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No. 04
2014
Junction
Michael Young on Milan and his new Moke
Making contemporary design in Afghanistan
Highlights and exhibition listings in full
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Welcome
to Junction
The transformation of the Salone in the
past 20 years has mirrored (and in many
respects nurtured) the growth of the
design industry across the globe. It’s
extraordinary to think that when I first
came here in the mid-90s, Ian Rudge and
Rachel Robin had just launched 100%
Design, providing London with its only
show devoted to contemporary design,
and that Tyler Brûlé was putting out his
first issues of Wallpaper*.
Back then, the week itself was
dominated by the main fairground.
Outside there were the showrooms of the
major Italian brands of course; Ron Arad
would usually find a space to do something
spectacular; droog could be relied upon
to provide a talking point; and it was
just about possible to get a quiet drink
at Bar Basso. Of course much has changed.
When Cappellini shifted out to Via
Tortona’s Superstudio Più in 2001, it felt
as if it had moved to the end of the earth.
Now the area has been fully gentrified,
and teems with upmarket bars and
restaurants. At the same time the main
fair itself – while no longer the sole focus
of the event – has moved to new premises
on the outskirts of the city and hubs like
Ventura Lambrate have opened up.
During this time too, other cities,
from Lødz to London and Shanghai
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to Sheffield, have got in on the act, and
opened their own design festivals. Milan
is no longer the only option, leading
one or two critics to question its preeminence. However, despite these
concerns, the Salone remains the key
date in the design calendar.
EDIT, now in its second year, might
be smaller than its sister show in London,
designjunction, but it shares the same
DNA. Its quality control is sky high, for
instance – this year’s exhibition features
such brands as SCP, EOQ, ercol and
Modus. It’s also held in a fascinating
venue, the Palazzo Morando. It shares
the same art director, the consistently
excellent Michael Sodeau. And it’s
located slap bang in the middle of the
city, on Via Sant’Andrea.
This, it seems to me, is a wise decision,
because over the past two decades
other areas have come and gone, either
failing to properly establish themselves
or becoming over-commercial, as the
ever-fickle zeitgeist moved elsewhere.
By contrast, opening near the Brera
district last year instantly gave the
show a sense of maturity and even
permanence. Milan will undoubtedly
continue to change and mutate, but
you fancy EDIT is here to stay.
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Contents
6
The vitals
10
Young
at heart
20
From conﬂict
tocarpets
Seven important things we’ve learned
about EDIT by designjunction 2014
Michael Young has designed everything
from a doghouse to a wearable
USB stick. This year’s EDIT sees
him launching new products
for EOQ, says Grant Gibson
A new initiative by the US Department
of Defense is attempting to bring
stability to Afghanistan using one of
its finest traditions, rug-making.
By Teleri Lloyd-Jones
18
Floorplan
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This page, clockwise
from left: Move,
Jonathan Prestwich
for Modus; Sparks
stool, de Allegri/
Feldkamp; Flexus
pendant, Baroncelli;
Stacking Vessels,
Utopia & Utility
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The
vitals
Seven important things
we’ve learned about
EDIT by designjunction 2014
1. It’s in a new venue.
After a successful launch at La Pelota
last year, the exhibition has shifted to
the sophisticated environs of Palazzo
Morando on Via Sant’Andrea (nearest
Metro stations are San Babila and
Montenapoleone). The move has
allowed the show to grow in size –
it now includes a stellar line-up of
international brands, from EOQ,
Innermost, Stellar Works, Adentro,
Zava and Baroncelli, to Modus, among
others – and makes the entire event feel
like it has really come of age. Set in the
heart of Milan’s fashion district, the
former home of the Countess Lydia
Caprara Morando, the palazzo was built
in the 18th century, and usually houses
a rich collection of Egyptian, Chinese
and Japanese art, as well as homegrown
painters and sculptors. It promises
to be a beautiful place to exhibit.
This page, from
top to bottom:
Archibex, Bendot and
Novella tableware,
Flux; Poke Stools,
Innermost; Fold,
de Allegri/Feldkamp
2. Visa is back on board as the official
title sponsor.
