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I mean, seriously. How do I effectively sum up the magnitude of Milan’s annual Design Week and its ginormous furniture fair, Salone del Mobile? Although this has been our annual task for more years I care to admit (2019 marks our 6th consecutive MILANTRACE project –faaark!, and my 10th visit to Milan in the last 12 years), I still feel like words fail me.

Although I feel like we’ve seen A LOT this year, and certainly more than most over the last decade, the scale and enormity of Milan design week is impossible to sum up in a paragraph. It’s something that truly needs to be experienced first-hand to be fully appreciated. Case in point is one of our dear colleagues, Bec, who came along to Milan for the first time this year. She’s been working with us for close to 6 years, having been a part of MILANTRACE from the very beginning. You’d think that someone like her would be best prepared for what this week entails – she’s heard me wax lyrical about our experience each year in intimate detail in addition to singlehandedly wrestling with thousands of press kits, and tens of thousands of Milan images and photos. So how did she go? Well, best you ask her that directly, but let’s just say her response was along the lines of – “I don’t think I was quite prepared for how crazy this week really gets”. Word.

Despite our meticulously planned itinerary which leaves very little to chance, our small but seriously dedicated team of four has seen so very much in six and a half VERY BIG DAYS, but I still feel like much of it hasn’t been possible due to the sheer enormity and the geographical spread of the events. How much more can Milan Design Week grow, I hear you ask? I don’t know, but after a while, the whole thing starts to get a bit silly. And how about all the crazy long queues everywhere? I’m sorry, but waiting for hours to see just one installation is not normal, you guys. And while I can’t say we need to do the queues these days, the pace of our itinerary is so intense, that after a while, I personally struggle to take in and process another installation, another product, another collaboration, which is awful as someone’s gone to a lot of effort to produce whatever might be in front of me. Because each year I feel an increased sense of responsibility to see more, do more, meet more designers, respond to more emails/ Instagram messages etc. I guess you could say that, in some way, I felt beaten by the system this year, coupled by the sheer fact a crazy amount of you reached out to us, and me personally, and we simply couldn’t do anything about it because our small team was massively outnumbered.

 

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Alas, the show must go on, and we kept our eyes on the prize the entire week in order to ensure another brilliant MILANTRACE could be produced via our live talks and digital reports. To that end, there were so many incredible moments I cherish from this year, like our visit to Fondazione Prada where we finally got to spend a good part of the day outside of the craziness of Salone (yes man, highly recommended!); the sensational Broken Nature exhibition at Triennale, which was so moving and powerful even though I was completely flatlining from a severe case of jetlag that almost left me in tears; Studiopepe’s manifesto project ‘Les Arcanistes ‘ – can these girls do anything wrong; the most sublime experience at Draga & Aurel’s first solo show Transparency Matters, which was one of my personal highlights; the gorgeous SIX Gallery and Fanny Bauer Grung and David Lopez Quincoces’ preview of their new establishment The Sister Hotel (plus, their baby girl is due literally any day now – congrats guys!); Raf Simon’s uber-cool installation for Kvadrat dubbed ‘No Man’s Land’ which made me feel like I really needed to up my Spotify playlist game; a couple of incredible new discoveries at Salone del Mobile and the biannual Euroluce; Note’s brilliant installation for Tarkett which elevated the humble vinyl to new heights, and so on and so forth!

I mean, I really could keep going on and on, until the break of dawn… I guess you’ll just have to stay tuned for more of #MILANTRACE2019, and come along to one of the talks, presented in partnership with Living Edge, to hear the rest. Something tells me you won’t be disappointed.

