In his memoir, the screenwriter William Goldman famously made this appraisal of Hollywood: "Nobody knows anything."
The same might be said of the design field. The Milan Furniture Fair opens tomorrow after two years of bleak sales and withering competition from cheap imports. And yet, confoundingly, optimism rules the day, at least at the outset. The first incoming tweets are giddy over the wealth of new work and the sprawling exhibition halls known as the fairgrounds at the end of the metro's red line are full to capacity. More surprising still, three ambitious new design brands will launch at the fair. It will take some memorable designs to get them above the white noise. Do they have what it takes?
The boldest of the new ventures is a $16 million startup called Skitsch (as in kitsch, with an extra "s"), which hits the ground with a site for online sales, a...
The same might be said of the design field. The Milan Furniture Fair opens tomorrow after two years of bleak sales and withering competition from cheap imports. And yet, confoundingly, optimism rules the day, at least at the outset. The first incoming tweets are giddy over the wealth of new work and the sprawling exhibition halls known as the fairgrounds at the end of the metro's red line are full to capacity. More surprising still, three ambitious new design brands will launch at the fair. It will take some memorable designs to get them above the white noise. Do they have what it takes?
The boldest of the new ventures is a $16 million startup called Skitsch (as in kitsch, with an extra "s"), which hits the ground with a site for online sales, a...
- 4/21/2009
- by Michael Cannell
- Fast Company
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