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Why Milan? NZ designers reflect

11 May 2011
A collaborative exhibition project and magazine feature presented by Objectspace and Urbis magazine.

Why Milan? New Zealand designers reflect is a collaborative exhibition project and magazine feature presented by Objectspace and Urbis magazine.

The exhibition showcases seven outstanding contemporary New Zealand designers; Phil Cuttance, David Trubridge, Well-Groomed-Fox, Rod Fry, Simon James, Designtree, and Punga and Smith.

Why Milan? New Zealand designers reflect is a collaborative exhibition project and magazine feature presented by Objectspace and Urbis magazine.

The exhibition showcases seven outstanding contemporary New Zealand designers; Phil Cuttance, David Trubridge, Well-Groomed-Fox, Rod Fry, Simon James, Designtree, and Punga and Smith.

These designers based both locally and overseas, have utilised the prestigious Milan design week - arguably the biggest design fair in the world - to showcase their work to an international audience.

For Why Milan? the exhibitors have reflected, with the benefit of hindsight, on the value of showing at the prestigious Milan design week.

Collectively their reflections are a valuable insight for other New Zealand designers setting out to position themselves within the international design market.

What: Why Milan? New Zealand designers reflect 

Where: Objectspace, 8 Ponsonby Road, Auckland

When: 14 May - 4 June 2011