Formfjord This year, Salone Satellite, which, under the leadership of the dynamic Marva Griffin-Wilshire, presents an international cross-section of the young design scene parallel to the furniture fair, has discovered something very encouraging from a German point of view. The young Berlin-based company Formfjord was selected by Stylepark to participate in "The Design Annual - inside: private identity".

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Marcel Wanders' Show Whether we really like him is another matter. He is most definitely successful. The show, laid out over approx. 1,600 square meter in the Palazzo Ex Ansaldo, was impressive proof of that. The Dutchman Marcel Wanders has an almost unique understanding of self-orchestration. Here are a few impressions.

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Elve´s land Driade hosted during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile the most imaginative party. The inner courtyard of the showroom at the Via Manzoni was transformed into a glamour garden.

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Wonderful World The young Spaniard Jaime Hayon is currently one of the most dazzling figures in the international design scene. Without taking existing styles into account, he drew the attention of the crowds and was omnipresent in Milan.

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Ewa Kumlin´s Milan I only caught the tail end of the Salone in Milan this year, so I missed all the parties and the people, BUT I saw a lot and could still feel the hype.

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Viabizzuno in Milan So they are still around, the idealistic and innovative brains. Mario Nanni, creative head of Viabizzuno, probably Italy's most interesting luminaire makers, is the Italian answer to Ingo Maurer. At the Milan Triennial, Nanni staged a fascinating exhibition which was not about products, but the poetic power of light, a roller coaster of surprises and ideas.

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Encomium of the surface If the last edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milano proved anything, it might well be the fact that the luxury industry, after buying the major players of what always was in essence a family business, is now remoulding the design world to its corporate laws. A total transformation is the result, with the anonymous replacing the personal, and a celebration of the surface any search of depth.

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Ludovica + Roberto Palomba: The New Bath World A book has been published just in time for the Milan Furniture Fair - on the oeuvre of Ludovica + Roberto Palomba.

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On the search for meaning The Design Annual - inside: private identity: Following the successful debut in May 2006, the Messe Frankfurt and Stylepark will once again this year be bringing the very best of international design to the Festhalle in Frankfurt.

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Historical experiment The latest issue of Berker Blueprint is dedicated to the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, a former prison which the Dutch architecture studio MVRDV and numerous designers and artists converted into a design-oriented concept hotel.

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