Milan furniture fair: house work
This year’s Milan furniture fair brings clever reworkings of classic designs, plus soft rounded shapes and sorbet colours. Becky Sunshine chooses her favourite pieces from the show
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Tod’s No_Code
Tod’s No_Code spring-summer 2013 campaign London Calling is the Spring/Summer 2013 Tod’s No_Code Campaign, a capsule collection inspired by visionary journalist and magazine editor Jefferson Hack, co-founder of Dazed & Confused publication. Shot by Ben Toms and styled by Robbie Spencer, the cast of the campaign is “a group of six London-based creatives from the … Read more
Starks Chair, the most widely sold design chair in the world, turned 10
The Louis Ghost chair designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell in 2002 is celebrating its 10th anniversary On October 3rd, Philippe Starck celebrated, in Milano, the anniversary of the Louis Ghost chair, launched in 2002. Louis Ghost becomes not only a Kartell absolute best-seller but, on the strength of 1.5 million pieces sold, it is, … Read more
30 most essential pieces of furniture
What are the most essential pieces of designers furniture? Some of the designs to be included in such a list have been around for more than half a century, according to Furniture Fashion web platform. Ranging from high-end luxury pieces to everyday finds spanning the aesthetic spectrum from mid-century modern to ultra- contemporary, the list … Read more
Kartell Goes Rock starring Lenny Kravitz and Philippe Stark
Kartell Goes Rock: Lenny Kravitz and Philippe Stark on a mademoiselle chair “Kartell Goes Rock” thanks to french designer Philippe Starck and musician-designer Lenny Kravitz. The furniture collaboration was presented during Milan Design Week 2012, the world’s most important design fair and featured 6 ‘mademoiselle chairs” originally designed by Philippe Stark. Kravitz dressed the chairs in … Read more