The 58th edition of the Salone del Mobile Milano has drawn to a close with great results and awesome figures: 386,236 attendees from 181 different countries over six days. The numbers made for a 12% increase on the 2017 edition, which also featured Euroluce and Workplace3.0.
Salone del Mobile 2019 demonstrated, yet again, just how great a pole of attraction it is, increasingly global, inclusive and attuned not just to the creative and productive furnishing system, but also to the city of Milan and its institutions.
The week-long showcase brought the latest creations and innovations across a variety of disciplines, but we couldn’t but reserve great attention to the furniture and, more specifically, to chairs design.
Interesting trends were visible from the chairs launched at the Milan fair. For example, did you see the first chair designed with artificial intelligence by Philippe Starck for Kartell?
Or the fully recycled and endlessly recyclable chairs by Barber & Osgerby for Emeco?
If you haven’t, you can’t miss our latest posts on Instagram and Facebook, where we presented our 4 favourite chairs from the Salone del Mobile.
Surely, we didn’t forget about the new chair designed by Luigi Vittorio Cittadini for Luxy chair design award, presented at Salone! To learn more about it, we interviewed Luigi, to hear from his words what this result means to him as a professional designer.
This is what he told us:
L: “I was born and raised in Casablanca, Marocco. My father is Italian and my mother is French. I graduated at the Polytechnic University of Milan in Industrial Design & Engineering and then worked at Atelier Mendini and Giovannoni Studio. Then I decided to work as a freelancer in order to focus more on my personal style and now I have the chance to work with various companies all over the world and now in Italy as well.
Desall: How was your experience with the contest by Luxy on Desall.com?
L: I had already joined other contests, so I was used to that format. When I saw the contest by Luxy, I rushed into it because I already had in mind some ideas that could perfectly match the brief. I submitted four concepts and, luckily, the result was positive.
Desall: What or who inspires you?
L: Not only did I grow in a multicultural environment, but I also grew with the scientific and mathematics influences of my father and the artistic ones of my mother. The result was my huge need for continuously researching contrasts and hidden aspects of anything. Furthermore, working at the Mendini Atelier really inspired me and it represented the best experience of my life.
Desall: What did it mean to you to see the chair inspired by your project at the Salone del Mobile?
L: It was like the final point of an adventure, the birth in the real world of an idea I had when I was on vacation. In this way, I had the chance of getting in touch with the people of this industry, who interacted and talked about something that I had created myself. Luckily, all the reactions were really positive!
Desall: Would you recommend Desall to other designers? Why?
L: Yes, of course I would! Desall allows designers to build relationships that would not be possible otherwise. I had the great chance of getting in touch with a company (also ‘a family’) like Luxy, with which I immediately established a good relationship. I don’t know if I would have had this chance, without Desall.
Desall: What are your plans for the future?
L: The freelancer career has its benefits: you have more freedom also in your work. It gives you the chance to decide by yourself, even though this means taking some risks. Now I hope that this great result will bring me new possibilities of collaborations and work, before I can manage to open my own studio, one day.
Well, good luck Luigi!
Now we hope many other designers of our community will have the chance of living such a wonderful experience and getting in touch with great brands thanks to Desall.
Join the new contests on Desall.com and… good luck!
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