Milan Design Fair 2014
The Salone del Mobile international furniture and interior design fair opened in Milan on Tuesday, with 300,000 visitors from 160 countries expected to attend and over 1,400 items on show. Photo: AP.- A woman cleans chairs designed by Kartell, displayed at the Milan Design Fair.
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- A chair designed by Knoll, is displayed at the Milan Design Fair, in Milan, Italy.
- Atelier 'Bow wow' creation, by Indonesian factory Ikk Ap, is displayed at the Milan Design Fair, in Milan, on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. The Milan furniture and design week fair, showcasing the latest in furniture and design from countries around the
- Italy's Massimiliano Fuksas and British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid are also expected to participate in the project, which organisers said was aimed at "widening the vision of architecture of the interior".
- Eight leading architects including Japan's Shigeru Ban -- winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize last month -- will be taking part in a novel initiative by showing reconstructions of the interiors of their own homes.
- Fashion bigs including Pierre Cardin, Ungaro and Gianfranco Ferre also presented their home collections at the fair, which takes up dozens of pavilions at the Fiera di Milano in a northwest outskirt of the city.
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- Claudio Luti, the director of the Salone, said the six-day event was an important global showcase for Italian creativity and innovation in the country's business hub and was becoming "more successful every year".
The Salone del Mobile international furniture and interior design fair opened in Milan on Tuesday, with 300,000 visitors from 160 countries expected to attend and over 1,400 items on show. Photo: AP.
Milan Design Fair 2014
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