Trends: Copper - one of the big themes in Milan 2013

It is not a new trend, but a development of the theme from last year: copper is a prefered material in interior design objects:

It was Tom Dixon that began to use extensively copper earlier and now continues at this Milan Design Week, too.



Olga Bielawska's 'Sirens Floating' table lamps are made from copper and hand blown glass
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 Bass and copper vessels by Finnish designer Matti Syrjä with finnish birch bark lids:

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Bala Side Tables by Jaime Hayon source

Sculptural copper wall lights and tiles, called Lum panels, are the work of Chilean designers Q Studio. source
Look also at the 'Salute' tables by Sebastian Herkner,