Milano2015 marble lighting by Carlo Colombo
Milano2015 marble table lamp by Carlo Colombo for FontanaArte merges minimal and refined iconic design in name of Italian maestros.
Architecture of Milan Expo 2015
At Milan Expo 2015 international architects designed sustainable and temporary national pavilions in name of the fair motto “Feed the planet”.
Milan Expo 2015
Despite polemics and scandals and riots, Milan Expo 2015 opened glorioulsy to the planet with a responsible message and stunning architectures starting from Italy Pavilion by Nemesi Sudio.
Ron Arad designed a bulbous sofa for Moroso
Moroso launched Glider, a bulbous sofa designed by Ron Arad that is carved from a single volume and dressed with shaded coloured textiles by Febrik.
Réaction Poétique: Jamie Hayon pays homage to Le Corbusier with Cassina new collection
In Milan, Cassina launched Réaction Poétique design collection by Jamie Hayon who took inspiration by the work of Le Corbusier, 50 years after his death.
Paola C. tableware by Aldo and Matteo Cibic
Smooth geometries meet quirky glass creatures. In Milan, Paola C. launches Table Joy tableware collections by Aldo and Matteo Cibic: uncle and nephew exchange thier views on design.
Self Made Seat sofa
Campeggi launched Self made seat sofa by Matali Crasset: individual upholstered modules with fluo fabric straps can be assembled and carried like suitcases.
Milan Design Week gibberish
Do we really need to care about the usual polemics about Milan Design Week? Let’s get a life and bury the design hatchet… Sincerely, ArchiPanic.
Missoni Home tableware blossom with multicolour floral designs
Multicolour floral patterns bloom in Missoni Home tableware collections in collaboration with the historical porcelain manifacturer Richard Ginori 1735.
Kartell Fragrances blend perfumery with design
Italian brand Kartell launched Kartell Fragrances, a collection of home perfumes designed by Ferruccio Laviani and blended by some of the most refined “noses” of the world.
Fairytale blown-glass table lamp
HopLow & Family blown-glass table lamps by QUarch Atelier are crafted by Venician artisans and inspired by woodlands’ creatures.
Marina Abramovic and Moroso at Miami Art Basel
At Miami Art Basel, Moroso and Marina Abramovic strengthened their collaboration with performances featuring design projects by Daniel Libeskind and presented a “Portal” chair by Patricia Urquiola.
Rebirth of an Aircrafts Factory
Architect and pilot Nicola Gisonda transformed an ex aeronautic factory in Milan into a multitasking venue for events keeping intact the architectural value and historical heritage of the location founded by an aviation pioneer that inspired the protagonist of Hayao Myazaki latest animation movie.
Inspirational Patterns
Mutina new collection by Inga Sempe combines graphics and saturated pastel colours taking inspiration from fabrics and fields, cartography and embroideries as well as from inmates countdown symbols on the walls.
From then on installation by FormaFantasma for Established & Sons
Formafantasma designed an intimate kinetic installation made with marble, brass and fabric to celebrate Estabilished & Sons 10th anniversary at London Design Festival.
X-Gon Porcelain Puzzle
X-GON collection by DEFERRARI+MODESTI for Mirage features hexagonal porcelain tiles that can be studded into each-other or combined in countless combinations.
Marble Reloaded
Embraced geometries and optical irreverence, exotic allure and oblique dynamism: Manuel Barbieri designed Scandola Marmi band-new flooring collections reinterpreting marble with a less statuary yet refined attitude.
Digital Handwriting
Moleskine and Livescribe smartpens presented a new collection of notebooks that tranlsates handwriting in digital files.
Hair-Style Boutique Architecture
Simone Subissati Studio designed a sculptured hair-styling salon balancing a volumes-vs-lines interior design according to Italian boutiques’ on-street level display.
Foldable Manhattan
Inspired by Christopher Nolan’s movie, Inception by Luca Nichetto is Seletti dish rack/desk organizer that reproduces a foldable 3D model of Midtown Manhattan.
Grafting Italian Architecture
INNESTI/GRAFTING, the exhibition at Italian Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale interprets Rem Koolhas provocation about dealing with a globalized architecture by enhancing a national attitude to incorporate new architecture with the previous heritage. Curator Cino Zucchi set a botanical-oriented exhibition focused on Milan as a modernity lab, 2015 Expo and a review on the evolution of Italian landscape.
Archist
Can a work of art be a building? Federico Babina reinterpreted the work of some of the most influential contemporary artists with a playful architectural point of view.
Noé wine set by Giulio Iacchetti
Alessi brand new wine-set “Noé” by Giulio Iacchetti blends ergonomics with irony and takes inspiration by Noah main passion after shipping the Ark to shore.
Milano Design-foodies
Milan Design Week days can be experienced combining creative exploration with palate-teasing sessions. ArchiPanic shortlisted a small selection of what we consider the more convivial and unconventional meeting points and food-design related projects in town, from breakfast to late night cocktails.
Dyfunctional Mediterranean bowls
Levante is the new collection of bowls by Alessandro Zambelli presented at PADIGLIONE ITALIA, the indi designer collective at Ventura Lambrate during Milan Design Week.
Abitare gets back to its roots
From september 2014 the iconic architecture and design Italian magazine will be relaunched both on line and on paper under the editorship of Silvia Botti.
GamFratesi @ Stockholm Furniture Fair
GamFratesi is Guest of Honour at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2014. The Danish-Italian design studio literally blends arts and crafts with a perfectly balanced lounge area.
Ipno: the rocking table clock
Meet Ipno by Diamantini & Domeniconi: a mercurial table clock that paces time with a hypnotic swinging moto.
Yoko by Anderssen & Voll
It seems floating in the room like a delicate and abstract bubble, its aura moves through space like an ethereal presence filling the environment with a Northern white light… It is called Yoko, it is Foscarini’s brand new table lamp designed by Anderssen & Voll.
Diagolinea
DIAGOLINEA by 4P1B for Lago is the unconventional shelves system that meets the needs of those who get tired of a long-lasting furniture display.