Magis
Italy

Imagine an arcade or a park without benches. Impossible. The parkbench is as important in urban spaces as salt is in soup. The most exciting models in an overview.

Velvet, fringes, cushions and love seats galore: The current sofas and easy chairs are ideal for creating a cozy lounge.

Be they short or long of leg, simply unique or extravagant: there’s no end to the variety of tables in Milan.

If everything becomes virtual, then the solid gets its day, be it heavy or light in appearance. Konstantin Grcic and Jasper Morrison prove this in very different ways. 

With its small, yet refined Interno Italiano line Giulio Iacchetti seeks to offer an alternative to the Big Brands. Typical Italian products from chairs to trays and even vases.

Thomas Wagner spoke to Alberto Perazza about wrought iron, sustainable products, Venetian hospitality and cosmopolitanism, and the subtle distinctions in design.

For the international interview magazine “Freunde von Freunden”, Magis used pieces by a variety of designers to transform an apartment in Berlin into an event venue. 

Tables and chairs by Magis are not only the result of an intensive collaboration. They are also suffused with a special spirit of hospitality.

The renovation of a historical chateau in Belgium was completed with furniture by Magis.

The Italian furniture company Magis attracts designers from all over the world. They love collaborating with founder Eugenio Perazza. Although the bar is set high.

On irony, provocative designs, Chair One as a grill, finding treasure troves, the necessity of securing contracts and the fun of advancing existing designs.

Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 3

Excitement’s in the air. Shortly before the Salone opens some news has leaked out as regards what KGID is coming up with.

Swedish architects Elding Oscarson have designed the new office for design consulting agency No Picnic, which is based in Stockholm.