I arrived early this morning in Milan to cover the city's annual Design Week, which includes not only the Salone del Mobile furniture fair but related off-site events that often get as much, if not more, attention from visitors and the press. My first stop was the Triennale di Milano, a design museum in Sempione Park that displays the latest work from artists, manufacturers, material suppliers, and architects. Here are a few photos I took today on my way to and at the museum — stay tuned for more coverage in future issues of Record and SNAP.

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Posters promoting the Salone appear on the city's historic trams.

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La Triennale Design Museum.


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Interface exhibit at the Triennale displayed the carpet companies new Metropolis carpet line.The exhibit was designed by architect and fashion designer Francesco Maria Bandini. 

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More designs from the Interface Metropolis exhibit. 

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The museum's central stair. 

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The new design for the Olympic Torch was on display. 

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The Lasvit LiquidKristal exhibit was a collaboration between Welsh designer Ross Lovegrove and Lasvit. Liquidkristal is a new product offering from the Czech Republic glass manufacturer's Glass Architecture Division.

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The designer Ross Lovegrove, seen here inside of his glass exhibit.

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A watchmaking exhibit by Audemars Piguet.

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A watchmaking demonstration at the Audemars Piguet exhibit.

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A display for the Finnish manufacturer Graphic Concrete in the yard of the museum.

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Architect Jutta Telivuo with Graphic Concrete shows the paper retarder that creates the concrete designs.

All photos by Rita Catinella Orrell