The Best Green Designs in Ventura Lambrate at the Milan Furniture Fair

The Ventura Lambrate district was a treasure chest for green designs at this year's Milan Furniture Fair. Filling out showrooms and shelves, sustainable design was clearly on the minds of those who presented their works to the thousands of enthusiasts and oglers in the city. Students and designers presented a wide range of products that signaled a new wave of innovation for feasible and sustainable design solutions for the real world. Through recreating, recycling, and reinterpretation, all these works made Ventura Lambrate the brightest district of the bunch. Jump ahead for some of our favorite pieces on show!

Ento, bug dining, eating bugs, meat alternatives, Julene Aguirre, Jacky Chung, Aran Dasan, Jonathan Fraser

Ento by Julene Aguirre, Jacky Chung, Aran Dasan and Jonathan Fraser from RCA, is a project investigating the nutritional value of eating of insects. The project examines and how they are processed in our body compared to meat, and the designers present a series of “recipes” for their use.

Gaspard Tiné-Berès, flat pack shoes, diy shoes, low impact shows, eco friendly shoes

Gaspard Tiné-Berès has turns flat-packable fabric into a practical shoe. His project explores cost-efficient ways to produce footwear, even on a small scale production.

Kami Lights, Ett la benn, green lighting, celulose lamps, eco lamps, biodegradable lamps

These Kami Lights by Ett la benn have been constructed from cellulose.

e27, light drops, metal lighting fixtures, eco lighting, perforated metal lights

Light drop by e27 is a series of objects made from perforated metal plates typically used for building facades in architecture.

Plant Your Chair, naturally made chairs, chairs you grow, eco furniture, low impact funiture, living furniture

“Plant Your Chair” is a radical way of producing a chair in a nature. Depending less on mechanics and more on natural processes, the chair comes with an ever-changing story, making it a poetic piece.

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