milan salone del mobile 2003 preview ...................................................................................................................................................................................

--- designboom.com presents the perpetual design calendar sponsored by : --- the perpetual design calendar - never forget a birthday again! celebrate design through the months by remembering the birthdays of your favorite designers. check out which saint was born on the same day as you! --- party (one night only) friday 11 april 2003 11.30 pm - 2.30 am during the milan furniture show (salone del mobile) --- c/o ekatana via pompeo leoni 5, milan (close to the magazzini generali club) see the map --- a view on the ekatana location --- we invite you and proudly offer : nice location, dance-sound by dj marcello the calendar free to everyone --- (cost of drinks: from euro 2 to euro 7) hope you'll join us ! --- salone 100 top events preview for six days, milan hosts the salone del mobile. this annual furniture fair spreads across the whole of the city. many design events. here's designboom’s selection of the most interesting events during the milan furniture fair ( april 09 - 14, 2003 ) --- tuesday 8 8 april ( the eve of the opening of this year's 'salone') a casa : cappellini exhibition of new products open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening 8 april, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m superstudio più, via tortona 27 DE-LIGHTED by Corian(R) projects by james irvine - ross lovegrove - marc newson. the three designers will each create micro-architectures: total environments that will include actual products, from light fixtures to furnishings. common to each project will be an ironic, interactive and playful mood. from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening 8 april, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. magna pars, sala domino, via tortona 15 muji for the first time in europe muji shows its ‘no logo’ philosophy from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. opening cocktail 8 april, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m via stendhal 36 hall 03 popcorck experimental design, emphasizing polymorphic creations open daily to public from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. opening 8 april 6 p.m.- 11 p.m. c/o via savona 19 a driade 35th anniversary exhibition ‘clouds’ by invitation only april 8, 8 p.m. c/o rotonda della besana AU.*.!?! : design academy eindhoven from wednesday 9 to monday 13 april open daily to public from 10.30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. opening 8 april 12.00 a.m.- 8.00 p.m. c/ o royal auping mornata , via c.correnti 2 ‘in the desert’ by johanna grawunder from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening april 8, 7.00 p.m. c/o design gallery milano, via savona 35 claudio silvestrin featuring the new coffee-making machine for illy, and the new giorgio armani shop in london. from wednesday 10 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 2.30 pm to 8.30 pm opening april 8, 6.30 pm cocktails april 9, 6.30 pm c/o laboratorio 15, corso cristoforo colombo 15 edra new showroom open daily to public 9. -14. April, 10 am. – 7 pm. opening april 8, 6 pm. c/o via ciovasso 3 derin young turkish design from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening cocktail 8 april, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m c/o industria superstudio , via forcella 13 MEM by dornbracht the development of a new concept of taps and fittings by sieger design from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. cocktail april 8, 6.30 pm c/o via tortona 35 sawaya & moroni from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. cocktail 8. april, 6 p.m. c/o via manzoni 11 --- all days starting from wednesday 9 april fair salone internazionale del mobile - international furniture exhibition from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. c/o fairgrounds. salone satellite the 6th salone satellite has become the talent scout of the design world, bringing 400 newcomers into the industry. young international designers show prototypes and objects produced in small series from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. c/o fairgrounds, pavilion 9. beLight the italian lighting project the show presents an array of objects hovering between the real and the fantastic, between the thought-provoking and the soul-stirring. from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. c/o fairgrounds. the fire of prometheus artists from different parts of the world have taken up the invitation to seek inspiration in the primary source of light, fashion artistic creations using light as an expressive medium.artistic director franco laera, the overall architecture of the event has been placed in the hands of robert wilson. organized by cosmit. from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 12 a.m. to 10 p.m. opening (by invitation only) april 8, 6.30 pm. – 10 pm. c/o palazzo della ragione and loggia dei mercanti welcome to an earthly paradise the salone internazionale del mobile joins in partnership with the magazine interni to present design aficionados and the public at