DressYouCan: The First Shared “Infinite Wardrobe” – Milan Design Week 2019
Milan Design Week 2019: the event ‘Rent is More’ presents a ‘dress sharing’ service for women with a passion for high fashion DressYouCan is a rental service dedicated to women’s clothes and accessories: every woman can finally have the wardrobe of her dreams without any worries (dry cleaning, fitting, delivery and the chance to try […]
MDF Italia Acquires Acerbis
MDF Italia acquired the brand, the collection and the sales network of Acerbis, historical Italian design firm Under the direction of Enrico Acerbis, in recent years, the namesake company has undergone a total realignment of the brand revitalizing its historic collection, whilst continuing to introduce new products and designers. Despite closing 2018 with a remarkable […]
The Winners of the SaloneSatellite 2019
The SaloneSatellite 2019 announces the winners of this edition. The most creative ideas transform food into innovative design objects Many young designers are exhibiting their work at the 22nd edition of the SaloneSatellite, whose theme is “Food as a Design Object“. They were asked to design smart, responsible and functional projects for the future food […]
Cipod: Custom-Built Cinema at the Design Week 2019
Cipod, the first custom-built mini-cinema arrives in Italy from the UK and introduces itself to the public of the Design Week 2019 and film lovers Cipod, the bespoke mini-cinema is located at Piazza Fontana 3, Milan Stepping through the door of the Cipod, the custom-built cinema installed at Piazza Fontana 3, Milan, during the Fuorisalone […]
“Sound & Vision”, the Interactive Exhibition by ECAL at the Milan Design Week 2019
“Sound & Vision” is the interactive exhibition organized by the University of Art and Design of Lausanne | ECAL for the Milan Design Week 2019. Objects and sounds blend to create a performance that changes depending on who interacts with it ECAL / University of Art and Design of Lausanne presents an unusual collection of […]
Design Diffusion Video News at the Salone del Mobile 2019
The Salone Internazionale del Mobile is in its 58th edition and it will close on April 14th. The numbers of the 2019 edition are 205,000 sq m of exhibition space and over 2,400 exhibitors. Being an odd year, it hosts the Euroluce and Workplace 3.0 biennials. The protagonists of the 22nd SaloneSatellite are about 550 […]
Michael Anastassiades’s Salone del Mobile 2019
In DDN #247 – special issue for the Salone del Mobile 2019 – Michael Anastassiades explained his design philosophy. He also talked about his relationship with Milan as a generous design city Anastassiades’s pieces aim to arouse comparison, participation, interaction, and release vitality, despite the minimal and functional features, sometimes almost predictable. “For me design […]
Design Icons: Being 50 and Young
The Bocca sofa by Gufram and the Up chair by Gaetano Pesce turn 50 Two iconic pieces in the history of international design turn 50 in 2019. In 1969, the Up chair designed by Gaetano Pesce for C&B, today’s B&B Italia, was produced for the first time. Representing the condition of women, a theme […]
Freitag: Good or Bad Design?