Baci, Mama Yellowtrace xx

 

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Gucci Decor Pop Up Store, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Dana Tomic Hughes | Yellowtrace
Gucci Decor Pop Up Store, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Dana Tomic Hughes | Yellowtrace

Gucci’s temporary ‘apartment’ pop-up on via Sant’Andrea was a thrilling manifestation of the fashion brand in a more-is-more home environment. Squeal! A riot of colours, pattern on pattern, was the name of the game here, showcasing the latest additions to the luxury brand’s homeware collection of furniture, dinnerware, crockery, porcelain, textiles and wallpaper. Photography © Dana Tomic Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Gucci Decor Pop Up Store, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Dana Tomic Hughes | Yellowtrace
Gucci Decor Pop Up Store, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Dana Tomic Hughes | Yellowtrace
Gucci Decor Pop Up Store, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Dana Tomic Hughes | Yellowtrace

More details from the Gucci apartment pop-up. How great is that wallpaper in the middle? Can’t deal! Photography © Dana Tomic Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Dimoremilano Interstellar, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
The design rock stars of Milan, Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran of DimoreStudio, staged multiple shows during the week. This was their Interstellar installation showcasing the brand’s latest evolution, furniture brand DimoreMilano, set within the former Cinema Arti building, which absolutely captured the duo’s rock star status within a very dramatic, dark and moody setting accompanied with signature loud punk music. As many of you would know, I’ve been very critical of Dimore’s output in Milan over the last few years, but this year I was presently surprised, and at times even delighted. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Dimoremilano Progetto Tessuti, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Dimoremilano Progetto Tessuti, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Next door, Dimoremilano’s textile collection was displayed in a sequence of semi-abandoned rooms. On the walls were photos by Andrea Ferrari shot in various Milanese locations, forming part of the new Progetto Tessuti catalogue. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Rimowa Kaleidoscope by Guillermo Santoma, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Rimowa Kaleidoscope by Guillermo Santoma, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

At Spazio Maiocchi, iconic luggage brand RIMOWA and contemporary art magazine KALEIDOSCOPE presented Guillermo Santomá’s Gas. The young Spanish designer’s progressive outlook unfolded as a short film, a printed publication and an installation, which was inspired by the idea of a conceptual gas station, centred around a fully functioning car transformed with RIMOWA aluminium into a light and sound sculpture. So freaking cool, and you know it! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Google X Muuto: A Space For Being, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
The main reason we visited Spazio Maiocchi was for Google’s installation “A space for wellbeing”, created with International Arts + Mind Lab at John Hopkins University and Suchi Reddy of Reddymade, entirely furnished by Muuto furniture. We didn’t take any photos during our visit, allowing instead to immerse ourselves in the quiet experience devised to understand how the brain responds to our aesthetic experiences, thereby exploring design’s impact on our biology. I’ll obviously share more in the coming talks and our Milan digital report, so stay tuned! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Studiopepe Les Arcanistes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
The entrance to Studiopepe’s manifesto project Les Arcanistes. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Studiopepe Les Arcanistes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Studiopepe Les Arcanistes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Les Arcanistes was largely considered a universal highlight from the week, and it’s not difficult to see why. Studiopepe are masters of capturing sublime beauty while keeping things fresh and unexpected. Ten points from me! Goes without saying we will dive into this installation in more detail soon. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Louis Vuitton Objet Nomades At Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Louis Vuitton Objet Nomades At Palazzo Serbellon,, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Louis Vuitton’s Object Nomades took place inside Palazzo Serbelloni this year. And although these images look pretty damn spectacular, I have to admit the overall experience left me somewhat underwhelmed as I didn’t feel LV hit their usually extremely high presentation standards. (for example, I do not wish to see bare scaffolding rigging up the lights inside a palazzo where Napoleon once used to hang out with Josephine, if ya know what I’m sayin’, etc, etc.) Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Louis Vuitton Objet Nomades At Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Louis Vuitton Objet Nomades At Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Two of my favourites from the latest Objet Nomades release – Anemona tables by Atelier Biagetti, and super fun new chair collection by Raw Edges. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Stellar Works X Agape Casa Behind The Scenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Stellar Works X Agape Casa Behind The Scenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Stellar Works’ new collection was unveiled at Galleria Manzoni, presented as a series of theatrical installations titled ‘The Montage’, conceived by the brand’s creative directors Neri&Hu. Available in Australia from Living Edge. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Stellar Works X Agape Casa Behind The Scenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Stellar Works X Agape Casa Behind The Scenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Stellar Works also launched The Crawford Collection by Australian designer Tom Fereday (yay!) and Lane Crawford, shown in the image on the left. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Life In Vogue Design Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Life In Vogue Design Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Vogue Italia hosted the second edition of Life in Vogue, created by eight internationally acclaimed designers, which was probably even better than last year’s presentation. Shown here was my personal favourite – News Room designed by Storage Milano. Bliiiinnnnggggg! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Life In Vogue Design Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Life In Vogue Design Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