large with a special event dedicated to bathrooms and more. from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. c/o east end studios, via mecenate 76, milan ron arad about 4 km of s.o.s. + paperwork from Thursday 10 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10.30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. c/o gallery gio marconi, via tadino 15 droog design from april 9 to sunday 13, daily from 11am – 9pm c/o la galleria postart, via giannone 10 alessi tea and coffee towers by alessandro mendini projects by alsop, shigeru ban, tom kovac, david chipperfield, zaha hadid, toyo ito, greg lynn,… from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. c/o triennale, viale alemagna 6 baleri fifteen young designers use ‘humble’ materials, techniques, expressions- they obtain useful objects. open daily to public 9. -14. april, 10 am. – 10 pm. cocktail all days 6 pm. c/o via felice cavallotti 8 classicon presents konstantin grcic’s new designs open daily to public 8. -14. April, 12 am.-8 pm. cocktails all days 6pm. – 8 pm. c/o galleria karsten greve, via santo spirito 13 monica armani collection open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. c/o superstudio più, via tortona 27 artek 70 years products by alvar aalto open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. c/o superstudio più, via tortona 27 emergency S.O.S. design found raising non-profit design selling open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. palazzo della triennale, via alemagna azucena caccia dominioni’s new work open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. c/o via passione 8 ‘mazorca projects‘ : hidden art design seven east london designers open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. c/o superstudio 13, via forcella (off via tortona) mdf from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. drink all days via della chiusa / via crocefisso spazio 900 brionvega and modern design icons from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. c/o viale campania 51 david design from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. cocktail 9,10,11,12 april 6pm. – 9 pm. c/o via montenapoleone 16 ’rd living’ by marcus benesch foomy concept livingfor bathrooms from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. cocktail each day 9-12 april, 6 pm. – 9. p.m. via dell’orso 16 offecct new collection by monica förster, marre moerel, karim rashid, claesson koivisto rune, jean-marie massaud, alfredo häberli, khodi feiz, anki gneib, olle anderson. open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. cocktail each day 9-12 april, 6 pm. – 9. p.m. c/o via dell’orso 16 driade new collection from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. c/ o via manzoni 30 piero gilardi on show open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. c/o gallery b+d studio contemporaneo, via calvi 18/1 bathroom yesterday/today reed business information and il salone dell’arredobagno by mostra convegno expocomfort present the exhibition and a historic book ’1974- 2003 / 30 years of bathroom publishing‘ open daily to public 9. – 14. april, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. c/o sudio 2000 east end studios via mecenate, 76 /18 (via malipiero, 22) pvc design / torre branca european council vinyl manifactures presents student works on show in an exhibition on top of the gio ponti tower ‘torre branca’ - see milan from its highest point open daily to public 9. – 13. april, 10.30 a.m. – 12 a.m.and 2.30pm.- 8 pm. and by night 9.30 pm.- 0.30 am. c/o via mecenate, 76 de padova new designs by vico magistretti, mirto zocca, xavier lust, petra runge. from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. cocktail all days. c/ o corso venezia 14 b&b italia new collection from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. b&b italia, via durini 14 stefano casciani / monuments 1979-2003 from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. c/o association jacqueline vodoz et bruno danese, via s. m. fulcorina 17 weissräume new products of internationally known young designers from germany, switzerland and italy - some already in production, some as prototypes. denominata casa degli artisti, corso garibaldi 89 A swarovsky new cristal chandeliers by campana brothers, tom dixon, vincent van duysen, marcel wanders, art direction ilse crawford from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. – 9.30 p.m. c/o spazio entrata libera, via f.lli bronzetti 4 digital print / abet laminati from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10.30 a.m. – 10.30 p.m. c/o triennale, viale allemagna 6 bonacina from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. c/o vicolo fiori / via pontaccio 17 --- wednesday 9 9 april ingo maurer open daily to public 10. – 13. april, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m opening april 9, 8 pm.- 10 pm. c/o spazio krizia, via manin 21 british council : ‘rising lights’ showcasing the work of UK design students, final year students from UK design colleges were invited to submit one final prototype which were judged by a panel including tom dixon (habitat), sheridan coakley (SCP) and emily campbell (british council london) open daily to public 10. - 14. april, 10.