Milan 2014 Preview: Paul Smith Dresses Up Hans Wegner

Happy birthday, Hans Wegner. The fantastic Danish designer would have been 25 these days, and to celebrate his centenary, Carl Hansen & Son, the manufacturer of Wegner’s iconic furnishings, will roll out a restricted edition Wegner seating collection in Milan subsequent week, all smartly outfitted by British style designer Paul Smith.

Smith, who’s having one thing of a banner year—his existing retrospective at London’s Style Museum continues to be a crowd preferred—is best recognized for his preoccupation with brightly colored stripes, and dutifully accords Wegner “an injection of vibrancy” with two signature fabrics produced in collaboration with textile house Maharam.

Stripes, a pattern comprised of slender vertical bands of varying colors, and Massive Stripes, a markedly broader, scaled-up motif, are applied to upholstery for Wegner seating, which includes the unmistakable Wishbone, Shell and Wing chairs. Effectively, if anybody has earned his stripes, we’d say it’s Hans Wegner.

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Milan 2014 Preview: Tub Chair By Hans Wegner For PP Møbler (DK)

Tub Chair by Hans Wegner for PP Mobler

For planet renowned Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner‘s 100th Birthday Danish style brand PP Møbler will launch an exclusive new product (a single of 3) at Milan Design and style Week 2014 – the Tub chair.

Tub Chair by Hans Wegner for PP Mobler

“The Tub chair was certainly a exclusive fusion, where Wegner emerged the new moulded plywood strategy with upholstery and standard wood operate in strong wood and even adding an angle adjustment mechanism for the back.” says PP Møbler.

Tub Chair by Hans Wegner for PP Mobler

“There is no doubt that the complexity of this design and style is a brilliant instance of the bold and pioneering experiments that Wegner carried out all through his life, this from 1954 getting a single of the earliest and the Circle Chair from 1986 becoming the latest of that sort.”

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Milan 2014 Preview: New Colors For Kartell Sparkle Collection

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s fascination with glass and crystal has been expressed in each stand-alone sculptural installations and strong glass furnishings. No wonder, then, his Sparkle stools and tables for Kartell astound for their uncanny replication of weighty cut glass, dazzlingly realized in Kartell’s trademark (lightweight) polycarbonate.

The Sparkle collection’s faceted surface, produced by a procedure of polycarbonate ‘pleating,’ is something of a technological breakthrough, every single twist of material resulting in a reflecting and refracting of light to mesmerizing crystalline effect. 1st unveiled at the Milan Furnishings Fair in 2013, the Sparkle collection will be presented at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in a variety of new colorways, from bright yellow to smokey grey—fresh hues which lend the pieces an air of contemporary informality without ceding an ounce of their jewel-like splendor.

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Milan 2014 Preview: Kristalia (IT)

Sharky chair by Neuland Industriaedesign for Kristalia

For the 2014 edition of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italian design brand Kristalia will be presenting several novelties, like the final version of the Rama chair by Ramos Bassols and an upholstered version of the Sharky chair by Neuland Industriaedesign.

Sharky chair by Neuland Industriaedesign for Kristalia

Sharky, whose name comes from the two “fins” at the rear of the chair coupling the frame and the base, is an upholstered fabric chair style by Neuland Industriaedesign.

Rama chair by Ramos Bassols for Kristalia

For Rama, “The goods designed by the studio have clear-cut lines that are also warm and appealing, completely matching the style of Kristalia.” says Kristalia. “Hence Rama was developed, a chair with basic graceful lines, which is perfectly stackable for residential use or the contract sector. This chair is the outcome of the meticulous information of the designers and the technologies used by Kristalia from the outset.”

Rama chair by Ramos Bassols for Kristalia

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Precious Kartell: Milan 2014 Preview & 15% Off Through March 18th!

Unsere derzeitigen Kartell-Verkauf (März 6-18) fällt mit einer Vorschau der glitzernden neue Zusätze zu italienischen Geschäfts-Einrichtung und Beleuchtung Vielfalt, um die nächsten Monat auf der Mailänder Möbel Messe (Salone Internazionale del Mobile) vorgestellt werden soll.

Kostbare Kartell ist die Firma neue Linie aus Metall für einige seiner bekanntesten waren—der Masters Stuhl, Componibili Speichereinheiten und Mini Taj farbige Lampe, unter anderen Leuten—eine wörtliche Manifestation der Ware immer entwickelnden Stil Cache. "Kartell hat in ein kostbares, edel und anspruchsvoll Material möchten wir Fokus Interesse in den kommenden Jahren noch viel mehr auf hohe Qualität und Kostbarkeit, der Glamour und"Luxus"von Kartell Kunststoff Kunststoff verwandelt."

In der Zwischenzeit unsere Kartell-Verkauf startet heute und geht weiter über 18. März, mit einem glänzenden 15 % Rabatt in der Warteschleife— so, Milan ist nicht der einzige Weg zu einem goldenen Kartell-Augenblick.


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