Milan: Furniture Fair – Brera District – Baccarat.
In the church of San Carpoforo in the Brera design district Baccarat celebrated it’s 250th
anniversary. The striking exhibition that highlighted the opulence of the crystal in
contrast to the austerity of bare stonewalls. The installation was a
"lifestyle", project that turned the church into a real house in
which every room, from the living room to the bedroom, was permeated by the
richness of Baccarat crystal.
Above. Philippe Starck –
Zenith 84 lamp chandelier.
Baccarat. Philippe Starck – Zenith Image chandelier. The
chandelier is one of the legendary
pieces of Baccarat. Introduced for the first time around the middle of the
nineteenth century, it was presented here
as an experimental prototype; it uses advanced electronic technology developed
by ST Microelectronics. This "concept chandelier" is the first of its kind to combine light and
moving images; a pico projector, placed under the shade shows a series of
enigmatic images.
Baccarat. Marcel Wanders – New Antique transparent vase in crystal and marble.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Dimore Studio. In
the design gallery Dimore Studio Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci continue to
decorate the apartment with specially selected furniture and objects, “Our study, already known for its
versatility, allows you to move between design, art, architecture and
fashion. Our clients are companies of fashion and interior design, but
also private. For both of us like to interpret and actualize their dreams.”
They explain.
Above. Wall sculpture by Jere Curtis, small bronze
table by Osanna Visconti di Modrone, sofa 08.
Dimore Studio. Oval table DS 068, screen DS70, chairs DS 068, wall carpet DS03, light DS054.
Dimore Studio. Chandelier by DS 054, on the walls
Gio Ponti wallpaper for Fromental and his bathroom fixtures c. 1953.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Paola C. At PaolaC. a beautiful collection of tableware entitled New Roman designed by Jamie
Hayon.
Above. Jamie Hayon - Colosseum.
Paola C. – New Roman tableware collection – Jamie
Hayon.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Missoni
Wonderland. Missoni Wonderland was created in the Missoni Via Solferino
space. Missoni brand’s patterns and
zigzags and shaded tones, were translated onto the walls with plates, cups,
mugs and teapots from the Missoni by Richard Ginori collaboration
collection. Designer Rosita Missoni
stands by her colorful designs.
Missoni Wonderland.
As if in a colorful tent a mirrored upside down long table was created
on the ceiling attracted visitors with the new Missoni by Richard Ginori
tableware collection.
Bloggers Eleonora Carisi and Candela Novembre bang
on trend with their stripes minis.
Rosita Missoni designed striped tableware for
Missoni by Richard Ginori.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Dilmos. The meeting of two historic Milanese
companies, Dilmos and De Vecchi generates the Santambrogio collection designed
by Andrea Branzi, which attempts to update the forms and lightness, combining
the precious character with the transparency of plexiglas.
Dilmos. “Historically silver has had a firmly
established image. The Santambrogio
collection, produced in a numbered series, seeks to rejuvenate its shapes and
lightness by combining the preciousness of silver with the transparencies of
Plexiglas." Andrea Branzi.
Dilmos’s
Sergio Riva with his dog Gia and rafia loafers by Dolce e Gabbana.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Raw. In Raw’s new store in the Brera district a
display of Malle W. Trousseau. Malle W. Trousseau assembles a careful
selection of tools that are essential for enjoyable cooking: objects that are
designed above all to be used, and not just to please the eye, even if they do
that too. Over the years they made a selection based on a tool’s intrinsic
integrity, its practicality and on three fundamental criteria: the object
must be Well thought-out, Well designed and Well made.
Raw. Malle W.
Trousseau. Malle W. Trousseau, Designed
by Isabelle Mathez and Fredéric Winkler because “When our daughter Dalva was
leaving home, she asked us “Can I take the Corsican knife and the chopping
board that Jules made and…” And that reminded us of the trousseau that our
grandparents would receive when they got married.”
Raw. Wall and Deco wallpaper. The Wall and Deco wallpaper designed by the Raw
duo called In Mind wallpaper takes it’s inspiration from a chest they have in
the store.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Agape. At Agape highlights of domestic landscapes,
furniture, surfaces and more.
Above. Pans
designed by Nendo for KnIndustrie.
Furniture Fair – Brera District – Galleria Clio
Calvi Rudy Volpi. At the Galleria ClioCalvi Rudy Volpi, the Andrea Branzi Solid Dreams exhibition. “The remoteness of culture of design in real
history, instead of being reduced, increases with the passage of time. The real story is not built by the economics,
politics or the market, but also (and especially) from a universe immaterial,
by information, services, myths dreams.” Andrea Branzi.
Bambou