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New furnishings gathered from events and tradeshows around the globe.
Historic Wash House in Italy Earns Verdant Makeover
The 2024 Landscape Festival in Bergamo mixes lush greenery with colorful outdoor furniture from Pedrali. An iconic site in the Città Alta (Upper Town) of the northern Italian city of Bergamo is the Antico Lavatoio, a historic wash house built in 1881. Sheltered by an open cast-iron and metal slab pitched roof, an elongated white marble tank is carefully partitioned and engineered with a drain system to release dirty water—despite the low hygienic standards of the time.
Last month, the wash house and its surroundings hosted “Choose Your Future: Green or Dry—Pedrali at the Antico Lavatoio,” an installation by Greta Bianchi, Marco Togni, and Michele Pezzoni for Bergamo’s annual Landscape Festival. Photography by Ottavio Tomasini/courtesy of Pedrali. More in Interior Design.
Brazilian Design Highlights from the Milan Furniture Fair 2023
Home to an immense diversity of tree species and a rich variety of natural stone, Brazil has a wealth of material for savvy product designers to bring to life. The sensitivity lies in achieving good design while preserving natural resources and preventing deforestation.
At this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, Brazilian design with a sustainable focus shined at Salone del Mobile, as well as its young designer platform SaloneSatellite. However the biggest presentation of design hailing from South America’s largest country was at “ApexBrasil: Temporal (Storm).” The exhibition, held in the graceful arcades of the Portico Richini at the University of Milan, was curated by entrepreneur Bruno Simões for ApexBrasil, The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. With a particular focus on sustainability, the exhibit featured 50 contemporary products made by Brazilian designers. From a chair made entirely of laser-cut stainless steel to one inspired by a native anaconda to nesting tables developed after examining the behavior of gorillas, here are 12 of our favorite Brazilian designs from the Milan Furniture Fair 2023. Photography courtesy of Enele. More in Interior Design magazine.
Bold Color Highlights from Milan Design Week 2023
There is a springtime following winter, and we are in it. Color can match our emotional state. Bold and bright, it seizes a room, lifts us up, and comforts us. For the first time since the global pandemic, international furnishings event Salone del Mobile and the coinciding Milan Design Week returned to their former April time slot, for the most part back to the usually scheduled program.
As Interior Design jaunted around town and the fairgrounds, we saw color, color, and more color. And this makes sense. Would a gray or neutral beige really express what we have gone through? Now, in this moment, color should shout. Or perhaps, wrapped up in our own spaces for so long, we know ourselves better. Color is about individualism, after all. From a pastel outdoor sofa system to a balloon that won’t float away and pendants that climb to the heavens, here are nine of our favorite, colorful finds from Milan Design Week 2023. Photography courtesy of Yellowdot. More in Interior Design magazine.
Young Designer Highlights from SaloneSatellite 2023
Clever innovation was spotted all over SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile’s platform for young designers last week. From sustainable materials to unexpected forms, a fresh perspective dominated the 24th edition, which drew more than 550 rising stars under the age of 35 to the Fiera Milano exhibition center.
Each year, a few hot talents are singled out in the SaloneSatellite Awards program—and this year the top prize found new life for tatami mats. From a giant, free-standing lampshade to seemingly dripping cabinets and a compostable stool, here are 11 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Peter Otto Vosding. More in Interior Design magazine.
Alcova Surprises in More Ways Than One at Milan Design Week
Held once more at a derelict urban site ripe for renewal, the wildly popular Alcova returns to Milan Design Week. There’s nothing so perfectly seductive as the contrast between a rough backdrop and pristine design objects, as the event’s founders Joseph Grima (Space Caviar) and Valentina Ciuffi (Studio Vedèt) are well aware.
For the fifth edition of the envelope-pushing contemporary design exhibition, the shiny new—or rather old and abandoned—venue was a former slaughterhouse, the sprawling Ex-Macello di Porta Vittoria, a departure from the former nunnery and military hospital of the previous two years. Coinciding with Salone del Mobile 2023, Alcova presented over 90 projects, April 17-23.
