using unexpected materials and everyday objects. In the past these have included everything from Campari bottles – ‘Campari Light’ – to smashed porcelain – ‘Porca Miseria!’. With technology moving on at break-neck speed, it is freethinking designers with a love of

1 ‘Colour’ by Daniel Rybakken (2010) plays with colour layering and graphic compositions, e15

2 ‘Stochastic’ by Daniel Rybakken3 Studio Drift’s ‘Fragile Future’ installation at Made by Brazilians

in the derelict Cidade Matarazzo hospital, São Paulo

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SEE THINGS THAT THEY NO LONGER NOTICE; TO REACH A KIND OF UNCONSCIOUS RECOGNITION THAT EVERYONE INSTINCTIVELY FEELS AND UNDERSTANDS, YET HAVE LOST THE TIME FOR

– RALPH NAUTA

exploring new techniques like Maurer, who are capable of creating new typologies.

In the hands of talented designers lighting does reach the level of an art form and the effect of light and its relationship to the human psyche can be explored in much the same way that artists have for centuries. As much as a well resolved furniture piece is worthy of admiration, nothing comes close to a light that touches you emotionally.

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Roll & Hill, Astral Agnes by Lindsey Adelman

Living Divani, Lipp by Piero Lissoni

Zanotta, Liza by Studio Lievore, Altherr & Molina

Antonio Citterio at B&B Italia’s showroom with his Charlotte chair

Moooi, Freaky by Bertjan Pot

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Lella & Massimo Vignelli + David Law

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Lucidi & Pevere

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Rodolfo Dordoni

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Vicente Garcia Jimenez-Cinzia Cumini

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Marc Sadler

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Patricia Urquiola

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Vincent Van Duysen

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Naoto Fukasawa

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Vincent Van Duysen

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Patricia Urquiola

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Patricia Urquiola

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Patricia Urquiola

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Satyendra Pakhalè

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Jacopo Foggini

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Umberto Asnago

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Carlo Colombo

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Giorgetti Lady

Umberto Asnago

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Ionna Vautrin

Giorgetti Martini

Rossella Pugliatti

Glas Italia Magic Box

Piero Lissoni

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Marco Zito

Giorgetti Moore

Roberto Lazzeroni

Glas Italia Palanco

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

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Carlo Colombo

Glas Italia Prism Closet

Tokujin Yoshioka

FoscariniChouchin Reverse

Ionna Vautrin

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Nichetto & Nendo

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L+R Palomba

Giorgetti Norah

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Glas Italia Prism Bench

Tokujin Yoshioka

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Roberto Lazzeroni

Glas Italia Shimmer

Patricia Urquiola

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Antonello Mosca

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Francesco Binfaré

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Jacopo Foggini

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Carlo Colombo

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Umberto Asnago

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