Exhibitions The Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition: all the latest news Text by Elisabetta Donati de Conti Add to bookmarks Fratelli Boffi stand, photo Luca Quagliato The design companies have put together complicated structures at the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022 to best represent their characters and win over visitors to this 60th edition Day 2: Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition The Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition are showcasing the very latest in contemporary living: a changed, different, comfortable, conscious and enthusiastic way of inhabiting our homes. The exhibiting companies at the Salone del Mobile.Milano are back after the pandemic-enforced halt, keen to celebrate the 60th edition, with complex, structured stands that represent all the identities and facets of the brands. Arper stand, photo Luca Quagliato Ambitious, multi-faceted structures, multi-level, minimal and brightly coloured, extensive and open or curved and labyrinthine: at the Salone del Mobile immersive spaces come to life, showcasing the visions of the brands and all the latest ideas. Zanotta stand, photo Luca Quagliato The design companies have come up with convivial and hospitable domestic spaces that translate the changes in contemporary living into objects and furnishing systems. Our homes are where we relax, we rest, we cook and we eat together, we work, we watch a film and we find a corner in which to settle down with a good book. Glas Italia stand, photo Luca Quagliato Areas and functions have become hybridised and furnishings are being adapted and reconfigured by the gestures of their users. Soft sofas, enveloping armchairs, multi-level rugs, dizzy-making shelving and monumental tables combine with plays of transparencies, shades, colours, solids and voids, and intersecting volumes: all the stories that the Salone narrates through the objects on display are a mix of comfort and character, of contemporary style and potential for customisation. Living Divani stand, photo Luca Quagliato Many parts of the home are attributing new value to getting together, spontaneous places underpinned by the unique and original character of each space. Interiors and exteriors often meld, open air spaces become an integral part of the domestic world and nature makes its way into the living areas. With lots of plants, but also with furnishings boasting natural surfaces, green or cream-coloured marble, raw wood and fabrics, hand-crafted weaves and hyper-material textures.
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