If Ventura Lambrate was my favorite space at Milan Design Week last year (and again this year!), my favorite new discovery was definitely Spazio Rossana Orlandi – especially as I even spotted the lady herself. The space has a buzzy cafe culture ambience and there’s a sense that something different is always happening here. A little exploration led me to the Bala Side Tables by Jaime Hayon – I love the luxurious copper and marble set against the pitted unfinished wall behind. Scholten and Baijings’  collaboration with  Hay  seems to me like a match made in neon geometric heaven, and this display of their work did nothing to convince me otherwise

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Milan 2013: Spazio Rossana Orlandi

Italian lighting company Foscarini invited Design Milk, along with a handful of bloggers from design sites around Europe, to its corporate offices for a day of discovery and discussion. At the end, Foscarini put together this video in which we all put forth the single most important aspect of “good design.” What makes good design? “PROCESS” Luca Nichetto , designer (Venice, Italy) “SINCERITY”  Ionna Vautrin , designer (Paris, France) “LOVE”  Vicente Garcia Jimenez , designer (Udine, Italy) “VITALITY” Marni Katz, Design Milk (Boston, USA) “FORM” Jenny Filipetti, Design Boom (Italy) “EMOTION” Micle Mihai Cristian, Freshome (Romania) “TEAMWORK”  Costas Voyatzis, Yatzer (Athens, Greece) “SINGULARITY”  Eric Foulon, Muuuz (Paris, France) “TECHNOLOGY”  Philipp Thom, Studio 5555 (Germany) “RESEARCH” Giuilia Zappa, Designer Blog (Italy) What word would you choose? Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook

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Discussing “Good Design” at Foscarini