A couple more from Life in Vogue – Talent Room by Pierre Marie, and Meeting Room by Massimiliano Locatelli. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Local Milan No4 Presented By Local Design, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
There were many moments I cherish from Milan this year, but as an Australian, perhaps the most remarkable one of all was Local Design’s 4th outing in Milan, curated by the tireless dynamo Emma Elizabeth, who assembled the largest ever group of Australian and New Zealand designers under one roof – 44 in total. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Local Milan No4 Presented By Local Design, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Local Milan No4 Presented By Local Design, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Local Milan No4 Presented By Local Design, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Local Milan was housed in a beautifully presented space accompanied by a bespoke soundscape by Australian DJ Mason Mulholland, arresting floral installation by Berlin-based, Australian floral stylist Ruby Barber, while the Milan-based, Australian graphic designer and creative director Bradley Seymour put his spin on the visual identity of the show. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Local Milan No4 Presented By Local Design, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Local Milan No4 Presented By Local Design, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Local Milan represents an extraordinary effort by the young designer, stylist and curator who highlights just how much home-grown talent we have in this country while placing Australian Design on the global map, having doubled the participants and raised the bar of the show’s presentation year on year. Kudos! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

The Symbolic Room By Atelier Aveus At Martina Gamboni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Land For Poggi Ugo by Masquespacio At Martina Gamboni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

The Symbolic Room by Atelier Aveus transforms Martina Gamboni PR agency’s meeting room for another year. On the right is the spectacular view from the office terrace back towards the Duomo, with Masquespacio’s Land for Poggi Ugo terracotta planters in the foreground. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Land For Poggi Ugo by Masquespacio At Martina Gamboni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Masquespacio’s site-specific installation celebrated 100 years of one of Italy’s most important ancient furnaces – Poggi Ugo, used to produce terracotta. Curated by Valentina Guidi Ottobri, the project explored new aesthetics visions for Terracotta and its natural essence, as a lush and peaceful oasis. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Palazzo Litta, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palazzo Litta Echo Courtyard Installation by Pezo Von Ellrichshausen, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Palazzo Litta hosted the sensational ECHO courtyard installation by respected Chilean architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen, which was entirely mirrored on the outside, while the inside offered a different point of view. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Palazzo Litta Prime Matter Photobooth Installation by Babled Design Studio, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palazzo Litta Bisanzio Collection by Ithea, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Chatting to the charming French designer Emmanuel Babled, who’s Prime Matter Photobooth installation took place at the landing of Palazzo Litta’s main staircase. On the right is Lithea’s Bisanzio collection of small furniture and decorative marble wall tiles. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Palazzo Litta Atelier De Troupe, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palazzo Litta Atelier De Troupe, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

LA-based cool kids from Atelier de Troupe launched their latest collection Neo Noir at Palazzo Litta. Extreme love! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Palazzo Litta Kawashima Selkon Textiles, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palazzo Litta Kawashima Selkon Textiles, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palazzo Litta Details, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Kawashima Selkon Textiles is a Japanese company founded more than 170 years ago, specializing in kimono sashes, curtains, and screens. This year, the traditional silk textures are recreated in synthetic fibres with truly incredible results – the colours of the panels change in response to light and the viewing position. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Salvatori Hidden Rooms Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Salvatori Hidden Rooms Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Over on Via Solferino, Salvatori staged a series of installations ‘Hidden Rooms’, designed by the brand’s long term collaborator Elisa Ossino – who’s a total design rockstar and needs to be, mega-famous if you ask me. (She kind of already is, but I’m talking CRAZY FAMOUS so even your mum knows who you’re talking about, type thing.) Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Salvatori Hidden Rooms Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Salvatori Hidden Rooms Installation, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

