When Solids And Stripes Collide: Corian® Loves Missoni

"CORIAN® loves MISSONI" was a collaboration of the the design versatility of DuPont™ Corian® solid surfaces and the style of Missoni. Kitchen, bath, living and dining areas were designed by Missoni with the use of DuPont's Corian.

Missoni, an Italian fashion and homewares house has long been known for its beautiful textiles, often recognizable by colorful stripes, zig zags and flame stitching. Corian is a material that is commonly associated with durable solid countertops. Combing these 'stripes' with this 'solid' yielded design that is both beautiful and durable.

DuPont™ Corian® solid surface - an exclusive product of DuPont - is an advanced composite material delivering superior levels of functionality and aesthetical performance for flat and curved surfacing applications in residential, public and commercial environments, indoor and outdoor.


The results were fabulous as you will see.



Below are pictures from the exhibit at the 2008 Milan Design Week:
















Above: Rosita Missoni and her son, Luca

Rosita and her husband Ottavio Missoni were at the helm of Missoni SpA for 50 years, together creating a unique, inimitable style that’s admired all over the world. In 1997 she handed the reigns over to her sons Vittorio and Luca and, for fashion, her daughter Angela, and has since devoted herself exclusively to the MissoniHome collections.

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The Best of Milan's 2008 Furniture Fair Coverage: Links and Photos

So many great journalists and bloggers covered the Milan Furniture Fair /the Milan Salone Mobili / Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile/ Milan Design Week or whatever you prefer to call it. It would be redundant and pointless for me to do the same, so here are links to some of the round-ups, slide shows, video diaries, Flickr albums and more.

First of all, what is it?

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, returns - from 16th to 21st this year – at the Milan Fairgrounds at Rho with a huge range of superlative exhibits. This event that is unlike any other, anywhere in the world, is not just the leading event in the home/contract furnishing sector at global level, but also a matchless occasion for an international meeting of minds – not to mention business, image and communication.

As always, there is an infinite variety of goods on offer. The Salone Internazionale del Mobile, together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition is a showcase for excellence covering all types of domestic furnishing, from single pieces to coordinates, and every conceivable style, from classic to design to modern, not to mention trendsetters.

Beside the excellence of the commercial offering, the huge variety of new products, the choreographed display stands and the faultless arrangements that ensure that any visit to the exhibition complex is rendered easier and more user-friendly, I Saloni have put together an unmissable range of collateral events both at the exhibition centre and in the city.

The greatest surprise will be the event set against the backdrop of the of the Sala delle Cariatidi at Palazzo Reale, in which an internationally -renowned artist and an icon of Milan's and Italy's cultural heritage par excellence will take part, as well as one of the most famous works of art in the world.

The event's main site.

Links to great round-ups and images from the Milan

The NY Times Design Notebook slideshow

Architonic's Round Up

The David Report

Inhabitat's Milan Furniture Fair Reports

Inhabitat's Flickr photos

Metrosnapshots blog

Dezeen's Milan 08 (and they have video diaries)

Wallpaper magazine's guide.

Over 2000 images at Designboom's gallery

DesignWS report.



Be sure to see the best pieces from the 2009 Milan Furniture fair here.

Jonas Samson's Light Emitting Wallpaper

Above: Light-emitting wallpaper

With Jonas Samson's high-tech light-emitting wallpaper it's possible to use a two-dimensional flat surface as light source instead of a 3D object. As long as the wallpaper is turned off, it is indistinguishable as a source of light. Instead, it is just what it appears to be: wallpaper.






Year: 2007
Material: Light emitting wallpaper
Size: 240 cm x 360 cm



See all of his design work here.

contact info:
Balistraat 43
3531 PT Utrecht
The Netherlands
info@jonassamson.com
+31 (0)619084445