Tag: milano
Highlights of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014
This is my last post on the Salone. I am sure many of you had seen enough of my furniture pictures on this blog. Just in case you want to start from the beginning, click here. Before I put up pictures of my trip in Kòln, Germany, here are some more stuff that I saw…
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…
Constant Change by Hong Kong at the Triennale
Hong Kong participated in the Salone d’Onore at La Triennale di Milano. The exhibition is called Constant Change – a theme that is very Hong Kong-esque given its historical and demographics background. I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised by this exhibition. The poster at the entrance featured the calligraphy of the Emperor of Kowloon front…