
Milan Design Week 2022 Preview: Salone del Mobile Is Back, But Not (Yet) in Full Force
The citywide event will see introspective projects that reflect how recent years have transformed the role and value of design.
By Tiffany Jow
June 3, 2022
15 minute read
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Emerging from the pandemic, the design industry, like most of us, has changed. The past two and a half years, which have involved an incalculable loss of life and calls for social-justice reform amidst an increasingly pressing climate crisis, have formed a solemn backdrop. In March 2020, almost at once, in the locked-down lives of many, the notion of “home” and the role of design shifted. As opposed to straight function or beauty, design came to represent a sense of greater comfort, healing, and care.
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