September 23, 2016

Over fifty years after the debut of Italian architect Gae Aulenti’s first outdoor furniture collection, Locus Solus for Poltronova, Exteta has re-released the series which they launched at Milan Design Week 2016.

Exteta faithfully reproduces Aulenti’s colorful collection of … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: Gae Aulenti, Italian design, Milan Design Week, outdoor furniture
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July 25, 2016

During Milan Design Week, visitors to the city’s Botanical Garden, or Orto Botanico, experienced an art installation that doubles as exercise equipment.

MyEquilibria represents Miami-based Italian “innovation designer” Vito Di Bari’s vision for the “cross-pollination of arts and technology for … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: art installations, botanical gardens, garden tourism, garden travel, Milan Design Week, travel, Tri-State travel
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May 5, 2014

Having recently returned from an amazing design-infused trip with BlogTour Milan to Milan Design Week, I am now beginning to process and absorb the myriad design innovations and cutting edge trends I experienced there.

Futuristic Spaces
The hub of Milan … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: BLANCO, Blanco Durinox, BlogTour Milan, Durinox, indoor-outdoor kitchens, kitchen countertops, Milan Design Week, Salone del Mobile, stainless steel countertops
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May 3, 2013

Having wowed us at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and later in Milan, Italian designer Luca Nichetto is back with another new piece of innovative outdoor furniture.

Reminiscent of the long wings of a plane, Nichetto’s inspiration for his Earhart Bench … Read More...
Category: Finding, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: aluminum furniture, aluminum outdoor furniture, French outdoor furniture, Italian design, Milan Design Week, Stockholm Design Week, urban outdoor furniture
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April 18, 2013

How’s this for inventiveness? During Milan Design Week at Zona Tortona, designers from Testi di Legno exhibited a cool compact kitchen design assembled entirely from select Ikea pieces.

Designers Elia Maurizi and Francesco Pepa’s Unacucina kitchen would work well in … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Herb Gardens, Outdoor Furniture, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: compact kitchen design, IKEA, Ikea hacking, kitchen garden, Milan Design Week, portable kitchen
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March 15, 2013
Winter’s chill may still be here, but with designer Tina Leung’s Flood Vase, one can literally bring the outdoors inside–in fact, a whole indoor planted mini metropolis.

Flood is the first in a series of architecturally influenced stone-effect resin … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Great Finds, Indoor Gardening, shopping
Tags: DesignJunction, designjunction milan, Edit by designjunction, indoor gardening, Milan Design Week, resin vases
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