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m. opening 10 april, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. british council, via manzoni 38. onLight conference on the twin virtues of light april 9, 2.30 p.m. fairgrounds, pavilion 8, sala puricelli zanotta and missoni home open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10.30 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. opening april 9, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. by invitation only c/o piazza tricolore 2 V.I.A. young french designers open daily to public 9. – 14. april, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. opening cocktail 9 april, 7 p. m. c/o sala TV - superstudio più, via tortona 27 ‘life’s commodities’ : nathalie du pasquier and george sowden open daily to public 09. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. opening cocktail 9 april, 7 p. m. galleria post design, via della moscova 27. ‘acqua’ (water) : opos exhibition of design projects by young designers open daily to public 9. – 14. april, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. opening 9 april, 9 p.m. opos, via ermenegildo cantoni 3 unique living a brand new company, launching their first collection of objects using raw materials open daily to public 9. – 14. april, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m via signorini 9 galleria carla sozzani shiro kuramata - the lightness of being open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10.30 a.m. - 9 p.m. c/o corso como 10 spazio fabriano visionomie by daniele papuli a tactile and visual experience through paper: installation of paper elements, mobiles, modules and sounds at spazio fabriano. open to public from 6 pm onwards - cocktails c/o spazio fabriano, via verri towards piazza meda stress by pomellato : 1+5+7+11 open daily to public 10. - 13. april, noon - 8 p.m. opening april 9, 6.30 pm. – 11 pm. c/o archivio di stato, via senato 10 galleria modernariato quetzal, 9 pieces of furniture designed by ettore sottsass. open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. opening april 9, 6 pm./ 9 pm. c/o corso vittorio emanuele / via san paolo steel &style aldo cibic, michele de lucchi, roberto pezzetta, scuola italiana design open daily to public 9. – 14. april, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m opening april 9, 6.30 p.m. c/o spazio ex pilota, via palermo 10 martí guixé . the making of 1:1 personal exhibition,of the catalunian artist-designer open daily to public 10. – 12. april, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. opening april 9, 7 pm c/o lima, via masera in front of nr. 10 (p.zza lima) shanghai made in italy 10 tableware projects by design students of tongjiuniversity of shanghai for paola c., art director aldo cibic open daily to public 9. – 14. april, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m opening april 9, 6 p.m. -. 10 p.m. c/o paola c. , via solferino 11 moroso installation by artist michael lin from thursday 10 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. opening april 9, 7 pm. via pontaccio 8/10 --- thursday 10 10 april karim rashid april 10, 7 pm (one day only) c/o fiorucci store, pzza s. babila designersblock 30 UK and ten international designers/companies open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. party 10 april, 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm c/o via valtellina 32 far beyond the valley of the ultra dolls by kees kreuter.(artistic director for diesel) from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. opening night on the 10th from 6pm to 9pm. c/o via ciovasso, 5 bang & olufsen from thursday 10 to sunday 13 april open daily to public from 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. cocktail april 10, 6.30 pm. – 10 pm. c/o segheria, via meda 24 joker lounge by emmanuel babled using Corian by DuPont open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. opening: 10 april 6.30 p.m. c/o ‘le case d'arte gallery, via gorani 8 jerszey seymour / scum city scumparty with the neon nerd orchestra. from wednesday 9 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10,30 a.m. - 8 p.m. opening april 10, 6 pm./ 10 pm. c/o galleria facsimile, via morigi 8 la creation du chic / arnaud presents pandora design and rare 20th century design pieces (roger tallon, oscar niemeyer, raymond loewy, marc newson, verner panton, tom dixon,…) open daily to public 11. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. cocktail and film ‘jour de fete’ di jacque tati april 10, 7 pm. – 10 pm. c/o via ciovasso,1 swedese is showing furniture designed by jeffrey bernett, michael young, katrin petursdottir, james irvine, mårten claesson, eero koivisto, ola rune, henrik schulz, yuriko takahashi, joel karlsson, thomas sandell, yngve ekström and torbjörn anderssen/norway says. open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 9.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. cocktail april 10, at 3 p.m. c/o fairgrounds IB office / king and miranda design open daily april 10 - 12, 10am.-.9.30 pm and april 13, 10am – 6pm. cocktail april 10, 6 pm. c/o corso monforte 15 glass, ceramics and… jacopo foggini, open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 am - 1 pm. – 3 pm.