Milan Blueprint Calendar Week Highlights Purpose Ii | Inward Association Amongst Cult
Friday, May 4, 2018
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Continuing on from Part One of this two-part series, I convey some other slap-up round-up from Milan Design Week today. With a potent focus on the Danish heritage in addition to newer Nordic brands, these are brought to y'all inwards association with Cult.
HAY x SONOS x WEWORK
HAY, Sonos in addition to WeWork joined forces to nowadays a shared vision for the time to come of design, collaboration in addition to living spaces. The incredible serial of installations were laid against a vast in addition to opulent backdrop, located inwards the pump of Milan at the historical Palazzo Clerici.
BERNARD chair yesteryear Shane Schneck
Offering pattern for everyday living in addition to working environments, the installations were created to celebrate the yesteryear spell evolving for the future. An eye-catching fusion betwixt one-time in addition to new, visitors were offered the chance to explore the many spaces, socialise, store in addition to attend topical discussions.
HAY launched multiple novel products from Shane Schneck, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Stefan Diez, GamFratesi in addition to many more, ranging from slice of furniture to textiles every bit good every bit accessories in addition to lighting. The novel BERNARD chair yesteryear Shane Schneck forthwith caught my oculus with its juxtaposition of a company oak frame with a visually low-cal cover. Aesthetically the ii components piece of employment beautifully together, spell resulting inwards a comfortable in addition to durable chair with a distinctive pattern language. The frame is crafted inwards company oak with dissimilar finishes, in addition to the encompass volition live available inwards leather or industrial strength canvas.
ÉLÉMENTAIRE CHAIR yesteryear Ronan in addition to Erwan Bouroullec
Designed for everyday life, the ÉLÉMENTAIRE CHAIR yesteryear the Bouroullecs strikes a residue betwixt beauty in addition to strength. A mélange of years of piece of employment in addition to experience, Elementaire uses the latest technology to make a chair that is robust plenty to live a long-lasting object spell yet appearing delicate. Precise proportions in addition to a clear profile give Elementaire a charm that allows it to stand upwardly out on its ain or await potent inwards a group. The jaw-dropping installation which featured a backdrop made with drinking glass from Glas Italia was described yesteryear Cult every bit " genuinely mesmerising".
An edited collection of products selected yesteryear Mette Hay were on sale at the gorgeous exhibition pop-up store allowing visitors the chance to buy newly launched HAY Accessories in addition to HAY Kitchen Market products.
HAY Kitchen
REBAR is a beautiful novel serial of coffee, side in addition to tray tables yesteryear Brussels-based pattern studio Sylvain Willenz. Exploring the possibilities of re-contextualising structure materials in addition to processes, the pattern juxtaposes the reinforced steel bar frame with dark marble tops in addition to metallic trays to make a balanced aesthetic. Available inwards 3 dissimilar sizes inwards circular in addition to rectangular shapes, the tables are suitable for using inwards private, corporate or populace spaces.
REBAR collection yesteryear Sylvain Willenz
HAY in addition to SONOS convey combined their expertise to make a collection of limited-edition speakers, designed to jibe inside dissimilar abode environments. Available inwards a attain of colours, the HAY Sonos One Speakers were exhibited throughout the space, complemented yesteryear other Sonos products to supply a whole abode audio organization for the duration of the event.
DAPPER lounge chair yesteryear Doshi Levien
KARAKTER
After beingness introduced to the exquisite Danish make Karakter at the Cult 20th Anniversary celebrations before this yr I was excited to run into coverage of their Milan installation. Taking component division inwards The Litta Variations; a collaborative installation at the historical Palazzo Litta inwards the pump of Milan, Karakter was 1 of to a greater extent than than 25 brands exhibiting inwards dissimilar pockets of the palatial building. Now inwards its quaternary year, the contemporary pattern trial is curated yesteryear DAMN Magazine in addition to Mosca Partners.
Karakter’s exhibition, titled Another Nordic – Between Art & Design, highlighted the extraordinary personalities behind its handpicked choice of furniture, lighting, pattern objects in addition to gallery pieces – from Paul McCobb, Bodil Kjær, Achille in addition to Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, to Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti, Aldo Bakker in addition to PlueerSmitt.
