Highlights from Milan Design Week 2011 – Triangles, Triangles, Everywhere

I took my usual hunt-for-female-talent cap off and put on my trend cap to troll the fiera and all of the design districts in Milan during design week to report on the surprising and delightful trends I found within for MyDeco readers in the U.K. and the U.S.* At first, I was struggling to find anything new and revolutionary that hadn’t evolved from trends already in full swing. Re-purposed materials? yes. Sustainable design? yes. Many-tentacled light fixtures? Yes. Modular furniture? Yes. But what was really new? The first thing that struck me was the preponderance of the triangle shape – usurping the squares, blocks and cubes of yesteryear.

Walking from exhibit to exhibit over my four day stay, I spied with my little eye, the following:

Wooden podiums at Wallpaper Handmade at Brioni:

Julien de Smedt at Belgium Is Design:

Table by Eyal Burstein who won the Designers of the Future Award for his pieces that double as social commentary:

Chair at ‘Promise design – New Design From Israel 2011′:

Chair by Bakery at ‘Promise design – New Design From Israel 2011′:

RCA Student Show at Ventura Lambrate:

Platter at ‘Promise design – New Design From Israel 2011′:

Lighting at ‘Promise design – New Design From Israel 2011′:

Joints to make triangles at Salone Satellite:

At ‘Promise design – New Design From Israel 2011′:

Table by Design POOL:

D.R.Y. (Don’t Repeat Yourself) by Vincent Van Duysen at D.R.Y.:

D.R.Y.:

*A slightly varied version of this piece was first published on mydeco.

Tuesday • May 10, 2011 • by Chauncey Zalkin

Category: Belgium, Blog, Israel, Milan Design Week