100 ON SHOW | MILAN DESIGN WEEK
The Manzoni
Tom DixonTom Dixon returned to Milan rethinking
how a design brand can embed itself into
the heart of the city. The Manzoni is a new
100-cover restaurant created by Dixon’s
Design Research Studio and is the brand’s
first mainland European home.
Tom Dixon said: “With the city being so
active right now, it is the right time to build
something permanent. With The Manzoni,
people are able to experience our new
collections in an active context.”
New collections on show included lighting
families Spring and Opal. Spring (pictured
is a series of three pendant lamps. Pliant
ribbons of stainless steel are arranged like a
whisk around custom-made dimmable Tom
Dixon LEDs. The semi-transparent shape
created can be adjusted to a variety of
silhouettes.
Opal is a family of semi translucent globes
that maintain an ethereal ghostliness in
the daylight and at night form a perfectly
illuminated sphere. Coupled with dimmable
Tom Dixon LEDs, the Opal range emits a
soft, diffused and flattering light.
http://www.tomdixon.netCaffè Populaire
Lambert & Fils / DWA Design StudioPresented by Lambert & Fils and DWA
Design Studio, Caffè Populaire was a six-day
concept caffè, aimed at bringing people and
design into dynamic encounters through the
essentiality of food.
The duo transformed the industrial backdrop
of Milan’s Alcova building - a defunct
panettone factory - into a café-bar, inviting
people to gather around a common table to
share food and ideas.
DWA Design Studio reimagined Alcova as a
multisensory space filled with installations
from a collective of international talent.
Montreal’s Lambert & Fils showcased two
new contemporary lighting collections: Sainte
and Hutchison. The dramatic forms of these
collections filled the rooms of the factory,
creating a conversation of opposites - raw
and refined, past and present.
Intended to be a place of sanctuary during
the hustle of Milan Design Week, Caffè
Populaire served as an environment of
potential, imagined by two design studios
that share the ideal that design cannot exist
without dialogue.
http://www.caffepopulaire.com
http://www.lambertetfils.com
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