-7 pm. openig april 10, 6 pm. – 11 pm. c/o gallery blanchaert, via nirone 19 T.A.G team / surface magazine and bombay sapphire present 13 young american furniture designers. accompanying the exhibit is a bombay sapphire retrospective which showcases martini glass design projects. open daily: april 11,12,13 / 11am – 6 pm cocktail: thursday 10. april , 9 p.m. - 01 a.m. c/o hangar, via barletta / via ripamonti fondazione prada presents the artwork of andreas slominsky from thursday 10 to monday 14 april open daily to public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m opening april 10. 6.00 pm c/ o via fogazzaro 36 elle deco international design awards designer of the year : patricia urquiola … dinner celebration (by invitation only) april 10, 8.30 p.m. – 12 p.m. c/o la triennale, viale alemagna 6 3M italia : le vie del mondo a milano murales exhibition by francesco garbelli open daily to public 9. - 14. april , 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. cocktail 11 april, 7.30 p.m c/o orea malià, via marghera 18 mogu soft collection di yoshinobu ishida, not-so-soft collection di stephen burks and komoda collection di kazuyo komoda. open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. cocktail each day 6 p.m. special cocktail 11 april, 7.00 p.m. – 10 p.m. c/o internos -------- via carducci 35 in-finito: a. g. fronzoni open daily to public 9. - 14. april , 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. opening april 10, 6 p.m c/o santambrogio, via f. sforza 14 ------------ friday 11 11 april designboom and DuPont present the perpetual design calendar celebrate design through the months by remembering the birthdays of your favorite designers. check out which saint was born on the same day as you! party (one night only) 10 april, 11.30 pm - 2.30 am c/o ekatana via pompeo leoni 5 new dutch design exhibition by the city museum of amsterdam, versus, monkey boys, ineke hans, claudy jongstra, bno, laurens van wieringen and the european ceramic work center – the largest delegation of dutch designers ever to have presented themselves at this fair. open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. party: 11 april 8.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m. c/o spazio consolo, via dell' aprica 12 wivian’s factory open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. party: 11 april 8.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m. via dell' aprica, 14 design report award 2002 prize ceremony only 11. april at 5 p.m. salone satellite, fairgrounds, hall 9 bags for a mobile life raffaella mangiarotti e matteo bazzicalupo, deepdesign open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. cocktail april 11, 8.00 p.m. c / o via amerigo vespucci 5 now red dot by mattheo thun open daily to public 9. -14. april , 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. cocktail april 11, 5 pm. –6 pm. by invitation only c/o atm, bastioni di porta volta 15 totem/ ony-ki storage system, modular unit for children, ecology and ethics open daily to public 9. -14. april, 10 am. – 8 pm. cocktail april 11, 6.30 pm. c/o via pier lombardo 6 osaka design forum open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 4 p.m. - 12 p.m. cocktail all days party april 11, 7 pm. – 12 pm. c/o chiostri dell’umanitaria, via s, barnaba 38 bombay sapphire and martini rossi april 11 and 12, 10 am. – 9 pm. (by invitation only) c/o terazza martini, piazza diaz 7 hangar design group 20 years of the design and communication agency works in collaboration with fabrizio plessi, massimo scolari, alessandro mendini, milton glaser open to public 9. and 10. april, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. cocktail april11, 6p.m. c/o via aurelio saffi 25 dovetusai vessels by toyo ito … open daily to public 10. - 14. april, 10 am. – 8 pm. cocktail april 11, 6 pm. c/o via sigieri 24 --- saturday 12 april 12 design-italia .it open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. shows every day 7 pm.- 21 pm. c/o superstudio più, via tortona 27 dilmos open daily to public 10. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. c/o piazza san marco 1 plasti creativity open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. cocktail 12 april 6pm - 10pm c/o isad, via orobia 26 instituto europeo di design open daily to public 10. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. c/o spazio teatro, via pompeo leoni 3 --- sunday 13 april 13 danese open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. drink with cookies every afternoon brunch april 13, 11.30 am. with enzo mari, andrea branzi, paolo rizzatto, marco ferreri, james irvine, alberto meda, andrea anastasio, harri koskinnen, michael young, karim rashid c/o piazza san nazaro in brolo 15 satyendra pakhale : un-usual exhibition open daily to public 9. - 14. april, 11 am. – 9 pm. book presentation by modo april 13, 6 pm. c/o glamour design store, corso indipendenza 16 dal cucchiaio …/ from the spoon to the city photographs and objects by achille castiglioni, bruno munari, ettore sottsass, and young exponents only april 13, 12 am c/o via pepe, isola (MI) ------- monthly designboom newsletter E-mail: ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------