During the FuoriSalone an installation helps us recognize the negative aspects of design Swiss bag brand Freitag and artist Georg Lendorff team up for the Milan Design Week with “UNFLUENCER – De-sinning the designer.”The installation on show at Ventura Centrale, via Ferrante Aporti 23, aims to spark off a debate on the concepts of “good” […]
The Salone del Mobile Pays a Tribute to Leonardo with Two Installations
The Salone del Mobile pays a tribute to Leonardo with two impressive installations as a preview of Milan’s celebrations for the 500th anniversary of his death Aqua. The installation in the city “AQUA. Leonardo’s vision” is a site-specific experience designed by Marco Balich, developed with Balich Worldwide Shows, illustrating how Leonardo worked with water, an […]
We are all creators: The Microsoft Experience at the Milan Design Week 2019
On the occasion of the Milan Design Week, Microsoft presents We are all creators, a three days’ program brimming with lectures and workshops open to the general public In an immersive setting, Microsoft will explain how Surface devices help designers, architects and professionals express their creative potential. Two extraordinary partners join Microsoft in this experience: […]
Milan Design Week 2019: Slow Hand Design + T Style
The design culture that reuses agricultural waste comes from Thailand: high-quality artisanal objects made from waste and recycled items Slow Hand Design Curated by Eggarat Wongcharit DITP presents the winners of the DEmark award, objects that best interpret Thai craft tradition from a contemporary point of view. A new generation of objects that combine manual […]
Independent Design by Hiro at Made4art
Hiro, the marketplace that collects, produces and sells independent design projects is the protagonist at Made4Art during the Design Week 2019 Hiro is a company that produces prototypes and a micro-series of objects created by designers. Once they are on its portal, ready to be bought, Hiro manages the relationships with both clients and suppliers. […]
Triennale di Milano Opens Museo del Design Italiano
Triennale di Milano opens Museo del Design Italiano, an exhibition space that will soon expand, showcasing iconic pieces of Italian design made between 1946 and 1981 On Tuesday, April 9th, 2019, Triennale di Milano inaugurates the Museo del Design Italiano, an extraordinary permanent exhibition directed by Joseph Grima, which hosts some of the icons that […]
Black and White Catwalk for Korean Design at the Design Week 2019
Monochrome Monologue: Kuho Jang, art director e designer, coordina 23 artisti coreani The exhibition of the Korean Craft Design Foundation, curated by art director Kuho Jung (director of the Seoul Fashion Week), is inspired by Korean craft tradition. The artists invited to study and interpret Korean romanticism give a contemporary take on it, enriched by […]
Brazilian Light Illuminates Fuorisalone 2019
Lights from Brazil: traditional materials and cutting-edge technology “illuminate” the exhibition Be Brasil Brazilian lamps: between tradition and technology Museo della Permanente, via Filippo Turati 34, acts as a great stage for Brazilian design, presented through scents, sounds and images, in the most diverse sectors, along a path divided into four environments. Six “Made in […]
Fuorisalone 2019: E-Lounge, the smart and multipurpose bench for all spaces
At DDN Phutura, Repower presents E-Lounge, the smart benches for smart breaks Living the spaces in a new way, from free time to smart working, offering smart breaks, is one of the goals of E-LOUNGE. The E-LOUNGE, the Repower benches designed by Lanzillo&Partners, will furnish Piazza Castello (Castello Sqaure), the very heart of the DDN Phutura event. The […]
Made in Barcelona Design at the Fuorisalone 2019 –
At the Fuorisalone 2019, a series of products are on show to illustrate the Mediterranean lifestyle and the emotional design of Barcelona, between tradition and innovation Made in Barcelona Design is back to the Milan Design Week 2019, at via Dante 14, with “Inspired in Barcelona: Mediterranean Design”.An exhibition defined as “Warm, Diverse, Open and […]
Antonio Aricò: le radici e le ali
At the Milan Design Week, the artist-designer presents the video documentary “Le radici e le ali” (The roots and the wings), at the Arci Bellezza club. Antonio Aricò was born in 1983 in Reggio Calabria, in the south of Italy, an area surrounded by the Mediterranean sea, where the air is so full of scents. […]
Everything’s Ready for the Design Week
Cooking and design meet for a project inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Also for this year’s Design Week, Marco Ambrosino, the chef of 28 Posti, teams up with designer Odo Fioravanti. During the Design Week, at DDN Phutura, it will be possible to try on the new glasses from the Tommy Hilfiger collection thanks to an interactive […]
Isola Design District: Milan Design Market, Fourth Edition
In the Isola Design District, Milan Design Market hosts young talents also for the Fuorisalone 2019: new projects, products and materials Milan Design Market is the format designed by Blank agency, which, for the fourth time, will allow young designers to display their products in the Pop-Up Concept Store or especially dedicated spaces, in Isola […]