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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alice Fisher

May design news: self-shaping furniture and the hemp revival

From left, Vollebak’s raw hemp hoodie, the HygroShape chaise-longue and Bethan Gray’s Inky Dhow collection
From left, Vollebak’s raw hemp hoodie, the HygroShape chaise-longue and Bethan Gray’s Inky Dhow collection Composite: PR

Salone del Mobile Milano – the furniture fair where all the big developments in the design world are unveiled – is back next week for the first full production since 2018. A great sign that the normality that’s been discussed so much during the pandemic might finally be a reality. While Salone is the best place to discover new names in design, art and furniture, there are interesting projects this month focused on rediscovery. New uses for hemp and a revolutionary way to use wood also feature in our stories. Old is very much the new new in design.

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