Milan
Author Archives: Matylda
arihiro miyake: precious little lighting
milan 2009/
helsinki-based design studio arihiro miyake – this guy is surely blessed with this surname : ) – has designed a table lamp with a polyhedron base which can be set in various angles.
klauser & carpenter: gold medalist
yeah, I know what you think. ‘hey, this is from last year.’ but you know what, I like this light. I like it a lot!! louvre light by klauser & carpenter for established & sons.
maarten baas: the person becomes the product
milan 2009/
dutch designer maarten baas presented his ‘real time’ project. 3 movies about time. see here what maarten told me and robert andriessen from designguide.tv.
video:
see previous stories about maarten baas :
drawn interview with maarten and bas den herder here
maarten baas old workshop in weert here
claesson koivisto rune: massproduced paper chairs
milan 2009/
‘parupu’ paper pulp chairs by claesson koivisto rune for södra cell at superstudio piu. it is a children’s chair made from 100% biodegradable material.
why didn’t I thought about this when I did paper-mâché?
drawn interviews: not waterproof
I´ve met a lot people last week during milan design week. I also had the chance to do a drawn interview with ronan bouroullec, shay and yeal from raw edges, pieke bergmans, piet hein eek and some more.
I travelled with the bus from milan back to maastricht, nl. when I got off the bus I had to walk home in the rain. unfortunatly my bag isn´t that waterproof. all drawings got wet. after 2 days of little frustrations about this misfortune I´ve decided to publish them anyway. I mean, it happend and I can´t change it…
ctrlzak: medical devices for domestic use
milan 2009/
‘remeditate’ is inspired by the medical world – this is a series of items by italian studio ctrlzak at the salonesatellite.
studio makkink & bey: furniture house
milan 2009/
rotterdam-based studio makkink & bey has launched ‘house of furniture parts’ for droog. it is a cnc cutted house with walls of furniture parts which come out and can be easily assembled. a house for everybody who has enough space in their livingroom : )
