Press Giftbags Sharing What we got at Milan Design Week

Posted on 23/04/2019 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Press

There are press-days at the start of the Milan Design Week, and that has it’s perks. Not only can you visit venues without waiting in line (looooooong lines, for the most populair presentatons) but you also get press material. We, at Mimi Berlin, are press because we have a blog, where we share all things nice in life. We never really work hard to go everywhere and gather gifts, because that’s not a nice thing to do with your life. Anyhow we went to the press days at Ventura Centrale this year and here’s some images of limited edition stuff we took home.

Gifts for Free

Of course we don’t need: six bags, two plastic coins, one button and several booklets! Altough they are limited editions, what’s the use? We do really want to keep the catalogue from the Broken Nature exhibition at the XXII Triennale. Also, the booklet by Lensvelt we’d like to keep (’cause it’s photographed by JW Kaldenbach) but the rest?
We will gladly share that with you; our readers!

How do I get my Free Gift of choice

Just leave a comment below and state what you want. First come first serve, you pay the postage fee.
No strings attached but we do expect you to follow us on insta @mimiberlin_amsterdam on facebook @mimiberlinfanpage and here, on this blog.
xoxo Mimi

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.

Fuorisalone 2015; Exploring Weltevree

Posted on 19/04/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Fuorisalone 2015; Exploring Weltevree

at the entrance of the weltevree exhibit;ground fridge by floris schoonderbeek

cupboard for the ground fridge by floris schoonderbeek

ground fridge by floris schoonderbeek

beach rocker by erik stehmann

beach chair and rocker by erik stehmann

body wrap by walter van beirendonck

cosy carpet by studio siem/pabon

Outdoorovens by Dick van Hoff

food by Dynamic Food

workmates headquarters at weltevree; in the beach chair by erik stehman

good news by workmates

workmates spreading “good news” in the tortona area dressed by sjaak hullekes

custom made suits for the workmates designed by sjaak hullekes

The Weltevree concept was about “Explore your surroundings“. Weltevree invited “passionate craftspeople from various disciplines” such as Raw Color, Erik Stehmann, Scheublin & Lindeman, Thorter Kulve, Dick van Hoff, Studio Siem/Pabon, Floris Schoonderbeek, Workmates and Walter van Beirendonck, to show that “design is multidisciplinary and seemingly sans boundaries.”
Okay, we, at Mimi Berlin, explored the presentation at the Via Voghera in the Tortona area:

At the courtyard we were welcomed by the Groundfridge, designed by Floris Schoonderbeek, this fridge is a new take on the traditional root cellar, in which you keep your food cold. Continue reading →