Office Desk yesteryear Bodil Kjær (1959), 1 of the novelties yesteryear Karakter for 2018 presented amongst the Chair 300 yesteryear Joe Colombo (1965) in addition to Aida light yesteryear Angelo Mangiarotti (1988)
The Pearl collection yesteryear Nick Ross
There was a focus on famed architect in addition to designer Bodil Kjaer, with the reintroduction of her iconic Office Desk, along with the Cross Plexi java table. Designed inwards 1959, the desk was the showtime of its sort with its pure in addition to simplistic design, appearing to almost float inwards mid-air. It has been called ‘The most beautiful desk inwards the world’ – or, the ‘James Bond desk’ every bit it was featured prominently inwards 3 early on Bond movies. Cult were lucky plenty to convey Bodil (now 86 years old) personally nowadays the slice to them at the exhibition.
The Desk Series Console & Organiser paired with the Bronco Stool yesteryear Guillaume Deligne
Lari light yesteryear Angelo Mangiarotti
All novelties volition live available from Cult showrooms afterward inwards 2018.
There was a focus on famed architect in addition to designer Bodil Kjaer, with the reintroduction of her iconic Office Desk, along with the Cross Plexi java table. Designed inwards 1959, the desk was the showtime of its sort with its pure in addition to simplistic design, appearing to almost float inwards mid-air. It has been called ‘The most beautiful desk inwards the world’ – or, the ‘James Bond desk’ every bit it was featured prominently inwards 3 early on Bond movies. Cult were lucky plenty to convey Bodil (now 86 years old) personally nowadays the slice to them at the exhibition.
The novel Pearl Collection yesteryear Nick Ross is a drinking glass low-cal serial that references modernist Danish lighting archetypes but with a softer, to a greater extent than feminine appearance. The layered, mouth-blown drinking glass creates a soft lighting number every bit low-cal passes through the outer drinking glass dome, a reference to the number created when low-cal passes through water.
Karakter also reissues designs yesteryear Paul McCobb including his slim-lined Desk Series (1952) in addition to Steel Leg Series (1957). Scandinavian craftsmanship in addition to functionalism at its core, the foundation of the Desk Series is a beautifully simplistic console tabular array with ii small-scale drawers. A drib lid in addition to two-door organiser tin live added for to a greater extent than storage in addition to personality.
Against the decorative Baroque backdrop of Palazzo Litta, these novel releases were shown amongst the existing Karakter collection of sculptural design, such every bit the Lari light yesteryear Angelo Mangiarotti in addition to Rampa yesteryear Achille in addition to Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
All novelties volition live available from Cult showrooms afterward inwards 2018.
CARL HANSEN & SON
Saving 1 of the best for last, for this year’s Milan Design Week, Carl Hansen & Søn presented The Milan Retreat. A thoughtfully curated even with half dozen rooms, the beautiful spaces were designed to explore the agency nosotros relax in addition to recharge. Featuring a calming palette in addition to gorgeous styling yesteryear Despina Curtis, the exhibition introduced the brand's real showtime outdoor collection, along with reissued designs yesteryear Hans J. Wegner, Kaare Klint in addition to Borge Morgensen, in addition to a novel stool serial yesteryear Brad Ascalon.
Revisiting the classics, Carl Hansen & Søn has reintroduced the KK41180 in addition to KK41181 sofas yesteryear Kaare Klint, which were showtime designed inwards 1930 for the business office of Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning. They also exhibited a unique writing desk yesteryear Arne Jacobsen which was designed inwards 1952 every bit a gift for the American-Scandinavian Foundation inwards New York. It features beautifully tailored detailing in addition to elegantly unites Bauhaus, functionalism in addition to industrial aesthetics. Finally, the CH71 lounge chair in addition to CH72 sofa yesteryear Hans J. Wegner are also reissued, in addition to the PK1 chair, which was reissued inwards 2017, is at nowadays available inwards wicker.
Throughout her various career, Bodil Kjær has worked to make harmony betwixt pattern in addition to architecture – an ambition that, inwards 1959, resulted inwards an elegant outdoor slice of furniture serial characterised yesteryear such high functional in addition to aesthetic qualities, that it was also suitable for indoor use. Almost half dozen decades after the initial launch of Indoor-Outdoor, Carl Hansen & Son is adding this architectural slice of furniture serial to its collection of pattern classics. Forming its showtime collection for the outdoors, here's a peek at what's on offer.
All Carl Hansen & Søn novelties volition live available from Cult Showrooms inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to New Zealand afterward inwards 2018.
Wrapping upwardly this serial with a big give thank y'all you to Cult for providing such an incredible puddle of inspiration, I promise you've enjoyed my choice of highlights!
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