And together designjunction and Visa
Luxury Hotel Collection – a premium
travel programme that enables Visa
premium cardholders to find, book and
enjoy benefits at over 900 prestigious
hotels around the globe – have
announced an exclusive retail offer for
Visa cardholders in the surrounding
area of Milan’s fashion and design
district. The Visa Shopping Promotion
encompasses a range of discounts and
promotions, available at design and
fashion-led stores all over the city
during the Salone including Made
In Ratio, Vivienne Westwood, Paul
Smith, Burberry, Flos and Alessi.
Pick up a dedicated Visa Shopping
Promotion map for full details.
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3. Smaller than its sister show in
London, it still packs a punch.
Last year EDIT attracted a remarkable
22,000 visitors in six days, appealing to
an international crowd of design
enthusiasts.
4. There is a lively mix of returning
exhibitors and others that are new to
the show.
Returnees include EOQ (see our Michael
Young profile on p.14), Innermost, Flux,
Baroncelli, de Allegri/Feldkamp, Utopia &
Utility, Jake Dyson, ercol, Made in Ratio
and Modus. New names at the show
include Resident, SCP, James Smith,
Niche London and Designs by Nico.
5. And there are a few other features
to look out for.
The show will have a bespoke bar
designed by Yves Béhar for SodaStream,
where the Israeli company will be getting
busy with the fizzy by serving customised
drinks throughout the week. It will also
present a working production line,
demonstrating the customisation
processes of its new PLAY machine,
which allows visitors to design, create and
then, hey, purchase their own version.
Elsewhere UK Trade & Investment will be
showing the Green Room, which sets out
to investigate eco-sustainable design.
Brands selected to promote the UK
government’s message include Sebastian
Cox, Dyson and Donna Wilson.
LEAF CHAIR PHOTO: SIMON BEVAN
From top to bottom:
Green Leaf seats,
design by Nico;
Pixel 30 Table, Niche
London; Fibula
Lux, Sarah Colson
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6. It’s a place to catch your breath.
It’s always worth knowing where you
can get a decent espresso while you’re
tramping the streets of Milan looking
for the next installation. La Marzocco will
be providing a machine and a barista in
the outdoor garden area, for visitors in
need of a break.
7. EDIT will whet your appetite for
this year’s other events organised by
designjunction.
First up is New York which takes place
from 16-20 May. And, of course, this is
followed by the big show in London,
which will once again take place at the
Sorting Office from 17-21 September.
Expect the usual mix of Flash Factories,
talks, seminars, restaurants and brands.
And if you can’t wait until then,
designjunction is running a pop-up
Scandinavian café thoughout the whole
of June at Habitat’s Platform space on the
King’s Road. It promises to show the best
from Danish, Swedish, Finnish and
Norwegian furniture brands, within
a purpose-built woodland scene.
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Michael Young has designed
everything from a doghouse to
a wearable USB stick, while this year’s
EDIT sees him launching new
products with the Chinese company
EOQ, says Grant Gibson
Young
at heart
‘I’ve got to be very honest with you,
Grant: Milan’s never been very important
to me as a designer. I’ve always worked
around the world, doing things my own
way. I haven’t worked for that many
Italian companies – I’ve always worked
in different countries, around different
technologies.’ A minute or so into our
phone interview, it’s clear that Michael
Young has a few things to get off his chest,
albeit in his trademark laconic brogue.
The British designer has long been
an intriguing figure. On first meeting,
he can seem slightly befuddled and
genuinely surprised at his good fortune,
but you sense that beneath the
vaguely dishevelled exterior lurks
an exceptionally shrewd brain.
After graduating from Kingston
University in 1992, he worked in Tom
Dixon’s studio for a year and a half before
striking out on his own, initially coming
to prominence with pieces of furniture
that possessed a distinctly retro-future,
Verner Panton-esque feel, such as the
Magazine Sofa he designed for E&Y
in 1994 and the Stick Light he did for
Eurolounge in 1997. However, he has
never allowed himself to become
pigeonholed. An eclectic portfolio, for
instance, includes a plastic doghouse
for Magis, champagne glasses, wearable
USB bracelets, mp3 players, Bluetooth
speakers and even a sex toy.
