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EDITOR’S LETTER SOPHIE LEWIS

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LA MUSICA • Sounds we pounded the pavement to LISTEN NOW

MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023 • For Milan Design Week 23, design commentators Karen McCartney and David Harrison hit the streets to crystallise the diversity of products, ideas and installations into 50 highlights across nine key themes.

COLOUR

BRUTALIST

DESIGN ICONS

FREEFORM

OUTDOOR

CASA

PALAZZO

QUIET MATERIALITY

GLASS & RESIN

MOODY

THE LEGENDARY NINA YASHAR

ITALIAN FINESSE • As one of the most authentic representations of ‘Made in Italy’, Maxalto is revered for its deep respect for craftsmanship and Italian heritage. The effortless blending of innovation, sophistication, and functionality are at the core of every collection, and their 2023 Salone del Mobile stand was a testament to the brand’s ongoing commitment to understated yet refined furniture.

BEYOND THE BEETLE • GUBI’S EXHIBITION MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEETLE CHAIR’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY WHICH SPANNED MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES TO SHOWCASE TEN CREATIVE RESPONSES, EACH OF WHICH CELEBRATE THIS MODERN DESIGN ICON.

TEN YEARS TEN CREATIVES TEN STORIES

FIVE BY FIVE • Five Australian designers and creatives share what things caught their eye in Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile 2023.

FUTURE FORWARD • Discover six brands from Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile 2023 that have captured a collective impulse toward the future of design. While some designers are reimagining the past or honouring old traditions, others are pushing the boundaries and exploring new possibilities. Some are trying their hand at both. Both attitudes were woven into the fabric of this year’s fair, offering a different perspective on colour, materiality, and form.

MY SPACE DRAGA & AUREL • ITALIAN HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM DRAGA OBRADOVIC AND AUREL K. BASEDOW, WHO TOGETHER FORM MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIO DRAGA & AUREL, TAKE EST THROUGH THEIR EXPRESSIVE, MATERIAL-RICH APARTMENT IN COMO.

ICONIC LANDSCAPE • Italian designer Paola Lenti is a master colourist, crafting bold furniture and floor coverings out of traditional yarns and high-tech textiles. She conceives her pieces as landscapes, destined for both indoor and outdoor use. This year in Milan, Paola shaped a new landscape, presenting recently developed pieces alongside iconic and re-editioned designs.

MARIA PORRO • Maria Porro was appointed as president of Salone del Mobile in 2020. She is also head of marketing and communications at her family’s historic Italian furniture brand, Porro.

PATRICIA URQUIOLA • Spanish architect and Cassina art director Patricia Urquiola shares her approach to ‘the masters’ as curator of the brand’s Milan exhibition, Echoes, 50 years of iMaestri.

BETHAN LAURA WOOD • UK-based multidisciplinary designer Bethan Laura Wood reveals the inspiration behind her latest collaboration with Italian rug company cc-tapis at this year’s Milan Design Week.

ELISA OSSINO • Elisa Ossino is a Milan-based designer and architect leading product design, art direction, set design and styling at her multidisciplinary studio.

FEDERICA BIASI • Federica Biasi established her design studio in Milan in 2015, working across product design, interior design and art direction.

A NEW WAY OF LIVING • ITALIAN ARCHITECT PIERO LISSONI SAT DOWN WITH EST EDITOR, SOPHIE LEWIS, DURING MILAN DESIGN WEEK AND SALONE DEL MOBILE 2023 TO SHARE HIS ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO SPACE, THE...