Best of Milan Design Week 2019
Five installations and exhibitions that represent the cream of the of from this year's Fuorisalone.
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Formafantasma: “We let the material dictate the final result”
An interview with Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi on their latest projects: a spectacular and minimalist lamp for Flos, and a tile glaze for Dzek which uses ash from Etna.
“We’ve become corrupted by formalism”: Aldo Cibic
Designers need to have the courage to look forward and be radical, the Memphis founding member tells Domus in an interview discussing his relationship with Sottsass and Mendini, and why he’s casting his eye away from Milan and towards Shanghai.
Peugeot presents its e-208 car model at Milan Design Week 2019
Together with its technological manifesto of future mobility, Peugeot presents the new 208 and the e-208, which opens the way to electrification. #UnboringTheFuture is a concept that represents the values and efforts of the brand, which with its work brings together design and technology, innovation and style.
Best of Peugeot at Milan Design Week 2019
#UnboringTheFuture is the unique experience that the Peugeot Design Lab has conceived and created for the Milan Design Week 2019 and which marks an important point for the home, which with its 208 years of history aims decisively at an energy transaction process. On show the new 208 and the E-208 models, the e-legend concept, and also the Peugeot Cycle division, with three new proposals.
Interview with Olafur Eliasson: sharing ideas
The visionary light artist is in Milan to present a new product: a large-scale lamp manufactured by Louis Poulsen.
Sebastian Herkner for Thonet: the re-reading of an icon
This year, Thonet celebrates its 200th anniversary and, as well as a retrospective, it has also presented a new version of the 118 chair by the German designer with six shades of glossy lacquer.
Jaime Hayon: “Design is not just functionality, it needs to provoke emotion”
In just a few minutes, the designer/artist explained his two guises, which both share his incredible energy and positivity.
From East-Africa to Eindhoven: transforming a brick oven into a social event
Three young designers put together food, fire and brick construction into an entertaining social moment.
The multifaceted playground that invaded the streets of Milan
For the Fuorisalone, Wood-Skin has proposed an urban installation that enhances the formal qualities of its cladding systems, capable of transforming rigid panels into three-dimensional surfaces.
Human Code: 300 thousand years of history through ten objects
Roberto Sironi’s solo exhibition at Milan Design Week was a space-time investigation into the relationship between humankind and nature.