Milan Designweek 2006

“This years design fair in Milan was definitely in a different mood than a couple of years ago” says Shirley Muijrers, one of the Philips Design trend analysts that went to Milan this year to watch all the new stuff. “2 years ago, the mood was very romantic and decorative, this year it seemed less optimistic. There was still a lot of decoration but it was more bling-bling or baroque opulent, with lots of mirror-effects and Swarowski-crystals. The exhibition by Lexus was very impressive, there was a room full of threads that you had to dive through to find the cars, and it was a very sensuous and disorientating experience”.

Lexus “fiber space”

Lexus “fiber space” by tokujin yoshioka

EXAMPLES OF BAROQUE OPULENCE WITH A TWIST

“biscuit” Studio Jobs for Royal Tichelaar,

Garden design by Job Smeets at “Post Mortem”
by Design Academy Eindhoven,

“Perished” screen by studio Jobs at Dilmos Gallery

‘swarm chandelier’ by zaha hadid,

z.island kitchen by Zaha Hadid

Quin.MGX designed by Bathsheba Grossman
 and manufactured by Materialise.MGX.

One_Shot.MGX designed by Patrick Jouin and manufactured by Materialise.MGX.