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Between neon and sorbet
May 16, 2012

At this year’s Salone del Mobile the colors were dominated by contrasts, soft and harsh tones: Pale pastel was on show alongside bright neon. Upholstered furniture and carpets were in sorbet colors and recalled French macaroons in apricot, mint or vanilla. The shades are restrained, appear light and finely nuanced with a low degree of saturation. As colorful contrasts there were occasional tables and wooden chairs painted in an intensive bright red and neon yellow, which looked fluorescent in the artificial light of the trade fair halls. There were conspicuous combinations of shades previously not considered to be compatible – bright red and bright orange, turquoise and yellowish green. Both the neon and pastel tones featured as monochrome blocks of colors without any patterns superimposed on them. est

”Bahir Sofa” by Jörg Boner for Cor, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
”Bahir Sofa” by Jörg Boner for Cor, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“Softbox“ by Alfredo Häberli for Moroso, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Sawaya Moroni presents itself in reddish tones, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
”Morph” by Formstelle for Zeitraum, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Group of “Variation Vases“, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“Kobi“ by Patrick Norguet for Alias, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“Ziggurat Container“ by Oevffice, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“404“ von Stefan Diez für Thonet, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Pastel tones at Norman Copenhagen, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Poltrona Frau sofa corner, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“B Chair“ by Konstantin Grcic for BD Barcelona Design, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Signage at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, photo © Thomas Wagner, Stylepark
Pods by Luca Nichetto, photo © Thomas Wagner, Stylepark
Sofa-corner by Living Divani, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Display by Louis Vuitton, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Sofa-detail by Philippe Nigro, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Highheels in a Milan show window, photo © Thomas Wagner, Stylepark
Missoni Home, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
”Take A Soft Line For A Walk” by Alfredo Häberli for Moroso, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“Vanity Fair“ by Poltrona Frau, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“Variation Vase“ von Patricia Urquiola für Baccarat, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
”Coat” by Sebastian Herkner for Moroso, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Porcelain in rosé, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
”Colour Porcelain” by Scholten & Baijings for Arita, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Blue and red tones at Sawaya Moroni, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
“Deskbox“ by Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay for Arco, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Textile at Poltrona Frau, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Side-tables by TAF for Karimoku, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Stool "60" by Alvar Aalto, painted by Mike Meiré, for Artek, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Furniture by "La Chance", photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
”Corona” by Poul M. Volther for Erik Jorgensen, photo © Thomas Wagner, Stylepark
Calf out of expanded metal, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Design by Johanna Grawunder for Glas Italia, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark
Chair-installation by Sawaya Moroni, photo © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark