Milan Design Week 2012 - A Cupboard with Pedals

Massimo Morozzi: Bois de Rose for Edra

Bois de Rose, designed by Morozzi is a square 120 x 120 cm storage furniture with unusual feature - pedals instead of handles! But it is far away not only the pedals that make it special - each piece is unique, because they all are wrapped in a sheet of veneer cut on the object so not even a millimetre of error can be tolerated. As Valerio Mazzei, president of Edra explains, "There is much talk about sustainability when the best form of recycling is to not produce waste"- this is what I believe the proper approach to sustainability.

The name of the cupboard comes from

Bois de Rose veneer decoration, wood applied to Louis XV chests of drawers. Ignoring the rules of cabinet making, the veneer is laid vertically, slanting or inlaid. It continues on all sides as a single panel and this makes every piece unique and has a numbered plate inside.
source: Domus

The winners in the ninth Wallpaper* Design Awards 2013 for Best trend

I congratulate the jury for their choice! I like the products and the trend they express! The winners in the ninth Wallpaper* Design Awards 2013 for Best trend are:

The Azulej collection created by Patricia Urquiola for Ceramiche Mutina has earned the Wallpaper Design Award 2013. For Azulej the nomination was in the Best Trend section, and it was the confirmation of the
uniqueness of this project, which proposes as a wall covering an aesthetic mix composed by geometric shapes and floral patterns, providing an absolute creative freedom. The concept behind this ceramic collection has materialized in a unique and surprising result, mixing materials technology and “hand-made” work, a past of ancient majolica and a future of interior design.“It is the second time that our products receive the Wallpaper Design Award”, Massimo Orsini, Mutina’s President, says. “The first time, it was
in 2011 with the collection Phenomenon by Tokujin Yoshioka and this new goal  shows that the design of author is the right way to go, the winning one”.

The Silestone Slab Vases by Form Us With Love:

And the 3rd winner is a cabinet that I discovered at last year's Milan Design Week -  ”BOIS DE ROSE” cabinet: