Milan Design Weeks
April 2011

BACCARAT presents HIGHLIGHTS, a lighting experience from past to future.
8 cutting-edge designers: Arik Levy, Eriko Horiki, Jaime Hayon, Michele De Lucchi, Philippe Starck, Moatti&Rivière, Yann Kersalé

13 April - Cocktail from 7pm to 10pm

PALAZZO MORANDO
via Sant'Andrea, 6
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone/ MM1 San Babila - Bus 61, 54

Press Contacts: Caroline de Laurens et Julien Guitard
P : +33 (0)1 40 22 11 00
julien.guitard@baccarat.fr
www.baccarat.com

NILUFAR presents:
- ATOMI. Show collecting new projects and unique specimens by: Bethan Laura Wood, Studio Makkink & Bey, Marco Ferreri, Barnaba Fornasetti, Martino Gamper, Giacomo Ravagli, Robert Stadler, Joseph Walsh.
Edited by Mariuccia Casadio.
- DIAGRAMMI. An installation by Andrea Branzi

11 April - Press opening April at 6pm.


Atomi surveys the dwelling subject matter, collecting home landscapes imaging, conceived and produced on purpose by eight amongst the most appreciated or promising architects and designers of today. Synthetizing personal beliefs about the habitat, all-embracing and totalising visions, the exhibition reveals itself as a succession and a mingling of imaginary places, new creations, highly characteristic and diversified style essences.

Research and memory, inventions, recollecting and reinventing, elegant aesthetic plots and destabilising sight illusions, reality and representation confront themselves and mingle in these present-day ambiences.
Between real and surreal, pathos and humours, past and future.

Galleria Nilufar
via della Spiga, 30-32
20121 Milan
MM1 San Babila

P : +39 02 78 01 93
agira@nilufar.com
www.nilufar.com

Seating, bookcases, lights. Metal storage structures and recycled materials.
Design: Vincenzo De Cotiis

GALLERIA PROGETTO DOMESTICO
Via San Raffaele, 3
20121 Milan
MM1/3 Duomo

P : +39 338 64 40 959
info@progettodomestico.it
www.progettodomestico.it

ANIMAL SOUND by Kings exhibition.

14 April - Cocktail Party with Cristiano Calcagnile live performance from 7pm + Bar STRAF Dj Set Emiliano Salci

STRAFHOTEL&BAR
Via San Raffaele, 3
20121 Milan
MM1/3 Duomo

Press Contact: Viviana Coppola
P : +39 02 80 50 81
pr@straf.it
www.straf.it

New Showroom Arper

13 April - Cocktail Party from 6.30pm to 10pm

ARPER SHOWROOM
via Pantano, 30
20100 Milan
MM3 Missori

"A JEWEL ELSEWHERE": Vhernier’s jewels and De Vecchi’s silvers talk with Boffi’s kitchen design.

12 April - Press Preview from 6pm to 9pm

VHERNIER
via Santo Spirito, 14
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

CERRUTI BALERI introduces the new edizioni by Maurizio Galante and Maison Martin Margiela, and the collection projects:
capri venus, fratino, medea, tok and drop outdoor.

11 April - Press Preview from 10am to 7pm
13 April - Edizioni Party from 7pm
12/17 April - Cocktails everyday from 7pm

CERRUTI BALERI SHOWROOM
via Felice Cavallotti, 8
20100 Milan
MM1 San Babila

Press Contact: Claudia Marocchino
P : +39 02 76 02 39 54
press@cerrutibaleri.com
www.cerrutibaleri.com

The Istituto Svizzero of Milan presents Ingenious Switzerland with a selection of works from the Swiss Federal Design Award 2010 and from the (Design Preis Schweiz 2010}, as well as an installation by atelier oï.
13 April - Opening Party from 6.30pm

via Vecchio Politecnico, 3
20100 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

Press Ingenious Switzerland: Mr. Daniel Racine
P : + 41 (0)76 347 77 80
dracine@ingenious-switzerland.com

Press atelier oï: Mr. Patrick Reymond
P : +41 79 467 75 15
patrick@atelier-oi.ch
www.atelier-oi.ch

Three designers collaborate with a FENDI artisan to create exclusive design pieces.
For this Salone del Mobile edition Rowan Mersh, Nicola Guerraz, Sandro del Pistoia will present installations and sculptures in the Sant'Andrea FENDI boutique.