From light fixtures that look more like a cavernous yawing maw, radiator, or household pet to several objects inspired by the humble rock, here are 14 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Polcha. More in Interior Design magazine.
Design Highlights from Collectible Brussels 2023
“There seems to be a strong need for positivity this year,” says Liv Vaisberg, cofounder of Collectible Brussels, the annual event for collectible design taking place in the Belgian capital. “We have noticed that galleries are bringing many playful and colorful objects,” adds fellow cofounder Clélie Debehault. The sixth edition, running March 9-12, 2023, will draw new and established galleries, architects, designers, and collectives to a new venue, filling the sheds of Tour & Taxis.
Among the notable objects on view is a hot pink table wearing high-heel shoes. “While it seems just pink, girly and playful, her work is also a criticism about the white cis-male gaze and dominance in the design canons,” notes Vaisberg.
New this year is a section dedicated to architects and designers and an exhibit focusing on historical pieces from the 1980’s and ’90’s.
From that shoe-sporting table to knitted coral-esque luminaires to a collection of chairs allowing everyone their own expression, here are 11 of our favorite finds. Photography copyright Isabella Lobkowicz. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023
“I don’t know anything about architecture or design but I have done some heavy googling,” joked Swedish poet and writer Elis Monteverde at the first annual Scandinavian Design Awards. Premiering February 6, 2023, at the colossal 16,000-square-foot Blue Hall at Stockholm City Hall, a prestigious venue also used for the Nobel Prize, the event kicked off Stockholm Design Week with appropriate fanfare, honoring firms (among them Crème Atelier, Massproductions, and Vestre) in eight categories.
After a two year break due to the pandemic, the rebranded Stockholm Furniture Fair (formally Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair) ran earlier this month, and attracted visitors from over 100 countries with Scandinavian furnishings from more than 400 exhibitors. Once again, rising design talent earned the spotlight in Greenhouse, representing 32 designers and 30 design schools from 18 countries. Adjacent to the fair, in the historic Älvsjö gård manor house, Älvsjö Gård, a platform for collectible design, made its debut. From a transparent sun lounger that reminds us furnishings should also be designed for women to a campaign to renew a time-worn chair to a bench that remains dry, here are 15 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Savo. More in Interior Design magazine.
Product Highlights From Dubai Design Week 2022
Dubai Design Week returns to the Middle East this week, celebrating contemporary design November 8-13. Once again the show will include Downtown Design (introducing international furnishings to the UAE market) and The UAE Designer Exhibition (turning the spotlight to local designers). This year, the work from the 2022 edition of the annual Tanween design programme by Tashkeel was a particular standout. From a light formed from kombucha bacteria to a console fabricated from date seed concrete, here are 14 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Amna Alshamsi. More in Interior Design magazine.
Product Highlights to Catch at Orgatec 2022
Office design has never been so utterly exciting. With a global jolt of unprecedented proportions due to the pandemic, what does the future hold for this built environment? For many, the office is now optional—and therefore must be exponentially enticing.
After a long absence (again due to the pandemic), office furniture tradeshow, Orgatec, returns to Cologne next week, focusing on all forms of work furnishings October 25-29 at the Koelnmesse exhibition center, as well as off-site venues including Design Post. While ‘hybrid’ and ‘agile’ continue to be buzz words, today’s office furniture might also be intended for the outdoors—as this year’s launches show. From a swinging sofa to a chair in which sitting is optional to a partition of leafy plants, here are 12 products to catch at Orgatec 2022. Image courtesy of Leolux LX. More in Interior Design magazine.
Fresh Furnishing and Lighting Designs by Creatives in Southeast Asia
Last month marked the return of Singapore Design Week, one of the first Asian fairs to resume following the global pandemic. (Signs of the continent’s ongoing recovery are still noticeable: Major events like Design Shanghai and Design China Beijing are postponed until 2023.) Some 200 design brands emerged to share their latest works and thought leadership through design fairs, satellite events, and seminars throughout the sovereign island country.