Nor is his aesthetic as pronounced
as some of the other globally renowned
designers he breaks bread with. ‘My work
is eclectic, but I’d like to think there’s
a driving message,’ he tells me. ‘I see
process running through my work and
life. Jasper Morrison has kept his work as
tight as is humanly possible – you can see
everything as being “Jaspered”. I see
a thread that holds my work together.
Perhaps others don’t. It’s in the eye of the
beholder, I guess.’
And occasionally it’s difficult to see
his hand at all. A case in point is the Moke,
the cultish jeep initially made for the
military. Young’s updated version
is launching in May: ‘I have one in
Australia, and the owner of the company
knew I owned it and basically asked me to
tidy up the new production. I didn’t really
Right:
i24R3 Portable Speaker
for EOps, 2009
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Clockwise from left:
Hex Chair, 2012; Yi
Chair for EOQ, 2013;
Moke, 2013; MY03
Hacker for ODM, 2011
re-design it, but I had to take care to
protect it for the 21st century,’ he says.
‘Actually getting that car through a
Chinese factory is highly complex. Even
making it look simple is complex. To keep
any form of integrity from the ground up
is complicated. My job was to protect the
car and keep it looking good. It wasn’t
about ego, it was about simplification.’
A feature of Young’s career has been
his willingness to travel and absorb other
cultures. Over the last 20 years he’s had
studios in London and Iceland, as well as
Belgium, before settling in Hong Kong,
finally it seems, and opening his sevenstrong practice. ‘Regarding the travel,’
he explains, ‘the older I get, the more
I realise that maybe I’m trying to escape
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something. Maybe I’m trying to search for
something. I’m always generally looking
for the unknown. Hong Kong allowed me
to live in the present. I settled here
because I had so much to entertain me.
London was the place where I developed;
Iceland was a place to reflect; Hong Kong
was a place to try and make things
happen.’ I press a bit more: why Hong
Kong in particular? ‘I never really saw a
future for myself working for the Italian
furniture industry. There were some nice
companies, but I saw that fading a long
time ago. I was more intrigued by the
spontaneity and the speed of things.’
Meanwhile, for this year’s EDIT, EOQ
– the Chinese company in which he has an
interest – will be showing a new range of
lighting, alongside an existing collection
of products. The story of how he came
to design and manufacture the pieces is
typical Young. ‘My wife was designing
a restaurant, and she asked me to
design a chair. So I said yes. The range
came out of working for my wife. The
response to that chair was pretty major,
and I designed a few other pieces. Then
a friend of mine said: “I love this stuff!
This should be on the market.” And the
guys that made it wanted to keep on
building it.’ And so here it is, a product
originally designed as a favour to his wife,
but now being sold around the world.
The way he tells these tales makes
it sound as if it were always complete
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Left: Cityspeed
for Giant, 2008
Below left: Super
Clover for Lasvit, 2013
Below right: Young
w094t, LED table lamp
for Wastberg, 2009
anyone. Except it seems to happen to him
quite regularly.
So does he have an acute eye for a
market, I ask? Well yes, he thinks he
probably has, but there’s a caveat. ‘The
world has become such a trash market.
When we designed our first bluetooth set
of speakers it was actually meaningful;
now it’s meaningless because there are a
thousand companies who just want to fill
the market full of anything you can sell.
We can’t compete with that.’ Instead, he
says, he wants to design for brands that
have longevity. Which partly explains
why he’s concentrating once again on
furniture design. ‘Furniture is my first
love,’ he confirms. ‘As I sit here today
all I’m working on now is a collection
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of limited editions and craft pieces which
resonate strongly with me. I left college
in 1992, and these pieces are really going
back to the most basic things that I
started off doing. And I really feel happy
doing that stuff. They’re so simple and
there’s no marketing. There’s no world
out there – it’s just what I want to do.
