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Supersalone shows what the international furniture fair should look like in the future *

* A translation of my article in "More for the house" photo Temenouzhka Zaharieva After more than a year of restrictions due to the pandemic, which excludes any exhibitions, trade fairs and events, and after several delays, the largest international event dedicated to furniture and interior design - the Milan Fair, although on unusual dates, is a fact. Supersalone , the special event of Salone del Mobile curated by Stefano Boeri took place from 5 to 10 September 2021. It proposed a new interesting format that shows what the international furniture fair should look like in the future - with a sustainable design, prevailing digital information, and a holistic approach. In just a few months, Salone del Mobile.Milano managed to organize and hold its special event, which gives hope for a fresh start. Of course, it was limited to the first four of the 24 pavilions at Fiera Milano, where 1,900 projects of almost 69,000 square meters were displayed. But this was actually the ...

My home is my fortress, my office, my gym ...*

Undoubtedly, 2020 will go down in history as the year in which (almost) we all moved our workplace home. The world we live in, and with it the world of design, is changing at a dizzying rate. And all together we are trying to catch up with the changes, each one in his own way. We learn to live mostly online, while rediscovering some abandoned ways of communicating, such as walking and long phone conversations or communicating in a very small circle. In recent months, we had also to get used to an unexpected development of one of the major global trends - from living in a globalized to living in a local, microworld. With periods of forced closure, our home has become a refuge from the uncertain world outside and a stage for all activities in everyday life. It is no longer a place to cross, but a "base camp". We have learned to appreciate again the importance of the home environment, the yard, the balcony and the garden. And we quickly had to think about what we like in our ho...

Design Must Go On (line) *

One of the most important exhibitions in the field of interior design - Salone del Mobile in Milan, has been canceled, but important trends remain * English translation of my article in Capital LIGHT Bicocca by IOK This year will be memorable for all of us. It is as if everything has stopped and an unprecedented internal reorganization is going on everywhere - regardless of personal desires. But for design, over the past week, the change has been even more tangible, because at this time of year, all of us usually focus on Milan. If it weren't for the pandemic, the 59th edition of the traditional Salone del Mobile (and with it the Fuori Salone) was to take place in Milan from April 21 to 26 this year - one of the most important design and furniture fairs. every year it welcomes over 400 thousand visitors. For the thousands of designers, design brands and editors who flock to Milan year after year to try to capture the vast amount of innovation in the halls of Fier...

Missing Milan

This week we all had to be in Milan - designers, design journalists, producers, design enthusiasts. Like every year in April during Salone del Mobile . This year everything is different and I am sure we all miss the anual feast of creativity and vitality on the grounds of the Fiera and in the streets of Milan. Many companies are doing their trubute to Milan with different activities, posts, on-line events. I have started a series of articles in one of the Bulgarian on-line interior design magazines - More about the House - about what we are missing with the postponement of the Salone 2020, and also on my blog Trendoffice: What we missed with postponing Salone del Mobile.Milano 2020 - Part 1 . the International Press Conference for Salone 2020 h eld in the Aula Magna of the Catholic University of Milan Mostly of the information is from my visit to the International Press Conference for Salone 2020 in February in Milan and the presentation for a large group of...

Today is the birthday of a genius

Today is Leonardo da Vinci's birthday! Born 467 years ago, he created an incredible heritage of scientific and artistic creations to posterity that still enchants us and which is still relevant, unsurpassed by the discoveries of modern times. Proud successors of his genious, quite logically, contemporary Italians continue this love for creativity, art and design and collect in the annual Design Week (which started in 1961 as a vehicle to advance Italian design) some of the most intteresting achievements of today's international design scene. This year in the 500th anniversary of his death Milan Design Week pays homage to the Renaissance genius with numerous installations and events. Leonardo was obsessed with water. AQUA is a site-specific experience designed by Marco Balich, developed with Balich Worldwide Shows , illustrating how Leonardo worked with water. "In several codices L...

Salone del Mobile 2019 celebrates Leonardo da Vinci*

source: Salone This year, the 58th edition of Europe's biggest design event, Salone del Mobile, honors the incredible mind and talent of one of the brightest figures ever existed - Leonardo da Vinci. With new formats, sections, and events The Milan Design Week from long ago is not just a furniture fair. From the new Permanent Exposition of Design in Triennale di Mliano to the unique installation of Marco Balich AQUA , dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Leonardo's death, its organizers have the ambition to build a vast network of design, located on a much larger area than before and with new entrants. photo is mine Less than two months before the opening of the exhibition, an international press conference took place on February 14 in Triennale di Milano during which we were acquainted with all the new projects that will be seen in April. The 2019 edition promises to be as always up to date with many projects located on over 205,000 square meters of net ex...

Triennale Milano presents at Museum of Architecture in Moscow Mario Bellini: Italian Beauty

The Exhibition "Mario Bellini. Italian Beauty" at the Triennale di Milano in 2017 The 4th of March is the inauguration of the first international stage of the exhibition “Mario Bellini. Italian Beauty” that La Triennale di Milano will present at Museum of Architecture in Moscow , devoted to the entire work of the world-renowned Milanese architect. Bellini has achieved all manner of success on both the small scale - eight Compasso d’Oro awards, and objects and furnishings that have become icons in homes and offices around the world, often anticipating or revolutionising tastes and styles, and on the large scale - conference centres, trade fair venues and museums from Japan to the USA, Germany and Australia and, in 2012, the Department of Islamic Art – a golden wave for the most prestigious museum in the world, the Louvre in Paris.