Today we share Part 03 of our Milan Design Week and Salone Del Mobile 2022 round-up. Here we delve into our product launch highlights to bring you our carefully chosen picks from the ultimate global design event. All across the city, galleries, garages and shopfronts hosted a new crop of transgressive and experimental collectible design from both emerging and well-known designers. Baranzate Atelier brought together a diverse interdisciplinary show from soft textiles works by Krjst studio to a monolithic chair by Studiopepe, and over at Nilufar Depot, the queen of Milan, Nina Yashar, hosted a spellbinding exhibition with Martino Gamper, Andreas Resigner, Draga & Aurel, Edxxkat, Robinson Ferreux and more. At the iconic Rossignoli bike shop in Brera, USM hosted a surprise takeover with an all Pink limited product installation named ‘True Pink’. Italian stone specialist Salvatori dazzled with their new collections by Luca Nichetto, Kengo Kuma and John Pawson. Aussies made their mark on the weeks as well with Christopher Boots, Volker Haug and Tom Fereday all introducing new lighting collections. What are you waiting for, dive on in there’s plenty more hotness to see below.
You can visit Part 01 and Part 02 of our visual diary to see our on-the-ground highlights.
High Fives, Team Yellowtrace X
Brisbane: Tuesday, 9 August 2022 (Evening Session)
Perth: Thursday, 11 August 2022 (Evening Session)
Sydney: Tuesday, 16 August 2022 (Lunchtime Session)
Sydney: Tuesday, 16 August 2022 (Evening Session)
Melbourne: Wednesday, 17 August 2022 (Lunchtime Session)
Melbourne: Wednesday, 17 August 2022 (Evening Session)
HERMÈS
Hermes debuted their 2022 home collection framed by the overarching theme ‘Looking For Lightness’. Seen here is the Coulisse T Shaped Table Lamp made from cashmere. Photo by Hugo Mapelli.
The Tartan Plaid Hermes cashmere scarf from the home collection. Photo by Hugo Mapelli.
Pythagore Plaid Hermes cashmere scarf from the home collection. Photo by Hugo Mapelli.
SPOTTI MILANO
Spotti Milan presented WHY NOW? a project curated by Mr. Lawrence studio. Inside the spaces of Viale Piave, a special installation by Greta Cevenini featured products by Tacchini. Photo by Sean Davidson.
Photo by Sean Davidson.
Photo by Sean Davidson.
MARIMAR MARBLE BAR
The Marimar Marble Bar, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci Studio in collaboration with Luisa Bertoldo. Photos by Studio Mare and Nicolo Panzeri.
CHRISTOPHER BOOTS
Australian lighting brand Christopher Boots introduced their new divine lighting range OURANOS to the international stage. Exploring themes of natural history, space, and time, the studio’s new collection builds on ongoing conceptual, material and aesthetic investigations. See more here.
Ouranos I wall light.
The collection features quartz crystal cradled by brass as the studio remains true to its signature aesthetic. Here is the Ouranos II ceiling light.
OURANOS I wall light with an individual quartz sphere embedded in a slab of brass.
An alignment of quartz spheres, unified and suspended in a linear ring of solid brass.
Process shot of OURANOS before the quartz sphere is mounted in a linear ring of solid brass.
SALVATORI
The Italian natural stone specialist brand Salvatori presented collections by Luca Nichetto, Kengo Juma and John Pawson. Nichetto explored chess, the ultimate game of seduction in Flirt his new exquisite set of chairs and tables. The collection marks the brand’s first foray into furniture.
Complimenting the chair and table set is Teo, an ingenious table lamp by Nichetto, who was inspired by the works of the architect I.M. Pei. It compromises a simple form with a natural circular base and a sheet of rice paper. See more here.
Luca Nichetto’s Flirt chair for Salvatori.
The Flirt table with a smooth dark brown leather top reveals the embossed chessboard.
Inspired by the myth of Zeus, John Pawson has designed an understated and commanding collection of stone coffee tables for Salvatori with a concealed base that creates a sense of extreme lightness.
Kengo Kuma’s Koushi collection for Salvatori is an innovative modular furniture system inspired by age-old Japanese tradition. See more here.