‘It goes back to the fundamentals, the
reason I got into this, which is simple,
low-cost spontaneity. It’s in my blood to
design furniture, I don’t know why. Purity
of shape? The lack of complication in
the people involved? The higher up the
chain you go towards technology, the
more complex it becomes in terms of
investment manufacturing. To go back
to the simple things is quite meaningful.’
As the conversation drifts towards
its conclusion, it strikes me that Young’s
work is in a state of flux. While he’s
obviously enjoying making things in
a foundry near the Mongolian border,
he’s wary of the collectable Design-Art
market. Yet at the same time you sense
his fascination with technology has worn
thin. Does he have a discernible plan for
the future, I wonder? ‘I don’t know any
more,’ he concludes. ‘I used to have
benchmarks in my life 20 years ago. But
honestly speaking, I don’t think there’s
any point. I think it’s best just to let ideas
evolve day by day, and fizzle along and
bring you to new places and meet
new people, and that’s quite beautiful.’
EOQ is at stand G1.
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Save the date
designjunction 2014, 17-21 September
Look out for:
An expanded retail offer with highend stores including Outline Editions,
Magma and Places & Spaces. There
will also be a new market-style area
for independent designer-makers.
The Flash Factories return, treating
visitors to an array of manufacturing
processes, from upholstery-making
to crystal-cutting
•
•
• An eclectic and informative
• A slew of new brands, both
•
•
programme of talks and seminars,
this year with a focus on future
technology in design and retail
An enlarged Lightjunction that,
for the first time, will have a dedicated
area including installations and a
vibrant bar
Transport for London and Canteen
restaurant will be creating another
great British food offering, in
a space designed by Michael Sodeau
•
established and up-and-coming,
including Ligne Roset, G Plan
and James UK
Last but by no means least,
Dezeen and MINI, which have
joined forces to launch an
extraordinary new installation
It all sounds quite exciting, doesn’t it?
See you at the Sorting Office.
Mallams
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Entrance
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Reception
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G3
G4
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20121 Milan
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G3
G4
G5
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G9
G10
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EOQ
Innermost
Resident
Modus Furniture
Zava
Baroncelli
AfghanMade Carpets
Stellar Works
Flux
UKTI Green Room
VIP Reception
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Sarah Colson
Adentro
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Left: weavers for
AfghanMade Carpets
Right: natural
vegetable dye being
used for AfghanMade
Carpets in Mazar,
Afghanistan
As military operations in Afghanistan are scaled back,
a new initiative attempts to bring stability using one of its
finest traditions, rug-making, explains Teleri Lloyd-Jones
Fromconﬂict
tocarpets
At first thought, you might not consider
the US Department of Defense as a force
in contemporary design, but the reality
is a little different. AfghanMade is an
initiative to develop the indigenous
industries in Afghanistan (carpets,
cashmeres and jewellery), led by the less
pithily named Task Force for Business
and Stability Operations (TFBSO), itself
set up by the Department of Defense.
Hand-knotted carpets are one of
Afghanistan’s largest legal exports, and
the industry employs a workforce of over
a million people (the country remains
the world’s largest producer of opium,
though production has declined since
2007). It is this centuries-old carpetweaving tradition to which the TFBSO
has turned its attention.
Launched in 2006, the TFBSO’s focus
is on ‘economic stabilisation in order
to reduce violence, enhance stability,
and restore economic normalcy in areas
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where unrest and insurgency have
created a synchronous downward spiral
of economic hardship and violence’. The
idea being that secure employment is the
key to wider harmony across the country.
The economic data is encouraging, with
GDP growth at 11.8 percent in 2012, but
dig a little deeper and you’ll find that the
numbers are supported by high levels
of international aid, with private sector
businesses uncertain about investing.
As troops move out of the country,
worldwide hopes are that Afghanistan
will perform an economic transition to
reliance on domestic industries, from its
Hand-knotted carpets
are one of Afghanistan’s
largest legal exports,
with an industry employing
over a million people
current dependence on international aid.
Enter AfghanMade Carpets, and
its initiative to help Afghans capitalise
on centuries of hand-making carpets.
