Milano Design Week 2024 
Design Duo Double Feature

Federica Sala is an independent curator and design advisor. She has been formed in the design department of Centre Pompidou. She collaborated with Fabrica, miart, 5VIE Art+Design, Airbnb, Vogue Italia, Cassina, Buccellati... In 2018 she curated, with Patricia Urquiola, the exhibition A Castiglioni at Triennale di Milano and she’s been part of the curatorial team for the newborn ADI Design Museum with the exhibition about Giulio Castelli. She has an ongoing collaboration with Rizzoli International and since July 2023 she’s the Editor-in-chief of The Good Life Italia, a magazine about business&lifestyle.

Studioboom is an Architecture firm based in Milan, born from an idea of Fabrizio Piras and Flaminia Ratto. They work in different branches of Architecture and Design: new constructions, renovations, design of luxury retail spaces, set design and fashion show setups. They coordinate international and local high level professional figures in the management of each project. The firm nourish itself with a continuous exchange of views between people with different backgrounds and cultures, setting this diversity as the basis for their research. Studioboom aims to absorb different influences from distant semantic spheres and translate them into unique technical solutions specifically tailored for each project.

CARA \ DAVIDE designed Ambo, a project exploring the concepts of union and of individual, embodying both togetherness and solitude. Ambo is a seat made by joining two chairs which fit together perfectly, resulting in a unified yet modular furniture piece. The product of this connection is a system which functions both as a single object, with the seatings joined, and as a pair of separate seats. 

Inspired by the Greek myth of the goddess of light, Theia is designed to hold and display precious objects thanks to its distinctive welcoming shape. The object, designed by DWA Design Studio, is a floor lamp and, at the same time, a storage unit which plays its dual role with theatrical elegance.

Match, a table designed by Martinelli Venezia, interprets the concept of the double through colour, functionality and irony. Its round shape and cylindrical base recall a classic dining table, whereas the central folding of the top transforms the object into a ping-pong table. This conveys the idea that diners may challenge each other to a game soon after a meal.

Inbetween, designed by Næssi Studio, is a structure that has two sides, a threshold that serves two functions: to display and to contain. Created to exist within the walls of a home, Inbetween marks the transition between the entryway and the heart of a house, separating the outside from the privacy of the home.

A series of sculptural volumes with geometric shapes, crafted through the regular repetition of a module created by subdividing FENIX^® panels into small, 6mm-thick tile-like squares: studio mist-o presents the 1-2 many project.

A tension that results in perfect equilibrium: Duo, designed by Zanellato/Bortotto, is a double seat that can only be used in pairs. The project is inspired by and explores the many nuances of the relationship between two entities, particularly the professional bond between the two designers, which is consistently geared towards researching design solutions as a meeting point between the parties. Comparisons, imbalances and, ultimately, agreements are some of the stages in the creative process whose echoes can also be perceived in this FENIX® seating. Duo consists of two rocking chairs that support one another, only maintaining their balance when used by two people at once.