Asia's largest furniture fair, Find–Design Fair Asia was an anchor of Singapore Design Week, with highlights including the dedicated showcase “Emerge @ Find,” which presented the works of up-and-coming Southeast Asian designers in the theme of “materiality.” Among the city’s satellite events, the impressionable “N*thing is Possible” exhibition, hosted by hospitality group Potato Head and OMA, retold the firm’s journey to zero waste with help from works by Toogood, Andreu Carulla, and Max Lamb at Singapore’s National Design Centre. From a cushion inspired by a rice dumpling to cubic seating fashioned out of ever-so-slender acrylic panels, here are seven cool design debuts that we can’t stop thinking about from Singapore Design Week. Photography courtesy I Am Not David Lee. More in Architectural Digest.
Spotting the Rising Design Stars (and Their Creations) at Singapore Design Week 2022
Singapore Design Week 2022—the annual 10-day celebration of all aspects of design emerging from Southeast Asia—energized the island country/city-state from September 16 to 25. Metropolis jaunted around, discovering new talent at events like Find Design Fair Asia, the region’s largest furniture expo drawing more than 12,000 visitors this year, #FashTag by Daniel Boey, the 2022 edition of The Front Row, a virtual and in-person sustainability-focused fashion festival at Raffles City Singapore, and select local design studios. Here are eight rising design stars with particularly savvy ideas, from cow dung furnishings to the perfect Burning Man outfit and beautifully repurposed airline furniture. Image courtesy of Roger & Sons. More in Metropolis magazine.
Fresh Furnishing and Lighting Designs by Creatives in Southeast Asia
The global design eye doesn’t often turn to Southeast Asia. “The region is underrepresented, under celebrated, and doesn’t get the attention that it deserves, so we wanted to focus on it specifically,” says Suzy Annetta. As curator of the up-and-coming designer showcase “Emerge @ Find” at Find – Design Fair Asia, the region’s largest furniture fair, the editor in chief of Design Anthology drew together more than 50 rising talents from the region.
Find was one of several events that occurred during Singapore Design Week—actually a 10-day celebration of all things design which ran September 16-25. “N*thing is Possible,” was another notable event on offer. Held at Singapore’s National Design Centre and presented by Bali hotel brand Potato Head and architecture firm OMA, the exhibition followed the brand’s ambitions for zero waste achieved, in part, by clever furniture designs.
From a dog-hair chair recalling a poodle to a lamp promising good vibes, here are 12 fresh new furnishing products coming out of Southeast Asia. Photography courtesy of Potato Head. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from the London Design Festival 2022
Reaction is a heady part of design—and provocation is in the air at this year’s London Design Festival (LDF), where, perhaps more than usual, installations, exhibits and new products prompt thought, intrigue and discussion. The 20th edition of the festival is underway, concluding September 25, and includes 12 “Design Districts” as well as product showcase Design London, which made its debut last year.
From an exhibit breaking down the barriers of the traditional flowerpot to a chair upholstered in woven camouflage nets designed and used in Ukraine, to a cheeky look at the challenges of cohabitating, here are 12 of our favorite highlights from LDF 2022. Photography by Ed Reeve. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from the Fall 2022 Stockholm Design Week
The design industry can never get enough of Scandinavian design—case in point, you certainly won’t hear us complaining about receiving two doses this year.
The second Stockholm Design Week for 2022 took place September 5-11 in open showrooms, studios, galleries, and exhibition spaces around the Swedish capital. (The first, in part canceled due to the Pandemic, took place in February.) Some 60 Scandinavian design and furniture companies participated in the event, which celebrated its 20th year.
From a hand-tufted wool rug inspired by land art to a chunky bent wood chair to a steel coat hanger made famous by some of Stockholm’s most popular restaurants, here are 11 of our favorite finds. Photography by Andy Liffner/courtesy of Wästberg. More in Interior Design magazine.
Product Highlights From Feria Hábitat Valencia 2022
In a heady rush of vibrant color, cushy upholstery, and creative versatility, Spanish design returns to the spotlight in the form of Feria Hábitat Valencia this fall. Following a three-year Pandemic hiatus, the show will run September 20-23.