Project manager Lisa Sanchez explains
the project’s main obstacle: ‘All of the
exports go to Pakistan where they’re
labelled and sold as Made in Pakistan.’
AfghanMade Carpets, through the
leadership of TFBSO, is reshaping the
indigenous hand-made carpet industry
so that it is self-contained within
national boundaries, enabling the
country to realise the economic value
from their age-old traditions and in
turn provide both economic and social
security within the country.
After being woven, all carpets are
washed, and this is an important part of
the making process. As Sanchez explains,
at this point ‘you can really play with the
rug, have the same exact rug in the exact
colours and make two different carpets
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Clockwise from left:
Paracas by Michaelian
& Kohlberg; flat
weave rug by Matt
Camron; Eothen 2
by Christopher Farr.
All three made for
AfghanMade Carpets
just by using different techniques.
It raises the value of the carpet and
was previously all done in Pakistan.’
So the TFBSO has established two
state-of-the-art washing facilities
in Maza¯r-e-Sharif and Hera¯t, along
with training employees to finish the
carpets to an international standard.
Before this, not only were all the
products finished and packaged in
neighbouring Pakistan, they were also
shipped internationally from there,
leaving the country that initially wove
the rugs with little of the export value.
Sanchez set up agreements with airlines
to achieve competitive rates for
companies to ship from land-locked
Afghanistan, the final link in the chain:
‘Everything from the wool, the dyeing
and the washing to the shipping, can all
be done in Afghanistan – that way you
have a truly Made in Afghanistan product.’
But the AfghanMade story is not all
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Both for
AfghanMade Carpets
about process and impressive
developments in infrastructure; the
initiative has its sights set on the global
contemporary design market and so
brought in a selection of high-end carpet
companies including Christopher
Farr, Oritop, James Opie Collection,
Matt Camron and Eliko Rugs.
Speaking over a crackled phoneline at
the start of their visit to the facilities in
the country, founder of the eponymous
hand-made rug company Christopher
Farr and his co-founder Matthew Bourne
admit that there is excitement at the
adventure of the project. ‘AfghanMade
Carpets is the first brand to come out of
Afghanistan in the modern era. I’m here
as a journalist, if you like, I’m finding out,’
says Farr. And Bourne continues: ‘Chris
and I are both antique-rug producers, and
we have high respect for Afghanistan as
a rug-producing area. In the 19th century
they made some of the greatest weavings
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the world has ever seen. It’s very exciting
to be able to work here in the 21st
century.’ Having the utmost respect for
the work done so far to support the
carpet-making craft in the country,
Christopher Farr’s involvement is to
create hand-made products that the
global market will want to buy.
‘AfghanMade Carpets has established
infrastructure here to make this country
a viable place for companies like us to
function,’ says Bourne. ‘The second
phase is to bring leading brands from
all over the world to connect them with
their marketing and design expertise.
‘In the 19th century
Afghanistan made some
of the greatest weavings
the world has ever seen’
MATTHEW BOURNE
It’s a marriage that’s currently being
made. What’s showing in Milan are
the first fruits of that marriage.’
While Afghanistan has one of the
world’s strongest histories in carpetmaking – including the tradition of the
so-called ‘war rugs’, which emerged out
of the resistance to the Soviet invasion in
1979 and continued after the Americans
arrived in 2002 – AfghanMade Carpets
was keen to push the designs toward
the contemporary. Companies like
Christopher Farr are well accustomed
to every kind of collaboration, working
with weavers in India or Turkey, on such
historic designs as those of the Albers,
the Omega Group or Gunta Stölzl, and on
contemporary designs by the likes of Gary
Hume or John Pawson. Farr has produced
four designs exclusively for the project,
bringing a new aesthetic to the Afghan
looms that is geometric and crisp. This
process of collaboration between hand-
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Left: Saljuk rug by
Matt Camron
Right: Besserabian rug
by Matt Camron.
Both for
AfghanMade Carpets
made rug companies and weavers often
involves the introduction of new colours
as well as new designs.
