The Salone Internazionale del Mobile is an annual furniture fair held in Milan, Italy that is considered the most important event in the furniture industry calendar. In 2015, 310,840 home furnishing professionals from around the world attended the fair to see innovations from leading brands and get a sense of emerging trends. The fair featured exhibits from major brands as well as a section for young designers called the Salone Satellite.

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del Mobile is an annual destination for
leading home furnishing brands,
retailers, designers and manufacturers.
It is widely considered to be the most
over the world come to get a peek at
the current year’s trends and design
innovations.
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collection of designs from
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established names like Philippe
Starck, Marcel Wanders and
Patricia Urquiola.
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Missoni Home’s updated textile range
bore a strong family resemblance to
the Missoni Fashion brand.the Missoni Fashion brand.
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South American retailer A lot of Brazil
featured the Estrela Collection By Sao
Paulo studio Estudio Campana.Paulo studio Estudio Campana.
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Moroso’s new collection reflects both an Italian
and Scandinavian design aesthetic. It includes
bold, brightly-coloured sofas, understatedbold, brightly coloured sofas, understated
wooden seating and pastel cushions.
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B l i fi T ibù h t dBelgian firm Tribù has created
high-end outdoor furniture
collections since the 1990’s.
Their range features hard-
wearing yet comfortable outdoor
seating and accessories.
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Well-established Italian brands like
Molteni & C offered large pieces in
dramatic fabrics and dark coloursdramatic fabrics and dark colours.
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In 2015, Moroso began a collaboration
with Diesel. The resulting “Diesel for
Moroso” collection is youthful yet elegant.Moroso collection is youthful yet elegant.
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Diesel for Moroso combines a typically Italian
colour pallet with relaxed interpretations of
typically northern European forms.typically northern European forms.
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Bologna-based G.T. Design
offered furnishings reminiscent
of 1990’s B&B Italia. Their
bright and minimalist colour
palette was unique among the
Italian brands this year.
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UK fitness firm TechnoGym won four Red Dot design awards
in 2015. Among the winning products are its sleek treadmill
and so-called “wellness ball for active sitting”.and so called wellness ball for active sitting .
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Vitra’s exhibition resembled an IKEA
store. It featured warehouse racking,
pallets and lots of inspiration.pallets and lots of inspiration.
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Campeggi showcased quirky yet innovative designs like their
Nessy sofa. Designer Emanuele Magini took inspiration from
Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster when creating its form, whichScotland s Loch Ness Monster when creating its form, which
features an adjustable “tail” for flexible seating.
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Forestra by Campeggi is a sofa bed with a difference.
Its soft elastic shell makes it a comfortable place to sit
despite its unconventional form. And with just a zip itdespite its unconventional form. And with just a zip it
transforms into a cosy and private spot for a nap.
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Campeggi also offered more
conventional pieces, though
often with hidden features. Their
ABC sofa, for example, changes
from attractive living room
seating into a comfortable
double bed. It’s name is andouble bed. It s name is an
acronym for Accommodating,
Beautiful and Comfortable.
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MDF Italia works with a variety of materials, but its most
famous products are made with the company’s particle board
namesake. Their Box Random bookshelf seems an Italiannamesake. Their Box Random bookshelf seems an Italian
expression of similar designs by Scandinavian brand Montana.
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Soft furnishings and accessories are also part of MDF
Italia’s offer. Their designers work actively with colours and
materials to create a fully co-ordinated range.materials to create a fully co ordinated range.
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Large and whimsical artwork dominated the Cappellini
exhibition, which featured designs by up-and-coming design
starts Nendo, Jasper Morrison and Shiro Kuramata.starts Nendo, Jasper Morrison and Shiro Kuramata.
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Living Divani caters mainly to the growing Russian upper
class. Their popular designs reveal a preference for large
pieces in tasteful yet somewhat traditional designs.pieces in tasteful yet somewhat traditional designs.
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Each year Magis offers an icon
product that itself becomes aproduct that itself becomes a
symbol of the fair. This year it was
Happy Bird by Eero Aarnio.
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B t thBross was yet another
Italian Brand to combine a
Scandinavian approach
with classic Italian forms
and materials.
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Salone Satellite
Created in 1998, The Salone Satellite is
a place where young designers and
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professionals. For many, it is an
opportunity to move their products from
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moneyed investors can meet. Aspiring
studios are given a free space to display
their ideas to home furnishing industry
prototype to productions. The Salone
Satellite is presented as part of the
Milan Furniture Fair.
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Vittorio Venezia is a
native of Palermo and
a winner of the 2015a winner of the 2015
Design Report Award.
At the Salone, he
displayed his Ferro
collection – outdoor
furniture inspired byfurniture inspired by
the brazier grills of his
native city.
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The Five Elements, The Garden Abstracted was a featured
installation by students from the Art Center College of Design.
Based on eastern philosophy, it explores people’s relationship to
the five “elements” of fire, water, earth, wind and sky.
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Silj N d l i f t d t f St kh l F it &Silje Nesdal is featured as part of our Stockholm Furniture &
Light Fair 2015 report. In Milan, she teamed up with fellow
Scandinavian designer Morten&Jonas and Hanne Mikael to
create a family-friendly collection of tables, seating, lighting
and bassinettes.
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Studio Yuan Yuan was founded by a group
of Chinese students Their designsof Chinese students. Their designs –
particularly the privacy wall – play with
shadows. The wall was a winner in this
year’s Salone Satellite “Best of”
competition.
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Hyein Jwa is a Korean-born designer now studying at the
Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California,
USA. Her Hang table “hides both a light and a charging
station, but makes no attempt to conceal its own cords, p
or the cords of the devices connected to it.”
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Mumbai-based Studio
Avni presented their
Upcycled Sari seating
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implies, the designers
incorporate their
country’s traditional
dress into the design,g ,
making each piece
entirely unique.
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Maria Volokhova & SHAPES iN
PLAY exhibited a complete range of
animal-inspired designs for dininganimal inspired designs for dining.
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310,840 home furnishing professionals
visited the Milan Salone Del Mobile in
2015 Vi it f d th2015. Visitors came from around the
world, especially China, Germany and
Russia. Once again it has cemented its
place as the world’s largest gathering of
h f i hi b d t ilhome furnishing brands, retailers,
manufacturers and professionals.
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