More scenes from Salvatori’s ‘Hidden Rooms’, overlooking the famous and super beautiful Via Solferino 11 shared courtyard. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Dimore Gallery Visioni Installation Of Gabriella Crespi Furniture, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo ©Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Up on level 3, Dimore Gallery hosted Visioni, a poetic installation of furniture and lights by the late Italian artist-designer legend Gabriella Crespi. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Dimore Gallery Visioni Installation Of Gabriella Crespi Furniture, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Dimore Gallery Visioni Installation Of Gabriella Crespi Furniture, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Dimore Gallery Visioni Installation Of Gabriella Crespi Furniture, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

The seven reissued pieces were originally designed by Crespi in the 1970s – from lamps to wall sconces, to furniture made from brass, bronze and lacquer, reproduced by Dimore after approaching her daughter. As well as the pieces reissued for Dimore Gallery, the exhibition included original items from the Crespi archive made from bamboo and brass, displayed in the final space and also two styled rooms which were blocked off by a perspex partition (shown in the middle image). Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Palermouno Gallery by Sophie Wannenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palermouno Gallery by Sophie Wannenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Milan’s newest design destination — Palermouno — is located in a 3rd-floor apartment in Brera. Founded by interior designer Sophie Wannenes, the 150sqm gallery brings together vintage, modern and contemporary pieces in a space that feels effortless, yet stamped with a distinctive Milanese kind of glamour. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Palermouno Gallery By Sophie Wannenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Palermouno Gallery By Sophie Wannenes, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Bold colours, striking patterns and statement furniture pieces harmonise and clash in equal measure, proving once and for all, we ought to take a leaf out of the Italian style book and become unafraid to take risks with colour and pattern. Yes, please! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Planetario by Cristina Celestino For Besana Carpet Lab, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Planetario by Cristina Celestino took place inside Brera Design Apartment, which saw the talented designer wrap the entire space in carpet. Call me crazy, but I’m totally into this wild 70s vibe action. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Planetario by Cristina Celestino For Besana Carpet Lab, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Planetario was created by Celestino for Besana Carpet Lab, exploring the potential of the carpet as more than a material that belongs on floors. P.s. You may recognise this space from this installation we talked about previously. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Sony Affinity In Autonomy, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Sony presented ‘Affinity in Autonomy’ – an interactive installation that envisions a world in which intelligence and technology are integrated more into our day to day lives. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Sony Affinity In Autonomy, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Sony Affinity In Autonomy, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

‘Affinity in Autonomy’ explored the emotion, companionship and behaviour of robotics; how humans interact and co-exist with them – both now and in the future – looking at the impact on our senses through technology. The installation ultimately proposed that robotics will play an integral role in our lives, society and infrastructure in the coming years. Scary slash exciting. I think. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Broken Nature At Triennale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Broken Nature at Milan’ Triennale is the gallery’s major exhibition this year, and not formally part of Milan Design Week. We visited the day we arrived in Milan, and although I was massively flat-lining through what was one of my worst jet lag experiences on record, I cannot recommend this exhibition enough. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Broken Nature At Triennale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Broken Nature At Triennale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Broken Nature At Triennale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Curated by Paola Antonelli, alongside a seriously talented team, Broken Nature is poignant, timely, eye-opening, informative, broad in outlook, poetic, confronting, incredibly well researched & thought through, and must see. If you find yourself in Milan before September 1st, 2019 – just go, ok? Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Salone Del Mobile 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
A few scenes from the epic Salone del Mobile at RHO Fiera – consider this your ‘scratch and sniff overview’ for now. Vitra stole the show with their always-on-point styling, exciting colour combinations and up-to-the-minute object & art selection. Available in Australia from Living Edge. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Salone Del Mobile 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Salone Del Mobile 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Glas Italia’s beautiful new screen system designed by Piero Lissoni. Right: Montana with Rakumba Lighting. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Salone Del Mobile 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Euroluce 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Turati Collection by Sancal. Right: The dramatic presentation by Czech lighting brand Lasvit, Available in Australia from Living Edge. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Euroluce 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
FLOS stand formed part of Design Holding, the new furniture and lighting group also made up of B&B Italia and Louis Poulsen, which has the most epic presence at RHO. Flos is available in Australia from Living Edge. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Euroluce 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Fritz Hansen had a rebrand earlier this year, which they brought out in full effect at Salone this year. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Euroluce 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Euroluce 2019 Highlights, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: The very beautiful Boffi | De Padova | MA/U Studio | ADL combined stand. Right: The somewhat genius stand by Cleaf, called C-HOUSE. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Nendo X Daikin Breeze Of Light, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
nendo’s ‘Breeze of light’ installation for Japanese air conditioning company DAIKIN was the work of subtle genius. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Nendo X Daikin Breeze Of Light, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Nendo X Daikin Breeze Of Light, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

