Glimpt – exotic crafts and Scandinavian design
Do you want to step into a dimension full of fresh colors, merging exotic crafts and Scandinavian design? If you are searching for it, then look no further than up-and-coming Swedish design studio Glimpt. Situating themselves at the inception of a designers’ career, Mattias Rask and Tor Palm can boast about two wonderful collections of furniture and lightning: Forbidden Fruit and Superheroes.
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Oak. Simple as that, surprising as it is…
Modest, rectangular, traditional… at least that’s the initial impression the Oak. collection gives you at first sight. But step over the threshold of your reality’s margins and you will discover an emotional and well-considered series of furniture that both surprises and amuses. Oak. represents the result of an extracurricular, collaborative activity between 18 students from Lund University, Sweden.
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Music, a powerful inspiration source for interior design
Breaking news, especially for music lovers: if you are wondering what would be a inspiring idea and an original place to hide away the best pieces of your vinyl collection, the Accordion Cabinet is definitely a great choice.
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A collection with true Finnish blood
When you think of furniture and design, there are some pieces of work that you cannot confound with other. Sami Kallio truly desired that the result of his work could reflect a simple, clean style, an image that could exhale beauty, personality and uniqueness. His collection is entitled “The Finnish Blood in Me” and it really emphasizes the Finnish blood that runs in the objects’ “veins”.
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Trap the light and let it glow
Remember the times when you were little, you thought and wish you could capture light in the palms of your hands. Well, Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson, two young designers graduates from Eindhoven Design Academy, grew up and made their wish come true. They came up with an ingenious idea, and so they invented a distinct energy saving lamp, the Trap Light.
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Turn on the light: it’s Magika!
Sometimes, people may prejudge the worth or value of someone’s work. Don’t judge a book by its cover. It would be the best phrase applied for Kirsti Taviola’s fascinating lamps. During this year’s Milan design week, Kirsti exposed a new series of wall lamps entitled ‘Magika’, which combine steel and hand-blown glass.
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Materia – lovely home accessories made of cork
Materia is a collection of objects that integrate perfectly in our contemporary living environments and lifestyles. Combining cork with various materials, designers like Big- Game, Daniel Caramelo, Inga Sempé and others created these accessories to brighten our everyday life and bring a drop of humour and naivety in our houses.
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Loved, liked or questioned!
Like every single year, the Designro team created a specific event after their week spent in Milan at Salone. It happened at Intro, where we set up an installation displaying 200 images of novelties and prototypes. This way, we offered our visitors the opportunity to vote their favourite pieces by sticking three different kinds of appreciation dots: I like it, I question it and Wow, I love it! See the gallery of the most voted objects!
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The new french domestic landscape: POOL
Proudly representing the french new design wave was the Paris based design duo, Pool, showcasing their first collection of off-beat, dreamlike, at times melancolic, but always functional objects.
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De Vorm sustainable new items at Ventura Lambrate in Milan
The Netherlands contemporary furniture company De Vorm had the opportunity to present its new collection of furniture during the Milan Salone and so, it invited young talents, such as Sebastian Herkner, Jorre van Ast and Benjamin Hubert, to design new products under the company’s name, this way allowing for a widening of the De Vorm family. Therefore, four pieces of brilliant work were exposed at the company’s stand, at Ventura Lambrate, holding up their standards of comfort, quality and sustainability.
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Glimpt – exotic crafts and Scandinavian design
Do you want to step into a dimension full of fresh colors, merging exotic crafts and Scandinavian design? If you are searching for it, then look no further than up-and-coming Swedish design studio Glimpt. Situating themselves at the inception of a designers’ career, Mattias Rask and Tor Palm can boast about two wonderful
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A collection with true Finnish blood
When you think of furniture and design, there are some pieces of work that you cannot confound with other. Sami Kallio truly desired that the result of his work could reflect a simple, clean style, an image that could exhale beauty, personality and uniqueness. His collection is entitled “The Finnish Blood in Me” and it
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Trap the light and let it glow
Remember the times when you were little, you thought and wish you could capture light in the palms of your hands. Well, Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson, two young designers graduates from Eindhoven Design Academy, grew up and made their wish come true. They came up with an ingenious idea, and so they invented a distinct ene