New products ready and done
There is an explanation for the phenomenon of the “product ready for industry” that seems to have dominated the SaloneSatellite. And it’s the widespread sense of urgency that Millennials cultivate nonchalantly. Because there is no second chance to indulge in trial and error. There are many chances of failure, but the new generation of designers seems to be able to cope fearlessly with them. Daniel Nikolovski, with Macedonian roots but Italian by adoption, brought the Multiply sofa to the Satellite: a modular, sustainable, light and manageable product, reconfigurable and with an eye to the recovery of vintage aesthetics. We asked Daniel if he is looking for a producer: “I came to SaloneSatellite to find one and I’ve had a lot of interesting contacts,” was the reply. Like Charlie Styrbjörn, who came to the Satellite with the Gösta stool: made from curved wood with a hand-woven triangular seat. “I started as a carpenter, then moved on to design: finding solutions to feasibility problems comes naturally to me.” The same goes for Kouichi Kurome and his Thin Rib Stool: lightweight, stackable, mono-material, with manufacturing that uses traditional techniques for a contemporary product. Also mature and ‘ready’ is Bianca Nannini’s work on T(ouch), a series of tiles inspired by natural surfaces that change in thickness and tridimensionality.