nendo’s concept revolved around the experience and sensation of “invisible air”. By focusing on an invisible subject, the installation offered a unique opportunity to experience with sight what we can only feel in real life. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Caffe Concerto Cucchi Cristina Celestino, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Caffe Concerto Cucchi Cristina Celestino, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Cristina Celestino reimagined the Milanese icon, Pasticceria Cucchi, with a project dubbed Caffe Concerto. The installation was a tribute to the city without nostalgia, reinventing the iconic gathering place through a series of interventions within the interior, the shop windows and the outdoor seating area. Naturally, we stopped in to check it out, coincidentally enjoying one of the best coffees we’ve ever had in Milan. For real. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Spazio Rossana Orlandi Entry, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Spazio Rossana Orlandi Courtyard, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Next stop was Rossana Orlandi’s gallery, where spring blooms awaited in the festive courtyard filled with design goers. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Another View At Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
On Entropy At Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: ANOTHERVIEW video art project. Right: On Entropy marble sculptures. They had me at “Please Do Touch” sign! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Spazio Rossana Orlandi Courtyard, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
More Rossana Orlandi’s courtyard magic, because – well, why not? Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Se Collections At Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Se Collections At Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Se Collection’s sublime new collection and the most beautiful installation at Rossana Orlandi had me feeling slightly light-headed, in the best possible way. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Spazio Rossana Orlandi Shop, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Delicious scenes from Rossana Orlandi’s bonkers maximalist retail space. Unfortunately, I couldn’t work out who the glass objects were by, but they were amazing and if you happen to know – do share! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Piet Hein Eek at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Piet Hein Eek at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek’s signature works at the back of RO’s upstairs retails space. I am quite partial to the grid cabinet, if you must know. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Rust Harvest at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Guilty Pleasure by Siri Bahlenberg at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Great to see Rust Harvest project by young Japanese designer Yuma Kano we spotted at Salone Satellite last year – read more here. Right: Guilty Pleasure by Siri Bahlenberg. Wowzer. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Seed Light by Vezzini & Chen at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Celebration Of Light by Mandalaki at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Seed Light by Vezzini and Chen. Right: Fucking around with Mandalaki ‘s captivating Celebration of Light installation. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Memento Mori by Marre Moerel at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Memento Mori by Marre Moerel at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Memento Mori by Marre Moerel at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Chatting to the clever Dutch-born, Spain-based designer Marre Moerel about her sublime Memento Mori collection of candles, which was the first moment that almost made me cry (in a good way) during the week, as you can see from Exhibit A. I must admit, it’s the overall experiences that usually make me cry in Milan (and elsewhere) – not usually from observing an object, or a collection, so this experience definitely breaks new ground for me. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Exploring Eden by Bethan Gray at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Pankalangu Wardrobe From Broached Monsters Collection by Trent Jansen at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: The stunning Exploring Eden collection by Bethan Gray, created in partnership with Nature Squared, championing natural materials, artisanal craft, cutting-edge sustainability and social responsibility The collection consists of a capiz shell shelving unit, jade and pheasant feather lounge chairs, pearl shell cylindrical stools, with the hero items including a scallop shell table and a pen shell coffee table. Available in Australia from Living Edge. Right: Pankalangu Wardrobe from Broached Monsters Collection by Trent Jansen spotted at Rossana Orlandi. Read more about the collection here. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Milan Moment in Sant Ambrogio, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Sara Ricciardi for Serge Ferrari at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Milan Moment in Sant Ambrogio. Right: Sara Ricciardi for Serge Ferrari at 5vie. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Theoreme Editions at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Garnier & Linker’s Collection Romane for Ormond Editions at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Founded by David Giroire and Jérôme Bazzocchi, Theoreme Editions debuted in Milan with a chic collection designed by emerging contemporary French designers Emmanuelle Simon, Francesco Balzano, Garnier & Linker, Joris Poggioli, Pool and Services Généraux. Right: Garnier & Linker’s Collection Romane for Ormond Editions – eight new pieces designed with sculptural and contemporary lines, made from variations of different timber, plaster, slate, Vals stone and bronze, all handcrafted in France. Serious beauty. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Apparatus Interlude Limited Edition Collection at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Apparatus Interlude Limited Edition Collection at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

