ITA Event: Italian Design Week - Update from Milano ~

Welcome by Dr. Carlo Angelo Bocchi _ Head of the Design Division

Institutional remarks Hon. Fabrizio Di Michele, Consul General of Italy New York

Overview: Antonino Laspina, Trade Commissioner and Executive Director of the United States

Ilene Shaw, Ec. Dir. NYC X Design

Professor Alessandro Melis, IDC Foundation, Endowed Chair Professor, New York Institute of Tech

Chris Abbate, moderator of the panel: Milan Report Trends Discussion (Elaine Markoutsas, Laurence Carr, Alessandro Melis)

Closing remarks: Mr. Riccardo Honorati Bianchi, Head of country systems initiatives for european and inernational affairs at CDP.

With a focus on sustainability, and eco-friendly materials, Italy on Madison Design, are looking at bio-diversity and eco-friendly products as well as colors this year in their designs. With a focus on sustainable materials, recycled materials - those organizing the show this year challenged those participating to focus on using recycled materials in their section/booth etc… as well as sustainable products.

this sector of industry is focusing on relaunching and revitalization… as well as creating more pieces for greenspace. Refurbishing outdoor spaces with materials as well as letting light in, and design lighting. Designers were excited to focus on designs from nature, as well as creating new designs for patios, a little more plush and cozy, lendable indoor outdoor furniture that beautifies a space with it’s textures, tones, and materials.

Italian brands included in the ICFF event here in NYC were:

Annie Claire
Bassano Parquet
C.V. Cristal
Casa Casati
Cesare Ferrari Group
Chairs & More
Fazzini Store
Ferdinando Ingenito
Floema
FOS Ceramiche
GIBO

for more information on the ICFF Design Fair go here: https://icff.com/

For more information on NYC Design Festival, please go here…. https://festival.nycxdesign.org/

Additionally, after the ITA event below, we took a look at Italy on Madison… as well as other designers on Madison to give you a peek of what the international design stage looks like … please see our shares from the experiences below in the photos…

(all photography in this post is by Mega)

ITA summarized that many designs this year focused on curves, as well as different fabric types including bio-materials… Some examples of pieces newly coming out in design this year… internationally… are pictured below - as they are located on Madison Avenue…

Atelier - is pictured below… and also features what ITA stated with the new elements coming out this year.

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(to We additionally went to Frette - focusing on Italian Fabrics and their beautiful selection of bedding, and home decor etc… please find these pictures After the Atelier section below… (Atelier was not a participant - they are a UK designer)

Others designers who participated in Italy on Madison include:

Natuzzi Italia

On Madison Park

Poliform

Rimadesio

Nero Cucine

Canova

Frette’s Collection mimics earth colors… as well as textures you would find within nature. Pieces in their Collection focus on the Exotic… there is a sting ray pattern, crocodile pattern, patterns that mimic sand dunes, and pieces that focus on colors from the earth, from the blues, greens, and yellows, to the creams, greys and silvers. Frette offers timeless elegance with their pieces, as well as quality, with products that will endure through time and use. Frette also focuses on the classic lines and natural neutral colors… and launched their first 100% organic luxury linen line this spring! Focusing on eco-sustainability, among their new collection is a100% organic sheet set of cotton sateen with lightly striated weave. Yarn dyed using 100% organic dried poppy petals and no synthetic chemical agents. Finished using no synthetic chemical agents. Simple hem finishing. Bottom sheet of matching 100% organic solid cotton sateen. Packed in coordinating 100% organic solid cotton sateen drawstring bag. Frette uses 100% responsibly sourced materials in alignment with the most stringent of guidelines. In the coming years, Frette will continually incorporate both responsibly and sustainably sourced materials to compose 60% of those materials necessary to realise its craft. In celebration of Frette’s inaugural 100% organic linen collection, the House has partnered with One Tree Planted, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to global reforestation, to donate 10,000 trees for planting in the Mexican Monarch Butterfly Habitat. This is one of Frette’s first steps toward reducing its carbon footprint and weaving sustainability into our legacy. Find out more about their new line and future sustainability goals here: https://www.frette.com/en_US/Naturalismo.html

For more on Frette, or to shop their products, please go here: https://www.frette.com/en_US/homepage

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