Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2015 Preview.

Lorenza Bozzoli  for Colè Italian design label // Colette is a chair that stands out as a majestic throne. Arms, outline giant commas that support the grammar of signs; the high back raises awaiting for her queen… Structure in black lacquered MDF, textile with decorated bands in African red and Indigo blue. ‘Three Wise Men’ mirrors by Lorenza Bozzoli are reminiscent of playful faces.

San Babila Design Quarter
DesignJunction Milan
Via Pietro Mascagni, 6

Cole Showroom
Via Cesare da Sesto, 11

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Vanilla Noir by Scarlet Splendour // Vanilla Noir collection is inspired by Indian handicraft of bone and horn inlay and translated into a contemporary fusion of modern polymers and pigments. Each piece is painstakingly handcrafted in India using traditional methods of inlay work. The collection is reminiscent of movies of the silent era – classic yet fun and a pleasure to return to.

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TableJoy by Matteo Cibic for PaolaC // The products designed by Matteo Cibic are a family of bizzare glass creatures, inspired by bizarre and fantastic animals. The fairytale becomes a stage for happy shapes, forms which are organic and zoomorphic. Vases, cups and carafes seem coming to life, floating like impalpable sea creatures, or turning into funny animals. The game is to mix forms and functions, in order to make the table top a new, ironic and poetic.

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Inaugural Nilufar Depot // Nina Yashar, founder of the famous Nilufar Gallery, inaugurates her new warehouse Nilufar Depot. The 1500 sqm space will display a rich set of historical and contemporary design objects collected by the gallerist over time. Inside the warehouse architect Massimiliano Locatelli – CLS architetti has designed a spacce inspired by La Scala opera house in Milan. Big modules will be arranged and interpreted as set designs composed of a vintage selection and contemporary objects exclusively designed for Nilufar gallery by Lindsey Adelman, Michael Anastassiades, Pierre Marie Agin, Michele Balestra, Bethan Laura Wood, Caturegli and Formica, David/Nicolas, Martino Gamper, Massimiliano Locatelli, India Mahdavi, Nir Meiri, Nucleo, Roberto Giulio Rida, Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt, Ego Vincente and Osanna Visconti di Modrone.

NILUFAR DEPOT
via Lancetti, 34

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Missing Chair by NOBODY&CO // A collection of seven chairs, each one different from the other, so it is possible to obtain regular compositions or an optical illusion around the table. The collection was born from the idea that the chair never lives alone but is nearly always part of a greater object – the group of chairs.

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VOYEUR by RestartMilano // Along with some photographic works of Carlo Mollino and Robert Mapplethorpe , RestartMilano presents its new achievements and unedited versions of historical pieces, a collaboration with Alcantara.

Galleria Rubin
Via Santa Marta, 10

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Bark by Giacomo Moor + Matteo Petrucci // AA reflection on stability, gravity and the power of raw materials. Bark is a prototype for a unique piece series designed by Atelier Giacomo Moor and Architect Matteo Petrucci. The project sets the transformation from natural and rough found materials into a fine designed piece using contemporary industrial production methods. A walnut trunk is computer machined in order to become perfectly shaped, the industrial process is antagonised by the handmade hammering of the brass enclosure, convening contemporary manufacture issues against artisanal tradition and history.

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Timeless by CTRLZAK for Secondome // Time is something that cannot be seen, cannot be touched, smelled or be tasted. How is it then that we can visualise this vague concept within the physical space that we perceive with our senses? Sand clocks were among the first instruments that man devised to visually perceive and measure time. CTRLZAK’s Timeless project utilises the properties of traditional materials in reviewing this nearly forgotten object.

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Candy Collection by the Campana Brothers for Lasvit // The Campana brothers took their inspiration from the colourful candies that are sold at local markets to develop their new collection of glass chandeliers. Thanks to the special properties of their chosen material, glass, the Brazilian designers have played with colour and transparency, exploring new techniques and production possibilities.

lasvit.com
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Ruban bySam Baron for Nodus // Sam Baron’s latest creation is characterised by a very bold use of graphics. The carpet is handmade in Nepal using wool and silk bamboo, and the result looks like a ribbon in slightly different hews of red.

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[Images courtesy of press office.]