Does the history of the craft in the
country have an influence on Farr’s
contemporary rugs? ‘I’m like any other
designer,’ Farr says, ‘I didn’t just wake up
and here I was without having looked at
anything before. Twenty-five years ago
I was buying and selling tribal and
nomadic rugs. By handling those you
come to understand, almost by osmosis.
The tradition is a long one, and what
I’m doing now definitely comes from
that, even if I’m not thinking about the
tradition specifically when I’m drawing
and painting.’ Farr is only too aware that
rugs are a specialist field, with consumers
more likely to hunt for contemporary
designs for a global market than Afghaninflected ones.
‘The Afghans have beautiful designs,
they just need to be updated,’ confirms
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Matt Esfahani, founder of Matt Camron.
‘The country has a history of rug weaving
for centuries, and they’re really good at
it. What they don’t know, because of
being isolated, is how to tailor it to the
European or American markets.’ The
challenge is to get the country’s makers
producing carpets that fit with the
Western markets. ‘People are looking
for more relaxed design, a lot of simple
geometric design and not so fussy,’ he
continues. For Matt Camron, hand-made
rugs follow the lead of the global fashion
houses. An American-based company,
Matt Camron has been focused on cool
Rug weaving employs
women as a cottage
industry, with a domino
effect empowering those
supporting families
blues and shades of grey, with pastels and
faded colours also featuring for the past
five years – but as Esfahani explains: ‘The
design community seems to be moving to
fresher colours, so we’ll move with them.’
With the links made between the
designers and the makers, AfghanMade
Carpets expects the economic benefits
will follow. Rug weaving employs
women as a cottage industry in
Afghanistan, and the social impact
of a healthy industry acts as a domino
effect empowering women who in
turn support families, having a lasting
effect on the coming generations.
The companies involved with
AfghanMade Carpets have a precious
opportunity not only to create highquality products but also to collaborate
with a centuries-old making tradition,
and more importantly to play a
constructive part in a country’s future.
AfghanMade Carpets is at stand G8.
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Complete listings
for EDIT by
designjunction 2014
Monica Correia
Monica Correia focuses on
the challenge of transforming
ideas into functional and
aesthetically pleasing unique
objects. She primarily works
with digital technologies but
also embraces traditional
techniques. The scale of her
work varies from ceiling
installations to small
functional objects.
www.monicacorreia.com
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ADENTRO
Adentro launched in Paris in 2011 with one
aim: to create furniture that bridges the
classic and modern worlds. The timeless
collections represent simple shapes and
contours with a purity of form, making
Adentro perfect for residential and
professional use. www.adentro.fr
AfghanMade Carpets
AfghanMade Carpets brings modern designs
to the international market through
partnerships with leading carpet design
companies. At EDIT it will present designs
from Matt Camron, Michaelian & Kohlberg,
Oritop, Eliko Rugs and Christopher Farr.
www.afghanmade.com
Baroncelli
Baroncelli creates inspired lighting designs
and installations for interiors. Each project
expertly combines Baroncelli’s technical
expertise and creativity with the highest
level of personal service. All pieces are made
exclusively in Italy and showcased in London
and New York. www.baroncelli.com
Flux
Flux Stoke-on-Trent is an innovative
company designing and manufacturing
English fine bone china in the traditional
heartland of the British ceramics industry.
The brand is driving a renaissance of design,
craftsmanship and quality manufacturing
through innovative and unique designs.
www.fluxstokeontrent.com
green & associates (Ooobject)
Established in 1994, green & associates
is a design and manufacturing company
which started producing trendy photo
frames and developed to create designled desktop stationery collections and
household items. Since 2009 they have
also introduced green household products.
www.ganda.org, www.ooobject.com
Innermost
Innermost is a British design brand that
stands for concept, quality and wit. Since
1999 founders Steve Jones and Russell
Cameron have striven to be ‘as British as
London itself’ – that is to be very British,
and yet very diverse. www.innermost.net
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COVER presents Jan Kath
The premier carpet and textile publication
COVER Magazine presents the latest
collections from the world’s most in-demand
rug brand, Jan Kath Design. Kath creates
a completely new perspective on rugs,
consciously breaking traditional ways of
seeing and abandoning strict rules.
