Design Week Kicks off in Milan
I arrived early this morning in Milan to cover the city's annual Design Week, which includes not only the Salone del Mobile furniture fair but related off-site events that often get as much, if not more, attention from visitors and the press. My first stop was the Triennale di Milano, a design museum in Sempione Park that displays the latest work from artists, manufacturers, material suppliers, and architects. Here are a few photos I took today on my way to and at the museum — stay tuned for more coverage in future issues of Record and SNAP.
Posters promoting the Salone appear on the city's historic trams.
La Triennale Design Museum.
Posters promoting the Salone appear on the city's historic trams.
La Triennale Design Museum.
Interface exhibit at the Triennale displayed the carpet companies new Metropolis carpet line.The exhibit was designed by architect and fashion designer Francesco Maria Bandini.
More designs from the Interface Metropolis exhibit.
The museum's central stair.
The new design for the Olympic Torch was on display.
The Lasvit LiquidKristal exhibit was a collaboration between Welsh designer Ross Lovegrove and Lasvit. Liquidkristal is a new product offering from the Czech Republic glass manufacturer's Glass Architecture Division.
The designer Ross Lovegrove, seen here inside of his glass exhibit.
A watchmaking exhibit by Audemars Piguet.
A watchmaking demonstration at the Audemars Piguet exhibit.
A display for the Finnish manufacturer Graphic Concrete in the yard of the museum.
Architect Jutta Telivuo with Graphic Concrete shows the paper retarder that creates the concrete designs.
The museum's central stair.
The new design for the Olympic Torch was on display.
The Lasvit LiquidKristal exhibit was a collaboration between Welsh designer Ross Lovegrove and Lasvit. Liquidkristal is a new product offering from the Czech Republic glass manufacturer's Glass Architecture Division.
The designer Ross Lovegrove, seen here inside of his glass exhibit.
A watchmaking exhibit by Audemars Piguet.
A watchmaking demonstration at the Audemars Piguet exhibit.
A display for the Finnish manufacturer Graphic Concrete in the yard of the museum.
Architect Jutta Telivuo with Graphic Concrete shows the paper retarder that creates the concrete designs.
All photos by Rita Catinella Orrell