Out and About in 5Vie // MILANTRACE2015.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.]