Milan Design Weeks
April 2016

WeMake hosts AnOtherShoe project in collaboration with Sophia Guggenberger and Timelab Gent.

Presentation of the project: April 15 from 5pm to 7pm

Emporio Opificio 31
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

Press Contact: Elisabetta Mori
P : +39 333 45 89 278

The most established and long running collective showcase for independent designers in Milan featuring furniture, lighting, product, textiles, jewelry, architecture, service design, interactive design and new concepts. Now in it’s 16th year.

BASE Milano
via Bergognone 34
20144 Milan

General enquiries: rory@designersblock.org.uk

[size=14][red]An Encounter with Anticipation[/red][/size]

[size=14]The Design studio [red]Formafantasma[/red] : Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, (IT) and Michelin-star chef [red]Yoji Tokuyoshi[/red] (JP) interpret the ‘’Lexus’ world of Anticipation’’.

Are exhibited the 12 creations competing, selecteded from the Jury from the 1,232 works submitted, for the [red]Lexus Design Award 2016[/red][/size].

THE JURY : TOYO ITO - Pritzker Prize-winning architect;
PAOLA ANTONELLI - Senior curator at MoMA, NYC,
ARIC CHEN - Curator at Hong Kong's upcoming M+ Museum;
BIRGIT LOHMANN - Designer, co-founder of designboom.com;
ALICE RAWSTHORN - Author of Hello World: Where Design Meets Life and design critic for the New York Times and Frieze;
TOKUO FUKUICHI - Held many design-related positions at Toyota Motor Corporation, leading up to his current position as President of Lexus International.

[size=14]Under the mentorship of personalitys globally recognized, 4 of those finalists were selected to produce prototypes for the exhibition of Milan[/size].

THE MENTORS : [size=14][green]Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu[/green] - cofounders of Neri & Hu Design and Research, Shanghai;
[green]Max Lamb[/green] - product and furniture designer;
[green]Elena Manferdini[/green] - Owner of Atelier Manferdini,
[green]Daniel Arsham, Alex Mustonen[/green] - Snarkitecture.[/size]

MORE of Lexus Design Award 2016

[size=14] Press preview: April 11 from 10am to 6pm[/size]
[size=14] Cocktail by invitation: April 11 from 7pm to 10pm
At 19.30: [red]Lexus Design Award ceremony[/red][/size]

Spazio Lexus - Torneria
via Tortona 32
20144 Milan

Press Contact: Alessandro Mammola
P : +39 02 34 97 07 60
alessandro.mammola@attila.it

Press Announcement

WantedDesign Manhattan and Brooklyn co founders Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat will announce their programming for May 2016 part of NYCxDESIGN, including collaboration with Moooi NY showroom and other yearly initiatives.

by invitation: sarah@s2hcommunication.com

Moooi Exhibition
via Savona 56
20144 Milan

Press Contact: S2H Communication
P : (US) +1 305 904 0909 / T : (FR) : + 33 6 81 60 93 64
sarah@s2hcommunication.com
www.wanteddesignnyc.com

New ! Now ! Here !

In collaboration with the Groninger Museum, Baas explores two concepts in which space and time are placed in a different perspective. With an extremely time consuming production technique and a plot of 120 hectares (approximately 200 football fields), Baas will again, this year, make an unexpected and obviously, very new move.

via Savona 33
20144 Milan

Press Contact : pr@maartenbaas.com
www.maartenbaas.com

Cité du Design de Saint-Étienne, the ESADSE (Saint-Etienne Higher School of Art and Design) and the Saint Étienne International Design Biennial will represent France at the XXI International Exhibition of the Triennale di Milano, on the theme [size=14][red]''21st Century. Design After Design''[/red][/size].

