FRIDAY 18th APRIL

Then began the visit of the FuoriSalone, in the Zona Tortona area.
I'll restrain my comments to some pictures, since it looked somehow obvious that there was no real innovations this year. Only the main brands like Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders , Mooi etc were present inside the Superstudio warehouses, and we all felt like it was definitely lacking of some fresh ideas by smaller brands and studios.
Was it the increasing of the costs of the spaces rental that limited the presence of the usual creativity we were used to seeing, or is it the global oil crisis that weighted on this year's fair, this I can't tell, not being part of the business, but it seems one again that cyclic renewal in design trends only happens every two/three years.
Later on that friday, rain started pourring over the city, and thus partying came as a secondary priority, while drying our clothes and selves became a primary one!