Tag Milan

23-06-2022

Switzerland’s talent for design

Circular, nomadic, versatile: the nine prototypes by young designers presented by Pro Helvetia at the group exhibition entitled ‘Design Switzerland’s Living Spaces’ at the Milan FuoriSalone all share a common language, one which reinterprets lifestyles in a meticulous way, wholly rooted in sustainability and deep links to the local territory.

02-06-2022

Guillermo Mariotto on the Luce collection: ‘I’ve used ceramic to fill my house with light’

A multitalented creative, designer and stylist, Mariotto has turned his penchant for elegance towards ceramic design: Luce is his collection of large porcelain slabs for Iris Ceramica Group which exudes all the sinuosity and movement of silk. In the company’s showroom, for Milan’s FuoriSalone, a short film and photo exhibition tell the story behind it.

27-05-2022

Floornature with the LAND studio for the Milan Design Week

From June 6 to 12, Floornature will take part in the Milan Design Week 2022. In addition to the events to be held at the Iris Ceramica Group showroom, Floornature, as media partner of the LAND landscape studio, will also follow a focus on the major transformation that the city of Milan has been undergoing. Floornature will stream the talks centred on "meanwhile uses", theme dedicated to the temporary use of the urban context, with speakers including Andreas Kipar, Stefano Minini, Ico Migliore, Mara Servetto and representatives from the studios MCA, Foster+Partners and Park Associati.

26-05-2022

C+S Architects Residential Towers R11 Cascina Merlata Milan

In Milan, in the Cascina Merlata area, a major residential development is underway. It is one of the largest in Europe in terms of size. In this context, at the northern end of the Highrise Village and bordering the park, is lot R11, where the residential towers designed by C+S Architects have been constructed.

02-05-2022

"Aldo Rossi. Design 1960-1997" exhibition at the Museo del Novecento in Milan

On April 29, the exhibition entitled "Aldo Rossi. Design 1960-1997" was inaugurated at the Museo del Novecento in Milan. With over 350 works on display, including furnishings and ordinary objects, prototypes, models, drawings, paintings and studies, the public is offered an extensive retrospective and an important visual testimony on the projects created by Aldo Rossi from 1960 to 1997.

27-04-2022

Park Associati designs Luxottica Digital Factory in Milan

Quality, technological innovation of materials and the search for avant-garde architectural solutions: the key elements of the industrial architectural restoration project carried out in Milan by the Park Associati studio. The architects have reinterpreted an existing building, transforming it into the new Luxottica Digital Factory.

05-04-2022

Triennale Milano, between new exhibitions and installations

From April 1, two new installations designed by two important masters of architecture, which have recently become part of the permanent collection of the Milanese institution, are on display in the Triennale Milano gardens, named after Giancarlo De Carlo: "Meuble Plus", a project for the support of refugees conceived by Yona Friedman and "Grande Milano", the chair designed by Italian architect Aldo Rossi in a 7:1 scale.

31-03-2022

Park Associati designs People Hub office building in Assago

The new People Hub building, designed by Park Associati, expands the Milanofiori Nord masterplan and is one of the most important buildings of the so-called "cliff", a group of buildings that crown this urban development. From the north-west side, the building's minimalist façade resembles the bow of a ship, a blade of glass and steel that becomes the fulcrum of the architectural composition of the complex.