A chair that fits in your pocket

which in fact is not a chair at all:)

But it seems to be useful and comfortable! Can you guess? Chairless, a "seating device for the modern nomad." Designed by Alejandro Aravena, can easily fit in your pocket and is probably the most affordable launch of the fair – at €19.99. A wink to the frugality trend?                                                                                                    source: today and tomorrow 
                                and guardian.co.uk
             

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More Dressed Interior Design Objects at Salone 2010

Two more examples of the close connection between fashion and interior design at Milan Furniture Fair 2010 - Jumper chair in a knitted cover by Dutch designer Bertjan Pot

" Jumper consists of one continuous oversized woolen knitted cover, with qualities very much like that of a jumper, including buttons that fix the cover together on the underside of the chair, once the knitted cover is wrapped over the solid wooden structure and bent steel legs. The cover is knitted on a ‘Knit and Wear’ machine that is skilled for clothing garments, but this is where the fashion and design production processes divide. Once the garment is completed it is then run through a high degree wash to attain a seamless and upholstered effect eradicating most of the stretch from the wool but presenting a high quality fabric that layers the structure with precision and rigor."

source: Dezeen

Obi light by young Swedish designer Jessika Källeskog is inspired, as the name suggests, by the traditional clothing of a geisha. Made from one long strip of thin copperplate, the lamp has been created by wrapping the sheet into an airy sphere and is 'pinned' together with rods. The polished copper is also protected by a clear layer of lacquer.

Luxury at Milan Design Week

To celebrate the opening of Milan Design Week, Versace hosted a cocktail party at the Versace historical HQ in Via Gesù 12 yesterday. Something very beautiful from the new Versace Home Collection:
Sunburst - a crystal round table. Its base is composed by 14 elements in chromed    metal that conveys the strength of a solar explosion.

 

Versace and Venini announced a new partnership agreement for the production and distribution of exclusive collections of vases in blown glass.

The Tasting Gloriette by Fernando & Humberto Campana

Gloriette-Hotel du Marc

Veuve Clicquot is unveiling its latest collaboration with Brazilian designers Fernando & Humberto Campana, as well as with French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, at the 2010 Milan Furniture Fair this week.This year, as part of the renovation of its town house in Reims, Veuve Clicquot has commissioned works by the Campana Brothers and Mathieu Lehanneur to decorate the Hôtel du Marc residence and delight visitors. These imaginative projects correspond to the hotel’s reputation for hospitality, aesthetics and pleasure, all in the spirit of the Champagne tradition.

"Once Upon a Dream" by Mathieu Lehanneur - 

installation by Mathieu Lehanneur designed to help people rapidly recuperate and adapt to their new surroundings, based on tested psychological studies used in sleep treatment clinics to help cure chronic insomnia. 

 

 

 

Milan Furniture Fair 2010 Starts Today

Although a lot of the new objects that are going to be presented at the fair are already known, it is interesting to see where is design heading to, what are the new trends and how designers and companies are changing their attitude in the new economic situation. Next week will show. Several beautiful examples of new products for your home:

'The Copper Collection' by Aldo Bakker

Dress-Up collection by Nendo - each one of the vases has a different collar: the big father, the slim mother and the child.
Patch by Benjamin Hubert

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New Furniture by Patricia Urquiola at Milan Design Week 2010

Being one of the first fans of Patricia Urquiola and following all her inspiring designs since my first publications in 2005 on this blog, I have been curious to see what new shall we see this year from her at Milan Furniture Fair. Just a week before the most important event of the year in the field of interior design, here they are:
Scriba, is a desk where the supporting element of the writing is characterized by openwork decoration. This component is accompanied by a container door with sliding shelf for computer keyboard. Beautiful! I would like to have it in my home :)

Scriba, Patricia Urquiola for Molteni & C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A single cupboards Net Box for Molteni & C - an original small system which includes wardrobe and large drawers, and bedside tables, all with doors and shelf trays in lacquered metal mesh which can be combined with the bed Night&Day.
source: Stylepark,
and
Bend sofa for B and B Italia
Being B & B Italia’s 1,000th product, Patricia Urquiola’s sofa naturally recalls the company’s very first sofa – the Coronado by Afra & Tobia Scarpa from 1966.
source: FT.com

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Dressed Furniture at the coming Salone del Mobile in Milan

Coat bed, Loop bed and Loop armchair by Axil, design Ilaria Marelli

“Coat”, upholstered double bed, design Ilaria Marelli
Inspired by the tailor’s trade and the world of fashion, the “Coat” bed, designed for AXIL by Ilaria Marelli
appears to be dressed in a cape, or perhaps a giant foulard. Precious fabrics wrap the structure to create a
soft and sumptuous silhouette. Especially interesting are the details at the point where the covering is
fastened to the bed.

A stacking storage module with double access by piurra, Seven skirts of Nazaré comes from an old portuguese tradition. Fisher women here still wear seven colourful layers of skirts, as well as wooden clogs and a predominantly black headscarf. It is said that they represent the seven days of the week, the seven colours in the rainbow, the seven waves in a set and many other biblical, mythical and magical attributions which involve the number seven

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Trendoffice is listed in “Top 100 Interior Design Blogs”

I am so pleased to let you know that my blog has been included in the list of
“Top 100 Interior Design Blogs” in an article by Amy Cook from Graphic Design Degrees"!

Thank you, Amy, for estimating what I am doing and properly describing what exactly makes my blog special:

"73. Trendoffice : As the name implies, Trendoffice focuses almost exclusively on new movements, motions, and ideas that crop up in the interior design industry."

Be sure to check this list - it is a great resource for anyone interested or working in the area of interior design!

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