Juliet by Benjamin Hubert for Poltrona Frau
Milan 2012: this armchair with a pleated leather seat by London designer Benjamin Hubert was inspired by sleeves with puffed shoulders on Italian Renaissance clothing. More
Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child's rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More
"From handicraft to digicraft: Milan's furniture fair looks to the future" - Guardian
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk writes about the focus on alternative means of production, open-source design and crowd-funding that permeated this year's Milan furniture fair in his column for the Guardian newspaper.McGuirk talked to Dezeen about these issues when he popped into Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST last week - watch the interview in our daily show from Milan here.
We also spoke to editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima about The Future in the Making show he curated that's all about collaboration, open design, crowd-sourcing and hacking, and interviewed curator Beatrice Galilee at Hacked Lab where workshops, demonstrations and happenings took over the city's most famous department store all week.
Gentle by Front for Porro
Milan 2012: the flexible back of this chair by Swedish designers Front comprises a thick spring wrapped in black leather. More
Dezeen Studio: Sundayat MOST
Milan 2012: today is the final edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST in which we round up some of the other things that have been happening during the week. More
Dezeen Studio: Saturdayat MOST
Milan 2012: today’s edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST is all about performance. First up Faye Toogood tells us how she's curing visitors with clay in a soothing pavilion called La Cura, then Sheridan Coakley of London design brand SCP shows us round their stand where one chair is upholstered using traditional methods each day. More
Balanced by Mischer’Traxler at Wait and See
Milan 2012: process and outcome are literally given equal weighting in this installation of work by Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler, shown on weighing scales at Wait and See shop in Milan this week. More
The Front Room: Geometry and Colour
Milan 2012: 14 young designers come together to create an ideal living space for an exhibition called The Front Room: Geometry and Colour inside a listed Milanese house this week. More
La Cura by Studio Toogood at MOST
Milan 2012: weary fair-goers in Milan can relax and recharge at an installation by Studio Toogood at MOST this week, guided through a healing performance by mysterious helpers dressed in white. More
Fan Table by Mauricio Affonso at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: the 400 wooden slats of this table top by Mauricio Affonso allow it to expand, contract and fan out into a full circle. More
Surface Tension Lamp by Front
Milan 2012: this lamp by Swedish designers Front blows a bubble every few seconds to form a transparent shade round an LED. More
Discipline launches in Milan
Milan 2012: new Italian brand Discipline launch their inaugural collection in Milan this week. More
The Future in The Making: Open Design Archipelago
Milan 2012: in a Milanese palazzo this week Italian design magazine Domus presents an exhibition of open design and digital manufacture that puts control of production processes in the hands of designers and consumers. More
Hacked Lab at La Rinascente
Milan 2012: this week visitors to La Rinascente department store in Milan have been trading souvenirs from the moon, making plastic from plants and learning how to download a house, courtesy of Hacked Lab curated by Beatrice Galilee. More
Bertha by Donna Wilson for SCP at MOST
Milan 2012: this cabinet that looks like scaled-up dolls' house furniture by London designer Donna Wilson is on show with design brand SCP at MOST this week. More
Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2012: these knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More
La Chance launches at MOST
Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. More
Gifu by María del Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens
Milan 2012: these table lamps styled like long-necked animals by Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens are on show as part of Salone Satellite at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More
Designed in Hackney: Cricket by Kay + Stemmer
Designed in Hackney: Dalston designers Kay + Stemmer present this collection of benches, side tables and stools for Shoreditch design brand SCP at MOST in Milan this week. More
Furniture by Residentat MOST
Milan 2012: Auckland company Resident show their new collection of furniture at MOST in Milan this week, including their Bing pendant lamp that's made of white clay from Matauri Bay in New Zealand. More