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FuoriSalone: Milan Design Week 2013 round-up

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Wrapping up our coverage on the Milan Design Week 2013, we’ve taken a look at some of the innovative ideas featured in the FuoriSalone program (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Mini, FuoriSalone, Via Tortona, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The ID, Via Tortona, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Acid Studio, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Moduloibrido by Simone Micheli, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The View by Luca Scacchetti, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Beyond The Wall by Daniel Libesking, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
SenSai by Archizero, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The SenSai pavilion was made with raw iron piping and a weaving wall of lamellar wood (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The View by Luca Scacchetti, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Golden River, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Autoban by Deborah Milano, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Energetic Energies by Akihisa Hirata, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Energetic Energies by Akihisa Hirata, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Hybrid Architecture & Design press conference, University of Milan (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Hooked Up by Dean Skira, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
House of Senses by Christophe Pillet, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
House of Senses by Christophe Pillet, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The SenSai pavilion hovers over four masses of solid marble blocks, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The SenSai poo is created from a single block of Calacatta marble, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Moduloibrido by Simone Micheli, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Wrapping up our coverage on the Milan Design Week 2013, we’ve taken a look at some of the innovative ideas featured in the FuoriSalone program (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Inversion by Steven Holl, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Inversion by Steven Holl, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
The ID, Via Tortona, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
On Design, Via Tortona, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Mini, Via Tortona, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Via Tortona, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Domo Zero, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Domo Zero, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Domo Zero, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
NextOfkin Creatives, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
NextOfkin Creatives, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creative Space Serbia, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creative Space Serbia, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creative Space Serbia, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creative Space Serbia, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Francesco Raimondi, Efferre Design, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Francesco Raimondi, Efferre Design, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Luna Piena, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Luna Piena, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Push Piega, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Push Piega, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Tuttobene, designers from the Netherlands, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
'Field Kitchen Sit & Heat', Tuttobene, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
'Field Kitchen Sit & Heat', Tuttobene, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Field Kitchen Sit & Heat by Bomm and Sit & Heat (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Vouwwow foldable lounge by Studio Nuy van Noort (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Vouwwow foldable lounge by Studio Nuy van Noort (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Acid Studio, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Acid Studio, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Acid Studio, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Recycled pipe chair by Acid Studio, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Studio Origins, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Studio Origins, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Hinika, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Hinika, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Hinika, Singapore Lah!, FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
NextOfkin Creatives, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
NextOfkin Creatives, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creativeans, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creativeans, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Creativeans, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Kapsule, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Kapsule, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Luna Piena, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Kapsule, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
Kapsule, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
New Dutch Designs, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
New Dutch Designs, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
New Dutch Designs, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
New Dutch Designs, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
New Dutch Designs, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
New Dutch Designs, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)
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Wrapping up our coverage on the Milan Design Week 2013, we’ve taken a look at some of the innovative and new ideas which graced the various exhibition spaces of FuoriSalone. The special event has been running parallel to the Salone Internazionale del Mobile since 1990 and each year sees hundreds of independent designers and architects inhabit local shops, buildings and public spaces in and around central Milan. By showcasing an array of creative designs, FuoriSalone hopes to launch the careers of young designers from around the world, while at the same time giving the public a limited time access to view; experience and in some cases purchase from the collection.

The Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition was a highlight during FuoriSalone, occupying the halls and exterior landscapes of the University of Milan. The special event gave several internationally-acclaimed architects the challenge to come up with a project that represented their interpretation of a hybrid structure. The event offered a key talking point that challenges our perspective of everyday architecture and offered suggestions of how we can adapt sustainable ideas into plausible buildings in the future.

As part of the Hybrid event, French designer Christophe Pillet presented an installation structure built entirely in wood. Dubbed “House of Senses,” the open structure boasted a lush green roof and three walls which featured floor-to-ceiling video projections. The floor and ceiling were made with a special reflecting material that increased the impressionistic effect of the space, merging both nature and technology to “investigate the world of the senses."

House of Senses by Christophe Pillet, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)

Architectural firm Archizero created an open pavilion structure named “SenSai.”. The pavilion was made with iron piping and a weaving wall of lamella wood. It hovered over four masses of solid marble blocks which incorporated a barbecue system, a sink, a table and a pool which was created from a single block of Calacatta marble.

The SenSai pavilion hovers over four masses of solid marble blocks, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)

Meanwhile, Italian architect Simone Micheli presented “Moduloibrido,” a prefabricated unit featuring four distinct spaces as part of a high-tech expandable housing module. The modular units were built using recyclable waterproof plastic materials with a glossy lacquer finish. Contrasting from the stark white plastic walls, the unit also featured a central sauna unit made from hemlock wood. The sauna incorporated an advanced climate control system with aerothermal and geothermal heat pumps.

Moduloibrido by Simone Micheli, Hybrid Architecture & Design exhibition (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)

Featured at the Via Tortona quarter of Milan, the Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) unveiled a fresh furniture range entitled Singapore Lah! For the first time, the SFIC presented a collective of the island's young award-winning designers along with their collections, which included lighting, sitting, tables and tableware, cabinets, advanced shelving systems, modular outdoor furniture and unusual pet furniture. As a world premiere, the event showcased more than 60 pieces of furniture, all made in Singapore from design studios Acidstudio, Creativeans, Desinere, Jarrod Lim Design, Kelvin Teo, NextOfkin Creatives, and Studiorigins.

NextOfkin Creatives, Singapore Lah! FuoriSalone (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)

Just down the road, the “Tuttobene” exhibit showcased a range of innovative ideas from the Netherlands. The program presented 27 new design talents for the 10th time in Milan, with works that were characterized by an ecological, social or economic vision on design. The event included the Vouwwow foldable lounge which boasted an innovative use of recycled materials and efficient use of storage and transportation. Designed by Dutch Studio Nuy van Noort, the foldable chair was made from six separate pieces of plywood covered in PET-felt, which is produced from recycled plastic bottles.

Additionally, Dutch design studios Bomm and Sit & Heat collaborated to create a wooden structure that facilitates comfortable outdoor dining. Dubbed "Field Kitchen Sit & Heat" the unit can be set-up in almost any outdoor location and features "low-consumption" heat cushions to keep your toosh warm while you dine.

'Field Kitchen Sit & Heat', Tuttobene, FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week 2013 (Photo: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag)

Overall the FuoriSalone events were buzzing with life and uniquely rich with new ways of presenting furniture and household accessories. And although it was physically impossible to visit each event, we have put together an extensive photo gallery of some of what we thought were the best designs during this year’s FuoriSalone, Milan Design Week.

All images: Edoardo Campanale/Gizmag

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