The Design Crack Guide to Milan Zona Tortona Preview 2008
Berlin Design Dome
With the up to day largest presentation of Berlin in Milan in the Zona Tortona, the internationally known design district, the product designers, representatives of the UNESCO “City of Design” (title Berlin has acclaimed in 2006) exhibit their works to the international audience of producers, buyers and journalists. CREATE BERLIN
MyYour Furniture
The MyYour collection is a relatively young furniture company with a great deal of skill in not only crafting unique products but also presenting those products in the best possible light. And speaking of light… The Community table and chairs, which combines to make one monolithic form when not in use, has a beautiful detail [...]
Holy Homes Designed for Tuttobene by Frederik Roijé
Tuttobene is a collection of Belgian and Dutch designers who work collectively to create a spectacle at Zona Tortona.
Holy Homes Designed for Tuttobene by Frederik Roijé Two bird houses made out of the best porcelain. Designed for a period in time and love for nature. "In my belief there will be peace." TuttoBeNe
David Trubridge
David Trubridge is a poet with narrow wood frames. His work takes on the sesibility of a handbuilt boat, but the shapes are more amorphous than the bow of a ship.
Danish Crafts Collection: Charlotte Hargreave
"Hargreave completed her education at the Glass- and Ceramic School on Bornholm in 2002. Since 2004 she has run the glass workshop Celsiusglas with two other glass artists Sia Mai and Karin Mørch. Hargreave’s work is typically exploratory in nature, taking a specific technique as its starting point. Her works are created on the basis [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Mathias Bengtsson
"Bengtsson graduated from Danmarks Designskole in 1997 and from Royal College of Art in London in 1999. Mathias Bengtsson designs and produces modern furniture, which is visually captivating as well as being innovative in its productive technique. As a furniture designer he has created several series including the Slice-series, a sculptural and organic series of [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Carolina Vallejo
"Vallejo graduated from the Escola Massana in Barcelona, Spain in 1998 and from Guldsmedehøjskolen, Institut for Ædelmetal, in Copenhagen in 2001. She consciously works with materials that can imbue her ideas with layers of meaning, often gleaning inspiration from existential topics and philosophical questions that she seeks to debate through her choice of materials, design [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Lisbet Friis
"Lisbet Friis completed her education at Skolen for Brugskunst in Copenhagen in 1985. Friis works with textiles and colours in public and private spaces. She has accepted commissions for a number of international fashion companies including Epice, In-Wear and Kenzo. Friis has run a business in her own name since 1996 designing and producing limited, [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Povl Kjær
"Kjær trained at Kunsthåndværkerskolen I Kolding from 1974-76 and at Århus Kunstakademi from 1976-78. In 1981 he completed his training as a wood-carver and since then he has worked within most areas of his field on assignments like ornamentation, figures, models, reconstructions and restorations. Povl Kjær mainly works in wood and often accepts commissions from [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Claus Bjerre
"Bjerre studied at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and at Danmarks Designskole in Copenhagen where he graduated in 2000. He specializes in interior- and furniture design and in recent years he has been working with experimental design. Using furniture as his turning point Bjerre tests the limits of design, searching for design-methods and [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Kim Buck
"Buck completed his goldsmith’s apprenticeship with Gilbert Pretzmann in 1982 graduating from the Institut for Ædelmetal in 1985. Since 1990 he has run his own workshop and gallery and from 1999-2001 he was Adjunct Professor at Högskolen for Design och Konsthantverk at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He has also designed jewellery for Danish [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Line Dyrholm
"Dyrholm graduated from Designskolen Kolding in 2005. She works from a basic idea of simplicity while taking a humorous approach, which often leads to surprising details. She gleans her inspiration from everyday tasks and her works often focus on examining problems that appear to have no immediate solution. Her Sokkelampe – Sock Lamp – is [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Anders Lunderskov
"Lunderskov trained as a cabinetmaker, completing his training with A.J. Iversen in 1985. The next year he got a job at the Lyon Museum of Art and Design furnishing their textile section. He has run his own workshop in Milan since 1989 creating pieces for clients like Prada and Japanese Kohseki. He usually gets his [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Søren Ulrik Petersen
"Søren Ulrik Petersen trained as a cabinetmaker at Wulff’s Møbelsnedkeri in Hellerup in 1985. He then went on to study at Danmarks Designskole, where he graduated as a cabinetmaker in 1990. He has a highly functional approach to his creative work, and his products are meant to create a special closeness between people. One example [...]
Danish Crafts Collection: Carlo Volf
Volf graduated from the Institute of Industrial Design at Danmarks Designskole in 1997. His works are inspired by Scandinavian materials like ash- and birchwood. He often seeks to confer new properties upon familiar materials. His latest piece, Veneer Carpet, features wood veneer so thin and fine that it begins to behave like textile and can [...]
