Amazing innovations at CDC’s Italian Festival
The Crystal Design Centre Italian Festival continuing through July 6 brings to Bangkok designer furniture, home decor, audio systems, wine and much more that was showcased at this year’s Milan Fair.
“Details Make the Difference” is the theme for the event sponsored by the Italian Embassy, and it was Ambassador Francesco Saverio Nisio who formally opened the festival last Thursday.
Celebrities on hand included Nishsha Boonyagorn, Ratahata Sethwopadej, Ratahata Sethwopadej, Vasu Surattiantra, Jarospan Svasti Na Ayudhya, Wattana Kowatanabhorn and Tritthamon Thawankornphakhanat.
The annual Milan Fair is a must-go event for designers from around the world seeking and sharing resources.
At the Bangkok festival, visitors can attend workshops on creating Italian art creations and painting Venetian carnival masks.
On view is the Folly chair that Ron Arad created for Magis – part furniture, part sculpture and part homage to nature.
Venezia’s compact “Aleaf Armchair” by Michele Franzina and DYE is a futuristic concept in metal and polyurethane foam – and colours flexible enough to fit any home. It adjusts to more than 10 ergonomic positions.
The Bench Meteor by Arik Levy, who specialises in making industrial materials amazingly comfortable, is an indoor-outdoor seat utilising meteorites and more mundane stones, as if alien home decor had fallen from the sky.
The Esteso Table from Calligaris is a contemporary rectangular dining table with a beautiful marbled-ceramic glass top that can be doubled in length in one easy movement.
Belltas’ Chandelier Maria Theresa is a luxurious crystal lighting element from an original design by Empress Maria Theresa in the 18th century.
Discovery Hifi’s top-rated audio systems include the Casta Model B Diva with 3D sound-surround. The woofer has a cellulose diaphragm and the tweeter horn boasts Zero Compression Direct Front Loading technology.
Wine enthusiasts will cast an eye to the Valentino Cellar’s Brunello di Montalcino Il Quercione Riserva 2010, already considered a classic Italian. It was produced with 100-per-cent Sangiovese grapes harvested in peak season.
The CDC Italian Festival is on Floor 1 of Building B at the Crystal Design Centre on Ekamai-Ram-Indra Road.
Find out more at (02) 101 5999 and www.CrystalDesignCenter.com.
