Snaidero/Milano Furniture Fair

The Salone del Mobile di Milano (Milan Furniture Fair) opens this April. The first fair since Roberto Snaidero took over as president in late 2014, it looks set to continue the trend of the previous few years, getting more visitors from more countries than ever before – a tall order considering last year’s record of over 270,000 people from 160 different places.

Cassina, the Italian furniture company, will once again be taking over several of the 260,000 booths to display their collection “Le Corbusier 50, stories of encounters that have revolutionised design”, paying tribute to the Franco-Swiss architect and designer. The collection, by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, is made from a single material – wood – and a single finish, creating an interesting challenge for the designer. A documentary, made in collaboration with SkyArtsHD, will also be showed in an adjacent booth with the same title. Cassina has owned the rights to the products designed by Le Corbusier since 1964, along with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand.

But Snaidero is more than capable of making this year’s show eclipse all the previous ones, which go as far back as 1961. Born in Udine in and with a degree in Economics and Commerce, he has been on the board of directors and president of some of Italian’s best known furniture companies, including Abaco Spa andFederlegno Arredo. In an exclusive interview with the Maker he discussed the opening of the fair, noting there is now “a huge presence of Chinese visitors that have been attending, and this number has been a significant number, showing signs of a good relationship between Italy and China”. He went on say “the Chinese consumer has been considering the Italian product, looking for the Made in Italy, its quality, design and avant-garde”. But of course it is not just China; the whole world looks to Italy as the forerunners of style, a country who has for centuries created the beautiful and the novel.

The Furniture Fair will also be featuring exhibits from Fiera, Giulio Cappellini, Istituto Marangoni, Damiani and Jasper Morrison.

米兰家具展将于四月开幕。这是自2014年底Robert Snaidero担任展会主席后的第一届展览，它延续了前些年的趋势，来自各国的到访者数量相比过去几年创了新高——基于去年的统计，有超过27万的来自于160个不同国家的到访者。

Cassina是一家意大利家具公司，将再次于26万个展位中的的几个展位展示他们新的产品系列“勒·柯布西耶逝世50周年，关于革新设计史的碰撞的故事”，以悼念法国和瑞士的建筑家和设计师。该系列是由西班牙设计师Jaime Hayón制作，用单一的羊毛材质和单一的表面处理，给设计师带来了有意思挑战。一部与天空电视艺术频道合作发行的纪录片，也将于临近展位以同样主题作为展示。自1964年以来，Cassina已经同Pierre Jeanneret和Charlotte Perriand共同买下了了Le Corbusier设计的产品的产权。

Snaidero今年的展览让自1961年起之前的所有展览黯然失色，然而他的能力远不止于此。他出生于意大利东北部城市乌迪内，拿到了经济学和商学的学位。他曾担任意大利一些最著名的家具公司的总监和总裁，例如Abaco Spa和Federlegno Arredo。在TheMaker独家报道中，关于展会他提到，“有很大一批中国访客已经参加了我们的展会，而且数字惊人，这也是中意友好关系的标志。”他还说，“中国消费者已经开始考虑意大利的产品，基于其质量、设计和前卫等各方面因素，他们很青睐意大利生产的东西。”当然，不仅仅是中国，全世界的人都追随意大利的前卫设计风格，意大利在过去几个世纪以来确实创造了不少美丽惊人的成果。

Fiera、 Giulio Cappellini、Istituto Marangoni、Damiani 和Jasper Morrison的设计展出也是此次家具展的特色之一。