Milan’s Impressive Design Week
I admit it, until this year I had not really paid much attention to Milan’s design and furnishings extravaganza: Il Salone del Mobile. Well, I righted that wrong this year. I spent a day and a half wondering the areas around Via Tortona, Via Ventura, and La Fabbrica Del Vapore close to my home in […]
Salone Del Mobile 2012 – Here I come!
While Italy Chronicles’ Italian design writer, and designer, Paolo Feroleto has visited Milan’s Il Salone Del Mobile design fair more than a few times and keeps a close eye on the event, I haven’t. This is a little embarrassing seeing as I live in Milan, and the Salone Del Mobile is an event which creates […]
Design: Salone del Mobile 2012 Preview: Part two
Following on from part 0ne of my Salone del Mobile 2012 Milan, Italy design fair preview, here are more examples of home furnishing design on show at the Salone which are well worth looking out for. In Milan’s Via Tortona, the SuperStudio Group are creating a temporary museum for new design. The museum offers young […]
Design: Salone del Mobile 2012 Preview: Part one
It’s nearly that Salone del Mobile home furnishing and design fair time of year again in Milan, Italy and as a designer I’m excited to say that I’ll be attending the 2012 event personally. I’m really looking forward to catching up with old friends and making some new ones too. Il Salone is a great […]
Italian Design Interview: Elisa Pardini of Elips Design
For this edition of Italy Chronicles’ regular interviews with Italian designers, resident Italian design commentator, Paolo Feroleto, interviewed Elisa Pardini, a young Italian architect/designer based in London who is working on some exciting projects, one of which has attracted plenty of favorable attention. Elisa Pardini is the founder of Elips Design, and here’s the conversation she […]
Memphis Design Influenced Clocks
Following on from what has proved to be a very popular article on the Memphis design movement I would like take a to look at how it has influenced modern design in specific areas – in this edition, Memphis inspired clocks. During the short life of the movement, Memphis members experimented with bright colors, shapes […]
Italian Design Interview with Laura Fiaschi of Gum Design
For this edition of my regular trips into the world of Italian design, I interviewed Laura Fiaschi, a partner of design firm GumDesign which is based in Viareggio, Italy. Paolo: Laura, can you tell me a little about your studio? Laura: GumDesign was founded in 1999 by myself, Laura Fiaschi and by Gabriele Pardi. We […]
The Fiat 500: An Italian Design Classic
In this edition of my Italian Design Classics series, I am going to take a fast-track look at an undisputed icon of Italian design: the Fiat 500. Here’s the 500 story, from its conception to the re-launched contemporary version of this Fiat classic which is on roads now. Originally designed by Dante Giacosa in 1957, […]
An Interview with an Italian Designer – Daniele Saguto of Grafco
This edition of my regular exploration of the world of Italian design features a chat I had with Italian designer Daniele Saguto, a director of the Grafco design agency in Italy. Paolo Feroleto: Tell me about your design career to date. Daniele Saguto: I started my graphic design career in the late 90s, encouraged by […]
