EuroCucina 2018 - Trends

What is happening in the world of kitchens? According to the suggestions from the last EuroCucina during Milan Design Week 2018, the kitchen is becoming more and more part of the living room and dining area and the lines between them are getting blurred:

"+Venovo", Poggenpohl

And we will have more often a hidden kitchen:

Ernestomeda - Inside System

But what I like very much is the idea that the dining table gets attached to the kitchen island,

Euromobil 

allowing you to change the working and dining area according to the needs.

How do you like these kitchen trends? More about Milan Design Week 2018.

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Milan moments

Milan - a few weeks ago during Salone:

Only a part of the many beautiful moments :) It is pleasure to share.

Milan Design Week 2018 Trends - Too much brass

There was a lot of this material present everywhere during Salone 2018. Brass is beautiful - I like it, especially the sound that comes from brass instruments :) I like the subtle luxe it gives to an interior when used properly and mainly as accents...

Ghidini 1961

3D Housing 05 by Arup and CLS Architects

Ghidini 1961

Stonehenge Console Table by  Boca do Lobo

Some companies succeed to use it in moderation, but when it is too much...

Trendoffice Product Picks from Milan Design Week 2018

The fair and all the events going at the same time are impossible to grasp and reflect thoroughly, but still, one can have some general impressions about new trends and ineresting new products, unexpected design solutions. Here are some of my picks:

Justine Cabinet by Matteo Cibic - one of his “wonder-objects” designed for JCP

 Yael Reboh's "Primavera" project - layer upon layer of veneer and fabric and the result is so unusually beautiful and probably very comfortable armachair! 

Atlas table by Hillsideout (Andrea Zambelli and Nat Wilms) in painted bronze and glass - Ventura Future

HELIX by Vener Lab - the stainless steel surface, helix-shaped, leans on the structure worked in a single piece of ghiandone stone, carved in the top.

Agua Collection by Patricia Urquiola for Budri

Are you fascinated? :) I am - by the magic of designers'imagination. All these are products that mark design solutions beyond the usual way of thinking and product materials selection.

Fashion Brands’ Home Lines taking over Salone del Mobile - again

As my regular readers already know, the mutual influence between fashion and interior design is one of my favourite themes in this blog. And for a reason - every year we are seeing it grow. The most recent example - Milan Design Week 2018: some of the most exclusive fashion designer labels were presenting their new luxury home objects for the sixth year. What I liked very much:

André Fu’s "Ribbon Dance Chair" for Louis Vuitton's collection of Les Petits Nomades

Louis Vuitton -  Humberto & Fernando Campana's "Tropicalist Vase" 

Marni “La Vereda”

 

 Fendi Cucine, architect Marco Costanzi

Find more about Milan design Week 2018 and expect further interesting news from there in the coming weeks. A detailed report is available on request.

Milan Design Week 2018 - а lot of beautiful glass designs

It seems that glass is the popular material this year at Salone. I like Patricia Urquiola's new tables for Glas Italia:

and Alwa One Table by Sebastian Herkner for Pulpo: 

Very impressive is Hypertable by Mario Bellini for Glas Italia (above) 

"Low table in transparent 10-millimeter extra-light glass glued at 45 degrees, the lower surface of which is completely covered by sheets of irregularly shaped and faceted extra-light glass. The edges of these glass sheets are beveled at different angles varying in degree of incline and width. The resulting table is one which resembles a magical set of prisms with unlimited faceting and unexpected reflections. A version is also available in mirror finish, where the features of the table are enhanced in an explosion of luminosity."

And especially the Alcova collection designed the Bouroullec brothers fro Wonderglass:

photos by Claire Lavabre 

Find more about Milan design Week 2018 and expect further interesting news from there in the coming weeks. A detailed report is available on request.

My selection of product launches at Salone del Mobile 2018

These are just a few of the new products that I liked - more will follow soon

Rapsel

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Vener Lab

Antonio Lupi

The Ribbon collection for Ex.t by Sebastian Herkner continues the exquisite retro trend in bathrooms.

Chamfer sofa by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso

Find more about Milan design Week 2018 and expect further interesting news from there in the coming weeks. A detailed report is available on request.

Must-See at Salone del Mobile 2018

Brera Design District - Brera Design Week theme for 2018 is: "Be Human: designing with empathy". Some of the exhibitions:

- Palazzo di Brera - Sala delle Adunanze dell’Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere di Milano (The Lombardy Academy of Science and Literature), Bottega Ghianda will exhibit the new collection designed by Mario Bellini, Michele De Lucchi, Naoto Fukasawa, Jean Nouvel and Tobia Scarpa. Via Brera, 28

- German Italian Fusion, Apartment Solferino, Via Solferino 11 3° PT scala sinistra

- Showroom Azzurra - Via Giuseppe Sacchi, 9 - Collezione Daniel Libeskind per Azzurra:

etc.

SaphirKeramik by Marcel Wanders for Laufen (Hall 24 Stand F21 G14).

Frames Chair by Jaime Hayon for Expormim (Hall 05 Stand E06). source: interiordesign.net

Williamsburg by Cesar (Hall 11 Stand C25 D26).

DeKauri by Daniel Germani for Cosentino (Hall 22 Stand G32-36).

Ratio by Vincent Van Duysen for Dada (Hall 11 Stand B15 C16).

Chamfer Sofa by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso (Hall 16 Stand A29 B22).

Teorema by Ron Gilad for Molteni&C (Hall 20 Stand A01 B04 C02).

Find more about Milan design Week 2018 and expect further interesting news from there in the coming weeks. A more detailed report is available on request.

A lamp - money-box

Dina is a lamp that is activated and the bulbs light up when a coin is inserted.

It is going to be presented at the coming Milan Design Week 2018. But not every coin - "to stand out the concept of the value of light, it only works with large and medium size coins, which usually represent the highest denomination in most currencies. small ones do not manage to make the necessary contact to turn on the light", as described in designboom. "when we want dina to stop illuminating, we simply pull the wooden sphere and our coin is saved. not only it reminds us of the value of light, but we can also save money for future wishes". It is created by MOAK studio

Find more about Milan design Week 2018 and expect further interesting news from there in the coming weeks. A more detailed report is available on request.

Pink Inspiration

I am surprised to see again a lot of pink in the new designs that we saw in Milan:

DIIIS DESIGNSTUDIO

 Ini Archibong for Sé 

System 19 by Febal Casa

India Mahdavi has been invited by Bisazza
Read more at Wallpaper 

British design studio Pinch are showcasing its dynamic ways with marquetry with the launch of this new armoire, Elan. The cupboard is made up of three birch veneers that create sinuous artistic patterns on the outside

Find more about Milan design Week 2018 and expect further interesting news from there in the coming weeks. A more detailed report is available on request.