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Milan Design Week 2017: SaloneSatellite—20 Years and Still Going Strong
The young talent section of the Salone del Mobile takes a moment to look back while offering a premier platform for the future of furniture... and food?
By Ray Hu - April 17, 2017
As far as themes go, "DESIGN is...?" might be as open-ended as they come. If the vast majority of the 650 young designers exhibiting in SaloneSatellite 2017 are any indication, design is stuff you put in your house, with few deviations from furniture and lighting at the far end of Pavilions 22–24 of the Fieramilano exposition center.
Not that there's anything wrong with that: Time and again, the special section of the world's preeminent furniture fair has proven its value as an incubator or hotbed (as it is variously dubbed) for emerging design talent. Theme aside, 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of program, and the organization saw fit to stage a retrospective exhibition both at the fairgrounds and off-site at the converted Fabbrica del Vapore.
"Highline" sofa by Sebastian Herkner for Linteloo; "Homo Deskus" by Umzikim - Jae Yang for Desklab; "America Great Again" by Luis Pons for Aponwao Design; "Girella" by Massimiliano Adami 
"Amisol" lamp by Daniel Rybakken for Luceplan; "B Table" by Ifeanyi Oganwu for Henraux SpA; "Ribbon Chair" by Nika Zupac for Qeeboo 
"Fuoripista" by Adriano Design; "Neverending Glory / Bolshoi Theatre" lamp by Jan Plechá & Henry Wielgus for Lasvit 
"PET Lamp Mapuche" by Álvaro Catalan de Ocón / ACdO; "Etta" bench by Dossofiorito for Zilio A&C 
"Kaos" sofa by Pedro Franco for A Lot of Brasil; "Painting" screen by Alessandra Baldereschi for De Castelli; "Butterfly" basket by Massimo Lunardon At the fair itself, the "20 Years Collection" comprised a selection of 46 projects from Satellite alums, tastefully presented throughout the exhibition. The likes of Nendo, Cory Grosser, Stefan Diez, Harri Koskinen, are just a few of the designers whose projects were on view among the booths of new and returning exhibitors — a testament to its continued significance as arguably the premier launch pad for young designers today.
To that point, here are some of our favorite projects and studios from SaloneSatellite 2017. (The full catalog can be viewed here.)
Earnest Studio brought several lamps, such as the Mill Table Lamp
It is designer Rachel Griffin's second time participating in SaloneSatellite
The Post series is distinguished by its magnetic luminaires
Griffin also developed prototypes of a floor lamp version
Fellow Rotterdam-based designer David Derksen debuted his new "Aero" lamps
Daisuke Kitagawa showed a complete collection of furniture and lighting.
The "Struct" chairs and "Lattice" cabinet are part of the new "Scenery" collection
Christophe Guberan exhibited his latest work in rapid additive manufacturing 
The Swiss designer studied at ECAL before relocating to MIT
Having worked with Swedish clients, Toronto-based MSDS presented several pieces with a contemporary Scandinavian aesthetic
The new collection is called "Live Work"
Plain Oddity hails from South Korea
Spitsberg is based in Amsterdam.
More from MSDS
The "Soban" tables can also be hung on the wall, Shaker-style, when not in use.
Installation view of Spitsberg booth
And now for something completely different: The Future of Sausage!
ECAL saw fit to bring Carolien Niebling's food design project to the Salone
The designer created models such as "Vegetable Mortadella," seen here 
The main attraction, of course, was the free samples. (The fair also saw the launch of a Kickstarter project.)
Made by Rens showed off their striking "Split & Store" shelving system 
"The Grove" by Brazilian Gustavo Martini
This is the first show for Berlin's Elem
Also based in Berlin, Mendelheit offers a very different aesthetic
Design overload...
Ray Hu
Ray is a writer, editor, and researcher
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