What were the main trends at the Salone del Mobile Milano 2023?

The recently finished month of April has been the month par excellence of Design and trends. The absolute European protagonist, the Milano Design Week has gone back to to the effervescence prepandemic, with massive influx and hundreds of initiatives all over town, beyond the usual ones of the well known Salone of the Mobile Milano (@isaloniofficial) protagonist of the week of the 17 to 23 April.Salone Of the Mobile MilanoFrom the city centre to the areas closest to the periphery, the city has been organised by districts, although this year they have been greatly expanded, making it almost impossible, in the short space of time of the Design Week week, to visit all the areas and initiatives widely organised throughout the day and night.In addition to the more classic areas such as Brera Design District, 5Vie, Tortona, Durini, Isola and Porta Venezia, new locations have been added this year, such as DropCity in Stazione Centrale, the southern district with Fondazione Prada and finally Calvairate.The Fuorisalone has us,It also offered numerous opportunities to discover a city in fibrillation and continuous evolution. La Milano, hard hit by the Covid 19, has re-emerged with an enormous will to grow and improve in what it does best: style, organisational capacity, bringing together the greats of each strategic segment and offering spectacle in each equestrian event, wisely mixing beauty, art, culture, gastronomy and that industriousness that has always characterised its people.The Milano Design Week and the Fuorisalone, likewise, have given us the opportunity to access to historical buildings, Enourmes beauty palaces and, in occasions, inaccessible. It is worth noting that many of them have welcomed very interesting initiatives such as the one promoted by Fondazione Cologni (@fondazionecologni) in Palazzo Litta that received the exhibition of "Doppia Signature", a project that enhances the dialogue between design thinking and fine craftsmanship and has been chosen as one of the most interesting of this edition.Palazzo Litta. Author: Dea/ V.Giannella. Getty ImagesLuxury brands also have participated actively to the event of the city, opening the doors of his historical houses: Armani and the Palazzo Orsini (giorgioarmani) Louis Vuitton and Palazzo Serbelloni (@louisvuitton), Dior in Palazzo Citterio with his collaboration with Philippe Starck, with the original chair Monsieur Dior and the collection of pieces of furniture more complete never created by the Maison; etc. Dior in Palazzo Citterio with his collaboration with Philippe Starck, with the original chair Monsieur Dior and the collection of pieces of furniture more complete never created by the Maison; etc. Armani Casa Palazzo Source: fuorisalone Armani Casa Palazzo Source: fuorisalone Armani Casa Palazzo Source: fuorisalone Louis Vuitton y Palazzo Serbelloni Source: Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton y Palazzo Serbelloni Source: Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton y Palazzo Serbelloni Source: Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton y Palazzo Serbelloni Source: Louis Vuitton Many other brands such as Missoni, Fendi, Tod's, Versace, Loro Piana have given life to initiatives where art, culture, beauty and know-how have been present at all times.Loro Piana presents "Apacheta" in collaboration with Cristian Mohaded, Argentinian artist, in the "Cortile della Mushroom" in the Headquarter of the brand. The landscapes of Argentina inspire to the artist that cover twelve towers with fabrics of the brand, rescued of old collections, that go back to recorder life in this oneiric world created by the designer.Especially striking the initiative of Tod's (@tods ) that, with it collaboration with Tim Walker, celebrates the high craftsmanship with the initiative called: "The Art of Craftsmanship" that puts of relief the human factor in the productive processes. Situated in the Museum della Scienza and della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci does not leave indifferent so much by the location as by the images something surrealist presented. See this publication in Instagram A publication shared of Tod's (@tods) See this publication in Instagram A publication shared of Tod's (@tods)A key word, both at the Salone and at the Fuorisalone, was "sustainability", which opened up the debate in the sector and raised many questions. The topic of sustainability is addressed in a transversal way, talking about reuse, circularity, energy saving, production methods... but also the origin of raw materials, or products already designed in "circular mode" ab initio.Without a doubt, the 61st edition of this event has been totally "planet-centric", with the ISO20121 certification desired by the organisers and with the inscription to the United Nations Global Compact.And indeed, in this 2023 edition, we see a strong return to natural materials such as wool, yuta, cotton, wood, paper, gathered from the territory and worked with the most ancestral artisan techniques, without forgetting the support of new technologies as a way to improve production against waste and energy expenditure.The Fuorisalone, on the other hand, was a wide open space for experimentation, where brands, designers, artists and all the actors involved came together in various corners of the city to imagine a very near future of innovation, vision and new language.I invite you to see the gallery of interesting images from this edition of Milano Design Week and to follow the official accounts of the fair and of Fuorisalone: a picture is worth a thousand words. 1/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Roche Bobois 2/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Fratelli Boffi 3/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Hommestudio 4/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Bosca AM 5/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: De Castelli 6/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Zanat LF 7/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: AlotofBrasil 8/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Philipp Lein 9/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: Zebbrino 10/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: TCL Constellazoni 11/11 Salone del Mobile Milano Source: DND Martinelli

What were the main trends at the Salone del Mobile Milano 2023?

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