Milan: Food – Eataly

 

Milan: Food – Eataly.  Finally a gigantic Eataly, food hall culinary bookstore and restaurants has opened up in Milan in the Corso Como area in the former Smeraldino Theater. The name of Eataly is born from the fusion of two word: EAT and  ITALY, Italy. Eataly is in fact Italian Food,  but not only. The brand was born by bringing together a group of small companies working in different culinary sectors; the best of artisanal products at reasonable prices through the establishment of  direct relationships between the producers and the distributors that are inspired by words like sustainability, responsibility and sharing.

 

Eataly’s creator Oscar Farinetti

 Eataly

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Milan: Furniture Fair – Brera Design District

Milan: Furniture Fair – Brera District – Baccarat. In the church of San Carpoforo in the Brera design district Baccarat celebrated it’s 250^th 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

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Milan: Furniture Fair – 5 Vie area High Society parties

  

Milan: Furniture Fair – 5 Vie area High Society parties.  The 5 Vie or 5 streets are in the old part of Milan and comprise of ancient alleyways which are surrounded by Roman ruins, museums and churches of great beauty like the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Archaeological Museum and the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. It is here that a new art and design area was launched.  It is here where five beautiful, creative, elegant and chic  women and a dog called Secret showed their designs.

Above. Alberto Levi Gallery: Allegra Hicks – Elements: A collection of rugs.  Inspired by the elements Allegra Hicks’ latest carpet collection, at the Alberto Levi Gallery,  reflects aspects of Earth, Fire Air and Water.  Her creative process begins with her observation of nature.  “Patterns are an elaboration of nature, a microcosm that takes off from shapes in macrocosm.” She explains.

Above. Martina Mondadori Sartogo and Allegra Hicks in front of the Pandora Flower rug.

Riccardo Sorani, Alberto Levi and Rafael Herman

Allegra Hicks – Elements: A collection of rugs

Francesca Ballini Richards

The new magazine Cabana edited by Francesco Bonami, Coco Brandolini d’Adda, Martina Mondadori Sartogo and Christoph Radl with Stephan Janson as it’s editor at large.

Seen in the 5 Vie Giovanni Gastel

Wait and See: Uros Mihic – Folding Colors Rhythm and Variation.  At the Wait and See boutique, founder and director Uberta Zambeletti choose the Serbian designer, Italian by adoption Uros Mihic to showcase during the Milan Furniture Fair week.  Since his origamist childhood, the world of Uros has been rigorous, rhythmic, full of mathematical precision and constructed of paper folds: rational consequential and meticulous movements giving new shape and form to reality yet always pointing to its essence.

Uberta Zambeletti and Uros Mihic

  

Seen in the 5 Vie Mania Hruska and Francesca Marzotto Caotorta

Seen in the 5 Vie Eva and Giannino Malossi

Seen in the 5 Vie Silvia Giovanardi

Atelier Visconti di Modrone: Bronze and Ceramic by Osanna and Madina Visconti di Modrone.  The new Home Collection was presented in the Atelier Visconti di Modrone, created by Osanna and her daughter Madina. Pieces conceived as though they were sculptures, a continuation of her jewelry line, the evolution of a designer who makes craft and style her strength.

  Above. A child’s chair in bronze.

 Madina’s Ivy Leaf headband in silver metal

  Seen at the Atelier Visconti di Modrone, Giangaleazzo Visconti di Modrone and Giberto Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga with his daughter Viola.

Seen at the Atelier Visconti di Modrone, Marta Brivio Sforza

Seen at the Atelier Visconti di Modrone, Albertina Barbiano di Belgiojoso and Ilaria d’Urso. 

Seen at the Atelier Visconti di Modrone, Antonia Dell’Atte  

Seen at the Atelier Visconti di Modrone, Gaia Chaillet Giusti and Fabrizia Caracciolo di Castagneto

Arjumand: Fabrics and Wallpapers. Arjumand’s designer Idarica Gazzoni Frascara presented new fabrics and wallpapers. In a globalized world, with its globalized greige, our fictional heroine, Arjumand continues traveling with her mind, discovering places, atmospheres, styles, decorative items, history and passions made by people for people.

Above. Ghiaccioli square cubes sit on a table with a pillow covered in Arjumand fabric.

Daybed and pillows covered in Arjumand fabrics

Secret

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