Once again, young designers will earn a shoutout at Nude, the emerging design showcase which will celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Feria Hábitat Valencia 2022 is just in time for the city’s recognition as World Design Capital 2022, which promotes design around the city with a program of events and initiatives.
From a twisted sofa to dive into to a toast to a common waterfowl, to a lamp for plants, here’s a sneak preview of 15 of our favorite new products. Photography courtesy of Sancal. More in Interior Design magazine.
Brazilian Product Highlights from Salone del Mobile 2022
At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, Brazilian designers seized an opportunity to shine. The country grew its presence at the fair, which bounced back from the smaller Supersalone last year, thanks to a big push on Brazilian furniture, culture, materials, and design from the Brazilian Association of the Furniture Industry (Abimóvel). “Design Transforma,” an exhibition presented through the Brazilian Furniture Project by Abimóvel and The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), showcased 12 Brazilian designers and 21 Brazilian furniture manufacturers at Milan’s Piazza Santo Stefano.
Brazilian designers also could be spotted at SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile’s celebration of rising stars under 35, and EuroCucina, the fair’s biennial segment on international products for the kitchen.
Given the furniture fair’s 2022 spotlight on sustainability, many products revealed socially- and environmentally-conscious decisions. Furniture that easily transitions from indoor to out and vice-versa, also shined, reflecting the South American country’s climate. From chairs designed in tribute to indigenous Brazilian tribes and trees to furnishings incorporating native sustainable plantings and recycled Brazilian cardboard, here are 15 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Tavinho Camerino. More in Interior Design magazine.
In a Former Necchi Factory, Baranzate Ateliers is Milan Design Week’s Hottest New Show
Milan Design Week always promises something new and fantastic—and the 21 emerging and established creators featured in “Baranzate Ateliers” stole the show for 2022.
Like the wildly popular Alcova, also taking place coinciding with furniture fair Salone del Mobile in the Italian city, tumble-down architecture delivers a stunning backdrop for contemporary design (and was well worth Interior Design’s visit to the far-flung Baranzate district).
A generous gift to designer, artist, filmmaker, and adventurer Lionel Jadot and the studio he founded, Belgium-based Zaventem Ateliers, this new rough and ready venue is the 32,000-square-foot former Necchi factory, built in the 1950 and owned by the Necchi family (as in Milan’s stunning Villa Necchi featured in the recent film “House of Gucci”).
Sharing the costs and sleeping (in a trim row of parked camper vans), eating, and partying at the lightly spruced-up derelict space together with Galerie Philia (which presented a collection by Studiopepe), Everyday Gallery, Modern Shapes, Ben Storms, Atelier Serruys, Mircea Anghel, and Bela Silva, Zaventem Ateliers unveiled a wild abundance of innovative collectible design, partitioned by billowy parachute fabric and framed by exposed concrete and large windows. Plastic was thrown over the roof for protection from the rain. “A huge community or family of designers is more powerful than working alone in a workshop because we share and make collaborations,” Jadot explains.
From furniture collections inspired by lost roads and religious monuments to a chair fabricated from polyurethane foam frozen in time, here are 12 of our favorite finds. Photography by Amber Vanbossel. More in Interior Design magazine.
Alcova 2022 Returns Design to the Grounds of an Abandoned Nunnery for Milan Design Week
Larger than last year and packing more tumble-down buildings with contemporary design, Alcova returned to Milan Design Week. The fourth edition of the off-site event coinciding with Salone del Mobile and conceived by Valentina Ciuffi, founder of Studio Vedèt, and Joseph Grima, founder of Space Caviar was held once again at an abandoned former nunnery and military hospital.
From June 5-12, 90 exhibitors overtook four buildings and the lush green grounds—an area expanded to nearly 2.2 million square feet—and drew nearly 60,000 visitors. From furnishings inspired by female bodies and insects to pendant lighting that is color-changeable, here are 12 of our favorite finds. Photography by Mattia Parodi. More in Interior Design magazine.
