Milan Design Week 2023 will take place from April 17 to 23 under the theme "Future Tides, Design Leads". The theme expresses the exploration of future design trends and innovative ideas, as well as the important role of design in leading future development. With the rapid development of technology and the continuous changes in society and the environment, the future is full of endless possibilities and challenges. Milan Design Week will be a platform for designers to showcase their insights and imaginations about the future, and to explore design solutions for the future of society, life and the environment. At the same time, this theme emphasizes the important role of design in leading the future. Design, as a force for innovation and creativity, can lead social, economic, cultural and environmental change. Please see the live report brought to you by Art & Design Magazine's reporters.

With 169,281 square meters of net exhibition space and over 2,000 exhibitors ...... this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile has a dizzying array of exhibits, how can you quickly find your favorite among the many exhibits? How can you quickly find out what furniture and product design trends are on display this year?

As the old saying goes, "the layman sees the fun, the insider sees the know-how", this time, we invited two "insiders" - the director of POLI.design at Politecnico di Milano Professor Matteo Ingaramo and Professor Francesco Scullica, Director of the Master of Interior Design at Politecnico di Milano, are invited to take you on a tour of the Milan International Furniture Fair, and let them explain the latest season's furniture trends with the eyes of professionals.

Prof. Matteo Ingaramo
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Porada

Porada is a brand with a very long history, which itself represents the Italian way of design. In addition to being supported by its long tradition of craftsmanship - especially in wood - Porada has always insisted on wood as the main material, so to say 100% wood. Because of the focus on wood, there will be limitations and it will always be the use of this wood to the utmost.

In this Milan International Furniture Fair, Porada's new products are presented in the form of a home environment, so that people can experience very comfortably what will happen between these products and our life in the real daily life. This year's new products are particularly explosive, and I hope that more visitors from China can come to the site next year.

In addition to wood, another feature of Porada is the application of wood and stone. For example, this marble table, the marble table top actually also undergoes special treatment, although the edge from the outside is a very thin layer, in fact, this table is a thicker marble inside. And horizontal these two cabinet doors with wood grain words actually have continuity, which is also an aesthetic detail. If we assume that we turn this vertical piece horizontally, it is actually the same tone, just because the direction of this is now different, so this will look a little darker. Design is not only an aesthetic design, but should express a practicality. In the living room area, we see that wood turns into an excellent supporting role. But the wood structure is still the main part is the support part. This coffee table seen in the middle, the three coffee tables are the same style, but the table top is realized with three completely different materials, some are saddle leather, some are marble, and the legs of the coffee table are all made of wood. This sofa series started to appear in the last six or seven years, before it was mainly for the accessories category. Since it is mainly supplied in public projects, so the fabric choice will also choose some high fire resistance fabrics.

In addition, Porada also exhibited some classic pieces, such as the world's first product that has 12 solid wood damage proofs connected together. Adopting the shape of a Möbius ring, it represents eternal love.

Flou

Flou's booth is a different format, they create a home environment where indoor and outdoor are very well connected, with a lot of greenery, Flou has been promoting green, green indoor and outdoor design in the last few years, here we will go to see the Italian style garden.

All the way through, the greenery is very Mediterranean in style, with olive trees and lemon trees, all of which are very common in Italy. The brand has recently introduced outdoor products, a move that has also prompted them to focus more on the interaction between outdoors and indoors. This has been a big trend for many brands in recent years, which is to increase their outdoor offerings. We've probably all realized how important outdoor living is to our health in these years of the epidemic.

Here I would like to recommend a bed called "Harbor", the backrest part of the bed has a little curve like a harbor, from a distance it looks like a piece floating in the space. This is also the next trend of Flou Group. The following products are characterized by the fact that all objects, regardless of their size, glow and light up, that is, they incorporate the function of lighting in the product, like this bedside table, which is a countertop that can be lit up.

Flou Group pays a lot of attention to the choice of fabrics in addition to making products, because they themselves started as a fabric manufacturer. The brand has designers who specialize in selecting fabrics, and every year they will select some new fabric packages, including some new colors. For example, the sewing details of their sofa can outline the lines of the sofa very well.

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Molteini&C

Molteini & C is a family business, with a strong cultural heritage and family legacy. On the basis of this history and past, Molteini & C Group has always been committed to innovation and continuous research and development. Molteini & C has not only expanded its product range, but also changed its concept of home and its philosophy. Especially in these years after the epidemic, a product can no longer be described as a table, a chair or a single product, but has become a lifestyle as a whole.

Molteini & C wants to reflect the overall home environment and a lifestyle concept, home lifestyle evolution process, from the perspective of the product is how to keep up with this perspective? The products that are launched every year are some of the new products developed under the leadership of the entrepreneurial director. Last year's outdoor series in the market is a good verification of this point, in the outdoor series there are some products made from indoor products suitable for outdoor use.

Baxter

Baxter's theme for this year's booth is "another", which is another perspective and dimension, Baxter will use three different color series to present its products every year, the first area we see the color is mainly blue with black, the second area is blue with honey The second area is blue with honey color.

First of all, this is a new combination of sofa, that this side to see the designer's marble table, very distinctive is black and white. Including the chandelier with this top is also around the color theme of this area, that is, we just talked about the sapphire blue with honey color.

And the seat seen behind is the third thematic shade, which is available in gray with blue. The following seat with the dining table is a very comfortable piece, the choice of native Italian wood, the same table there is a black version of different wood. Lastly, the outdoor section, which was launched last year, has adopted some new colors this year, and Baxter outdoor products are displayed in the form of a large terrace, and now there is a small pool.

Flexform

Flexform has always been focused on sofas and these soft products, so what is its innovation? The first thing is that all the sofas are very light. The structure and support point of this sofa is very thin a few legs. The second point is that the choice of fabric and the choice of lines will be biased towards the younger user group. The designer of this sofa has a lot of experience. So he provided Flexform with a design that combines both the needs of the market and the minimalist and modern character of the brand.

It is also reflected in some details, like the treatment of all the edges of the coffee table, as well as the legs of the coffee table are of different diameters. And can be combined with a variety of sofas, is modular furniture, the final presentation is a very comfortable and spacious sofa can be used as a bed to rest, this product also has a feature is the collision of color piping, very good outline of the geometric and architectural lines of this product.

In addition to providing products for the home environment, Flexform has also been doing interior decoration for yachts. The countertop of this outdoor model coffee table we see is the wooden flooring on the yacht, and the outdoor product line is actually an extension from the yacht products.

Poliform

This year, Poliform does not have too many styles in the presentation of new upholstered furniture, but focuses on the architecture system, including wall panels, partitions, and cabinet doors and panels series. Originally, our wall panels can only do, for example, linen fabric or baking paint and other materials, in the middle of this year's Poliform wall panel system increased the rock panel, the designer made an imitation fabric texture, there is a very natural flow, and matte treatment, and you can see the cabinet system behind is a very complete wall and buckle the presentation of the cabinet combination.

This year's overall space may look familiar to you, because this is Poliform's new product last year, and the designer is very good at creating natural home landscape with fine and regular lines. You can see that this sofa makes up for the previous Poliform's lack of skin combination process in the middle of the sofa product, which is entirely made of aluminum metal and covered with complete saddle leather, and then the upper part of the cushion and the part of the backrest can do the combination of leather or fabric. In addition, Poliform has made all the furniture into individual parts of a future integrated solution for the big house system. For example, in the future, a piece of furniture may be used not only for storage or display, but also as a natural space divider.

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