[red]'Saint-Etienne changes design, the French design capital'[/red]
A exhibition organised in three strands at BASE Milano.
- [red]Design and territory[/red]
- [red]Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne 2017[/red]
- [red]Fukushima ''MON AMOUR''[/red]

[size=14]More > biennale-design.com[/size]

BASE Milano
via Bergognone 34
20144 Milan

General enquiries: P : +33 (0)4 77 49 74 70
info@citedudesign.com

- Percorsi di gusto with the chef Roberto Serra at Casa Marras
- Terra Cotta Labirinti e Fili Antonio Marras interprets Eligo
- Non ti scordar di me a project by Tonino Serra
- Laudanum - photographic exhibition by Tracey Moffat
- Anna Gardu-Biscotti Gioiello, Serra&Fonseca Parfum, Wall&Decò-Carta da Parati di Antonio Marras, Fedua Cosmetic, Ceramiche Vignoli, Ceramiche Gatti, Ceramiche di Terra Pintada, Bam in collaboration with Antonio Marras.
-Su Marmuri
-Retrouvè

From 10am to 7pm Temporary Cafeteria, bistrot and wine bar
From 8.30pm Image an Evening at Marras's for dinner

For reservation: Gloria Roseti - salone@antoniomarras.it - +39 02 89 07 50 01

Circolo Marras
via Cola di Rienzo 8
20144 Milan

Press Contact: press@antoniomarras.it
www.antoniomarras.it

MINI LIVING

How can “Creative Use of Space” - the core of the MINI brand - be translated into a urban living space?
MINI teamed up with Japanese architects ON Design and Berlin branch of international engineering firm ARUP, to answer this question.
The result is the installatuin “MINI LIVING”, a modern shared living concept.



APRIL13 : Press conference 4pm to 5pm - Cocktail (by invit.) 5pm to 7pm - Party by invit. 9pm to 1am

via Vigevano 18
20144 Milan

Press Contact: P : + 39 02 39 62 44 50
info@p-s.it
www.mini.it

This year’s theme is WHITE PAGES, that implies writing together the world waiting for us tomorrow. An invitation to exhibit not only ready-to-use objects and proposals but also futuristic and experimental projects and to “narrate” them to the public with words and installations in an ideal “white page”.

SUPERSTUDIO PIU’: AGC Asahi Glass, Aisin, Barovier&Toso, be.emanuelgargano, Biomega, Carpet Sign, Citizen, E Ink & Ueberall, eBay, Enessere, Focus, Gore-Tex, Jaguar, Kef, LG Hausys, Material ConneXion Italia, Pietro Travaglini Design, Red Star Macalline, Regione Lazio, Samsung Electronics Italia, Sunbrella, TM Italia, vitamin design

SELECTED OBJECTS: ADD+, B.B.G., Beau&Bien, bud brand, Cogito Design, Deutsu, Digital Habits, Dozen Design, Emilgroup, ArteFashionDesign, Hand Studio, Ianiro, Lettera G, miniki, Nisha Decor, Piemonte Design + Luxury, P!nto, Sertum, Simon James Spurr.

SPECIAL PROJECTS: Assogiocattoli, Flavio Lucchini Art, Maria Cristina Carlini, Mario Cucinella Architects, Raffaello Galiotto, Sandro Fabbri.

PARTNER: ASUS, Arclab, FlexibleLove, LOVEThESIGN, Mabele, Novacolor, Radici Contract, Slide, Valdo.

AT SUPERSTUDIO 13: Blablacar, Melissa. Special project PepsiCo Design.


12-15 April from 10am to 9pm - professionals only
16 Aprile from 10am to 9pm - open to public
17 Aprile from 10am to 6pm - open to public

Press Preview: 11 April from 3pm to 8pm - press only

Superstudio Più - via Tortona 27
Superstudio 13 - via Forcella 13, via Bugatti 9
20144 Milan

Press Contact: Chiara Ferella Falda / Elena Pardini
P : +39 02 42 25 01
designweek@superstudiopiu.com
www.superdesignshow.com

Sarpi Bridge_Oriental Design Week promotes in Opificio 31 of Tortona design district the exhibition OO!CHINA.

In OO!CHINA the "bridge" is not only between East and West but also between art and design, because the exhibitors have created using both the artistic thought that the expressive power of design, focusing on the research of materials and trying to combine aesthetics and functionality.

