Milan Design Week

Well. The main reason why I stayed on and not go home was to visit the very famous Milan Design Week. The entire city turned into a work of art. Shops turned into tiny museums and galleries. And all this coincides with the annual Salone Internazionle De Mobile(Mo-bee-leh: furniture). The great furniture design fair. Designers from all over descend in Milan during the week.. SM Goh Chok Tong was there too!

But sadly, i cannot show you pictures from the fair because Andrea fried her CF card. bleh! Nonetheless, that's just a tiny part of entire Milan. There are other way more interesting stuff..

Italy, home to great looking furniture and lighting. Kartell, Flos, Artemide etc. And the city has many of these showrooms. Bigg and Nicee!

Great book shops too.. 10 Corso Como. Very rare books sometimes. Also, saw some prominent Singapore designers here.

Street art.

We spent an entire afternoon at Zona Tortona. A small area in Milan cordoned off and turned into galleries. I havent been here before, but it sure looks like it was turned upside down.

Garages are galleries too you see. Smart conceptual designs here. These are... err.. thinking....... Belgium! yes.

Remember. This is a garage where cars are parked and fixed. Belongs to Lotus, if i'm not wrong.

Houses on top, galleries down below.

Left: Me, Right: Her.
At the end of every trip, we return with many brochures flyers and free stuff.. All worth keeping.

A photo i took in Mr. Achilles Castiglioni's studio apartment turned into a museum. (not supposed to take photos in there) This place highly recommended by Mr. K. And we totally enjoyed it.

Design around the city.. Everywhere!! ARGH!!