Milan Design Week 2019 Ventura Centrale

Posted on 11/04/2019 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Ventura Centrale

Ventura Centrale hosts 16 presentations at the abandoned warehouses alongside Milan’s Central Station (centrale fs) during Milan Design Week 2019. This is the third edition of Ventura Centrale and there is lot’s to see and do this year. Visitor’s can try on wooden clogs, write their opinion down or get their bodies mapped: from artisinal to high-tech design and everything in-between; it’s all there!

unfuencer at Freitag und Georg Lendorff. DIY printing.

unfuencer at Freitag und Georg Lendorff.

A Piece of Sky x Sky-Frame Installation by Stephan Hürlemann

Bodies in motion presented by Humanscale. Designed by Todd Bracher and studio the green eyl

Presentations, a list.

The 16 vaults under the Ventura Centrale train station will this year be host to: Maarten Baas (The Netherlands), Aria (Italy), Noroo Group (Korea), AGC (Japan), Lavazza and Gufram (Italy), Rapt Studio (US), Sky-Frame (Switzerland), Lensvelt & Modular Lighting Instruments (The Netherlands, Belgium), Weltevree (The Netherlands), FREITAG (Switzerland), TAKT PROJECT (Japan), Yamaha Corporation Design Laboratory (Japan), Cosentino (Spain), Humanscale (US), DNP (Japan), dpot modern and contemporary Brazilian furniture (Brazil). Open from 10:00 – 20:00

Tip from Mimi Berlin

If you have little time to spare we, at Mimi Berlin, recommend you go see the Japanese DNP printed lighting installation first, and work your way back to the pop-up restaurant ‘Bar Baas’ at Dinky’s (by Maarten Baas and Lensvelt design) for lunch or dinner.

Milan Designweek 2018 Dutch Design and Art at Museo Diocesano

Posted on 13/05/2018 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Tutti Dutch at at Museo Diocesano in Milan

Dutch design mixed with Dutch art at the ‘Nothing New’ exhibition. At the same venue; Museo Diocesano in Milan, emerging Dutch design talent at ‘Bar Anne’ on show during Milan Designweek 2018.

Milan Designweek 2018 Dutch Design and Art at Museo Diocesano

Christiaan Zwanikken at Nothing New

Bar Anne, by Space Encounters x Children of the Light

Lensvelt

The Dutch (contract) furniture company Lensvelt made quite the bold statement during Milan Design Week 2018 with the exhibition: Nothing New at the Museo Diocesano in Milan. Lensvelt didn’t show new furniture, but mixed it’s previously produced design amongst art (installations). The Nothing New exhibition was curated by Maarten Spruijt, some of the works, including performances were especcially made for the exhibition at Fondazione Lensvelt. (see all info under the images)

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The Lazy Modernist is a Chair

Posted on 30/07/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

The Lazy Modernist is a Chair

The Lazy Modernist is an easy chair made with mobile elements, designed/made by Atelier Van Lieshout and Lensvelt: so it is Dutch Design, and like most designs from The Netherlands it’s fun! Mind you this is contract furniture: made for the office.

Click to see more info or buy the lazy modernist at Lensvelt HERE

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Maarten Baas & Lensvelt presenting new Chairs at Salone del Mobile 2017

Posted on 04/04/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Maarten Baas & Lensvelt presenting new Chairs at Salone del Mobile 2017

We think this installation in Milano by Maarten Baas and Lensvelt looks awesome!

fotocredits JW Kaldenbach/Lensvelt

A sneak preview of the installation “MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE?” and the Maarten Baas 101 Chair and the Maarten Baas Table presented during the Salone del Mobile 2017 in Milan from the 04-th till the 09-th of April 2017

The Installation is on show at Ventura Centrale, via Ferrante Aporti nr. 13 20125 Milano

Milano designweek 2014: Miniatures

Posted on 16/04/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Miniatures at Lensvelt: designs by Maarten van Severen

Miniatures at Moooi

More miniatures at Moooi

miniatures at the Supermodels exhibition

Miniature Design Dollhouse at “Supermodels”

Mimi Berlin noticed a mini trend: Miniatures. We have to be honest we only saw mini furniture at Dutch exhibitions so it really isn’t a trend, it’s an ienie mini trend or maybe just something the Dutch are interested in. At Lensvelt the designs by Maarten van Severen were miniaturized, since Lensvelt produces the furniture by the Belgian designer it can be a logical move to show them in a small size. Moooi showcased black miniatures in the hallway to the actual exhibition, where everything was larger than life and very colorful. We guess Moooi was looking for a contradiction. At Supermodels, a travelling exhibition about product design, architecture and interior architecture initiated by Concern, we saw an overview of 3D printed chairs in white by Dutch designers. Also they made a complete miniature sized design dollhouse in full color! Fun! The maquettes or scale models (1:18) of houses designed by Dutch archtitects shown at Supermodels can’t be counted in as miniatures because they are functional design devices. But these scale models were the only accountability for showing miniature furniture in white.