MILAN REVIEW 089
New Materiality
As sustainability continues to steer the design agenda, we’re seeing a growing focus on materiality. As well as prioritising what raw materials go into their products, designers and manufacturers are paying closer attention to how materials are processed as well as their end-of-life. Material innovation was a dominant theme throughout Milan, where it was made clear that an experimental and research-driven approach is becoming the new normal.
At Alcova, French design and research laboratory, Atelier LUMA. introduced visitors to bioregional design – a practice that scales production systems to match local resources and needs. LUMA’s native Arles was reflected through displays of rice, straw, salt, textiles and wool, as well as bioplastic chairs manufactured from Algae and agricultural byproducts. Also at Alcova, Habitare and NEMO Architects presented an experimental library, Habitarematerials, displaying materials from 14 Finnish manufacturers working towards more sustainable production. Tese included Durat, whose 100 percent recyclable composite material contains recycled post-industrial plastics, and Luonnon Betoni, with an ecological alternative to cement based in clay. We were inspired by designers and brands reevaluating existing resources and processes to create new products. At the Norwegian Presence exhibition, Stine Aas and Siv Støldal presented their CS2 armchair, highlighting the unique character of a typically lesser valued type of wool. Meanwhile, Tacchini x Formafantasma presented alternatives to four classic Tacchini designs, replacing industrial foam with surplus sheep’s wool.
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Elsewhere, designers explored repurposing waste streams. At Rossana Orlandi’s gallery, Nature Squared showed their Reflections collection made from waste eggshell, while Japanese studio Honoka, winner of the SaloneSatellite prize, presented striking 3D-printed furniture made from recycled tatami mats.
Tese experiments demonstrated a growing movement towards a new material mindset, led by a drive towards sustainability and resulting in new and exciting aesthetics.
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ANDREA FERRARI
MAGNUS NORDSTRAND
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