Out and About in 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015 | Yellowtrace

Max Lamb Chairs at 5Vie Milan Design Week | YellowtraceMax Lamb Chairs at 5Vie Milan Design Week | Yellowtrace

Max Lamb‘s Exercise in Seating at 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015.

 

New Surface Strategies by Soft Baroque at 5Vie Milan Design Week | Yellowtrace
New Surface Strategies by Soft Baroque at 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015.

 

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SERVOMUTO at Residence Litta/ 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015.

 

Casalinghe di Tokyo at 5Vie Milan Design Week | Yellowtrace
Casalinghe di Tokyo at Residence Litta/ 5Vie Milan Design Week 2015.

 

Secondome at 5Vie Milan Design Week 2015 | Yellowtrace
SECONDOME Installation at Residence Litta/ 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015.

 

Secondome at 5Vie Milan Design Week 2015 | Yellowtrace
SECONDOME Installation at Residence Litta/ 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015.

 

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Left: Tirotto for Secondome. Right: Zaven for Secondome.

 

Carrara Design Factory at 5Vie Milan Design Week | Yellowtrace
Carrara Design Factory at 5Vie during Milan Design Week 2015.

 

Piazza Affari Milan at 5Vie Milan Design Week 2015 | Yellowtrace5Vie Milan Design Week 2015 | Yellowtrace

Left: Piazza Affari Milan. Right: Residence Litta on Corso Magenta.

 

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TASCHEN opened it’s first Milan store during Milan Design Week 2015, designed by Marc Newson. The store is located on Via Meravigli 17.
Images courtesy of TASCHEN/ Mark Seelen.

 

Now in it’s second year on the Salone del Mobile itinerary, 5Vie Art + Design District is one of Milan’s oldest neighbourhoods, and a place where artisans, age-old craftspeople and young designers are setting up a creative hub. An ancient crossing of narrow, winding streets hosted a variety of exhibitions.

Max Lamb‘s “Exercise In Seating” took place at Garage Sanremo. This material explorations of 40 chairs, or chair-like objects, was displayed in a circle in a chronological order, with chairs constructed over ten years by the hot-right-now British designer. The first chair was created while Max was a student until today, displaying a huge variety in materials, processes and one-offs.


Seletti & Toilet Paper hosted a bumper car fun-park in front of Milan’s stock exchange on Piazza Affari (the one with The Finger statue). BDDW, which opened a gallery space last year on Via Santa Marta, showcased the best of American designers. Across the street, New York design studio Apparatus (previously here and here) presented a range of extraordinarily beautiful objects and lighting. Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte and Jakub Zak of Oeuffice inaugurated their own showroom on the same street.

Residenze Litta, an alley of recently completed opulent homes, featured a series of shows throughout its newly renovated townhouses. Carrara Design Factory invited contemporary designers to re-imagine Italy’s famous marble. SECONDOME presented PADIGLIONEITALIA: “I’m not weird, I’m limited edition” – an alchemic cooperation between two collectives, showcasing 100% Italian designers and makers. SERVOMUTO, formed in 2007 by Alessandro Poli e Francesca De Giorgi “to manipulate lampshades” showcased a series of new lights including a beautiful fabric chandelier in collaboration with Dedar Milano. Casalinghe di Tokyo (Tokyo Housewives) presented STEREOTYPISM – a dinnerware collection with graphics designed by Lucio Bolognesi and Martina Merlini, celebrating the typical Italian gestures.

 


 


[Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace & courtesy of The Press Office.]

 

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