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From Milan with love Milan Design Week was back to its spring calendar slot this year and took place mid-April. Designers and architects from everywhere in the world flocked over by the droves to check out the new trends and innovations on show. Here are 5 of the week's highlights / By Adi Fogel-Hollander | Pulling the strings Woven furniture featured heavily this year. Two of the most striking examples were the Shibari “knot” chair designed by Studiopepe for Visionnaire, and the lounge chair designed by Nika Zupanc for Moooi, made with extra large yarn-like fabric woven in a chunky basket weave. Not only is this lounge chair extremely soft and comfortable, it is also extraordinary to look at. These pieces reminded me of the Israeli brand Knots founded by Shenkar College graduate, designer Neta Tesler, that also produces beautiful woven items, including benches, pillows, chairs, etc. made using a technique developed by Tesler herself.

The living room designed by the Kingston Lafferty Studio for Artemest

| More is more There’s no doubt this year’s Milan Design Week was a celebration of full-on maximalism. Vibrant colored fabrics, wallpaper, carpets, furniture, and accessories in every material and color under the sun blended together to create intricate multi-faceted spaces. An example of this was the “L’Appartamento” project by Italian brand Artemest that asked six design studios from different parts of the world to design a Milanese apartment. One of the designers was Irish designer Kingston Lafferty, in charge of the living room area which she turned into three flamboyant spaces covered in furniture and artifacts, from floor to ceiling.

The Knitty Lounge Chair designed by Nika Zupanc for Moooi

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36 ATMOSPHERE JUNE 2023