CRISTINA CELESTINO
Cristina Celestino for Fornace Brioni. Photo by Mattia Balsamini.
Cristina Celestino’s presentation of Connessioni for Cermachie Giovanni De Maio. Photo by Chiara Cadeddu.
FORMAFANTASMA & MAISON MATISSE
In collaboration with Formafantasma, Maison Matisse presented Fold, a series of new lighting pieces inspired by Henri Matisse’s paper cutouts. Photo by Gianni Antoniali.
Photo by Gianni Antoniali.
Photo by Gianni Antoniali.
FONTANAARTE
Studio Luca Guadagnino’s Frenesi lamp for FontanaArte. Photo by Giulio Ghirardi.
Architect Andrea Caputo Architetto (left) and Gallerist Nina Yashar (right) pictured in FonatanaArte’s 90-year anniversary campaign.
Maurizio Stocchetto, owner of the legendary Bar Basso pictured in FonatanaArte’s 90-year anniversary campaign.
OLUCE
The Acrilica lamp by Joe and Gianni Colombo, originally designed in 1962, was reissued this year by Oluce. Molto bene.
FLOS
60th-anniversary limited-edition Arco K floor lamp by Flos. Photo by Mattia Balsamini.
VOLKER HAUG
Melbourne-based Volker Haug Studio debuted a new lighting series dubbed Und Messing. Photos by Pier Carthew.
TOM FEREDAY
Port Light by Sydney designer Tom Fereday.
[ARRAY]
Grid Light Pendant from Array by David Derksen.
Sine Light Outdoor from Array by David Derksen.
Aero Light from Array by David Derksen.
LEE BROOM
Limited Edition Requiem Globe Light handcrafted in plaster by Lee Broom.
LAMBERT & FILS
Lambert & Fils and DWA Design Studio presented Caffè Populaire in collaboration with Superflower at Alcova. See more here.
CASSINA
‘Tramonto A New York’ screen by Gaetano Pesce, re-edited in a limited series by Cassina. Photo by Valentina Sommariva.
‘Tramonto A New York’ sofa by Gaetano Pesce re-edited in a limited series by Cassina. Photo by Paola Pansini.
The Flutz Chair by Michael Anastassiades for Cassina. Photo by Paola Pansini
WALTER KNOLL
The Walter Knoll installation in Brera, designed by Ippolito Fleitz in collaboration with artist Janet Echelman.
ZANAT
Meduza Lamp by Sebastian Herkner for Zanat.
Zanat’s new collection.
TACCHINI
Gunta floor lamp by Studiopepe for Tacchini. Photo by Andrea Ferrari.
SANCAL & GLAS ITALIA
Faces by Nathan Yong for Sancal.
Scribble Mirrors by Yabu Pushelberg for Glas Italia.
Donald High Table by Philippe Starck for Glas Italia. See more here.
BAXTER
Himani G Rug from Baxter.
The Joni Wall Bookcase by Christophe Delcourt for Baxter.
Dharma Seating by Studiopepe for Baxter.
B&B ITALIA
Tobi-Ishi special edition table designed by Barber Osgerby for B&B Italia. Photo by Tommaso Sartori.
NANIMARQUINA
Jaime Hayon’s Troupe (left) and Tones rug from Nanimarquina.
E15
The Hiroki table in onyx by Philip Meinsier for e15.
The e15 Hiroki table in onyx.
VERY SIMPLE KITCHEN
Very Simple Kitchen presented its first line of outdoor kitchens in the courtyard of the historic cultural club, Arci Bellezza.
USM
In collaboration with Monocle, the Swiss modular furniture specialist USM surprised at the iconic Rossignoli bike shop in Brera with an all Pink limited product colourway, created especially for Milan Design Week.
SALONE SATELLITE
Helsinki-based furniture designer and artist Aleksi Remsu worked in collaboration with glassblowers from the Nuutajärvi Glass Village to create artifacts between art and functionality. The starting point of the project was the challenge of how to make each mass-produced item unique. Seen here is the “objet d’art” named Eclipse
St́okla by Aleksi Remsu, made in a limited series.