FENDI BOUTIQUE
via Sant'Andrea, 16
20100 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone/ MM1 San Babila - Bus 61, 54

Press Contact: Claudia Avanzi
press.office@it.fendi.com

Soft Architecture & Architectural Lighting by Antonio Citterio, Philippe Stark, Ron Gilad, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Barber & Osgerby, Piero Lissoni, Thierry Dreyfus

14 April - Press Conference from 9pm / Cocktail from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Showroom Flos
corso Monforte,9
Milan

HERE & (T)HERE is a collection of 8 object-sculpture designed by FABRICA for SECONDOME in limited edition to 30 signed pieces and numbered.
Designed by: Margaux Keller, Valentina Carretta, Sam Baron, Dean Brown, Marie Dessuant, Elliott Burford, Catarina Carreiras, Jaeun Par.

Here&(T)here will also be exposed at Satellite Fair (Booth C 41) in Rho, Milan, and to La Rinascente in Piazza Duomo


11 April - "design perfomance" live of the designers of Fabrica at La Rinascente from 8pm
12 April - Cocktail from 6pm to 9pm at showroom Benetton

Showroom Benetton Group
Corso di Porta Vittoria, 16
20122 Milan
MM1 San Babila

Press Contact: Isabelle Valembras
P : +39 06 97 27 01 35
info@secondome.eu
www.secondome.eu

ZANOTTA furniture tranforms Larusmiani SuperSuite.

12 April - Cocktails Party from 7.30pm to 10pm - by invitation only

SUPERSUITE
via MonteNapoleone angolo via Verri 10
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone/ MM1 San Babila - Bus 61, 54

Press Contact: Marta Zanotta
P : +39 0362 49 81
communication@zanotta.it
www.zanotta.it

GHERARDINI covers the iconic Maggiolina ZANOTTA chair, with it's unique pattern.

12 April - Opening Party from 5pm to 9pm

GHERARDINI BOUTIQUE
via Della Spiga, 8
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

'FORMAT" Presentation of the new Christophe de la Fontaine project

15 April - Press Preview from 10am

LA RINASCENTE DUOMO
6° PIANO
piazza Duomo
20100 Milan
MM1/3 Duomo

Press Contact: Giulia Airoldi
giulia.airoldi@sambonet.it
www.sambonet.it

ZAGLIANI, is proud to host NILUFAR presenting the collective exhibition RICOGNIZIONI featuring designers: Andrea Salvetti, Michael Anastassiades, Studio Nucleo, Patricia Urquiola and IMMERSIONS an installation of Andrea Branzi.

13 April - Cocktail at 6pm

Spazio Zagliani
Palazzo Durini
via Durini 24
20122 Milan
P : +39 02.780193

P : 39 02.780193
agira@nilufar.com
www.nilufar.com

Exhibition of the designers: BLESS, CHRIS KABEL , CYRIL DUVAL, FORMAFANTASMA, HENNY VAN NISTELROY, PETER MARIGOLD, JENS PRAET, JO MEESTERS, KASPAR HAMACHER, NACHO CARBONELL, OSCAR DIAZ, OSKO + DEICHMANN, MAARTEN DE CEULAER, CHARLOTTE DUMONCEL D'ARGENCE, PAUL LOEBACH , SYLVAIN WILLENZ, TINA RÖDER, VALENTIN LOELLMANN, LAURENCE HUMIER, POLKA.

13 April - Opening Party from 7pm to 11pm

via Laghetto, 9
20122 Milan
MM3 Missori

Press Contact: matylda@matandme.net

"A VOYAGE IN LIGHTNESS", Lanzavecchia + Wai installation in Samsonite Store, curated by Barbara Brondi and Marco Rainò for a poetic interpretation of the innovative Curv® material.

12 April - Cocktail Party from 6pm to 9pm

SAMSONITE STORE
via San Pietro all'Orto, 11
20121 Milan

Press Contact: Maria Licci
P : +39 02 83 24 14 36
marialicci@marialicci.it

VENINI celebrates his ninetieth years of history presenting a Lighting and Object Collections by Emmanuel Babled, Barber&Osgerby, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Diego Chilò, Alessandro Mendini, Luca Nichetto, Leonardo Ranucci, Fabio Rotella, Carlo Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Studio Isola Mankad, Studio Job, Edward van Vliet.

Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
via Santo Spirito, 10
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

The "BUON WEEKEND" project by Diego Grandi interprets objects and architectural spaces according to their use that is mutant, flexible, adaptable and dynamic. A place where you can socialize, have some rest and relax within a green garden space.

15 April - Cocktail Party from 7pm - by invitation only

UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
via Festa del Perdono, 7
20100 Milan
MM3 Missori

Press Contact: Giulia Airoldi
giulia.airoldi@sambonet.it
www.sambonet.it

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS exposes the creations of the Creative Academy students, with the direction of Architect Ugo La Pietra.

11 April - Opening Party from 6pm to 9pm - by invitation only

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
via Pietro Verri, 10
20121 Milan
MM1 San Babila

Press Contact: Linda Chenit
P : +33 (0) 1 53 45 49 66
linda.chenit@vca-jewelers.com

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum, for the 50th edition of the Salone del Mobile, will host the exhibition From Vase to Flower. Inventory between Nature and Design from 7 April to 9 May 2011.


The exhibition, curated by Beppe Finessi, is a consideration about the flower vase, as every designer has to deal with such an object: this is the reason why we can make a list, an inventory as in the title, of those who are considered the leading designers of the third millennium.

On show nearly fifty vases; among them works by: Lorenzo Damiani, Julien Carretero, Florence Doleac, Marco Ferreri, Alexis Georgacopoulos, Martí Guixé, Massimo Lunardon, Fabio Novembre, Donata Paruccini, Adrien Rovero, Denis Santachiara, Paolo Ulian, Guido Venturini, Julien Carretero; besides, some “historical” pieces by big masters of Design.
The vases on show will be full of flowers, particularly chosen for each vessel considering its colour, shape and texture. An expert florist will look after the floral arrangements throughout the exhibition.

Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Via Manzoni, 12
20121 Milan

Press Contact: P : +39 02 45 47 38 05
ufficiostampa@museopoldipezzoli.org
www.museopoldipezzoli.it

The INTERNI event on the theme of mutant architecture establishes a relationship with the values of recycling and reutilization through experimental installations designed by a series of international architects.
designers: Mario Botta, Richard Meier, Snoetta, Anders Warming, Michele De Lucchi, Zaha Hadid Architects, Gwenael Nicolas, Ingo Maurer, Pedro campos Costa, Vincenzo De Cotiis and Massimo Castagna, Daniela Di Lauro and Massimiliano Della Foglia, Lorenzo Palmieri, Thomas Heatherwick, Carlo Colombo, Jacopo Foggini, Ron Gilad, Diego Grandi, Setsu and Shinobu Ito, Massimo Pierattelli, Sybarite, Giulio Iacchetti, Francesco Lucchese-Caldiacube, Simone Micheli

UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
via Festa del Perdono, 7
20100 Milan
MM3 Missori

ALESSI presents:
- ALESSICHAIR in collaboration with LAMM design David Chipperfield
- Foreverlamp and Alessi present ALESSILUX
- ALESSI + ECAL = 18 projects of office desk realized for ALESSI supervised by Elric Petit.



11 April - Press Preview from 5pm to 7pm

Alessi
via Manzoni, 14/16
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

Students from the "Design et luxe department" (directed by Augustin Scott de Martinville of the ECAL present a reinterpretation of the Harcourt Glass by Baccarat, outcomes of a workshop led by Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby.

12 April - Opening from 6pm to 9pm

Mauro Brucoli Antiquario
via Della Spiga 17
20121 Milan

www.ecal.ch/

www.baccarat.com/

AZUCENA presents ENTRE-DEUX, a project by Konstantin Grcic focused on reflective surfaces.
Pieces by Konstantin Grcic, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Ignazio Gardella e Corrado Corradi dell'Acqua.

11 April - Press Preview from 10am to 2pm
13 April - Opening Party from 7pm

SHOWROOM AZUCENA
via della Passione, 8
20100 Milan
MM1 San Babila

A project that magnifies light and demonstrates its core ability: to create new worlds, has been conceived by Attilio Stocchi for Euroluce 2011. It is also a project dedicated to the story of Milan and marks the 50th anniversary of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile.

