5th May 2022

Zetteler's Milan highlights: Major ‘no waste’ exhibition, skipping flights at the fair, secret life of an architect, Norwegian materiality

Landmark shows from Studio Swine, AHEC and Norwegian Presence

Matter by Norwegian Presence. Room divider, Collective Division by Nebil Zaman. Aluminium by Hydro_Stool, Shift by Hallgeir Homstvedt. Chair, Name TBA by Fjordfiesta. Plate, Etage and Vase, Monoblokk by Nedre Foss_Chair, Minus by Minus. Photography by Sara Angelica Spilling , styling by Kråkvik & D’Orazio.

Matter by Norwegian Presence
Galleria Milano
Brera, Milan 7–12 June 2022

Matter by Norwegian Presence brings together products from 10 leading design talents and projects from the country’s most respected manufacturers. The exhibition at Brera’s Galleria Milano champions material honesty and sustainable honesty through the nature-inspired aesthetic that defines Norwegian design today. Key features include the debut of a ‘Material Lab’ which goes behind-the-scenes to show the transition from raw material to finished product.

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AHEC’s exhibition draws attention to sustainably managed forests. Photo courtesy AHEC.

Forest Tales exhibition with Studio Swine by AHEC
Triennale Milano
3-12 June 2022

Forest Tales is a major furniture exhibition by AHEC at the Triennale museum. The crates that transported the furniture to Milan will be used to construct an immersive installation, and will feature an eye-catching hand-painted anamorphic forest mural. Curated by Studio Swine, the exhibition brings together 22 pieces of furniture from 3 highly acclaimed AHEC projects alongside a brand new collection from Riva. Each piece has been made from American hardwoods, including red oak, maple, and cherry, as the exhibition aims to promote the creative use of sustainably sourced woods. Once the exhibition is finished, the same crates will be re-used again.

Enric Miralles in the studio. Credit Maro Kouri.

Perpetuum Mobile celebrates Enric Miralles
Part of Interni Design Re-Generation at the University of Milan
6–13 June 2022

*Strictly embargoed until Saturday 4 June 2022*

The Perpetuum Mobile exhibition will show another side to the famed Spanish architect Enric Miralles (1955-2000), presenting his dynamic moving furniture designs as part of Interni Design Re-Generation at the University of Milan supported by AHEC. Running from 6–13 June 2022, Perpetuum Mobile brings together recreations of nine of the furniture pieces and objects that the architect designed lovingly alongside his partner Benedetta Tagliabue for their home in Barcelona.

2 trains, 3 countries and 1088 kilometres. Image credit Eurail Rail Planner app and Google Maps.

Zetteler takes the rail less travelled

Every year the design industry gets together in Milan to launch products, spot talent and debate the future of design. Sustainability is increasingly the focus of these conversations, so how can people justify the carbon footprint of all those short-haul air miles?

That’s why the Zetteler team has opted to stay grounded and travel the 1088 kilometres from London to Milan by rail. We began the tradition in 2019 and we’re sticking with the sustainable route as the fair returns.

Could this become the new normal for Milan attendees from countries in and around Europe?