Italian Architect Gae Aulenti’s Iconic Outdoor Furniture Collection

September 23, 2016

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Over fifty years after the debut of Italian architect Gae Aulenti’s first outdoor furniture collection, Locus Solus for Poltronova, Exteta has re-released the series which they launched at Milan Design Week 2016. 

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Exteta faithfully reproduces Aulenti’s colorful collection of … Read More...

Outdoor Art Installation Doubles as Exercise Equipment at Milan Botanical Garden

July 25, 2016

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During Milan Design Week, visitors to the city’s Botanical Garden, or Orto Botanico, experienced an art installation that doubles as exercise equipment.

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MyEquilibria represents Miami-based Italian “innovation designer” Vito Di Bari’s vision for the “cross-pollination of arts and technology for Read More...

Durinox: My New Stainless Steel Friend With Benefits

May 5, 2014

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Having recently returned from an amazing design-infused trip with BlogTour Milan to Milan Design Week, I am now beginning to process and absorb the myriad design innovations and cutting edge trends I experienced there.

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Sleek Outdoor Bench Inspired by Airplane

May 3, 2013

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Having wowed us at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and later in Milan, Italian designer Luca Nichetto is back with another new piece of innovative outdoor furniture.

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Reminiscent of the long wings of a plane, Nichetto’s inspiration for his Earhart Bench … Read More...

IKEA Products Become Compact Kitchen With Planters

April 18, 2013

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How’s this for inventiveness? During Milan Design Week at Zona Tortona, designers from Testi di Legno exhibited a cool compact kitchen design assembled entirely from select Ikea pieces.

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Designers Elia Maurizi and Francesco Pepa’s Unacucina kitchen would work well in … Read More...

Micro Architecture in a Vase

March 15, 2013

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Winter’s chill may still be here, but with designer Tina Leung’s Flood Vase, one can literally bring the outdoors inside–in fact, a whole indoor planted mini metropolis.

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Flood is the first in a series of architecturally influenced stone-effect resin … Read More...

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