The curator is Sun Chenzhu, the project director is Fan Yiping and in exhibition there are Hu Jian, Li Hanyuan, Liu Tao, Liu Yi, Liu Yichun, Tan Zhipeng, Wu Hao, Xiao Aibin, Zhang Muchen, Zheng Shiliang, Zhang Zhaoying.

Opificio 31
via Tortona 31
Milan

Press Contact: press@orientaldesignweek.it
www.orientaldesignweek.it

Press preview: April 11from 3pm to 7pm
Open night Tortona Design Week: April 14 until midnight

via Tortona - N.12: AIPPL. Parquet Art Gallery - N.14: Vauth-Sagel - N.15: Takara Belmont - N.19: OTTO PIÙ – N.20: Rilegno, Consorzio Nazionale per la raccolta, il recupero e il riciclaggio degli imballaggi di legno in Italia / Sisma, Autodesk, Lenovo - N.27 Superstudio Più: Mario Cucinella Architects – N.28: Sensorial Carpentry - N.31 Opificio 31: +D & Soil / Air Garden / Archiproducts / CNA / Coontemporarymood / Dahlia image in action / Design Collective / Dutch Wall Textile Co. / EDILKAMIN / Gruppo Mauro Saviola / Houzz / Leff Amsterdam / Miele / OLTREMODO / Sarpi Bridge_Oriental Design Week / PRECIOSA LIGHTING / Rio+ Design / Save My Bag / Toyota / Vanjoost / YOY - N.32 Torneria - Carrozzeria: Lexus – N.35: Red Bull UpCycling / Future Is Nhow - N.36: nocomics - N.37: Fondazione Gianfranco Ferrè: Ivan Paradisi / Linteloo / Piet Boon Collection - N.58: Asus. Glow Of Life
via Bergognone - N.34 Base Milano: Human Cities_Challenging The City Scale / Moleskine / Pixartprinting / SMART PARK by Reply - N.40: Aim. Architour - N.47: Lee Broom
via Forcella - N.6: Sixinch - N.7 Spazio Click: Land Rover
via Savona - N.17/5: Corraini Edizioni – N.33: Maarten Baas - N.35: Cosentino / Whirlpool – N.37: GEOLUXE - N.43: CYBEX – N-54: Stone Island - N.56: Moooi
via Alessandria 3: Acqua su Marte
via Vespri Siciliani 29/a: Alessandro Di Sessa
via Sartirana (fronte civico N.5) ang. via Vigevano 43: Essent’ial
via Novi 5 Officine della Torneria: Impress Surfaces
via Orseolo 12: Kuvaro & Ivanka & Jaquar
Alzaia Naviglio Grande 38: NHS – New Home Surfaces
via Voghera 25: Sotterranea Officina Sperimentale + Noam Dover & Michal Cederbaum
Largo delle Culture: Tommy Hilfiger Denim “An Island State of Mind”

Press Point
BASE Milano
via Bergognone 34
Milan

Press Contact: P : +39 02 89 05 23 66
press@ddlstudio.net
www.tortonadesignweek.com

At Salone del Mobile 2016, e15 debuts the modular sofa KERMAN and kilim IZA and further celebrates twenty years of its iconic stool BACKENZAHN™ with a special installation in collaboration with ECAL at the brand’s showroom in Via Tortona

via Tortona 34
20144 Milan

The centre of this year’s presentation is Moooi’s new collection: 22 new pieces majestically presented in beautiful compositions on pedestals and carefully placed inside a mysteriously dark and seductive ballroom.

Designers: Arihiro Miyake, Barbara Broekman, Bertjan Pot, david/nicolas, Edward van Vliet, Klaus Haapaniemi, Kustaa Saksi, Lorenza Bozzoli, Maison Christian Lacroix, Marcel Wanders, Noortje van Eekelen, Paul Cocksedge, Rick Tegelaar, Ross Lovegrove,Tricia Guild, Umut Yamac, and Valerio Sommella.

