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servicemen back in the 1890s.
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Shanghai-based design company Stellar
Works has secured the rights to reissue
vintage pieces by leading Danish and Italian
designers and will inject new relevance and
context into the pieces for a
modern audience.
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The collaboration between Benetton’s
creative research centre, Fabrica and Villa
Necchi Campiglio in Milan has become
the social hub during Milan Design Week.
Designed by Italian architect Piero Portaluppi
for the Necchi Campiglios, who were
prominent industrialists at the time, the villa
boasts fantastic collections of furniture, arts
and crafts and an elegant interior. Under the
direction of designer Sam Baron, selected
designer/craftsmen are granted full access
to the villa to study the house and its owners.
The result this year was the Belvedere
Collection of products, which echo the
architectural and design elements of the
villa. The annual event is often regarded as a
modern ‘Grand Tour’.
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At Milan Furniture Fair this year, Vitra had
plundered its archives, renewing classics with
new colours and materials, overseen by Dutch
art director Hella Jongerius. The Standard
Chair, designed by Jean Prouvé more than
50 years ago, has been reappropriated
in robust plastic, not only giving a more
contemporary look, but also establishing the
design’s presence for at least another 50
years to come.
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British designer Christopher Jenner’s recent
shop interiors for fragrance companies
Diptyque (Paris) and Penhaligon’s (UK)
explore the relationship between brands,
emotion, luxury and craft. The retail spaces
capture the spirit and history of the brands
with an opulent blend of artisanal skill and
modern technology, as well as an exquisite
eye for pattern, detail and material. The
Penhaligon's store in London’s Mayfair,
opened in February 2013, is a jewellery box
of padded walls, honeycomb shelving and
hand-laid mosaic wallpaper in purple and
jade. It references what Jenner describes
as “the jaunty Edwardian eccentricity” for
which Mayfair is famous, as well as “modern
Japanese Manga” in a fusion of English and
Oriental references underscoring the brand’s
140-year heritage.
Penhaligon’s London
Store by Christopher
Jenner
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