Ventura Future provides an overview of contemporary projects to show the potential for innovative works to address future visions.

At Milan Design Week, larger brands often have their own showroom or dedicated apartment space to sprawl out and give their products a finely decorated backdrop to shine. For smaller designers to gain visibility, there?s Ventura Projects.
Taking up 3500-square-meters over two floors of the industrial BASE Milano building, Ventura Future provides an overview of contemporary projects from a mix of academic institutions and emerging design studios to show the potential for innovative works to address future visions.

Plastic Stone Tiles by Enis Akiev (Germany)- Enis Akiev?s plastic stone tiles are made from lightweight packaging waste. By studying rock forming processes, Akiev came up with a way to develop this post-consumer waste into a natural-looking rock-like tile.
What if instead of an animal-skin carpet there is a tree-skin carpet"
-Sarmite Polakova

Pineskins by Studio Sarmite (Latvia)- Selected as part of Form and Seek’s collective exhibition, Pineskins by Latvian designer Sarmite Polakova is made from pine bark, a by-product of tree cutting. Freshly harvested Pina bark is treated with softeners to transform it into a more pliable material similar to leather. The bark is then enhanced with color pigments and coated with beeswax. Polakova also found that by mixing the leftover bark with pine resin and bioplastics, she...