The home of the future will "know where you are" - Yves Behar
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: San Francisco designer Yves Behar, who recently launched a keyless lock controlled by a smartphone, discusses his vision for how technology can be successfully integrated...
View Article"When you try to separate art and design you create a ghetto" - Job Smeets
Studio Job founder Job Smeets looks back over his career to date and explains why sculpture is so important to his studio's work in this movie Dezeen filmed at Moooi's Unexpected Welcome exhibition in...
View Article"Working during an economic crisis is quite exciting" - Job Smeets
Movie: in our second video interview with Job Smeets of Studio Job, the artist discusses the recent economic crisis but claims that, unlike many in the "design art" world, his studio's work has not...
View Article"I felt we should change the way Emeco makes chairs" - Konstantin Grcic
Movie: Designer Konstantin Grcic tells Dezeen that American furniture company Emeco had to industrialise its production methods to produce his new Parrish chair in this video interview filmed in Milan....
View Article"Some companies hire designers for marketing reasons" - Konstantin Grcic
Movie: in our second video interview with Konstantin Grcic in Milan, the industrial designer discusses the upsides and downsides of designing collections for multiple brands, rather than building...
View ArticleNew collection by La Chance
Milan 2013: French design brand La Chance launched its second collection in Milan earlier this month, featuring a bright red winged bench by Luca Nichetto and a fragmented coffee table by Noé...
View ArticleCMYK bulb by Dennis Parren
Milan 2013: designer Dennis Parren has developed a light bulb that casts coloured shadows. The CMYK bulb by Dennis Parren combines a white main light source with coloured LEDs in red, green and blue to...
View ArticleKuki chair by Zaha Hadid for Sawaya & Moroni
Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid folded a round sheet of plastic to create this chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni (+ slideshow). The single indigo-coloured sheet has been creased along two lines so the...
View ArticleNew Pinterest board: Milan 2013
We've created a new Pinterest board from Milan 2013 featuring all the products, installations and exhibitions we've covered from the design world's biggest get-together. See our coverage of the event...
View ArticleMeteo by Naoto Fukasawa for Magis
Milan 2013: Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has designed a set of minimal dials to monitor air temperature, pressure and humidity for Italian brand Magis. The Meteo barometer, thermometer and...
View ArticleMathilda by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola unveiled a chair with a backrest wrapped in rush for Italian brand Moroso in Milan this month. Patricia Urquiola's Mathilda chair for Moroso has a curved...
View ArticleAirberg by Jean-Marie Massaud for Offecct
Milan 2013: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created chunky grey seating resembling the jagged forms of an iceberg for Swedish furniture brand Offecct. Massaud's Airberg collection for Offecct...
View ArticleTeso table by Foster + Partners for Molteni&C
Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. The Teso table by Foster + Partners for Molteni&C is...
View ArticleBagatti Valsecchi 2.0 exhibition by Rossana Orlandi
Milan 2013: Rossana Orlandi curated an exhibition of work by designers including Nacho Carbonell, Front and Studio Libertiny at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan. Pump It Up by Nacho Carbonell...
View ArticleAusterity edible furniture by Lanzavecchia + Wai
Milan 2013: a coffee table topped with a giant hard-boiled sweet and a white chocolate chair are among items in a series of edible furniture by design studio Lanzavecchia + Wai (+ slideshow). Designed...
View ArticleBuzz chair by Bertjan Pot for Arco
Milan 2013: Dutch designer Bertjan Pot has created lightweight chairs for furniture brand Arco that have wooden seats with edges curved tightly over the aluminium frames. Designed for Dutch furniture...
View ArticleCatch Chair by Jaime Hayón for &tradition
Milan 2013: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a chair with armrests that stretch outwards like limbs for Danish brand &tradition. Jaime Hayón based the form of the Catch chair on the image...
View Article"There's a return to the commerce of the fair"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the first of a series of films recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan last month, MINI head of design Anders Warming explains the thinking behind the brand's...
View ArticleFloating table by Ingo Maurer for Established & Sons
Milan 2013: German designer Ingo Maurer's table without any legs has gone into production with British brand Established & Sons. The white table top appears to float at first glance, but is in fact...
View ArticleBust marble chair by Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny
Milan 2013: Netherlands-based designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny presented a solid marble chair at the Bagatti Valsecchi exhibition curated by Rossana Orlandi in Milan. Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny...
View ArticleClarissa Hood armchair and chair by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has created a family of chairs influenced by the shape of a hood for Italian brand Moroso. Designed by Patricia Urquiola for furniture brand Moroso, the...
View ArticleUrban Stories: Naturescape by Kengo Kuma
Milan 2013: bamboo trees sprouted up around a topographical landscape of stone and water at this installation created by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Milan last month. As one of three...
View ArticleShine outdoor furniture by Arik Levy for Emu
Milan 2013: this collection designed by Arik Levy for outdoor furniture brand Emu features aluminium seats and footstools with tops that fold down around square frames. Paris-based designer Arik Levy...
View ArticleMembrane by Benjamin Hubert for Classicon
Product news: this armchair by London designer Benjamin Hubert weighs just three kilograms. Called Membrane, the chair by Benjamin Hubert for German brand Classicon comprises a steel and aluminium...
View ArticleHyperion Spotlight by Paul Heijnen
Eindhoven designer Paul Heijnen presented an articulated lamp like a huge wooden insect at Rossana Orlandi's Bagatti Valsecchi 2.0 exhibition in Milan (+ movie). Called Hyperion Spotlight, the piece is...
