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- October 05, 2017
New Lighting by Lindsey Adelman - May 2016
New York based designer Lindsey Adelman has added several new designs to her already exceptional lighting collection.
Inspired by combining the look of vintage French jewelry — especially 1930s-era Lanvin collarettes — with a Medieval flail, Burst uses the same essential vocabulary as the Branching series. For Burst, glass bubbles are punctuated by hand-blown glass spikes and “barnacles,” which have been rolled in 24 karat gold foil.
Inspired by natural phenomena, Branching designs explore the visual tension that results from mixing hand-made, sensual forms with precise, machined components.
The construction of the Branching Disc chandeliers mix handmade porcelain with machine-made metal parts. Lindsey Adelman and her team design and build each fixture in their Manhattan studio.
This illuminated ceiling medallion is inspired by the coral of the Black Sea, as the natural pattern has been transformed into mechanical form. Composed of metal-plated polymer and hand-blown glass.
Find more of Lindsey Adelman's collection at Twentieth:
- October 05, 2017
The Most Expensive Suite at the Time New York Hotel
Architectural Digest offered an exclusive look at the Time New York Hotel's most expensive penthouse suite after The Rockwell Group's redesign.
For this multimillion-dollar revitalization The Rockwell Group furnished the living / dining area with several pieces from designers represented by Twentieth. Pictured are Lee Broom's Clear Crystal Bulbs and Pendants hanging in the charcoal-gray finished mirrored hutch and Phase Design's Bride's Veil Low Stools around a glass topped dining table.The penthouse's spacious powder room, which was "inspired by a jewel box [and] features gold accents and marbled wallpaper," is adorned with Lee Broom's Carousel Brass Chandelier.
As the Time New York's most luxurious space, this suite "sprawls out over three floors and has a 500-square-foot private terrace." The one bedroom includes "a king-size bed on the second floor; and a third-floor sitting room. Siberian oak flooring anchors the space, punctuated by rugs inspired by watercolor paintings."
Find additional shots in Architectural Digest's article: http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/time-new-york-hotel-penthouse
- October 05, 2017
Short Films from Salone del Mobile 2016
Wrapping up our Salone del Mobile coverage we've highlighted a few short films featuring our designers.
Lee Broom
Broom's exhibition, "Salone del Automobile" drove from London to Milan and once there continued moving. In this short film, Broom narrates that journey and shows better details of his new Optical series in that space.
Broom also announced last night that his "Salone del Automobile" was nominated for the Milano Design Awards 2016, marking it as one of the top 16 design shows out of the over 1500 installations!Tom Dixon
Designer Tom Dixon, produced a short film covering his Earth, Fire, Water and Air lines, as well as his kitchen space collaboration with Caesarstone.
Lindsey Adelman
Designer Lindsey Adelman is featured in this fun sequence from Vogue showing Nike's "Nature of Movement" exhibition. Adelman is pictured on the vertical video screen 4th from the left, moving brass objects alongside fellow participants in Nike's group show.
Moooi
And lastly, two interviews from Moooi designers on products being shown in this years Salone del Mobile. The first video features Moooi cofounder, Marcel Wanders, on the Space Frame Lamp he designed.And the second with Arihiro Miyake, on the LED lit Coppélia chandelier, designed for Moooi.
Thank you for following our designers through Salone 2016. We look forward to bringing you products and events during ICFF in May.
- October 05, 2017
Moooi at Salone del Mobile 2016
Amsterdam based Moooi is participating at Salone del Mobile at Via Savona 56 with a “paradoxical theme of Rebellious Harmony.”
Moooi states that “The center of this year’s presentation is Moooi’s new collection” which includes “22 new pieces majestically presented in beautiful compositions on pedestals and carefully placed inside a mysteriously dark and seductive ballroom.”Integrated into the exhibit are several components from outside artists, including a “partnership with the young British art photographer Rebecca Bathory,” a marble version of the Compression Sofa designed by Paul Cocksedge and other works by a variety of artists.
Moooi’s statement explains:
“This year, Moooi is proud to reveal new furniture, lighting and carpet designs by 17 different designers, both acclaimed and emerging: Arihiro Miyake, Barbara Broekman, Bertjan Pot, David/icolas, 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.”Similar to last years presentation, Moooi is also splitting their exhibition into sections, which will consist of “14 luxuriously captivating, and elegantly styled home settings.” Preview these settings in a 360 panorama walk through virtual tour of Moooi's new collection linked to above.
