Corian®: TRON designs at milan design week 2011

Corian®: TRON designs at milan design week 2011

during milan design week 2011, DuPont® presents ‘TRON designs Corian®’, an exhibition of living solutions designed in Corian® that are influenced by walt disney studios’ movie ‘TRON: legacy’. the project is entitled ‘safe house’ and is a collaboration of various designers who have each been selected to address various spaces within the domestic dwelling including: bathroom/wellness, living, bedroom, outdoor, home theatre area and kitchen/dining.

the kitchen features an island that incorporates high-tech film electroluminescent light company tape

italian-based studio aquilialberg (laura aquili and ergian alberg) have teamed up with kitchen manufacturer ernestomeda for their contribution. they have been selected to design the kitchen / dining area of the ‘safe house’ which features an island workspace that incorporates a high-tech electroluminescent light film produced by company light tape.

full view of aquilialberg’s design

‘bedroom’

italian designer ilaria marelli will create the bedroom space. entitled ‘capo d’opera’ it will utilize Corian® that is layered in a topographical way.

‘bathroom / wellness’

jacuzzi will surprise visitors of the exhibition with a bathroom and wellness area that will feature bathing areas and mirrors made from Corian® that take on the shape of large circular forms that emulate the discs of TRON. the space is conceived by milan-based marco piva architectural and design studio.

‘home theatre area’

giulio cappellini‘s ‘home theatre area’ will present a unique version of its ‘TRON armchair’ designed by new york-based dror benshetrit.

‘living’

furnishing company lago, with design contributions from shai akram, jordi canudas, andrew haythornthwaite and lagostudio, is responsible for the living area.

‘outdoor’

TAO esterno will present outdoor furnishings, conceived by setsu and shinobu ito of milan-based studio ito design.