Month: May 2014
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La Triannale di Milano
The Triannale Design Museum of Milano held a series of free special exhibitions to coincide with the Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Milan Design week. After seeing hundreds of chairs, tables and bedroom sets at the Salone, it was a welcomed change to see something different. According to the museum’s own website >>here: Opened in…
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FLB @ Colonne di San Lorenzo
Rather than posting more photos of furniture from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, I will give the topic a break. So … After a long day running around in the Salone, I left Rho Fiera and took the metro to Duomo. My hotel was centrally located and about 10 minutes down Via Torino on a…
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Fashion Designers at the Salone
Continuing with photos from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014 … Guess which fashion designers were milking more revenue from its famous brand name by selling furniture ? Here’s Versace. Well, he left the planet. So why not ? Can’t miss the signature panthers. Fendi. They have separate entrances for architects (on the left), Club…
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Knoll, Cassina at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … Knoll’s exhibition space is right next to Vitra’s space (see previous post here). These two companies have a lot in common – from their business scope to their historical origins. Knoll was founded in 1938 in New…
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Vitra at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … Vitra had a large white, airy space, built with translucent boxes/bricks. According to Wikipedia and Vitra’s own site: Vitra is a Swiss family-owned furniture company founded in 1950’s and dedicated to improving the quality of homes, offices…