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(smow) in Milan 2010: Kartell “Welcome Black 2010″
The undisputed highlight of the Kartell stand at Saloni Milano 2009 was the cat and mouse game with the special forces Kartell had hired to prevent visitors taking photographs. Despite the Kartell...
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Kartell chairs and Prada handbags
Finally a good use for designer jeans..... The other week we briefly swapped our designer chairs for designer jeans, our crazy student sideboards for crazy student hats and and our designer bookcases...
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Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1920-2006) August 6th marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Italian architect, designer and Kartell co-founder Anna Castelli Ferrieri. Despite initial flirtations with...
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Stockholm Design Week 2011: Interview with Front
Front Page by Front for Kartell As part of Stockholm Design Week 2011 Kartell presented the magazine rack Front Page by Stockholm design studio Front. Clever word play and all….. Although formally...
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(smow)intern: The Designer Furniture Catalogue 2011
Luddites! Not a phrase normally associated with (smow) To the best of our knowledge no (smow)employee has ever smashed an iPad or capped a WiFi service in protest at the creeping and increasingly...
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A&W Designer of the Year 2012: Patricia Urquiola
A&W Designer of the Year 2012: Patricia Urquiola For a decade and a half the unofficial start to Cologne Furniture Week has been the honouring of the “A&W Designer of the Year” Awarded by the...
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(smow) blog Design Calendar: 18th January 1949 – Happy Birthday Philippe Starck!
A few years ago the (smow) blog telephone rang….. “Good morning is it possible to speak to Philippe Starck please?” enquired the caller. “I’m sorry he’s not here at the moment” we replied, truthfully,...
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(smow) blog compact: Kartell celebrate a decade of Bourgie by Ferruccio Laviani
It’s probably indicative of the transiency of the contemporary furniture business, but during the recent Maison & Objet in Paris, Milanese manufacturer Kartell celebrated 10 years of the lamp...
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(smow) blog Design Calendar: August 6th 1920 – Happy Birthday Anna Castelli...
“Plastic was equivalent with America for us. Only Bakelite came from Europe. Right? But after the war, everything plastic came to Italy from the States. Purely commercial stuff, but every year a new...
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smow Blog Interview: Glen Oliver Löw – I have always been of the opinion that...
Born in Leverkusen Glen Oliver Löw initially studied Industrial Design at the University of Wuppertal before moving to Milan in 1986 where he completed a Masters degree at the Domus Academy. Following...
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