Events at the Moooi presentation space in Milan:
- In the crossover between design and art | April 13 at 3.30pm: Marcel Wanders will discuss his latest publication 'Rijks, Masters of the Golden Age' with Angela Missoni.

Press Preview: April 11 from 3pm to 7pm
- Wanted Design & Moooi breakfast | April 13 from 9am to 10am
- Disegno x Moooi Roundtable | April 13 at 6pm
- Presentation of 'Rijks, Masters of the Golden Age' by Marcel Wanders | April 14 at 3.30pm

via Savona 56
20144 Milan

Press Contact: P : +31(0)76 578 44 44
press@moooi.com
www.moooi.com

BASE Milano become the Design Center of Tortona Design Week.

Exhibitors:
- Opendot in collaboration with Claude Marzotto-obelo and Daniela Lorenzi-A14
- Moleskine with Smart Writing Center
- On printed paper in collaboration with Abitare
- pixartprinting.it with the installation “Il piacere ti ruba l’anima”.
- Two exhibition by Connecting the Dots
- Designersblock a collective of 60 designers
- SMART PARK by Reply
- D.A.M.A. (Digital Art and Manufacturing Academy)
- Human Cities/ Challenging the City Scale, exhibition made by 11 partners with Politecnico di Milano and the Tongji University di Shanghai.
- Project CASA BASE artist residence by BASE Milano: Farrow&Ball, Co.arch Studio, Choice, My Kilos, Lascia la Scia e Mezzo Atelier.

Events:
April 15 at 11am: ARCHI – SET
April 16 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm: Workshop with Oscar Sabini.

April 11 from 9.30pm: The day before: Dj Henry-free
April 14 from 9pm: Base4Party – Avanzi di Balera
April 15 from 9pm: Base4Party – Swing Circus – euro 10

BASE Milano
via Bergognone 34
20144 Milan

General enquiries: info@base.milano.it
base.milano.it

The TATRAS showroom, located in Via Gaspare Bugatti in the middle of the Tortona District, is transformed into a gallery to host the More Than Textile project designed by OeO for the Japanese company that specialises in high end fabrics – Hosoo.

Tatras Showroom
via privata Gaspare Bugatti 3
20144 Milan

Press Contact: Domingo Communication
P : +39 02 20 40 42 33
ufficiostampa@domingocommunication.it
www.tatras.it

Melissa Lounge: A celebration of design

Take the opportunity to learn about the collaborations of the brand of shoes, like Gaetano Pesce, Zaha Hadid, Karim Rashid and Vivienne Westwood.




Cocktail - Opening: April 12 from 6pm to 8pm

via Vincenzo Forcella 13
20144 Milan

Press Contact: Erica Bento
info@giorgianaravizza.com

ENSEMBLE, the presentation of the novelties by ZEUS, PRANDINA, SHUJ and WOODNOTES

Garage Azzurro
c.so San Gottardo
20136 Milan

Press Contact: Roberta Galfione Lomo
P : +39 335 83 98 954
roberta@galfionelomo.com
www.zeusnoto.com

Glow of Life - Light and color in vibrant harmony

Inspired by Zen, harmonizing diverse elements, experience how ASUS technology imbues life with brilliance and color

Press Preview: April 11 from 4pm to 8pm

Padiglione Visconti
via Tortona 58
Milan

www.asusdesign.com/index.htm#filters

Presentation of the new home collection

In a pavilion designed by the Mexican architect Mauricio Rocha, Hermes unveils a collections of furniture. These collections will be available from September 2016 at selected Hermès stores

Teatro Vetra
p.zza Vetra 7
20123 Milan

VI Edition - Exhibition organized by Profilexpo Piazza di Spagna

Artists: Flavio T. Petricca, Erk-14, Mario Leuci,
Project: Piede Libero
Project Design: Goofo, Fomento, Conservino, Artwo
Guerriglia Project: Black Bouwie
Brand: Cha·Val, Chevalier Project, Giuseppe Di Morabito

Superstudio Più
Sede The Best Shops - Camera Italiana Buyer Moda
via Tortona 27
Milan