Young Designer Highlights from the SaloneSatellite in Milan
Without a platform to showcase their work and forced to learn remotely, young designers suffered during the global pandemic. At exhibition center Fiera Milano last week, SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile’s celebration of rising stars under 35 returned—to long awaited relief. With the theme Designing for our Future Selves and a focus on sustainability, the 23rd edition featured 600 participants. Once again, the SaloneSatellite Awards program singled out a talented few.
From furniture that dignifies walking difficulties to attractive new use for old tires and a foam-free upholstered furnishing collection, here are 14 of our favorite finds. Photography by Michelle Müller. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from the Africa Edition of Révélations 2022
A temporary exhibition hall in the center of a Parisian park will host a postponed international craft show this summer. Taking place at the Grand Palais Éphémère in the Champ de Mars, Révélations 2022 will run June 9-12 in Paris with a special focus on the continent of Africa and its bronzesmiths, ceramicists, sculptors, carvers, textile designers, and cabinetmakers. Some 300 exhibitors will be featured at the fifth edition of the event, which launched in 2013 and was canceled last year. From a large scale necklace taking cues from the African Renaissance movement to a ceramic sculpture exploring a tribe’s ancestral tradition of woven and braided hair to a contemporary take on the ancient art of featherwork, here are 15 of our favorite examples of fine craft you’ll see at this year’s show. Photography by Arthur Fechoz. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from Collectible 2022
There’s art, and then there’s functional design—for some, determining which is which can get heated.
Five years in—and now with a long list of participating local and international galleries—functional, limited-edition design fair Collectible is well established to settle those debates. The 2022 edition takes place May 20-22 in Brussels, and once again creativity abounds on this platform for both emerging and established talents.
From a chair that seems as if it grew organically to an “organic mutant” of an IKEA mirror to a bench that showcases promising experimentation with laser-cutting, here are 14 standouts from this year’s fair. Photography copyright Heimat. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights From Stockholm Design Week 2022
Scandinavian design forges on, despite a postponement. The Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, planned for this month, will now take place September 6-9. However, a small-scale version of Stockholm Design Week, which took place February 7-13, ended up being more celebratory than expected, after most of Sweden’s Covid-related restrictions were lifted on February 9. From a chaise lounge you can build yourself to a blown-glass ice cream frozen in tragedy and a sleek rolling sound absorber, here are 15 of our favorite finds. Photography by Erik Lefvander/courtesy of Hem. More in Interior Design magazine.
Furnishing Highlights from Dubai Design Week 2021
Opportunities to showcase contemporary design in the Middle East are few and far between, so all eyes are on Dubai this week. From November 8-13, Dubai Design Week returns, with Downtown Design (focusing on far-flung international furnishings) and The UAE Designer Exhibition 2.0 (focusing on 25 rising local talents) among the over 200 events, installations, and exhibitions on view throughout the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates. From a chair that is a physical commentary on the digital universe to a carpet with a motif familiar to Peruvians to a deconstructed candle holder, here are 15 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Gallery Collectional/by Paolo Regis. More in Interior Design magazine.
Furnishing Highlights from Edit Napoli 2021
Independent designers once again had their day in the sun at Edit Napoli 2021. From the limited-edition to the one-off, this compact furniture fair is the place for collectors to glean unique furnishings for a carefully curated interior design style unlikely to be imitated.
The third edition of the fair, curated by Domitilla Dardi, took place October 29-31 on the grounds of the Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore, a 13th-century historic site, and locations around the southern Italian city. Established manufacturers as well as independent designers and brands—with a particular focus on the Mediterranean—were among the over 80 exhibitors hailing from Italy and beyond. From a coffee table with an abundance of legs to a sculptural tower that celebrates yet tucks away your laptop to a stationary bike that isn’t an eyesore, here are 14 of our favorite finds. Photography copyright Max Rommel. More in Interior Design magazine.
