Donatella Versace honoured with throne US-based furniture design company Haas Brothers (owned by Simon and Nikolai Haas), has designed a throne-like chair in honour of the Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace, current Vice-President of the Versace Group, and chief designer of the Versace luxury fashion house. “As soon as I met the Haas Brothers, I knew that … Read more
Renowned designers, cutting edge brands and emerging new talents are heading to MOST SALONE Milano 2013 – the design destination instigated by British designer Tom Dixon at Milan’s Museum of Science and Technology (9 – 14 April 2013). It provides 2013 Milan Design Week with a curated creative hub, “promoting forward-thinking culture, commerce and creativity against … Read more
Italian luxury brand Valentino arrives at 2013 Milan Design Week (April 9 to 14) with a limited edition men’s shoe capsule collection called Rockrunner. Led by creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, Valentino has added splashes of neon in pink, yellow, green and orange to the spring-summer 2013 sneaker. The fashion house announced … Read more
Luxury French house Hermès and Japanese architect Shigeru Ban have collaborated once again. For the 2012 milan design week the duo unveiled “Module H” aluminum panels that sculpt internal spaces, may serve as room divider or screened corridor. The modular screen and partition system is based on the iconic Hermes’ “H” that creates a … Read more
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
Alcantara’s “Future Landscape” exhibit at Superstudio Piu during Milan Design Week (Salone del Mobile 2012, April 16- 21) offers a current and future “green” interpretation of Alcantara material. Well-known for the aesthetic, sensory and functional features of its innovative cover materials, Alcantara also is dedicated to improving the environment as shown by its certification as … Read more