This article was published 12 years Milan’s Brera Design District has a manifesto: “To know and promote the history of design in order to understand the contemporary period and design the future.” Quoting architecture critic Sigfried Giedion, they say, “We are the ‘astronomers of history.’ The historian cannot trace the…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 03 – 07, 33 & 13D
This article was published 12 yearsRounding up another week of highlights from Milan Design Week, here are a few numbers I spotted on my travels… Have a good weekend folks. This article was published 12 years
Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 03 – 07, 33 & 13D
This article was published 12 yearsRounding up another week of highlights from Milan Design Week, here are a few numbers I spotted on my travels… Have a good weekend folks. This article was published 12 years
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: spazio rossana orlandi, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years Located in a former tie factory on Via Matteo Bandello in the Magenta Neighbourhood of Milan, Spazio Rossana Orlandi is part design-shop, part gallery, part sun-dappled courtyard cafe – and it’s always a highlight of Milan Design Week. Luca Nichetto collaborated with Russian-born, New…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: EDIT by designjunction, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years EDIT by designjunction, a smaller version of the London Design Festival’s designjunction, was back in Milan for a second year, this time in the 18th century Palazzo Morando, in the heart of Milan’s fashion district. Design duo Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp were…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: designersblock, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years designersblock is known for popping up in interesting empty buildings, and this year occupied La Galleria della Moda, a shopping arcade in Milan’s San Gregorio district that has been closed for 20 years. The seat of the Flock Chair by Melle Koot is made…
Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 37, 345 & 1/2
This article was published 12 yearsTo round up this week’s Milan Design Week coverage, here’s a little selection of numbers spotted in Milan… Stay tuned for lots more from Milan next week. In the meantime have a lovely weekend and happy Easter to those who are celebrating. This article was…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: salonesatellite, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years SaloneSatellite is my favourite part of the fair, and always a great place to spot rising stars. It was launched in 1998 to bring together the most promising new designers from all over the world and immediately became an incubator of young creative talent. Many of…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: zona tortona, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years Via Tortona was just a sleepy, warehouse-filled street southwest of Milan’s centre, when Italian Vogue art director Flavio Lucchini and photographer Fabrizio Ferri opened photography studios there in 1983. People thought they were crazy, but the design and fashion worlds followed and Zona Tortona is…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: ventura lambrate, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years Ventura Lambrate is without doubt my favourite part of Milan Design Week. It is always bursting at the seams with young enthusiastic designers, new ideas and cutting edge design, with a real festival vibe – and this year was no exception. I spent a…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: wallpaper*handmade, milan 2014
This article was published 12 years Milan Design Week was amazing again this year! I met inspiring designers, I saw incredible design and the sun shone all week. I’ve got so much to tell you about it’s going to be a bit of a Milan take-over on the blog this…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: milan14 preview
This article was published 12 years I am off to Milan tomorrow for Design Week and I couldn’t be more excited. I absolutely love design festivals – for designers, they are when all the hard work behind the scenes pays off, the curtain lifts and they show their wares to…