- October 05, 2017
Kenneth Cobonpue at Salone del Mobile 2016
For Milan, designer Kenneth Cobonpue is showcasing new collections by Federica Capitani, Budji Layug and the photographs of Minty. Cobonpue is located at Hall 12 - Stand C08.
- October 05, 2017
Mattia Biagi at Salone del Mobile 2016
Italian born and currently based out of Los Angeles, Mattia Biagi returns to his homeland with two projects in this year's fair. The first is with luxury furniture retailer Promemoria, titled Panama Bronze. It's on display at Promemoria Showroom Via Montenapoleone 8 / Via Bagutta 13 Milan.
Biagi’s second work, “Touch Me Is Okay," is on display with innovative flush-to-wall door manufacturer Linvisible at Palazzo Litta, corso Magenta 24, Milan.
Linvisible describes this work as "a metaphysic and contradictory environment [where] the visitors cannot enter the room; but the installation, which rotates in the space, instead wants to be lived and discovered through the senses."
- October 05, 2017
Luteca's Tuyyo Chair in the Wallpaper Handmade Exhibition 2016
For Salone del Mobile 2016, Latin American influenced contemporary furniture company Luteca has revived Pedro Ramírez Vázquez design for the Tuyyo Chair.
The love seat is showing in Wallpaper* Magazine's Handmade Exhibition, along with other specifically commissioned objects including furniture, fashion and food in the shows 7th year running.
Find the Wallpaper Handmade Exhibition at The Arcade, via San Gregorio 43. - October 05, 2017
Lindsey Adelman at Salone del Mobile 2016
A new variation of Adelman's 'Cherry Bomb Fringe’ series will be on display with Nina Yashar’s Nilufar gallery for Salone del Mobile. Find this work with Nilufar's Depot at Viale Lancetti 34, Milan.
Adelman is also showing new work in a exhibition curated by Nike titled, "The Nature of Motion."
This group show brings together ten designers who created works looking at motion. Adelman's featured new works mix light with motion through integrating programed vibrations.
Find "The Nature of Motion" at Via Orobia 15, Milan. - October 05, 2017
Tom Dixon at Salone del Mobile 2016
Tom Dixon’s upcoming “Materiality” series of lighting, furniture and accessories premieres in Milan during Salone del Mobile.
Tom Dixon writes:
“For Milan 2016 we present THE RESTAURANT, a collaboration with Caesarstone where four futuristic kitchens and four radical Tom Dixon dining halls collide in a late baroque deconsecrated church in central Milan.”
The Restaurant will exhibit lines from Materiality, which are inspired by essential aspects of Tom Dixon’s design. These product lines include Curve, Fade and Copper.Tom Dixon descibes Curve, Fade and Copper in his official invitation to “The Restaurant.”
CURVE a new geometrical light that pushes the boundaries of thin sheet etched metal fabrication. With its microscopic precision-pierced surface and soft nickel silver coating Curve internally reflects and emits a filtered glow of ethereal light.
FADE a blow moulded polycarbonate light cannon. Its teardrop shape focuses the light bulb’s output into a satisfyingly round and luminous circle. The metalised finish is unusual as it graduates from completely reflective to transparent in an even fade along the body of the light.COPPER the familiar sphere gets squashed then stretched to create a new pair of complimentary forms in the trademark mirrored copper, allowing new clusters to be formed, lower ceilings to be illuminated or narrow corridors to be colonised by the Copper family.
And to complete “The Restaurant”, Tom Dixon and Caesarstone will fully immerse designers by serving different courses “in each space, curated by Italian food design studio Arabeschi di Latte.”
Tom Dixon describes the full planned exhibit as:
“An utterly unique experience where you can eat, slow down and enjoy the latest ideas in Materiality, Luminosity and Texture.” - October 05, 2017
Stickbulb at Salone del Mobile 2016
Stickbulb describes the limited production nine foot diameter chandelier as “a celebration of hexagonal and octahedral forms in nature.”
This Chandelier consists of 60 3-foot-long-maple wood bulbs which are connected by cast brass joints. The X Diamond is constructed in an edition of 25 and will be on display at Spazio Rossana Orlandi.
For their second installment at Salone del Mobile, Stickbulb is at the Fantini booth in Fiera Milano. Together they will be offering a custom multiple pendant, designed with Piero Lissoni, achitect and creative director for Fantini. Stickbulb explains that this Multiple Pendant “can be configured with a custom number of pendants in same or differing lengths ranging from 4 to 12ft.” Fantini’s booth is located in Hall 22 at Stand C22, C27.



