New Product Highlights from the London Design Festival 2021
Why have one design district when you can have 10, each with a different flavor? So thought the organizers of the 19th edition of the London Design Festival, which wrapped up last weekend. Despite some travel difficulties due to varying Covid-19 quarantine regulations, the U.K.’s biggest design event— organized to promote London as “the design capital of the world”—was jammed with product launches and installations and even welcomed visitors to new permanent destinations, such as a retail and dining initiative celebrating the best of Nordic and Japanese design and cuisine. From a chair with a frog eye-like back to a diagonal faucet in a new showroom with a criminal past to furnishings first seen in a new sushi restaurant, here are 14 of our favorite new products discovered at the London Design Festival 2021. Photography by R. Reid. More in Interior Design magazine.
Furnishing Highlights from 3daysofdesign 2021 in Copenhagen
More than three days could easily be consumed to fully embrace 3daysofdesign 2021, held in Copenhagen this month—despite a global pandemic. In showrooms, galleries, and special event spaces around the city, there was no shortage of freshly launched furnishings, with much of the industry flying in directly from the Milan Furniture Fair. Once again the seemingly effortless ethos of Scandinavian design shined (or rather, was painstakingly hand-waxed to a soft touch, as one table collection is).
From a surprising candle holder met with much fanfare to a kit embracing 1970s electronics nostalgia to a round and layered easy chair and more than a few designs dusted off from the archives of Danish design masters, here are 15 furnishings that caught our eye at 3daysofdesign 2021. Photography courtesy of Verpan. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from the Milan Furniture Fair 2021
An online furniture launch can be…underwhelming, though the global pandemic forced more than a few. So for the global design community, seeking chemistry that only comes from in-person connection and live presentation, it was a summer of bated breath. Would the show go on?
Indeed, the Milan Furniture Fair finally returned this month, two and half years late, with wellness checkpoints at every entrance. At exhibition center Fiera Milano in Rho, Salone del Mobile was reborn as Supersalone. “Brands need space and possibility to express themselves, so that’s something we’re going back to,” Salone del Mobile president Maria Porro told a crowd of journalists at the show (recently elected, she’s the first woman in the position).
The numbers are in, and a total of 425 brands over four pavilions drew some 60,000 visitors to this year’s edition. An event smaller in scale brought intimacy—and, judging from the talk around town, that’s something many appreciated. On the trend front, it was no surprise that outdoor furnishings had their day in the sun, while notable offsite platforms included Alcova, which was bursting with exploratory furnishings.
From immersive apartment installations to newly launched products ranging from a colorful, transparent glass chair that appears to stand without a screw, mount, or reinforcement in sight to a lamp that’s a plant and a candleholder paying tribute to London’s industrial skyline, here are 14 highlights from the Milan Furniture Fair 2021. Photography courtesy of Molinari Design. More in Interior Design magazine.
Young Designer Highlights from the Lost Graduation Show in Milan
For young designers struggling to find a platform for their talent, the global pandemic has been tough. At exhibition center Fiera Milano last week and coinciding with Supersalone 2021, the smaller and rebranded Salone del Mobile furniture fair, The Lost Graduation Show turned the spotlight to the design industry’s rising stars.
From furniture you can stick your head into to whimsical cast-sand beach toys that leave no earthly impact to a florescent-accented shelving system that dims when separated, here are 16 of my favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Chiaki Yoshihara. More in Interior Design magazine.
Statement-Worthy Outdoor Furnishing Collections Launched at the Milan Furniture Fair 2021
The global pandemic sparked an explosive movement to entertain outdoors—and the residential and contract furnishing industries took note. Throughout Milan this month, whether it was at Supersalone 2021, the smaller and rebranded Salone del Mobile furniture fair, or various off-site locations around the city, such as Rossana Orlandi Gallery, furnishings designed to bask in the sun (and withstand a downpour) made their debut.
From stylish sports furniture to addressing the world’s loss of biodiversity, nature, and species, to curves created from wood beams “strung together like beads,” here are six standout outdoor furnishing collections that launched at the 2021 Milan furniture fair. Photography courtesy of Ethimo. More in Interior Design magazine.
