With Milan's rich history in architecture, art, and design, it is inevitable that its illustrious past will be drawn on by the annual Salone del Mobile. This year in particular, despite Milan also serving as host of the futuristic Expo 2015, the past took center stage at the furniture fair, with old palazzi and churches as backdrops for the most interesting exhibits, and reissues of classic designs stealing the spotlight from new product introductions, which were fewer and less interesting than usual.
The Italian magazine Interni typically engages international architects and designers for temporary exhibits that become spaces for experimentation during the Salone. Working off the “energy for life” theme of the nearby Expo 2015, this year Interni presented Energy for Creativity at the University of Milan. Within the many courtyards of the sprawling university complex, built starting in 1456 as a hospital, were large-scale installations by such luminaries as Daniel Libeskind, Alessandro Mendini, and Philippe Starck.
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