Ventura Lambrate Trumps in Milan

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The off position for Sander Mulder’s bar light.

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Nendo has several shows at satellite events and the fairgrounds, but these tables, which look like metal pieces for outdoor use are actually made from bamboo.

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In Ventura Lambrate at the Enrico Fornello Gallery, the Analogia Project by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra consisted of a cozy interior "sketched" in three dimensions using wires and wool.

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Christian Zuzunaga has taken his exquisite pixelated color field patterns from upholstery and fabric into carpets and now scarves, blankets. In the midst of his display, a craftsman worked a pedal loom showing how Zuzunaga’s colorful pieces are woven.

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Students demonstrated how they had make soft cotton candy-like tufts called PolyFlos from upcycled plastic products that they then mold into various new objects, including colorful--and tactile--vases and bowls.

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This simple wooden chair by Brazil-born, Italian designer Antonio Aricò features a seat that fits onto the diminutive arms like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle.

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For the Lebanese Carwan Gallery, New York-based Lindsey Adams Adelman worked with craftsman Blatt Chaya to create the exquisite geometric pattern of the Refraction Tiles using marble and concrete powder in a limited edition of nine tile designs—which will expire within one year.

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The Danish Crafts show includes everything from textiles to chairs but the most interesting artifact is hidden away downstairs where participant’s processes and materials were explained in what was essentially a succinct three-dimensional infographic: Items involved in the creative and fabrication process are hung on cables stretching from floor to ceiling with one designer’s work per cable. One project includes two magnetized wooden tambourine-like forms that hold the two (physically) unconnected halves of the cable taut.

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