Hand-Anodizing and Swiss Design Schools, ECAL, ID HGK Basel — Milan 2025 Take-Aways

In 2025, per usual, Milan Design Week, the Salone, delivered an overwhelming banquet for the creative appetite, here's what Core77 found particularly tasty.In the category of national exhibitions, a highlight was House of Switzerland Milano. It was organized by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and Presence Switzerland. The theme of collaboration ties together a broad range of work and talent:https://ecal.ch/en/feed/projects/8162/designed-in-ch-made-in-jp/"Designed by ECAL and produced by Karimoku New Standard for the Swiss pavilion in 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.Designed in CH Made in JP is a cross-cultural collaboration from the MA Product Design programme at ECAL, Karimoku New Standard (KNS) and Presence Switzerland. Asked to design wooden chairs for the Swiss Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Osaka, Japan, ECAL's students presented their designs with one selected for production in partnership with Japanese furniture makers KNS. With some designs taking stimulus from the pavilion's scenography, others reference cultural iconography while celebrating the symbiosis between the two nations. Each chair's unique narrative displays how the heritage of both nations are aligned to values of craftsmanship and innovation."Press Picture: Andre Hoenicke & Zoe Ammann CoLAB: ICDP Prospects Unfoldedhttps://www.instagram.com/hgkbasel_industrialdesign SWISSWOOL X CLAUDIA CAVIEZEL http://www.caviezel.cc/ https://www.instagram.com/cecilefeilchenfeldthttps://www.instagram.com/adrienroverostudio/"LIGHT KNIT Cecile Fellchenfeldt (Franco/ Francia) & Karla Huft (Germany / Germania)In collaboration with Adrien Rovero Studio (Switzerland / Svizzera)Textile creation/ Creazione tossile.Sequins, Lycra yarn / Paillette, filato di lycraEach of these standing lamps has a different base and textile covering. The highly elastic 3D 'pockets' were engineered on knitting machines and stretched out by pastilles (sequins without a hole), making them transiucent."https://www.instagram.com/raphaelkadid/"Bringing together Swiss gallery Raw Senses and surface specialists BWB, initiated for Zurich Design Week, the Philae Bookshelf by Raphael Kadid is crafted entirely from hand-anodised aluminium. With its structure mirroring architectural principles, the piece is assembled with triangulated connections akin to a card tower, ensuring stability. Taking inspiration from aerial photography of aluminium mining sites, Kadid has created an abstract pattern across the surface through hand-anodising processes developed with BWB. Becoming an ode to its mineral origins, the bookshelf has also been created with modularity in mind and can be easily extended or recycled at the end of use."* * * See more of our 2025 Milan Design Week coverage here * * * /// - - - - M-I-L-A-N-O - 2-0-2-5 - - - - ///

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Hand-Anodizing and Swiss Design Schools, ECAL, ID HGK Basel — Milan 2025 Take-Aways

In 2025, per usual, Milan Design Week, the Salone, delivered an overwhelming banquet for the creative appetite, here's what Core77 found particularly tasty.

In the category of national exhibitions, a highlight was House of Switzerland Milano. It was organized by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and Presence Switzerland. The theme of collaboration ties together a broad range of work and talent:

https://ecal.ch/en/feed/projects/8162/designed-in-ch-made-in-jp/

"Designed by ECAL and produced by Karimoku New Standard for the Swiss pavilion in 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Designed in CH Made in JP is a cross-cultural collaboration from the MA Product Design programme at ECAL, Karimoku New Standard (KNS) and Presence Switzerland. Asked to design wooden chairs for the Swiss Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Osaka, Japan, ECAL's students presented their designs with one selected for production in partnership with Japanese furniture makers KNS. With some designs taking stimulus from the pavilion's scenography, others reference cultural iconography while celebrating the symbiosis between the two nations. Each chair's unique narrative displays how the heritage of both nations are aligned to values of craftsmanship and innovation."

Press Picture: Andre Hoenicke & Zoe Ammann

CoLAB: ICDP Prospects Unfolded

https://www.instagram.com/hgkbasel_industrialdesign

SWISSWOOL X CLAUDIA CAVIEZEL http://www.caviezel.cc/

https://www.instagram.com/cecilefeilchenfeldt

https://www.instagram.com/adrienroverostudio/

"LIGHT KNIT

Cecile Fellchenfeldt (Franco/ Francia) & Karla Huft (Germany / Germania)

In collaboration with Adrien Rovero Studio (Switzerland / Svizzera)

Textile creation/ Creazione tossile.

Sequins, Lycra yarn / Paillette, filato di lycra

Each of these standing lamps has a different base and textile covering. The highly elastic 3D 'pockets' were engineered on knitting machines and stretched out by pastilles (sequins without a hole), making them transiucent."

https://www.instagram.com/raphaelkadid/

"Bringing together Swiss gallery Raw Senses and surface specialists BWB, initiated for Zurich Design Week, the Philae Bookshelf by Raphael Kadid is crafted entirely from hand-anodised aluminium. With its structure mirroring architectural principles, the piece is assembled with triangulated connections akin to a card tower, ensuring stability. Taking inspiration from aerial photography of aluminium mining sites, Kadid has created an abstract pattern across the surface through hand-anodising processes developed with BWB. Becoming an ode to its mineral origins, the bookshelf has also been created with modularity in mind and can be easily extended or recycled at the end of use."

* * * See more of our 2025 Milan Design Week coverage here * * *

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