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Milan: Senseware at Museo Triennale
29 April 2009
Japanese design studio Nendo blew into polyester sacs to make its series of mushroom-like lamps. It was part of the Sensware exhibition, curated by Kenya Hara, shown at Museo Triennale in Milan last week.
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Milan: 10 Anni Con Ettore
29 April 2009
In Palazzo Crivelli, just off via Pontaccio, we found this gem of an exhibition: 10 Anni Con Ettore, exhibiting limited-edition works that Ettore Sottsass made the last ten years of his life for Galleria Clio Calvi Rudi Volpi.
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Milan: M’Afrique installation by Stephen Burks at Moroso
27 April 2009
We’ve just got back from Milan furniture fair with a sack full of images to show you (and some very sore shoulders and feet to accompany). To kick things off, here’s some photos of Moroso’s M’Afrique installation in the Italian Superbrand’s showroom on Via Pontaccio.
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The icon design trail hits Milan
22 April 2009
Back by popular demand, the icon design trail has now arrived in Milan and can be picked up free of charge at key venues across the city.
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Monza chair by Konstanin Grcic
21 April 2009
Last year Konstantin Grcic's Myto chair was one of Milan furniture fair's biggest success stories. Here is its quiet successor Monza, also for Plank - not because we need another chair, but because Grcic says it's important that his studio keeps busy.
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Interview with Giulio Cappellini
19 April 2009
The Milan furniture fair kicks off tomorrow. We met with Giulio Cappellini ahead of the world's biggest design event to talk about his predictions for the week.
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Review: Limited Edition
17 April 2009
Packed with interviews and photographs, this is a first-rate survey of the "design art" scene. But is it a picture of a young cultural phenomenon or an elegy for the boom?
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Review: Vorspannkino
09 April 2009
Little works of art within a film, the opening credits can combine utility and beauty. Francesca Gavin admired the best in a darkened room.
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Review: Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture
03 April 2009
The Picasso of architecture, the poet of the right angle, the Swiss psychotic ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret had many faces, now explored at the Barbican. Owen Hatherley explores the legacy of a busy life.
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Issue 071 out now
01 April 2009
The May issue of icon is out now. In it, we reveal the icon 20/20: 20 designers and 20 architects making the future and transforming the way we work.
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