|Objects| A Study in
|Objects| A Study in Contrasts Designers are talking about creating inner – and outer – balance more than anything else these days, making the stark combination of relaxed whites and dramatic blacks a clear favourite, while graphic patterns add both an effortlessly chic and timelessly modern complement to the classic pairing. The proof came this past April at Milan’s famous Salone del Mobile design fair, where global makers made an impressive case for integrating the sum of all colours – and its counterpart – into our homes. By Katharina Hesedenz Clockwise from left: Forty years since Flexform launched its now-iconic Max sofa, original designer Antonio Citterio has upped the ante with the Supermax, which offers more space, improved upholstery and a lower seat – not to mention an attentioncommanding black-and-white backrest, flexform.it; Artemide’s Zephyr presents a modular lighting system with many possibilities: users can decide for themselves how many of the cylindrically shaped double diffusers they want to mount on the connecting element, which can be stretched straight, curled into a circle or zigzagged, artemide.com; a passion for expressive shapes is evident in the work of designer Lara Bohinc, who conceived the Emmeline vase for cult Milan label Driade. A celebration of the female body, the intriguing vessel was inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst, the prominent suffragette, driade.com PHOTOS COURTESY THE COMPANIES 28 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
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