Erupting Beauty at Furniture Show
Article by Alice Rawsthorn for the International Herald Tribune
In the wake of the Milan Furniture Fair and travel chaos, Alice Rawsthorn’s most recent article for the International Herald Tribune offers an informative roundup of the event, including effects of the volcanic madness.
‘Little did I know,’ Rawsthorn begins, ‘[that] when I began this column a week ago by suggesting that the most sensible question for anyone to ask at the Milan Furniture Fair – “Does the world need another chair? – was that it would soon be ousted by something more urgent: “How can we get out of here?”’
Rawsthorn’s discussion includes summariesof many of the week’s top events including the new Ventura Lambrate area, exhibition at La Triennale Design Museum, and many of Milan’s top manufacturer showrooms.
“When the recession struck, there were fears that manufacturers would do what they had done in past downturns, and play it safe by commissioning conservative pieces from established designers, rather than experiment with new names. Happily this hasn’t happened.”
