Kartell: Gallery

Kartell brings new designs by Philippe Starck, Nendo, Yoshioka, Pillet and others to this year’s Furniture Fair in an exhibition design by Laviani.

Kartell Salone 2013

Alongside its partnership with Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for a complete bathroom collection — Kartell by Laufen — at this year’s Furniture Fair Kartell is presenting many new ideas in an exhibition design by Ferruccio Laviani, who has recreated the shop windows of Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, with each window given over to one designer’s new products for 2013.

 

One window features Philippe Starck, who has designed Aunts and Uncles, a family of outdoor/indoor chairs, sofas and tables. “My family of Kartell uncles and aunts is the minimalist, technological version of the armchairs and sofas where my uncles and aunts used to sit smoking their pipes or knitting by the fireplace”, explains the designer. The Uncle Jack sofa and the Uncle Jim armchair in transparent polycarbonate represent the cutting edge in single-mould injection technology. Starck has also designed a new single-mould nylon seat, Arak Chair, which looks indeed like an arachnid.

Kartell Salone 2013
Left, Nendo's new Cliff bookcase. Right, Christophe Pillet's Shibuya vases/table objects
The new Sparkle Stool and Sparkle Table collection by Tokujiin Yoshioka features a special “twist” effect while the elegant Shibuya vases/table pieces in transparent coloured PMMA are French designer Christophe Pillet’s first joint venture with Kartell. The Shibuya line comprises two models, both with three bands of colour and as many base/top colour combinations.
Kartell Salone 2013
Philippe Starck's Aunts and Uncles chair series
Prolific Japanese designer Nendo presents a new modular bookcase, Cliff, in matt black and white polyethylene. Each module is formed of three stepped panels containing bookshelves. The idea behind the design is to combine several stepped modules, using the way they fit together to design your own wall.
Kartell Salone 2013
The Kartell window featuring Lenny Kravitz's designs

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