MDW22: Alcova Returns With Emerging Design + Experimental Projects
At Milan Design Week, Alcova combined a unique venue with emerging design talent, experimental projects, and a good supply of shaded tables served by food and drink trucks.
Now in its fifth year, Alcova is going some way towards filling a hole left in the hearts of regular Milan Design Week goers by the demise of Ventura Lambrate. Described by its founders, Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, as “a platform for independent design,” it combines unusual venues (this year’s military base boasted soaring pine trees and a former psychiatric hospital) with emerging design talent, experimental projects, and a good supply of shaded tables served by food and drink trucks ? a winning combination.
Alcova \ Image courtesy of David Gorrod, Seen PR
Canadian lighting brand Lambert & Fils collaborated with DWA Design Studio and New York-based wallpaper studio SuperFlower to create Caffè Populaire: an eight-day aperitivo garden set in Alcova?s vacant temple and surrounding wild garden. A table blooming with wildflowers and connected water sculpture featuring Lambert & Fils? new lighting collection SILO were a sight for sore eyes on a hot June day.
Spoken Lines was a three-dimensional art installation by Beni Rugs, stylist Colin King and artist Amine El Gotaibi that brought the materiality of rug making to life.
The Kitchen for Cooking was a collection of playful, modular kitchens that suit modern living ? enabling you to adapt them as your needs change ...
Now in its fifth year, Alcova is going some way towards filling a hole left in the hearts of regular Milan Design Week goers by the demise of Ventura Lambrate. Described by its founders, Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, as “a platform for independent design,” it combines unusual venues (this year’s military base boasted soaring pine trees and a former psychiatric hospital) with emerging design talent, experimental projects, and a good supply of shaded tables served by food and drink trucks ? a winning combination.
Alcova \ Image courtesy of David Gorrod, Seen PR
Canadian lighting brand Lambert & Fils collaborated with DWA Design Studio and New York-based wallpaper studio SuperFlower to create Caffè Populaire: an eight-day aperitivo garden set in Alcova?s vacant temple and surrounding wild garden. A table blooming with wildflowers and connected water sculpture featuring Lambert & Fils? new lighting collection SILO were a sight for sore eyes on a hot June day.
Spoken Lines was a three-dimensional art installation by Beni Rugs, stylist Colin King and artist Amine El Gotaibi that brought the materiality of rug making to life.
The Kitchen for Cooking was a collection of playful, modular kitchens that suit modern living ? enabling you to adapt them as your needs change ...
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