Category: shopping
driade, Alessi, Kartell at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … here is a mix bag of brands – avant garde (driade), then mainstream modern housewares (Alessi) and plastic furniture (Kartell) … driade, founded in Italy in 1968, like to define itself as an aesthetics laboratory. See their…
Giorgetti at the Salone
Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … earlier posts on Poliform, Vitra and Knoll are here, here and here. I know nothing about this company until the exhibition. And I liked some of their pieces. Wood is their strong suit. A high level of craftsmanship…
Hilarity in Names #3
This is no. 3 in a series of posts that is about funny business names that we saw. Since we are now living in continental Europe, from time to time we come across English names that makes us laugh. See Hilarity in names #1 and #2, here and here. What makes most of us laugh ?…
Hilarity in names #2
This is no. 2 in a series of posts that is about funny business names that we captured on camera. Since we are now living in continental Europe, from time to time we come across English names that makes us laugh. See Hilarity in names #1 here. Happy pills, Amsterdam Happy seems to be popular…