2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

Vogelstad ("Bird City") is avian architecture modeled on a circuit board by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Eveline Visser who scaled each of the 33 nesting boxes for a different species. studio1op1.nl, evelinevisser.com

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem's industrial design presentation included Tlalit Segal Raayoni’s wood-scrap sculptures, Noam Tabenkin’s Frankenstein-ed Furniture Hospital and Itay Laniado’s collapsible oak ladder trussed with a ratchet strap. bezalel.ac.il/en

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

Student work on show in the Netherlands' Academy of Fine Art Maastricht booth included a steel and leather horse silhouette by Fabian Von Spreckelsen that rocks as if trotting and black seamed lights. fabianvonspreckelsen.com

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

Made in Berlin's "Poetry Happens" show included ceramic lamps by Barcelonan's Apparatu and Berlin's Mashallah who designed them in a collaboration that took place entirely by fax machine. apparatu.com

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

In a handbag showroom located in a Baroque 17th-century Milanese palazzo, Nilufar Gallery juxtaposed the ornate interior with branching floor and ceiling lights by London-based Michael Anastassiades. michaelanastassiades.com, www.nilufar.com

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

In an unlikely fashion-accessories showroom situated in a 17th-century palace, Nilufar Gallery matched the exquisite vintage interior with a pixelated resin console by Argentine Estudio Núcleo. estudionucleo.com, www.nilufar.com

2011 Milan Furniture Fair: Installations and Exhibits

Designers salvaged cardboard tubes, wood scraps, crates, and pallets to populate the "Discover Human Cities" installation by Esterni with improvised rocking horses and chairs, chaise lounges, a café, and vista points that turned surrounding construction sites from annoyances into good views. esterni.org

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