New York-based darlings Apparatus debuted Interlude – a Limited Edition collection of furniture and lights that indulge in fine handcraft pushed beyond the boundaries of the studio’s production pieces. Hand embroidery, alabaster, Carpathian burl and eel skin ground the collection in decorative references conceived as a suite of furnishings designed for an imagined, modernist concert hall. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

To The Moon And Back Collection by Giopato & Coombes at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
To The Moon And Back Collection by Giopato & Coombes at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Gipoato&Coombs debuted ‘To The Moon and Back’, a lighting collection that combines the surreal with the ordinary – a reoccurring theme in the gorgeous duo’s work. Representing a departure from their usual style, the collection is inspired by imaginary treasures collected from an exploratory mission to space and brought back to Earth. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Volker Haug Versus John Hogan at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Volker Haug Versus John Hogan at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Volker Haug Studio versus John Hogan featured the collaborative works of Melbourne-based lighting practice and Seattle-based glass artist. The show introduces four scaled-up works of aluminium and engineered glass, stacked and fused together in illuminated block compositions. So good! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Volker Haug Versus John Hogan at 5vie, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Entry to Volker Haug Studio versus John Hogan show at 5Vie. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Cos X Mamou Mani Conifera at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Cos X Mamou Mani Conifera at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Created by London-based French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani for fashion brand COS, Conifera was a largescale 3D printed architectural installation conceived to blend the digital with the physical world while addressing sustainability through the use of compostable bio-plastic. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Cos X Mamou Mani Conifera at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Cos X Mamou Mani Conifera at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Cos X Mamou Mani Conifera at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

That awkward moment when you realise you’re dressed to match the installation. Oppsies. Naturally, Nick had to take the photo to commemorate the occasion. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Cos X Mamou Mani Conifera at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
As visitors journeyed through Conifera, the architecture shifted from timber and bioplastic composite in the courtyard to a translucent and white bioplastic found within the garden, communicating a digitally fabricated bridge between the manmade and the natural world. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Trove by Christopher Boots & Lost Profile Studios, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Trove by Christopher Boots & Lost Profile Studios, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Melbourne-based lighting design studios Christopher Boots and Lost Profile Studios staged a fantastic collective show TROVE at Spazio RT. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Trove by Christopher Boots & Lost Profile Studios, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Trove by Christopher Boots & Lost Profile Studios, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

More scenes from TROVE by Christopher Boots and Lost Profile Studios. So great! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Gustavo Martini at Wallpaper Handmade, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Wallpaper Handmade With Love Exhibition, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Gustavo Martini’s circular marble ‘love seat’ at the entrance of Love-themed Wallpaper Handmade show. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Pete Pongsak & Espasso at Wallpaper Handmade, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Echo of Love Lamp At Wallpaper Handmade, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Love vases by Pete Pongsak and Espasso. Right: Echo of Love lamp by Brendan Ravenhill Studio and Maison Integre at Wallpaper Handmade. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Lara Bohinc At Wallpaper Handmade, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Usm At Wallpaper Handmade, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Chaneayrs Circular Bar At Wallpaper Handmade, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Lara Bohinc’s latest collection; love-themed custom pink USM cabinet and Chan + Eayrs, Sebastian Cox and American Hardwood Export Council’s blushing bar at Wallpaper Handmade. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Still Life by Calico Wallpaper with Ladies & Gentlemen Studio & Mud Australia, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Muse by Faye Toogood for Calico Wallpaper, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Still/Life collaborative installation by Calico Wallpaper with Ladies & Gentlemen Studio and Mud Australia, and Muse wallpaper collection by Faye Toogood for Calico Wallpaper. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Draga & Aurel Transparency Matters, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Draga & Aurel Transparency Matters, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Draga & Aurel’s Transparency Matters was Como-based designers first solo show in Milan, and a personal highlight – so you can bet yo ass we will be sharing more about this soon. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Bassamfellows, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Bassamfellows, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

