Thursday, May 10, 2007

Salone del Mobile 2007


Seen at Stefano Giovannoni’s party. Beautiful design couple, Susanne and Matteo Thun and their eldest son Tin-Tin greeted their host Stefano Giovannoni. Stefano owns a whole building in the Zona Tortona, where the party was held, not only in the apartment, but also on the terrace and in the studio, the pool however, was off bounds.


Stefano Giovannoni for NTT DoCoMo. Stefano Giovannoni designed a new handset, for the Japanese company NTT DoCoMo. Giovannoni also designed the exhibition booth entitled “DoCoMO: New Vibes from Stefano Giovannoni – design for cellular phones.”


Photograph by Susanne Thun

Matteo Thun for Driade. Matteo Thun with Antonio Rodriguez created a new armchair for Driade. Called Meran, it is a modern version of a club chair or “fumoir”. The armchair is sober and comfortable it’s perfectly executed and can be ordered in leather or velvet. It’s more fun to choose a bright and unexpected color like this bright pink with white piping, seen in Matteo’s office.


Seen at Stefano Giovannoni’s party. Jewelry designer and erotic author, Betony Vernon dressed head to toe in black leather, designed by herself, was talking to Gianfranco Ferre’s talented designer for women’s wear, Liborio Capizzi.


A Detail: of Betony’s accessories, all in black leather.


Seen at Stefano Giovannoni’s party. The architects and designers, wanted to pose as footballers, kneeling on the floor. Fabio Novembre, Alessandro Mendini, Francesco Binfare and Massimo Morozzi.


Spotted in Via Manzoni. Alessandro Mendini was being chauffeur driven in a Mini bearing his signature on the side and advertising the Decode Elements installation at the, Castello Sforzesco. The installation promoted by Interni magazine, which is celebrating one hundred years of the activity of the Mondadori publishing house, asked star international designers to approach the theme of Reading through a series of installations on the primary elements: Water, Air, Fire, Wood, Light, Metal and Earth. Francesco and Alessandro Mendini represented Air.