Salone del Mobile 2016: Materiality at Furniture Fair

Fade Pendant Family

Salone del Mobile 2016: Materiality at Furniture Fair

March 12, 2016

Today CovetED Magazine would like to open up a secret collection by a British designer who is known as one of world best designers. Tom Dixon will debut with a range of homeware that references the brand’s material “building blocks” in Salone del Mobile 2016.

Flask Pendant Oil Family with Oil and WarpThe presentation will take place at The Restaurant by Caesarstone and Tom Dixon – a collaboration between the designer and the quartz-surface brand for which four kitchen units will be used to produce a menu for the visitors. The collection – named Materiality – is made up of five ranges, each highlighting the basic materials or “raw matter” used by the brand to create its products.

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“Marble, wood and plastic, glass, iron, brass and copper are the basic building blocks that have defined our products from the outset,” said the designer. “This year, we step back and take a look at our biggest influence and an underpinning inspiration for what we do: our materials.”

Curve Pendant Ball with Screw Table

Lamps in second collection named Fade are made from a polycarbonate shade moulded into a teardrop shape.

“The teardrop shape focusses the lightbulb’s output into a satisfyingly round and luminous circle, acting as the ultimate oversized spotlight,” said the designer. “The metal finish is unusual as it graduates from completely reflective to transparent in an even fade along the body of the lamp.”

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Curve Pendant Ball Detail

Melt – an existing range of pendants designed to look like mouth-blown glass in collaboration with Swedish studio Front – has been updated with floor and table lamp versions. A set of stackable DIY furniture named Offcut is designed to challenge the perception of flat-pack as cheap and disposable.

The collection will debut at the Rotonda della Besana church during Milan design week, which takes place from 12 to 17 April 2016.

Fade Pendant Gold with Flash Table

CovetED Magazine will attend furniture fair Salone del Mobile this year to meet you and other famous designers. We are going to Milan to share best design with everyone!

Source – Milan Design Agenda