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Fashion Glossy, Frills and Dinner Jackets

Imagine using the three in context of cupboard, seating and lighting. Crazy? Crazed? Wonky? No! Simply imaginative and creative!

Designer: Fredrik Färg

2008 Salone Del Mobile Digest

Salone 2008 is upon us and if you’re not one of the 200,000 plus people flocking to Milan to inspect the cream of cutting-edge design, don’t panic. We’ll do our best to keep you updated on the best of all that happens with the help of our friends in the blogosphere.

2008 Salone Del Mobile Preview Part2

The highly anticipated, not to mention comprehensive, Salone del Mobile is one of the world’s most revered furniture and design shows. With over 2,500 exhibitors from nearly 40 different countries, it goes without saying there’s quite a bit to see. We are literally days away now, it will run from 16 to 21 April, and to save you scouring more than 200,000 square metres of exhibition space, we’ve put together a preview of the designers, products and projects we’re most excited about.

2008 Salone Del Mobile Preview

The highly anticipated, not to mention comprehensive, Salone del Mobile is one of the world’s most revered furniture and design shows. With over 2,500 exhibitors from nearly 40 different countries, it goes without saying there’s quite a bit to see. This year it will run from 16 to 21 April, and to save you scouring more than 200,000 square metres of exhibition space, we’ve put together a preview of the designers, products and projects we’re most excited about.

Milan 2007: Ingo Maurer & Random International

In conjunction with Random International - the young London based tech-design collaboration - lighting guru extraodinaire Ingo Maurer displayed some very hi-tech lighting. Random International had its UV printer on display again, able to print random images on UV film which disappear after a few seconds. Is this the future of advertising

Designer: Ingo Maurer

Milan 2007: Edra

Designed by Massimo Morozzi, the Edra stand is not just a backdrop for the company’s new products - Leatherworks by Fernando and Humberto Campana; Chantilly by Inga Semp - and the display of collection items, some turned out in black for the occasion. The stage set for the Edra show is a stand-alone piece of architecture made from component parts of Paesaggi Italiani, Edra’s modular furnishing system.

Manufacturer: Edra

Milan 2007: Serralunga by Ross Lovegrove & Zaha Hadid

Showing that luxury and creativity can mix, this years design from Serralunga combines more traditional forms with interesting layering and transparency to create some very chic but challenging product. New Wave by Ross Lovegrove is a singular design that appears to change and adapt within space in a kinetic way as one moves around it generating a flow and dynamic from a static object.

Designer: Ross Lovegrove & Zaha Hadid [ Manufacturer: Serralunga ]

Milan 2007: Droog

Droogs 15th presentation during Salone del Mobile in Milan reflects the zeitgeist of cutting-edge design as well as timeless necessity. A fascination for high tech materials, advanced techniques, human interaction and re-use of our waste.

Source: Droog

Milan 2007: Swarovski Crystal Palace

For the sixth consecutive year, Swarovski Crystal Palace have revealed 19 exciting new designs at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Challenged to reinvent the chandelier, leading contemporary designers and artists from around the world have used their skills to experiment with Swarovski crystals and produce dazzling creations.

Source: Swarovski Crystal Palace

Milan 2007: Plus Is More by Big-game

For their 2007 exhibition at the Milan Swiss cultural centre, the three designers from Big-game, Grgoire Jeanmonod (CH), Elric Petit (B) and Augustin Scott de Martinville (F), create the plus is more collection. Taking basic elements as starting points, such as a material, a principle or an archetype, Big-game transforms them in a simple way to design functional objects.

Designer: Big-game

Milan 2007: Corian Nouvel Lumieres - Multi-sensorial Loft by Jean Nouvel

The world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, whose designs have shaped urban landscapes across Europe since the 1970s, will present in Milan Corian Nouvel Lumieres, an exhibition featuring a large-scale, innovative, multi-sensorial loft-style environment (with kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and living areas), all made in DuPont Corian solid surfaces creatively interfacing with light and hi-tech solutions.

Architect: Jean Nouvel [ Via: Dupont ]

Milan 2007: Studio Job & Jaime Hayon for Bisazza

Having highlighted the two installations by Jaime Hayon and Studio Job in our Salone preview, we couldn’t wait to see the finished pieces. And we certainly weren’t disappointed.

Studio Job’s Silver Ware’ installation was spectacularly show-stopping. Gaudy but surprisingly delicate, they played with the scale and material of traditional tableware pieces, supersizing each object and covering them in white gold mosaic.

Designer: Jaime Hayon & Studio Job

Milan 2007: Marcel Wanders Personal Editions

Marcel Wanders sent us this statement regarding his Personal Editions Series showing in Milan this week.

In this installation, I wanted to go beyond the sentiments and needs of daily life to create a sense of wonder and find a new space for design. I wanted to create intimate personal objects, close to my heart, close to my hands; from my studio, straight to you.

Designer: Marcel Wanders