SALONE MILANO

Conceived as a cultural accompaniment to Salone Milano, “Where Architects Live” was held in Pavilion 9 at the Rho Feria Milano. “Where Architects Live” was a fascinating installation, which looked at the balance between leading contemporary architects’ concepts of their own domestic space and living environments and their work. Specifically curated for Salone Milano 2014, the exhibition provides a fascinating...

EMU’s Salone Milano stand was a fascinating mix of angles, shapes and lines: representative of their 2014 collection, heavy on the same.  Displaying on home turf, the Italians showed that they can ‘do it better’ with a rounded out collection set to dominate the outdoor furniture market. Again working with a who’s who of international designers with Pritzker Prize winner Jean...

For many years Sancal has adopted a method for releasing new furniture, an organized and cohesive full-frontal attack.   Every year a uniform collection is released, with all of the included pieces towing the party line; an exciting governing concept. This year we see the Gráfica Collection, arguably Sancal’s most creative and stimulating yet.   Gráfica, we learnt, translates to “graphics”, and...

Vondom have released a tonne of new seating, tables and accessories. Famous for their use of glamour models in promotional imagery it came as no surprise to find these beauties roaming around the Vondom stand. In stark contrast to Sancal, their neighbours in Hall 10, Vondom shone with brilliant white surfaces, mirrored and reflective plastic plinths and in perhaps homage to...

Andreu World’s Jesus Linares & Jasper Morrison Part of the new Andreu World catalogue is the On chair family by Jasper Morrison.  Morrison is a highly-acclaimed international designer who presented his first design for Andreu World to the KE-ZU team abroad. An intriguing story: the On collection spent over a year in the design phase, beginning with a singular...

Taking part in a collective stall “Made in Philippines” Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive presented their 2014 collection as a family affair in what is a diverse and exciting year ahead for Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive. Kenneth Cobonpue brought along the fam, together with the latest product. Seeing new collections for the first time gave KE-ZU an opportunity to understand the...

Weaving and dodging tripods, cameras, microphones and excited visitors only added to the excitement at bd Barcelona. Their mantra Design Meets Art was proudly displayed on the wall at their Salone Milano stand. ‘Camp bd’ was the place to be with celebrity designers Oscar Tusquets and Jaime Hayón bringing with them all the excitement that their new designs hold. Jaime, in...

Artifort's 2014 Salone Milano stand (see the "funny little chairs" peeking out) The smiles cemented on the faces at the Artifort stand were infectious. We were told it was because of Artifort’s new “funny little chair” parked next to us, but we doubt it can rely solely on that. Artifort’s 2014 campaign is a holistic blend of new designs...