Salone del Mobile 2012: Boutiques become Galleries

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Salvatore Ferragamo and Molteni&C teamed up to present the furniture of designer Constance Guisset, On the right, Antonella Boralevi. (via)

Wooden MO lamp and SOL rocking chair. Here seen at Ferragamo’s Boutique. (via).
Cranewalk

Christopher Kautz for Vionnet (via). To mark the 2012 edition of Milan’s “Salone del Mobile”, Vionnet presents Cranewalk, a sophisticated survey on wood by designer Christopher Kautz. (read more)

Nature goes Tech

A4ADesign and Patrizia Pepe presented at her Boutique: ” The transfpormation of cult design objects into bi dimensional shapes made from eco-compatible honeycomb cardboard”(thahanks URdesign)

Sit on my Doudoune

At the Moncler shop window: The presentation of their couch designed by Francese di Architetti Gilles & Boissier for Poltrona.Marni
The collection of 100 chairs, the photo exhibition and the video will be presented at the Milan Marni boutique during Salone Del Mobile, and its adjacent courtyard. Furthermore all photos will be published on ANTICAMERA2, Marni’s online magazine, which will be published on http://www.marni.com during Salone del Mobile 2012.

Maroquinaris Zoologicae

For the Salone del Mobile 2012, Louis Vuitton has decided to entrust itself yet again to Billie Achilleos and, since some of his creations have already populated the shop windows of the flagship stores in Paris, New York and Sydney, the fantastic collection of Billie Achilleos will set foot in the Via Montenapoleone boutique.(via)

Dimensions of Design – 20 anni delle Miniature del Vitra Design Museum

at the Hugo Boss Boutique at the Corso Matteotti: 100 Vitra minitures on display (via)

COS pop-up store

COS has collaborated with set designer and illustrator Gary Card to create a pop up shop in the Ventura Lambrate part of Salone del Mobile

Bottega Veneta pop-up store

For the launch of Bottega Veneta’s newly introduced initials service Bottega Veneta Initials was introduced in a special pop-up shop at the Salone del Mobile 2012 (photo’s by Shini Park of Park and Cube)

Unfortunately we didn’t visit Milan ourselves this year. So we have to make do with windowshopping on the net. Visit our walk during The Salone di Mobile 2011 down the Via della Spiga.