Milan certainly put it on for Design Week this year – balmy weather, sunny days, spring flowers – and one of the best displays of design in years.
From Fiera Milano (which includes the massive exhibition halls of EuroCucina and EuroBagno) to Brera, Tortona and the central city, the quality was simply outstanding.
Without doubt, from a surfaces perspective, the hero product was Fenix. This innovative product, made using nano-technology, is manufactured by Arpa Industriale, just outside Milan. Fenix featured heavily in the best kitchen and furniture displays, including the stand-out Elle Décor Millennials at Home exhibition. While also available in lighter shades, the product’s intense dark colour range supports the continuing trend for deeper tones.
‘Anomorphix’, the Fenix display in Brera, cleverly demonstrated that materials are not the same,…
