Milan Design Week 2008: Green Energy Design
by sabine7 / May 14, 2008


Organized by Interni magazine, Green Energy Design was an exhibition of experimental, multimedia installations by some of the top international design talents. The event took place on the beautiful grounds of Milan’s Università degli Studi and it was the perfect site for a relaxing sunny Sunday morning after a week marked by loads of action and just as much rain. The main installations were along the courtyard and there were plenty of “isole relax” or relaxation areas where one could sit in well-designed comfort by the likes f Martí Guixé and Patricia Urquiola with a cup of coffee and a few Interni design week publications. It was a pleasant way to take in the work, some of it quite self-explanatory, some a little more obscure. Ross Lovegrove’s Solar Tree and Toshiyuki Kita’s Sunplant were two of the most obvious energy-producing pieces, and a most apt piece of social commentary was Gaetano Pesce’s installation of a bare space with a hospital bed called Lo Spazio Malato?

+ internimagazine.it



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Bouquet by Tokujin Yoshiuka for Moroso


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Ofigea by Jacopo Foggini for Nice


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Comfort & Light by Martí Guixé for Danese


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Ivy by Paola Navone for Emu


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Lace by Antonio Citterio and Partners for Kerakoll


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Giant Rock by Arik Levy for Marzorati Ronchetti


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Bodh Gaya Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove for Artemide


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Lo Spazio Malatto by Gaetano Pesce for Resia and Tillmanns


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Outdoor seating


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Democratic Ecology by Philippe Starck for Pramac


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Democratic Ecology by Philippe Starck for Pramac


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Sunplant by Toshiyuki Kita for Sanyo


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Re-trouvé by Patricia Urquiola for Emu


Very cool solar products. I love Ross Lovegrove's work, but what is with the Sunplant? It looks like a great designer stuck some hideous solar cells to the sides. Why can't they come up with solar designs that do not look like a Mr. Fix-It special?

Sanjay Gupta / December 5, 2008 at 4:26 PM / Flag

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