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Milan 2011: Designers Peter Bottazzi and Denish Bonapace presented this exhibition of recycled furniture used as planters, in Milan earlier this month.

Called Da Morto A Orto meaning ‘from redundant to abundant’ the furniture has been turned into hybrids by connecting them with other pieces.

The pieces are intended to be for indoor kitchen gardens and for classroom horticultural lessons.

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Da morto a orto by Peter Bottazzi and Denise Bonapace:

Grafts give life to abandoned furniture.

For the Salone del Mobile di Milano 2011, Peter Bottazzi and Denise Bonapace will be featured on the Fuori Salone circuit with their project, entitled “da morto a orto” (“from redundant to abundant”).

The project is promoted by AMSA, the municipal environmental sustainability agency, in partnership with the historic company Fratelli Ingegnoli, and with the not-for-profit organisation Banco Building.

“Da morto a orto” isn’t just a collection of one-off pieces; it is a critical, ironic reinterpretation of everyday objects that we no longer recognise or that are on their last legs: objects and furniture around the house that are destined to disappear, to be “destroyed”, are here resuscitated with a new look.

They’re reprocessed, patched up, hybridized and transformed before being grafted with plants, thus becoming “indoor kitchen gardens”, domestic classrooms for a “(horti)cultural education” offering lessons on how to cultivate the land and one’s feelings too.

The project is intended to be the first step in a series of initiatives designed for Milan, in which culture and horticulture are blended together to create “cultivation seasons” during which people can develop and explore issues related to the education and conservation of the individual, the home, the city and the planet.

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Milan 2011: Bozen based designer Simone Simonelli has designed this folding chair from timber rods.

Called Mossa, the chair is constructed from 14 timber poles with a curved timber seat.

The chair won the Honorable Mention Prize at Promosedia 2010, the awards for which were presented in Milan earlier this month.

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Mossa Chair wins Honorable Mention at Promosedia International Award 2010

Words from the jury:
“A fresh spin on a classic concept, a new interpretation and style in a contemporary sense: this is Mossa, an agile, accessible and functional seat – thanks to the evergreen versatility of folding chairs – which at the same time expresses its young and lively character thanks to its wide range of colours.”

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Piana by David Chipperfield	Flux by Jerszy Seymour	Impossible Wood by Doshi Levien

Milan 2011: Studio Vit of Sweden presented eleven maple storage boxes of varying sizes in Milan earlier this month.

Called 11 Boxes, the storage units feature a single hole for opening and can be used any way up.

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Photographs are by Annabel Elston.

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11 Boxes by Studio Vit:

studio vit is proud to present their first collection, 11 boxes, at the Milan Furniture Fair 2011.

11 boxes is a typology of storage units based on the idea of an archetypal box, each one distinguished by its shape and structural elements. Like characters in an alphabet, the boxes can be used on their own or grouped together, in the same way that single letters make words.

A playful and changeable collection, the boxes can form infinite unique compositions depending on the situation, available space and storage needs. Made from solid maple, each unit is equally finished on all sides and thus can be positioned anywhere in a room.

studio vit is the result of a collaboration and dialogue between Swedish designers Helena Jonasson and Veronica Dagnert.

Helena has has worked in the furniture industy since graduating with a degree in industrial design, and Veronica has a background in fashion and a Masters from Central Saint Martins in London. Both live and work in London.

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An Furniture by KAMKAM	Delicious by Mathieu Lehanneur	Playtime by Ludovic Renson

Milan 2011: French designer Matali Crasset launched this convertible sofa for Campeggi at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month.

The sofa, called Dynamic Life, is controlled by a touch pad and can be configured in three ways.

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Photographs are by Ezio Prandini.

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Dynamic Life Matali Crasset 2011

Sofa gradually turned bourgeois, a fossilized object; a sort of cetacean who got stuck on the domestic universe and takes a lot of space giving back a little service. Hence the idea to ask him more generosity and identification with modern life.

When touch pad became part of everyday life, an object conceived not for a passive comfort but for an active one. A dynamism which distances itself from complicated mechanisms; an ease of handling which proposes three different moments in the same place.

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