Salone Del Mobile Milano 2018

14 April – 22 April 2018.

Salone Del Mobile Milano, in 2018, features more than 205,000 sq m of exhibition space and over 2,000 exhibitors. The 57th Milan Furniture Fair also hosts Euro Cucina and the International Bathroom Exhibition. Salone del Mobile

George Carwardine Original 1227 Angle Poise Lamp

Design/ Interiors/ Lighting

The 1227 Angle Poise lamp was conceived when automotive engineer George Carwardine created a new kind of spring. The design allowed for a lamp that could combine ultimate flexibility with perfect stability. The Original 1227™ was launched in 1935 and is still in production today. Anglepoise’s history can be traced back to 1855 when Herbert Terry and Sons Ltd manufactured springs. Anglepoise

OS and OOS Matrix Bench

Art/ Design/ Furniture/ Objects

Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen of OS and OOS designed the Matrix Bench as part of the Matix project. The project aims to create a system with endless configurations using a grid structure that changes from being almost transparent to solid depending on the perspective. Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen work from Eidenhover in the Netherlands and created OS and OOs in 2011. OS and OOS

Barber Osgerby Tableware Olio

Design/ Homeware/ Interiors/ Objects

Olio is new range of tableware by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for the ceramic company, Royal Doulton. In the English language Olio means ‘a miscellaneous collection of things’ and the range is built from a combination of materials and surface finishes: ceramic, wood and stainless steel, different clays, glazed and unglazed elements. The extensive range of 40 pieces, includes cutlerly, wooden serving pieces, and a full table top ceramic range, all designed for everyday use. Royal Doulton, the 200 year old English ceramic company was founded in Lambeth, just a couple of miles from the Barber & Osgerby Studio. Royal Dolton

Stirling prize 2016 Caruso St John Newport St Gallery

Architecture

Newport Street Gallery involved the conversion and transformation of a street facing a railway line in Vauxhall, south London, into a free public gallery for artist Damien Hirst’s private art collection. Three listed Victorian industrial buildings, formerly carpentry and scenery painting workshops for West End theatres, have been remodelled and flanked at either end by entirely new buildings; one with a spiky saw-tooth roof. RIBA.