Soft bookcase for the modern nomad

I like this bookcase with a soft polyurethane frame for a mobile lifestyle. Designed by Tom Pawlofsky, it was presented at Salone 2010.

 

source: Domus 
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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

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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Tufted Pixel - for the first time at Zona Tortona

Under the brand name Tufted the Portuguese Piodao group, makers of handmade rugs, known for manufacturing high quality products for brands like Moroso, Moooi and Rolf Benz will be showcasing some of its latest creations at the Zona Tortona during this year’s Milan Design Week.
Among them, the “Pixel” and the “Capitonné” will be present for the first
time to the public. Initially conceived while the company’s designer were experimenting a way
to display the productions capabilities the “Pixel” is a piece much like a “rainbow of comfort “,
featuring a range of different finishes in a unique item. The result is a colorful rug that brings
life and coziness to any space.

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Young Design at Milan Design Week 2010

Young design - both, as products created by young people, and products created for young people:

In this case - for children: I am fascinated by the new chair that Marcel Wanders designed for Magis and that will be launched at Milan design Week in April - the "Sparkling Chair" (via designboom)

Young Serbian Designers at Milan Design Week 2010:

ANA KRAS KSILOFON

Antipod TROKUT

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New Outdoor Furniture to be Launched at Milan Design Week 2010

Domitalia’s new seats by Italian designers Orlandini and Radice are built from an innovative material: polyethylene shaped with rotational technology, heat and abrasion resistant, suitable for outdoor locations. Babà is a monolithic armchair, suitable for every kind of setting and atmosphere thanks to its building material, polyethylene (particularly heatresistant). A “junior” version for children is available.

Phantom - also a monolithic armchair, suitable for outdoor locations.

Omnia - a practical pouf which, according to your needs, can become a table or a case. A useful and essential item, for indoor and outdoor locations.

 Pattern is the name of this new outdoor chair, design by Arik Levy for Emu:

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iSaloni Milano 2010 - Preview

I am glad to offer you another iSaloni 2010 preview: armchair with silk fabrics "FOGLIA" by JC Passion, designer: Elena Strafella.

DuPont™ Corian® and canadian designer Karim Rashid will present in april during Milan design week 2010 'Smart-ologic Corian® Living'  - an interior design project, made with environmentally  sustainable bio-sourced components
and recycled materials, displaying the company's efforts to decrease its environmental footprint. .
More details on designboom.

“ZANINELLI BAGNI” presents exclusive bathroom furniture solutions in precious
stone with a strong design character. The new Italian bathroom furniture brand enters the market
at the Fuorisalone event during the Milan week of design (14th-19th April 2010). The
company presents the “CNC-collection”, designed by Milan-based MrSmith® Studio. Every element of the CNC-collection by ZANINELLI BAGNI is characterised by an ogival form and
by a slightly convex upper edge and is carved out of big blocks of precious stone (the catalogue
includes a wide range of calcareous, marble and travertine stones).

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Milan Design Week 2010 Preview

Less than a month after the excitement of the year's first furniture shows in Paris and Cologne I am pleased to publish two of the first new products that will be presented at the coming in April Milan Design Week 2010!

Ceramica Globo presents a new quartet: Relais monolithic washbasin - a unique piece of modern design, washstand made from a single ceramic block. It can be considered a real piece of micro‐architecture for the bathroom, in which the material has been modelled to create a product with its own special personality. Characterised by contemporary shaping and its luminous surfaces, the washbasin has been designed for freestanding installation.

 And the second one is

"a renderings by japanese designer junya ishigami of 'lens table' for the italian company living divani.
ishigami developed a dining table (height 75 cm) and a coffee table (height 39 cm), both with an extraordinary optical effect.
the tables are made entirely of glossy transparent perspex."

presented by  designboom.

More  Milan Design Week 2010 previews will follow soon - check often! And don't forget to comment - it is always interesting to learn your opinion.


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