www.cover-magazine.com, www.jan-kath.de
de Allegri/Feldkamp
de Allegri/Feldkamp is a creative partnership
founded in April 2013. The collaboration
aligns the experiences of designers Laetitia
de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp, which range
from mass production to limited editions
and one-off pieces for private and
commercial clients.
www.deallegrifeldkamp.com
EOQ
EOQ is a new Hong Kong-based brand
rooted in a spirit of enquiry and industrial
adventure. Deliberately positioned
within easy reach of the new frontier of
manufacturing and innovation, it delivers
classic design principles using new and
constantly evolving vocabulary.
www.eoq-design.com
Modus Furniture
Established in 2000, Modus Furniture is an
award-winning British furniture
manufacturer dedicated to producing the
best in contemporary design. The company
works with internationally acclaimed
designers and emerging young talent to
produce high quality, covetable pieces for
domestic and contract use.
www.modusfurniture.co.uk
Resident
Established in 2011, Resident combines
craft, engineering and innovation to produce
a refined collection of furniture and
lighting. It champions New Zealand-based
manufacturing and aims to discover
new materials and processes that result
in iconic, practical and dependable consumer
products.
www.resident.co.nz
Sarah Colson
Fibula Lux is designer Sarah Colson’s
latest collection of hand-crafted lights.
Her delicately fabricated safety pin
fabric is pattern-cut to sit over the form
of blown glass, seducing the viewer
and raising the value of an object
usually considered insignificant.
www.sarahcolson.com
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SodaStream
SodaStream presents the global launch of
Electric Source by Yves Béhar, within an
installation he also curated. SodaStream will
showcase a working production line,
demonstrating the customisation process of
the PLAY product, allowing visitors to
design, create and purchase their own
machine. www.sodastream.co.uk
Utopia & Utility
Utopia & Utility combines the functional
and the fantastical, blending contemporary
design with traditional crafts. Founded in
2012 by siblings Pia and Moritz, the company
focuses on hand-made production by
working with craftsmen all over the world.
www.utopiaandutility.eu
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Stellar Works
Stellar Works is a contemporary design brand
creating collections inspired by global
craftsmanship and style traditions. It
partners with the finest designers (Neri&Hu,
Space Copenhagen, Zaha Hadid, Yabu
Pushelberg, Børge Mogensen), who share
a passion for cultural investigation and
natural materials. www.stellarworks.com
Sundays
Sundays creates garden furniture able to
sustain all weather conditions without
compromising on good design. The pieces
are made of moulded foam and aluminium
frames, allowing water to drain and the air
to flow, minimising drying time and
maximising mould prevention.
www.sundays-design.no
ZAVA
Zava was founded in 1992, thanks to the
creative talent and visionary energy of owner
Franco Zavarise, who combines extensive
experience in metalworking with great
passion for lighting. Traditional
craftsmanship and the latest technology
create collections with clear-cut personality.
www.zavaluce.it/en
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UKTI –The Green Room
The Green Room, curated and
presented by the UKTI Milan,
showcases eco-sustainable
furniture and furnishings made
by British companies and
designers. The Green Room
demonstrates the opportunities
and competitive advantages
for business from being
environmentally responsible.
The criteria for choosing the
pieces shown are recycling, upcycling, zero waste, local craft,
hand-made, carbon neutral and
energy-saving. Brands include:
around the world. Her company
uses UK-based manufacturers
and suppliers.
www.donnawilson.com
ercol (UKTI)
Founded in 1920 by Lucian
Ercolani, ercol makes classic
and contemporary furniture in
solid wood. Located in Princes
Risborough, its sustainable
factory has received awards
for the high quality of energy,
sound and light management
within the structure.
www.ercol.com
EUROPIUM WORLD
UK Ltd (UKTI)
Europium is a British
manufacturer of home
accessories and fragrances.