Australian native Nikolai Kotlarczyk debuted strong, graphic work with a focus on materiality and form, shown alongside production pieces for brands such as Rakumba, SP01 and Portego.
The Big Foot Floor Lamp (left) takes inspiration from Nikolai’s hometown in northern NSW and the rural myth of the Yowie. The Trattoria Side Table to the right is an ode to the bustling eateries of Italy with a leatee-clad ‘tablecloth’.
Serbian designer Arpad Pulai has developed an experimental textile surface dubbed Biocarpet that considers recycling, biodiversity and the use of natural materials.
Biocarpet by Arpad Pulai. Photo by Nebojsa Babic.
The S/M-W collection by Atelier Anna Arpa makes use of solid wood, brings a fresh perspective to the traditional woodworking techniques. Arpa reuses leftover materials from wood laboratories and transforms them into an intrinsic anatomy reminiscent of traditional parquetry.
Atelier Anna Arpa’s No Screw No Glue S/M-W Desk uses joints that do not need the use of mechanical connections or glues.
Wouter Persyn creates seemingly random openings and cutting lines—inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark—unexpectedly form a perfect geometric shape, turning 3D into 2D and blurring the line between furniture and art. Photo by Kaatje Verschoren.
Lamp by Gilles Werbrouck and Hugues Loinard. Photo by Miko Miko Studio.
Gilles Werbrouck and Hugues Loinard portrait with Lamp. Photo by Kaatje Verschoren.
Vetro is a collection of mirrors De Angelis Design made of different types of materials that are precisely matched to each other. The mirror base, on top of which pieces of glass of different textures are added, is highlighted by stone, metal and mother-of-pearl. Photo by Christophe Bustin.
Dan De Wit’s Beetle stool is the outcome of a combination of material experiments and the need for a multifunctional stool for his own use, designed a stool with subtle details of a beetle.
The Beetle stool by Dan De Wit.
Henge bench by Fractall takes inspiration from the ancient circular stone structures, of which the iconic ‘Stonehenge’ is the most famous one. The Henge bench translates these cues into a curved seat supported by 3 columns, placed at irregular angles. Photo by Arne Desmet.
BARANZATE ATELIERS
Frontera Light by Cristian Mohaded for Galerie Philia.
Isis Monolithic Chair by Studiopepe for Galerie Philia. Photo by Flavio Pescatori.
Maison Armand Jonckers’ stools. Photo by Amber Van Bossel.
Textile works by Krjst Studio. Photo by Maxime Vermeulen.
Textile works by Krjst Studio. Photo by Maxime Vermeulen.
Lionel Jadot’s amazing sculpture.
DILMOS MILANO
Dilmos Milano presented 1:22, a collection of playful furniture with architectural details designed by Turin-based architect Monica Taverniti and curated by Federica Sala. Pictured is MT5.
BRODIE NEILL
Origin 2021 by Brodie Neill, presented at Rossana Orlandi Gallery. Photo by Mark Cocksedge.
NILUFAR DEPOT
Robinson Ferreux’s Delta207 Lamp at Nilufar Depot, next to the incredible sofa by Ricardo Fasanello. Dying! Photo by Mattia Iotti.
Alien Chairs by Edxxkat. Photo by Mattia Iotti.
Caramel Lights by Draga & Aurel.
Candy Box side table by Draga & Aurel. Photo by Federica Lissoni.
Nilufar Gallery commissioned Valentina Ciuffi of Studio Vedet to curate an exhibition that explores the relationship between designer and craftsmen in the exhibition Craftmania. Photo by Ambra Crociani.
Etienne Marc at Craftmania. Photo by Mattia Iotti.
Carlo Lorenzetti at Craftmania. Photo by Mattia Iotti.
Odd Matter at Craftmania. Photo by Mattia Iotti.
BUCCELLATI
Patricia Urquiola’s installation for Buccellati. Photo by Silvia Rivoltella.
BUDRI
Budri presented their new Fragment Collection. Photo by Luca Casonato.
Photo by Luca Casonato.
ALIITA
Aliita opened its showroom with a playful ‘sandwich bar’ installation to present its collections Deco Sandwich, Diaspro and Deco Cilindro.
[Images courtesy of the designers. Photography credits as noted]
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