Salone del Mobile 2024 revealed itself as one of the greatest design tradeshows of the year so far, as expected, and it is still a reference for all interior design lovers and professionals around the world. This annual event is renowned for setting trends, inspiring creativity, and bringing together […]
The enchanting world of furniture for kids took center stage at Salone del Mobile 2024, a prestigious international furniture fair held in Milan. Amidst the grandeur of contemporary design and innovation, the spotlight shone brightly on a brand that redefines comfort and style for the little ones. Let’s have […]
If you have following Milan Design Agenda last posts, you’ve noticed a regular “Things to do in Milan” theme, and today we’ll keep with what can be a Milan point of interest in short time, specially this Summer! Just over two years since its launch, having turned the project around the world and having opened more than 500 points of sale in more than 40 countries, Kartell by Laufen has launched its first monobrand store in the heart of Milan at Brera Design district, at Via Pontaccio 10. The Kartell by Laufen catalogue has a full range of furnishings, accessories, sanitary ware and other bathroom fittings designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba.
Since Kartell by Laufen collection débuted two years ago at ISH, Frankfurt the market has responded enthusiastically, with the entire project speaking a diverse language compared to its competitors. Quality, innovation, materials research, emotion, glamour: these are just some of the ingredients and values that went into creating a project that, since its very beginning, was a born winner.
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Its efforts were also recognised by some of the sector’s most eminent opinion leaders, including Wallpaper, which awarded it the prize for Best Wash at the Wallpaper Design Awards 2013, and Elle Decoration International, which named it the winner of the EDIDA 2014 prize in the Bathroom category. From 2013 to 2015, an intensive, far-reaching roadshow saw international events taking place in major cities (London, Brussels, Prague, Warsaw, New York, Miami, Paris and San Paolo) and took the project to some of the biggest design fairs in the world (Salone del Bagno 2014 and ISH Frankfurt 2015). These events gave the international public the chance to get up close and personal with the product and truly understand its value.
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As proof of this commitment to retail, Kartell by Laufen has launched its first monobrand store in the heart of Brera Design District, at Via Pontaccio 10: about 200 square metres, with four store windows opening onto the street – its launch celebrated with a Cocktail Party during Milan Design Week 2015. The setting of this first space is by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba, internationally famous architects and trend setters of this industry, as well as designers of the entire collection and feature the best of Kartell by Laufen in unexpected thematic and chromatic moods.
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The space is articulated over two levels, and like the style of the brand, the ambient is exceptionally fresh, with the clean lines of the interiors playing on tactile combinations and architectonic volumes. On the other hand, the windows have much greater graphic impact: a luminous mesh of white backlit pedestals forming the base for Kartell by Laufen’s still life compositions on a backdrop of polychrome transparent plexiglas panels, putting more emphasis on feelings, glamour and lifestyle.
The ground floor has five different settings, each corresponding to a different bathroom concept with the latest products: the 120 cm basin, the metallic basin units and the Boutique furnishings. A long oblique wall at the entrance presents a working composition of one of Kartell by Laufen’s bathroom proposals. The lower level offers another seven installations, each very different in terms of dimensions and mood: some with strong colours, like the orange and total black bathrooms, others highly compact to show the great potential that even smaller, guest bathrooms have. And naturally there is a vast range of proposals for the hotels and contract sectors in general.
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Take a look at the official Kartell by Laufen opening at Brera Design District, and it might give you the reason for this be your next “Things to do in Milan”…
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