#artofdeception

I love you intensely,

I love you desperately.

I love you so much it scares me,

This intensity of happiness frightens me.

I look at you and grow afraid,

Afraid of what I'll be capable of doing just for you.

When you look at me, do you feel it?

When you think of me, do you feel chaos erupt in your stomach?

Do you feel the need to cover me from the ruins of life?

Do you desire to keep me all to yourself?

Do you think of me at all?

TFBB in Milan Design Week 2016: Interesting Projects, Prints and Candles

It is always a thrill to be invited to design weeks in fashion and luxury capitals. I am writing this in the flurry of all creativity and design in Milan, where the annual FouriSalone or Milan Design Week 2016 is happening.

Great design is appreciated everywhere and without it, there would be no good packaging for our favorite beauty products. I name L’Occitane as one of the beauty products in the market which constantly churns out beautiful laid out artwork in their packaging and original shapes for their bottles and jars for example.

TFBB took the opportunity to visit various fairs which were set-up during Milan Design Week. We visited up and coming designers in the Ventura Lambrate area where we saw art and beauty presented in an interesting way, prints in the Brera District where we saw inspiring designs and colors and finally we got to check out Tom Dixon’s magical transformation of the Museo dei Bambini Milano where we got a whiff of his luxurious candles.

When Art Combines Social Causes in Beauty and Perception

An interesting space in the Lambrate area was the exhibition of designers from the Netherlands: Bora Hong, Studio Rolf and Monté. These 3 designers joined forces and created the collaborative project called “Money Meat Plastic Surgery”. Our beauty minds were surely twisted in a way wherein we saw these artists interpret social cause that they see in the world of beauty and its perception.

Bora Hong, originated from Korea and she explained that her collection was inspired by the cosmetic surgery materials that were prevalent in her country. Rolf Bruggink shared to us that he used money as one of the materials in his benches and we saw real currencies rolled in his installations.

Up came Isaac Monté and his fascinating glass containers filled with real donor hearts. Monté entitled his installation as “The Art of Deception” in which he started on building on the idea that “True beauty comes from within” and with this phrase, he went deeper and went into asking “What was the last thing within the human body that has not yet been manipulated?”. Monté continued to explain that our faces can be manipulated with make-up or beauty products but our heart cannot be manipulated and thus he started to take 21 pieces of real donor hearts and transformed them, from painting them to creating tattoos on them and showcasing them in glass containers. It was literally presenting beauty from within in front of our eyes.

Marimekko Prints

Heading to the Brera District, we found ourselves entering a typical Italian apartment. To our surprise, it was the design showroom for Milan Design Week of Marimekko, our favorite Finnish company when it comes to prints. We love the Fall Winter 2016 collection of geometric prints in bold colors. It would be cool if we see a design collaboration with Marimekko and our favorite beauty brands like Marc Jacobs.

Tom Dixon Candles

It is good to know that famous British designer Tom Dixon was in Milan at the same week and we saw how he transformed the Museo dei Bambini Milano into an instant, stylish and luxurious restaurant. We were glad to see and smell the new candles and air diffusers that Dixon had on display. It reminded us of how it can be a luxurious experience to bath in the midst of these scented candles, shimmering in their metallic and gold cases. Much like our beloved French brand Diptyque, the candles from Tom Dixon are truly luxurious and a pure delight to our senses.

Back to France now with a bunch load of inspiration from Milan! Ciao!