The New York Times wraps up last week's Milan brouhaha by reporting on the head-to-head attendance of "neo-Surrealist designers whose sensational, impractical, often supersize work is more than anything a form of self-expression, and a more serious group of neo-rationalists, who hark back to old-school Modernists in their desire to make better products for everyday use." In the end, people love to see (and buy) from both movements, so it seems there's enough room for everyone...well there was enough of Milan to go around, at least.
"No one's going to win," said Murray Moss, the New York design impresario, of the war of ideas brewing at the Rho-Pero fairgrounds and at the fringe shows around the city. He seemed upbeat about his prediction, reflecting a mood that had taken hold across Milan: Finally, people seemed to feel, the furniture industry is healthy enough to support a little competition.
(pictured left: Dandelight by Drift, pictured right: Steelwood chairs by Bouroullec)
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