BassamFellows staged Elemental Exhibition inside their lifestyle gallery, featuring the latest collection inspired by the prosaic, elemental nature of some of the duo’s favourite materials like stone, wood, metal and leather. Available in Australia from Living Edge. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Hermes Installation at La Pelota, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Hermes Installation at La Pelota, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Hermes was back at La Pelota with an installation that launched their latest homewares collection. Criticized by quite a few for not being as impressive as last year’s spectacle (which, let’s face it, is possible to top), what I appreciated about this installation was its quiet sophistication and subtlety – materials traced a line, permeated a motif, delineated an object. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Hermes Installation at La Pelota, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Hermes Installation at La Pelota, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Hermes Installation at La Pelota, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

One of the stand out piece from the Hermes the collections were Barber & Osgerby granite or porcelain Halo and Hécate lamps shown in the middle image. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Brodie Neill Made In Ratio, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
An Indoor Tree Nursery At Aesop Brera by Inside Outside, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Brodie Neill presented new works from his self-produced furniture collection Made in Ratio – new high bar stool version of his now-iconic Alpha chair, and the all-new Theorem screen/ room divider. Available in Australia from Living Edge. Right: Aesop Brera hosted an installation imagined by the landscape and interior architecture practice Inside Outside. The store was reinvented as a conceptual botanical garden, with copious amounts of soil seeming to pour in freely from the windows, literally bringing the outdoors in. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Herman Miller All Together Now, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Herman Miller All Together Now, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Herman Miller All Together Now, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Herman Miller presented All Together Now, a five-part exhibition that celebrates and unites the Herman Miller Group’s growing global family of brands, including Colebrook Bosson Saunders, Design Within Reach, Geiger, HAY, Maars Living Walls, Maharam, naughtone and Nemschoff. Herman Miller is available in Australia from Living Edge. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Adjacent Field by Linda Tegg for Jill Sander, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Adjacent Field by Melbourne-based artist Linda Tegg for Jil Sander was a large living installation of spontaneous plants picked from abandoned sites in the Milan area. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Adjacent Field by Linda Tegg for Jill Sander, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Adjacent Field by Linda Tegg for Jill Sander, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

The installation introduced a new series of Jil Sander+ collections of durable products, for both women and men, made for life outside of the city: time spent in the mountains, by the sea and in the countryside. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Formations by Note Design Studio for Tarkett, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Formations by Note Design Studio for Tarkett, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Vinyl flooring company Tarkett collaborated with Stockholm-based Note Design Studio on a striking installation set within the historical Circolo Filologico Milanese. Epic multi-coloured totems wrapped in vinyl sat at the centre of a triple height space topped with a heritage skylight, successfully subverting notions of scale and playfully distorting architectural archetypes. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Formations by Note Design Studio for Tarkett, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Formations by Note Design Studio for Tarkett, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Not only beautifully executed, becoming one of the most Instagrammed installations of the week, what was most remarkable about this installation, dubbed Formations. is that it managed to elevate a humble material, often perceived as ‘budget’ or ‘substitute’ option, into a finish comfortably able to hold its own alongside granite or marble. Genius! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Tom Dixon The Manzoni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Tom Dixon The Manzoni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Tom Dixon opened The Manzoni, the new 100-seat restaurant designed by Tom’s Design Research Studio. Previewing during Milan Design Week, the venue will re-open just after Salone as a permanent restaurant and a showroom. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Tom Dixon The Manzoni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Tom Dixon The Manzoni, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

New collections on show at The Manzoni include Fat, Opal and Spring, plus I was quite partial to the lovely metal credenza shown on the left. Nice. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Loewe Baskets, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Loewe Baskets, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