View Article"Milan used to be a place full of farms"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Milan, architect and designer Fabio Novembre takes us to a converted farm near the city centre and explains why he sees the project as an important...
View ArticleMarine Light by Nir Meiri
Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri used seaweed to create the shades of these lamps. Nir Meiri made the lamps by draping fresh seaweed over a structure of thin metal spokes attached to a metal base. The final...
View ArticleNorse chair by Simon Pengelly for Modus
Product news: London designer Simon Pengelly has created these curved wooden chairs with cut-out backs for British furniture brand Modus. Simon Pengelly used steam-bent wood to form the seats and backs...
View ArticleHug by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Arflex
The armrests of these chairs by Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune reach out as though asking for a hug. The Hug range by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Italian brand Arflex features deep, thin arms...
View ArticleBureau Nota by Elisabeth Lux for e15
Berlin architect Elisabeth Lux has designed a writing desk for furniture brand e15 with sliding storage compartments that can be pulled out and rearranged. The Nota desk combines a fold-down writing...
View ArticleToshi cabinets by Luca Nichetto for Casamania
Venetian designer Luca Nichetto has created a collection of cabinets carved with geometric patterns for Italian brand Casamania. Called Toshi, which means 'city' in Japanese, the cabinets by Luca...
View ArticleTalma chair by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso
London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a chair that looks like it's wrapped up in a cloak for Italian brand Moroso (+movie) Named Talma after a type of cloak, this chair by Benjamin Hubert for...
View ArticleVariations by Stephen Burks for Calligaris
New York designer Stephen Burks filled the Milan showroom of Italian brand Calligaris with colourful ropes and columns of plastic chairs lashed together last month (+ movie). Called Variations, the...
View ArticleNet tables by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso
Product news: London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a series of tables with legs and tops made of metal mesh for Italian brand Moroso. Designed by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso, these circular...
View ArticleMaker Faire Africa Workshop at Afrofuture
Visitors to the Afrofuture exhibition in Milan built light-up glasses from recycled materials at a workshop organised by Maker Faire Africa (+ movie). The workshop was a taster for the larger two to...
View ArticleSoe cups by Hanna Kruse
These tiny cups by German designer Hanna Kruse are topped with geometric wire grates to support and show off small objects like jewellery, flower heads or leaves. Hanna Kruse was influenced by Ikebana,...
View ArticleNew Salone del Mobile president to tackle issues that "damage Milan"
News: the new president of Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile has revealed plans to rebrand the fair, replace its "terrible" website and tackle hotel overpricing and transport chaos that are...
View ArticleGlobe lights by Studio Vit
Light from small ceramic pendants is bounced off large steel bowls to form these lamps by London designers Studio Vit. The Globe lights comprise matte ceramic spheres on long flexes, which can be used...
View ArticleMotek by Luca Nichetto for Cassina
Product news: the seat of this chair by Venetian designer Luca Nichetto is made of folded felt. Called Motek, the design by Stockholm-based Luca Nichetto for Italian brand Cassina is pressure-moulded...
View ArticleRubber lamp by Thomas Schnur
Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has created squishy lamps made out of rubber. The electrical components of these lamps by Thomas Schnur are encased in a heat-resistent silicone shell, molded into the...
View ArticleINAHO by Hideki Yoshimoto and Yoshinaka Ono
Little tubes of golden light gently lean towards approaching visitors in this installation by Japanese design duo Hideki Yoshimoto and Yoshinaka Ono. Hideki Yoshimoto and Yoshinaka Ono of tangent:...
View ArticleCircus tables by Formfjord for Offecct
Product news: these tables based on a circus ringmaster's podium were designed by German office Formfjord for Swedish brand Offecct. Referencing the zig-zagging patterns found on the traditional stands...
View ArticlePrehistoric Aliens by Glimpt
Swedish designers Glimpt worked with Peruvian artisans to produce the hand-carved wooden bases for these coffee tables (+ slideshow). Mattias Rask and Tor Palm of Glimpt travelled to the village of...
View Article"Milan design week is incredibly frustrating for visitors to navigate"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our final movie from the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan, MINI head of design Anders Warming talks about the history of the original car and Max Fraser, deputy director of...
View ArticleMovie: Quiet Motion installation by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec sent us this exclusive movie showing the spinning cork platforms of their Quiet Motion installation they presented in Milan in April. The Bouroullec brothers...
View Article"It is very difficult to build contemporary architecture in Italy"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our final movie with Fabio Novembre in Milan, the architect and designer takes us to a new development in the Porta Nuova district of the city and explains why the...
View Article"I'm sure we had the most expensive exhibition at Milan this year" - Marcel...
Dutch designer and Moooi art director Marcel Wanders explains why the design brand wanted to make a big impact at Milan this year in this movie filmed at Moooi's Unexpected Welcome exhibition. The...
View Article"We need to redesign our thinking with LED lamps" - Marcel Wanders
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders discusses how he overcame the challenges of using LED technology in his new lamp for Moooi and defends the high cost of design products in this movie Dezeen filmed in...
View Article"Young designers have given up waiting to be spotted by a big producer" - Tom...
British designer Tom Dixon discusses how the digitalisation of manufacturing processes is enabling young designers to take production into their own hands in this movie Dezeen filmed at MOST in Milan....
View Article"I am no longer a lighting designer, I am a fashion designer" - Tom Dixon
In our second movie with Tom Dixon filmed earlier this year in Milan, the British designer discusses his foray into fashion design and says that his capsule collection for sports brand Adidas is based...
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