It works closely with a number
of young designers to produce
more exclusive and beautiful
products to add to the range.
www.europiumworld.com
Design by Nico (UKTI)
Set up in 2011 by Nicolette
de Waart, Design by Nico
is a bespoke furniture and
furnishings brand which uses
such sustainable materials as
Corian®, wool and solid oak,
aiming for pieces that stand
the test of time. All products
are produced 100% in the UK.
www.designbynico.co.uk
Donna Wilson (UKTI)
Donna Wilson creates knitted
furnishings and accessories at
her studio and workshop in
London, where the team knit,
sew, pack and send out products
to individuals and design shops
Dyson (UKTI)
Founded in 1993 by James Dyson,
the UK technology company is
the world-famous manufacturer
of vacuum cleaners, handdryers and bladeless fans.
Innovation, energy-efficiency
and design excellence
are behind each product.
www.dyson.co.uk
James Plumb (UKTI)
James Plumb works with the
overlooked and discarded, taking
time-worn antiques and cast-offs
to produce unique hand-made
assemblages, lighting and
interiors. Design duo Hannah
Plumb and James Russell
have chosen up-cycling as the
underlying principle of their
quintessentially quirky work.
www.jamesplumb.co.uk
James Smith Designs (UKTI)
James Smith Designs is a
product-design studio founded
in 2010. The designer’s
experience in cabinet-making
led him to explore new social
implications of furniture, such as
the use of FSC-certified timber
for his furniture and lighting.
www.jamessmithdesigns.com
Niche London (UKTI)
Founded in London in 2011
after 20 years of designing
commercial products for
clients, Niche has embraced
sustainability by producing
such design-led pieces as
the plastic coffee table from
recycled materials – the table
is made from electrical cables,
household and IT products.
www.nichelondon.com
Donna Wilson
Lovemydog (UKTI)
Lovemydog is a range of textile
accessories for dogs and cats,
designed by Lilly Shahravesh and
made in England with British
fabrics, which are woven by hand.
www.lovemydog.co.uk
Made in Ratio (UKTI)
Founded in 2013 to create
boundary-pushing furniture,
Made in Ratio has embraced
sustainability by producing
design-led pieces from timehonoured materials which are
recycled. Working alongside
some of the finest craftspeople
in Europe, Made in Ratio
delivers products imbued
with the spirit of innovation.
www.madeinratio.com
MYB Textiles (UKTI)
Founded in 1900 in Ayrshire,
MYB invested in the 120-year
old Nottingham Lace Looms
and brought lace-making to
Scotland. Furnishing textiles
are important to the UK textile
industry, and are well
represented by Scottish lace mill
Morton Young and Borland.
www.mybtextiles.com
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Seven Gauge Studio (UKTI)
Seven Gauge Studio is a
textile design studio set up
by Joy Bates, who designs
and makes knitted home and
fashion accessories at her
studio in Nottingham,
together with a small familyrun factory in the Midlands.
www.sevengaugestudios.com
Tom Raffield (UKTI)
Award-winning designer Tom
Raffield creates wooden lighting
and furniture for homes, offices,
hotels and restaurants. Handmade using sustainable timber
and an eco-friendly steam
bending process, each piece
is based on beauty, integrity
and a desire to create unique
and timeless products.
www.tomraffield.com
Zuzunaga (UKTI)
Zuzunaga is an award-winning
design studio based in London
and Barcelona, specialising in
colourful interior products,
textiles and fashion accessories.
It was founded by artist and
designer Cristian Zuzunaga,
who believes in sustainable
and ethical working, and
values hand-made crafts.
www.zuzunaga.com
Kukka (UKTI)
Established in 2010 by
Israeli/British designer Rona
Meyuchas K, Kukka is a young
and emerging British design
house that creates products
inspired by everyday life. Kukka’s
range includes lamps and home
accessories which are sold in
leading design stores globally.
www.kukka.co.uk
James Smith Designs
SCP (UKTI)
SCP, founded in 1985 by
Sheridan Coakley, is a British
manufacturer and retailer of
contemporary design. SCP
produces upholstery, furniture,
lighting and accessories, working
with a host of international
designers including Matthew
Hilton, Terence Woodgate and
Donna Wilson.
www.scp.co.uk
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