Milan • Salone del Mobile
Walking the rows of this renowned furniture fair, held this year during an uncomfortably warm week in mid-April, it’s easy to spot the latest work by the industry’s top product designers, many of whom are also architects. For a roundup of the accompanying Euroluce exhibition,
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Rita Catinella Orrell
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Bent and spun
Vertigo (top) is the first project for Moroso by Laura Aquili and Ergian Alberg, a partnership born in the London studio of Zaha Hadid. Inspired by M.C. Escher, the Corian table is designed to give the illusion of movement. Bent (bottom), by Christophe de la Fontaine and Stefan Diez, is an addition to Moroso’s outdoor collection.
The colorful tables and chairs are made of laser-cut, bent, powder-coated
aluminum. Moroso USA, New York City. www.morosousa.com
[Reader Service: August 2007 #204]
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Decorative support
The Ribbon stool, designed by Nendo, is made from laser-cut metal strips that both decorate and support. An upholstered seat cushion is attached via a magnet. Cappellini, New York City. www.cappellini.it
[Reader Service: August 2007 #205]
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No static
The Prime Time storage unit helps conceal the boxes and cables that clutter entertainment units by leaving the flat-screen television as the protagonist. All the boxes are placed inside containers equipped with cable channels for connections. Pallucco, Treviso, Italy. www.pallucco.com
[Reader Service: August 2007 #206]
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Hanging around
The Birds on a Wire wall coat hanger was designed
by the hot British design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. It’s made of an anodized-aluminum wall bar with hooks in polished die-cast aluminum or painted in polyester powder. Leif Petersen, Larkspur, Calif. www.magisdesign.com
[Reader Service: August 2007 #207]
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Polyethylene planters
Made of a polyethylene body and a brushed-steel base, the Missed Tree pot (center) by Jean-Marie Massaud comes in both a single body and a “branching” form. The sinuously shaped Flow pot (near left) by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher comes 61¼2' or 4' high in lacquered black or white. The New Wave planter (far left), by Ross Lovegrove, has a compact, liquid form in chrome, white, or black. Serralunga, Biella, Italy. www.serralunga.com
[Reader Service: August 2007 #208]
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