For the second year, Alkova, Mela, which focuses on emerging designers, who walks with Salon del Mobile, set up shops at various places in various places in Italy – which is 15 kilometers north of Milan. This year, in addition to the 1940 modern villas Borii and beautifully collapsing Villa Bagti Walsechi, Alkova has used a stunning abandoned factory and greenhouse.
All sites offer unconventional yet fitting backgrounds for experimental functions on performance. Visiting the press preview with photographer Olga Mai, we were hit from the range of texture, materials and ideas – the wood was re -enacted to the shining lava and again to deep ideological and more socially charged installations.
While this was my first in-traveler journey, I made a slight change from previous years. If you enter this version of Fair Thinking, you will only cope with the most funny of funny, you will be surprised to discover many minimal (although forward-thinking) designs sprayed throughout the showcase. Nevertheless, it is very clear – in Alcova, the creative risk definitely takes the center phase.
Below, you will find something for this year’s main attraction. By changing the blank space, he is revered or forgotten in moments of radical expression, each of them offers a delightful and thoughtful experience. They remind us that many of today’s most exciting designs have been created, and shown on the fringe.