Piazza San Fedele

Milan

Patrizia Ventura
P : +39 (0)2 72594 267

New collection designed by Vincent Van Duysen, Monica Forster and Helen Kontouris.

11 April - Press Preview & Cocktail from 5pm to 9pm
12 April - Cocktail Party from 6pm to 9pm

DE PADOVA
corso Venezia, 14
20121 Milan
MM1 San Babila

The project entitled Principia - Forward Arts conceived and curated by Denis Santachiara in collaboration with the Solares Fondazione delle Arti, will involve erecting a “molecular” pavilion in Piazza Duomo, split into 8 rooms – each of which will represent a principium rooted in science, as a trigger for creating audio, visual architectural and industrial works of art.

Piazza Duomo

Milan

Patrizia Ventura
P : +39 (0)2 72594 267

11 April - from 2.30pm to 5pm to present DRIADE and DRIADESTORE collection by: Antonia Astori, Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, Nendo, Miki Astori, Peter Emrys Roberts, Borek Sipek, Philippe Starck, Patricia Urquiola

11 April - from 8pm at Palazzo Gallarati Scotti: "UN BALLO IN MASCHERA"

13 April - from 12am to 1pm Philippe Starck will be available for interviews

da Driade Showroom
via Manzoni, 30
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

N°30 boutique and KNIKERBOKER present Confusione a Led by Gigi Ranica.

12 April - Cocktail Party from 7pm

N°30 BOUTIQUE
via della Spiga, 30
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone/ MM1 San Babila - Bus 61, 54

The new lighting projects 2011: Marco Acerbis, Dino Amato, Shigeru Ban, Marco Bosisio, Chris Hardy, Matteo Nunziati, Gabi Peretto, Jacopo Roda, Hector Serrano

12 - 16 April - Cocktails 6.30pm 8.30pm

FontanaArte
via St Margherita, 4
20100 Milan
MM3 Duomo

MAURO GRIFONI hosts D+A, designers+ artisans.
the project presents object born from the collaboration between the new designersAsprostudio, Lucia Massari, Bethan Laura Wood, Zaven, Matteo Zorzenoni, Silke De Vivo, Andrea Magnani, Merel Karhof, Luca Mathia Bertoncello, Alberto Caiola, Fabien Cappello, Matteo Cibic and the well-know artisans Antonio Bonaldi, Pietro Viero, Eugenio Lovato, Ermenegildo Sartori, Arduino Zappaterra, Sergio Paolin, Cesare e Vania Sartori, Luca Bonato, Bosa, Nereo Sella

11 April - Opening Party from 6pm to 9pm

MAURO GRIFONI BOUTIQUE
via Santo Spirito, 17
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

On occasion of the opening of the new showroom, presents a retrospective of 25 years work. Project by Vincenzo De Cotiis

Ceccotti
via G. Pisoni 2
20100 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

Presentation of the new projects of: Zaha Hadid, Dominique Perrault, Daniel Libeskind and William Sawaya.

11 April - Cocktail Party from 6pm to 8.30pm

SHOWROOM SAWAYA & MORONI
via Manzoni, 11
20121 Milan
MM3 Montenapoleone

The collection grows with many new offerings, while maintaining its strong image identity. Design 5.5., Alessandra Baldereschi, Lorenzo de Bartolomeis, Marco Dessi, Ding 3000, Alessandro Dubini

Skitsch
via Monte di Pietà, 11
20100 Milan
MM1 San Babila

Open air museum for the presentation of Citroën DS4. Exhibition Mutation by Ora Ïto

12 April - Opening from 6pm to 9pm

via MonteNapoleone & piazzetta Crocerossa
20100 Milan

In the installation A Bola da Vez, soccer balls interpreted by Brazilian designers like: Fernando and Humberto Campana, Oskar Metsavaht, Sergio Rodrigues

12 April - Press Cocktail from 10am to 12am
14 April - Opening Party from 8pm to 12pm only by invitation

Palazzo Giureconsulti
piazza Mercanti, 2
20100 Milan
MM Cordusio