Museums and Justice

Museums and Justice

Wednesday 12 April 2017

Who's the FAIR-est of them all?-) Salone del Mobile 2017-1.0



Image above: View from the exhibition for the 20 years of the Salone Satellite institution at the Fabbrica del Vapore (Steam Factory), curated by Beppe Finessi, within the framework of manifestations during this year's Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy.


In the beginning of these post series I personally would like to thank the Press and Hospitality teams at the Salone del Mobile for their kind reception and sponsorship. Their full support to design journalism and independent media outlets like A4D-D4A is unprecedented and invaluable, compared to other international exhibitions... In the Salone del Mobile journalists are warmly regarded and treated like guests and not like a nuisance, an annoying nessecity standing in the way. Thank you for giving A4D-D4A the opportunity to attend the fair for the 3rd time this difficult year and report news that have a significance for the commercial world and the innovative, creative industry. 

This year 2017 the Salone Satellite -the insitution at the Salone del Mobile that hosts, promotes and showcases the works of young designers under 35 years old from all over the world- marks a seriously turning point. There is strong, almost ferocious energy, a clear U-turn towards Crafts. In the post-factual era, it seems that the Loom will be combined with the 3-D printer and the Robot, in a relationship based on equal terms. The high-tech inclination for an over-designed, edgy, astro-spatial aesthetics, tends to cease, unattractive and forgotten, giving way to new dynamics. Young designers reinvent Craft and propose solutions for the home furnishings, furniture, leisure, lights that evoque empathy and bond to manual work, to ancient techniques, to weaving, to sewing, to bringing Hu-Man back to the centre of attention. 

In the time of Instagram and Behance the Curator is Dead. Long Live the Digital Documentalist, the Platform maker. In the era of the Salone Satellite 2017 can we still expect industrial designers to design products? We obviously endeavor for Crafts-men/women who understand Design processes and they can encourage them. That is the message of the most talented core of designers in this year's Salone Satellite

Photo stream, from top to bottom: PET Lamp by Sebastián Betanzo, Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, Enrique Romero de la Llana - Adrianus Kundert rugs and more - Aya Kawabata tapestry - Sunbeam Jackie outdoor furniture and parasols -  BOUND Solid Wood Pendants by Carnevale Studio  - Romy di Donato Big & Little Roxane light sources next to Coralie Miessen textiles - Didj-Star Musical Lamp - WhyC armchair by Irmak Çağlar (CDW) - André Teoman complete home interiors.














Design for Food was not at all absent at this year's Salone Satellite: please check the amazing research project turned into a book, The Future Sausage by product designer Carolien Niebling.

http://www.carolienniebling.com/THE-FUTURE-SAUSAGE


If you wish more info or contact details on the selected designers above do not hesitate to contact A4D-D4A or you can just google them up.

Salone Satellite celebrates its 20 years, the first institution of that kind within an international fair and a collection of original works signed by 46 international designers- all discovered at the Salone Satellite at the time- is exhibited at the premises. (See in picture bellow: LINES UNDER THE FOREST tables by Nat Wilms and Andrea Zambelli of Hillsideout/Self-production, CHEMISE armchair by Ilaria Innocenti/MY Home Collection, LITTLE BIG CHAIR by Big-Game/Magis). 




Beppe Finessi worked his usual miraculous ways curating the Salone Satellite 20-year retrospective, held at the Milan's Fabbrica del Vapore (Steam Factory) Cultural Center. The exhibition- called " Salone Satellite. 20 Years of New Creativity"- hosts more than 500 works of the designers/participants in the project all these years, an institution that flourished under the insatiable energy and passion of its founder, the curator Marva Griffin Wilshire and it still remains a hub of incredible design resource for all. The current history of contemporary design is unrolling before our very eyes and the chills are multiplying as one observes from such a short distance the iconic works of furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles, lighting- that stimulated our intellect and defined the design of our generation, our very everyday living.




(In detail, bellow: Henrik Sørig Thomsen rocking armchair/2006, Anna Badur dishes and cups/2016, Antonin Bachet and Linda Topic felt rug/2011, Studio Sano glass tea set and glass vase/1999).


(Bellow: Pairs like Oak n.4 armchair by Natanel Gluska/2016 (1998) and distinctive Orion side table by Ini Archibong/2016).


(Bellow and clockwise: Another compartment exhibiting Staffan Holm Gym hooks/2011, the Carved Italian cabinet by I.A.F.R Harry Koopman & Bruno van Hooijdonk/2007, Pendant lamp by Caterina Moretti & Héctor Mendoza/2010, Reflect chair by Thomas Walde/2010 and Kaichiro Yamada umbrella stand/2005).



In the next post, in less than 10 days from today: Highlights of the DeLightFul/Euroluce exhibitions, Space & Interiors insights and the LIST of A4D-D4A Faves at the Salone del Mobile 2017!!!! Do not miss it!-))

Stay fit to Design?-))
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