A big highlight of the exhibition was a presentation by the French cultural institution Luma Arles, which has an R&D lab of sorts. It explores novel, ecologically minded design applications for natural materials, including at Alcova, rice straw space dividers, compressed-salt columns, and felt as a building material, among other experiments. Photo 40 of 71 in It’s Furniture Design’s Big Week. Here’s What We Saw During Salone del Mobile

It’s Furniture Design’s Big Week. Here’s What We Saw During Salone del Mobile

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A big highlight of the exhibition was a presentation by the French cultural institution Luma Arles, which has an R&D lab of sorts. It explores novel, ecologically minded design applications for natural materials, including at Alcova, rice straw space dividers (pictured here), compressed-salt columns, and felt as a building material, among other experiments.