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CC-TAPIS / THEGUARDIAN.COM / REGNO UNITO<br />
9 APRILE 2019<br />
PREVIEW: MILAN FURNITURE FAIR<br />
Designers and brands are playing a cautious game this year, reissuing classics or simply<br />
adding new elements <strong>to</strong> existing lines – and sustainability and recycling are key<br />
At this year’s Milan furniture fair, which opens on Tuesday, designers and brands are playing a cautious<br />
game. While some British companies (among them Established & Sons, Lee Broom and SCP) are<br />
choosing not <strong>to</strong> exhibit this year, perhaps due <strong>to</strong> political and economic uncertainty, other design houses<br />
are plundering archives <strong>to</strong> reissue classic furniture, or simply adding new colours or materials <strong>to</strong> existing<br />
lines. Sustainability and recycling are key. But as well as looking after the planet, we’re looking after<br />
ourselves: colours and silhouettes are warmer, softer and rounder this year. Are we in need of a bit of<br />
comfort these days? Probably. [...]<br />
The Collaboration<br />
The Milan-based rug company CC-Tapis is known for collaborations with designers such as Patricia<br />
Urquiola, Bethan Laura Wood and Faye Toogood which result in experimental and technically challenging<br />
floor coverings. Every rug is hand-knotted in their Nepalese workshops by Tibetan artisans. This<br />
year they’re working with a new selection of makers on Spectrum – Killer Knots from Outer Space. It’s<br />
all futurist eclecticism from the likes of David/Nicolas, Maarten De Ceulaer and Studiopepe. There’s also<br />
a standout new series by designer Martino Gamper, Xequer, based on chessboard shapes, hot colours<br />
and twisted lines. [...]<br />
Martino Gamper design for CC-Tapis.<br />
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