Tuukka Halonen is a highly talented designer with over 10 years experience in commercial design environments. He is keen to apply some of his international experience to his home country and has started to investigate new Finnish wood innovations and technologies and to find ways of using existing technologies in domestic objects and furnishings. “Pilke-light construction requires no tools or glue, I love its simplicity.” Read More…
Tuukka Halonen at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Friday, March 11th, 2011Lambert Kamps at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Friday, March 11th, 2011Lambert Kamps is an artist and designer based in Groningen (The Netherlands). Lambert studied fashion and design before attending The School of Fine Arts in Groningen. His work widely exhibited in galleries, art fairs and in site-specific installations or happenings is known for blurring boundaries between art, architecture and design. Read More…
yoru ni narumae ni at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Thursday, March 10th, 2011“Yoru ni narumae ni” means in Japanese “before nightfall”. Sayaka Takeshita’s cushions refer to a precious evening time when you finally have the time to rest after a long day.
“I hope my products will help to uplift the evening. The inspiration for my products comes from nature, Japanese culture as well as from world news.
When I was designing the spherical cushions “Tsubomi” I had an image of the bud of flower that is blooming up just now in my mind. That is exactly what “Tsubomi” means in Japanese.” Read More…
inSync design at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Australian jewellery designer Iris Saar Isaacs from inSync design will showcase her latest collection at Salone del Mobile with Designersblock at the Ventura Lambrate precinct in Milan. Iris sees her work as “a synergy of graphic design and contemporary jewellery,” a characteristic that sets these unique pieces apart from the rest of the market. Launched in 2006, inSync design transforms botanical and geometric line drawings into wearable art. Read More…
Davide Bianchi at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Monday, March 7th, 2011Italian designer Davide Bianchi creates unique furniture collections within a series of individual themes, his latest being manipulated furniture pieces.
“A victorian style armchair discovered in a back alleyway in Sydney. Re-worked with industrial car paint and reupholstered with old style blue velvet.” Read More…КАФАНА at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Monday, March 7th, 2011Kafana is a project of the Design Department at University of Arts in Belgrade who will exhibit design objects based on an analysis of social life within a traditional tavern space. Kafana’s show will present furniture objects, lighting, interior products, clothes and graphic design.
Read More…Alessandro Marelli at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Friday, March 4th, 2011Italian designer Alessandro Marelli will present his alternative lighting solutions at Ventura Lambrate.
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Puff & Flock at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011Puff and Flock will be at Designersblock Milan for the 3rd time in 2011, this time showcase their online shop curated by Melissa French and Amelie Labarthe. The shop also made a physical appearance just before Christmas in 2010 in the Newburg Quarter just off of Carnaby St in the heart of the West End. Read More…
Innocent blue at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011[Innocent blue] is Kaori Aoi’s design studio. Kaori is a designer as well as an artist. She says in her artist statement:
Today, under the same sky, people dig up a lot of resources.
And they make many products to hurt people and the earth.
How could we put all these materials to better use?
There are no borders for impressions and feelings that you think to be
beautiful.
My work.
It is not for sadness.
It is not to hurt anyone.
It makes someone’s smile.
I want to be that.
Agnieszka Lasota at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011The latest project from Agnieszka Lasota deals with sex and sexuality used as a marketing tool. Based on embroidery and the dowry tradition. Read More…











