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In addition to Naoto Fukasawa, Maruni welcomes Jasper Morrison as its new designer for the Maruni Collection 2011.

Maruni will be exhibiting at the main Rho Fiera site, as well as at La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, where visitors will be able to experience the world of Maruni Collection to the full.

Both sites have been curated by Naoto Fukasawa, art director of Maruni since 2010. Maruni Wood Industry (Head Office: Hiroshima, Japan), celebrates its 83rd year this coming May, and visitors to the Salone will see new chairs and tables by both designers which demonstrate the technology and possibilities of Japanese wooden furniture.

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Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new series of dining room products for Thonet, each element in the series being made of solid wood. The complete series was presented for the first time at the Milan furniture fair 2010. After the introduction of the 1130 dining table in 2009, the matching chairs of the 130 series are now available.
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Speedglas 9100 Welding Shield 3M © 2009 3M
26th November 2009 – 7th February 2010
Across the globe, there is a growing awareness of design and its impact on the world we inhabit. Like contemporary art, design both shapes and reflects our constantly changing society. Good design understands human behaviour, offers pragmatic solutions to problems and enhances our everyday experience.
Design Real, curated by the renowned industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, will be the Serpentine Gallery’s first exhibition devoted to contemporary design. Grcic’s selection for the exhibition focuses on ‘real’ items: mass-produced items that have a practical function in everyday life. The exhibition will present a wide range of products with different styles and functions, from furniture and household products to technical and industrial innovations.
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Wooden radio, by Singgih Susilo Kartono
In the Claudio Silvestrin & Giuliana Salmaso designed basement of la Rinascente, Milan’s one and only Grande Magazzino or department store, Wallpaper* has set up shop. Invited by Rinascente’s boss Vittorio Radice to ‘curate’ their own corner, the resulting retail space is now open for business.

As Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers says himself, ‘Scouring the globe to discover the best new designers, brands and products is what Wallpaper* does best, so a retail venture like this is the natural next step. Wallspace* brings the intelligence and trained eye of the magazine direct to the consumer’.

As such, from this month Wallspace* opens with an edit of domestic design, which will include Japanese electronics from Naoto Fukasawa’s Plus Minus Zero brand; Alexa Lixfeld’s porcelain ‘Ricebowls’ from Germany; Hasan Demir Obuz’s ‘Sade’ glasses by Ilio from Turkey; D.lab’s ‘Pencil Block’ from Singapore’s Design Incubation Centre; Konstantin Grcic’s ‘Accento’ cutlery for Serafino Zani; and Singgih Susilo Kartono’s handmade ‘Wooden Radio’ for Magno in Java.
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For 40 years, from 1955 until 1995, Dieter Rams designed or oversaw the design of over 500 products for the German electronics manufacturer Braun, as well as furniture for Vitsoe. Audio equipment, calculators, shavers and shelving systems are just some of the products created by Dieter Rams, each item holds a special place in the history of industrial and furniture design and has established Dieter Rams as one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century.
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