moooi

Dutch design company Moooi (which translates from Dutch to beautiful) has just opened their new store in London! From the website:


"The World of Moooi will be revealed to London under the creative direction of designer and Cofounder Marcel Wanders. The new canal side residence will be located at The Dock’s distinguished White Building, a Grade II listed stucco house dating back to the late 1900s. Joining Moooi in the 250m² ground floor space, is Dutch resin flooring specialist Senso, who will be marking this event with the international debut of a unique range of flooring designed by Marcel Wanders, with a print true to the style of Wanders’ ‘new classics’, giving the spectator a playful three-dimensional illusion.

The permanent showroom will house Moooi’s design icons in coexistence with the new products launched at the Salone del Mobile 2010 in Milan. The introductions include the new Monster chair by Marcel Wanders, the tenderness and grace of Nika Zupanc’s 5 O’ Clock table & chairs and the exotic elegance of the Emperor lamp by Chinese designers Neri & Hu – all seen for the first time in the UK. Amongst the iconic products on display will be the extraordinary Smoke collection by Maarten Baas, the inventive Brave New World lamp by the young British duo Fresh West, Skai table tops as an addition to Marcel Wanders’ successful Container Table collection and the soft glow of Raimond Puts’ LED lamp, last year’s star."


or simply put: isn't it awesome?

www.moooi.com

text from website: http://www.abitare.it/highlights/la-casa-bianca-di-moooi/

Milan designweek 2010

Working as I do in the interior design and furniture trade one cannot help but focus on what happens at the show in Milan. And guess what: it's on now! Marcel Wanders said on Facebook he's there and rearing to go.

sparkling chair'  by marcel wanders

troy chair'  by marcel wanders

Design star Marcel Wanders has created a huge range of new pieces which will launch at this year's Salone, including objects for Moooi, Magis, Cappellini, Flos, Poliform, XO, Skitsch, and Slide. Called 'United Crystal Woods', the whole collection will be on display in Milan in Via Tortona. More about how, what and the 3 year development in the vid below:





Naturally there are many other wondrous design companies representing themselves this week. One of them is:


Swedish design firm Form Us With Love will be hitting the Salone del Mobile this year and they're bringing their friends.

”Form Us With Friends is a concept designed to bring together our clients to present our latest collaborations. We are very hands-on and follow our products up until they reach the end user in the market. In the traditional sense, companies show off their designers and products, but we thought it would be fun to flip the script and do things the other way around,” said John, Petrus and Jonas from Form Us With Love.

Also: to keep on track what will be happening this week in Milan, visit Lucy's website TheDesignFiles for daily updates! She's a gem.


Source info on M. Wanders and Form us With Love: http://www.medesignmag.com/