For their fifth and most ambitious instalment in Milan, LOEWE approached 10 prominent international artisans and invited them to interpret the theme of basketry, hand quilting and calligraphy in their own inimitable way. The result was a gallery of one-off works that are both decorative and practical. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Loewe Baskets, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Atelier Fevrier Rugs, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Entrance to ‘LOEWE Baskets’ on Via Montenapoleone. Right: Atelier Fevrier showed their beautiful handmade rugs in a small show conceptualised by Studio Milo. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Nilufar Gallery Piano Nobile, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Nilufar Gallery Bethan Laura Wood, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Nilufar Gallery celebrated the design week with three projects featuring some of the designers who have worked with the gallery the longest and who, also thanks to the creative exchange with Nina Yashar, now play a leading role on the contemporary design scene. Left: Piano Nobile installation on the ground floor featured works by Michael Anastassiades, Martino Gamper, Brigitte Niedermair in collaboration with DEDAR. Right: Nilufar25 is a new space in the gallery featuring work by Bethan Laura Wood. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Nilufar Gallery, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Nilufar Gallery, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Ground floor space on Via Senato features historical pieces by Osvaldo Borsani alongside new contemporary projects edited by Nilufar and artworks by Tommaso Fantoni. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Nilufar Gallery, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Nilufar Gallery’s ground floor space on Via Seanto, featuring Osvaldo Borsani’s impressive Mod. L60 bookcase made from brass, timber and parchment. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Elle Decor At Work at Palazzo Bovara, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Elle Decor At Work at Palazzo Bovara, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Elle Décor explored the evolution of the workplace in their installation at Palazzo Bovara, created in collaboration with DWA Design Studio. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Shape Of Gravity Installation by Nendo X Wonderglass, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Mosh pit situation at the Shape of Gravity installation by nendo for Wonderglass. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Shape Of Gravity Installation by Nendo X Wonderglass, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Shape Of Gravity Installation by Nendo X Wonderglass, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

We’ve written about nendo’s collection for Wonderglass in the past, which was expanded with additional pieces in Milan, including the arresting chandelier seen at the back of the ‘runway’ installation. And although I felt like I was reasonably familiar with the collection, seeing it in real life was far more beautiful than I could have imagined. Another personal highlight from the week. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Delcourt Collection at Spotti, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Delcourt Collection at Spotti, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

On show at Spotti Milano was Studio Delcourt’s latest Collection The Shape of Shade – “a return to a primary and an academic draw for a new series of pieces oscillating between inertia and gravity, light and shade, magistral proportions and infinite details.” In other words, stunning! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Spotti Milano, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Bally Showroom, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Spotti Milano also presented their selection of Italian and international furniture brands in a show dubbed Selected by Spotti. Right: Storagemilano’s sensational new interior for Bally showroom which we’ve talked about here. So good! Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Come To Light by Luca Moreni & Roberto De Zorzi for Aria at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
The third edition of Ventura Centrale was bigger than ever, presenting as what can only be described as installation extravaganza. Shown here is Come To Light installation by Luca Moreni and Roberto de Zorzi for Aria. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Kwangho Lee Wang & Soderstrom for Noroo at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Kwangho Lee Wang & Soderstrom for Noroo at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Kwangho Lee and Wang & Söderström displayed the latest colour combinations from NOROO Group’s trend book in Tide – a solar eclipse-inspired exhibition. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Tell Me More installation by Rapt Studio at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
Tell Me More installation by Rapt Studio at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Tell Me More installation by Rapt Studio aimed to establish an emotional connection between perfect strangers who were encouraged to leave questions within the installation. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.

Lavazza X Gufram at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace
A Piece Of Sky by Stephan Hurlemann at Ventura Centrale, Milan Design Week 2019, Photo © Nick Hughes | Yellowtrace

Left: Lavazza served thousands of free coffees to celebrate the launch of their new machine in a coffee club setting presented in the shape of a bank safe, dressed in furniture by Gufram, available in Australia from Living Edge. Right: Walter White standing inside ‘A Piece of Sky’ installation by Stephan Hürlemann for Sky-Frame, designed to transport the visitors for a moment into the illusion of being in space. Photography © Nick Hughes/ Yellowtrace.