
Today's New York Times has a comprehensive overview of this year's Salone written by Alice Rawsthorn. Identifying trends of survivalism, escapism, and environmentalism, Rawsthorn does a good job intellectualizing the state of design today:
The dominant theme at the fair might best be described as survivalist: in piece after piece, designers explored how they can help us (and themselves) navigate the perils of contemporary life - in particular, the big problems of recession, environmental crisis and designs neurosis about its role in a saturated consumer culture.Great observation, but perhaps ironic when a piece like Nacho Carbonell's cocoon chair (pictured here) made of recycled paper mache from old newspapers sells for thousands? With those price points it's hard to understand how design is helping us "survive".
MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2009
PICTOPIA FESTIVAL 2009
HOME AND HOUSEWARES SHOW 2009
TRANSVERSALE 2009
NEW YORK CITY TOY FAIR 2009
IMM COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL FURNISHING SHOW
NORTH AMERICAN INT'L AUTO SHOW '09
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2008
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
NeoCon 2009
MD&M East and ATX 2009
Nidecker Snowboard Design Competition
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