Milan Report 2010

Words by Nicole Stock
Photography Shannon McGrath and supplied

There was a new exuberance and optimism this year at the Milan Furniture Fair.

It was welcome change from recent years where there had been a decidedly dark and cautious outlook on design. The economy wasn’t forgotten, but rather than a bleak, intellectual conceptualising of the world’s financial woes through design, there was a consistent sticking-to-one’s-knitting approach by all of the big design companies. This meant an absolute focus on quality and detailing, the small moments that reinforce the value of a quality design piece. urbis

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