WEAVING THE FUTURE
When one thinks of weaving, traditional wicker furniture comes to mind – but Milan showed us otherwise. There’s the design-centric approach to rattan pioneered by Japanese brand Yamakawa Rattan, as well as the boundary-pushing handwoven creations of Dedon. Most exciting, however, is the development of digital knit led by Benjamin Hubert of Layer, who came up with an update to his Cradle chair for Moroso.織造前路談到織造技術，傳統藤料傢具或許最先聲奪人——但米蘭卻讓我們看到精彩新一面。除了以設計為重點的藤料先驅日本品牌Yamakawa Rattan外，還有推進手織創作的Dedon。然而，最教人振奮的還是要數Layer的Benjamin Hubert統領的數碼織造發展，並為自己為Moroso設計的Cradle椅換上新貌。