There are always the industry veterans who lament a decline in the quality of Milan design week, but all told it was a solid one, with as many highlights as ever before. Sure, that might be attributable to the surfeit of events and exhibitions, but rest assured there is far more to see than we can possibly include in our photo galleries.
From the cavernous spaces of the new Ventura Centrale district to showrooms and palazzos throughout the city center, here is a selection of photos from the Fuorisalone to complementing our picks from the student exhibitions.
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Maarten Baas, “May I Have Your Attention Please?”
For the inaugural Ventura Centrale design district, Maarten Baas came up with an attention-grabbing audio installation.
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Maarten Baas, “May I Have Your Attention Please?”
The exhibition marked the debut of the Maarten Baas 101 Chair for Lensvelt
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Maarten Baas, “May I Have Your Attention Please?”
The chair takes the Dutch designer’s signature child-like style.
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Ventura Centrale
The new district, launched by the same folks behind Ventura Lambrate, repurposes the tunnels underneath the train tracks leading to the central station.
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Ventura Centrale – Baars & Bloemhoff presents “Transitions II”
The materials consultancy brought the second edition of its “Transitions” exhibition series to Ventura Centrale, following its debut at Dutch Design Week in October
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Ventura Centrale – Lee Broom presents “Time Machine”
Always up for a spectacle, London-basedLee Broom celebrated his tenth anniversary with “Time Machine” in Milan
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COS x Studio Swine, “New Spring”
The sensory installationmay have been pure spectacle, but it was widely regarded as a must-see during design week.
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Formafantasma, Foundation: “Ellipse”
For their solo exhibition “Foundation,” the Amsterdam-based duo presented several new lighting experiments at Spazio Krizia.
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Formafantasma, Foundation: “Magnifiers”
Some pieces are from their “Delta” collection for gallery Giustini/Stagetti, Galleria O. Roma.
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Formafantasma, Foundation: “Riflesso – Test 2”
Others are experiments for their first industrial-scale project, for FLOS.
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