Exploratory Furnishings from Alcova 2021 in Milan
Temporarily overtaking the vegetation-rich grounds and three tumble-down historic buildings of a Milan military hospital, Alcova 2021 was a 38,000-square-foot garden of design delight—and one of the most talked about offsite events coinciding with the smaller and rebranded Salone del Mobile furniture fair, Supersalone 2021.
From a fictional bar by Stanley Kubrick come to life to an antibacterial mesh room divider in friendly colors to dangling room jewelry, here are 16 of our favorite finds. Photography by Lindsey Adelman Studio/copyright DSL Studio. More in Interior Design magazine.
Highlights from the 2021 La Biennale di Venezia
“How Will We Live Together?” So asks this year’s La Biennale di Venezia. The 17th edition of the architecture exhibition, postponed in 2020, is now underway in Venice, and post-pandemic, this question—startlingly prescient—takes on new meaning.
Through November 22, 112 participants from 46 countries explore the topic with highly diverse results. Sure, it’s living with fellow humanity, but what about co-existing with animals, birds, and the earth? From edible algae you can grow in your own home to a device encouraging short, spontaneous napping, to a dual-purpose sculpture that is also a bird house, here are 15 of our favorite finds. Photography by Cristiano Corte/© the British Council. More in Interior Design magazine.
New Bathroom Products from ISH 2021 Virtual
In this new era of heightened cleanliness, many of us are spending a lot more time in the bathroom. Manufacturers are taking note, and—with new products and innovations in the fields of water and energy—making their best effort to ensure this is one room you might not want to leave. HVAC and water systems tradeshow ISH presented its first digital edition March 22-26. From unexpected new finishes that range from soothing matte to statement-worthy color to shower light shows and heightened design attention paid to the long-neglected radiator, here are 13 new bathroom products that captured our eye. Photography courtesy of Duravit. More in Interior Design magazine.
Product Highlights from 3daysofdesign 2020
A tentative step into a post-Covid future, the first major design fair since the world screeched to a halt took place four months late in Copenhagen last week. From September 3-5, in showrooms across the Danish capital, the postponed 3daysofdesign 2020 proved with dozens of furniture launches that this is an industry that will fight back. After a short flight from Berlin, Interior Design was live on the scene to see many manufacturers reaching into the archives. And why not dust off an old gem? Following a Covid-19 test, this writer ponders the comfort of the familiar and an age not so long ago. From a freshly launched lighting company swapping plastic for mouth-blown glass to a turntable first introduced in 1972 and a fluffy lounge upholstered in spun sheep’s wool, here are 15 of our favorite finds. The Tense pendant lamp. Photography courtesy of New Works. More in Interior Design magazine.
New Product Highlights From Maison & Objet 2020
Strikes didn’t stop the design community from heading to Paris last week. At the Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, home decor fair Maison&Objet was held January 17-21, and transportation options were limited. However, some 80,000 visitors from 150 countries still made the trip, all determined to soak in the over 2,700 exhibitors (almost 1,000 of them French). Trend watching revealed stacking is a thing—we saw more than one example of creative climbings of geometric forms. From a totem-like collection of coffee tables to a bathroom collection inspired by Roy Lichtenstein, here are 15 of our favorite finds. Photography courtesy of Maison Dada. More in Interior Design magazine.
Furniture Highlights from Salone del Mobile 2019
Milan was buzzing once again with all things design for the 58th edition of Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Held April 9-14, the 2019 fair drew nearly 400,000 visitors from over 180 countries to the halls of the Fiera Milano exhibition center, which were packed with new contemporary furnishings from some 2,400 exhibitors. Likewise, these visitors descended en masse on Italy’s capital city for dozens of off-site events, many tied into new product launches. Interior Design was there, with all eyes on the new and noteworthy. Here are 15 of our favorite furnishing finds. Wellbeing collection by Ilse Crawford for Nanimarquina. Photography courtesy of Nani Marquina. More in Interior Design magazine.