Mosa in Milan w/ Style

This year’s edition of Milan Design Week was definitely one of the best in recent years. Together with Desiree from Vosgesparis and co-owner of w/ Style, I stayed for a full week in town. We visited several area’s, exhibitions and special events. This year we also teamed up with Mosa. The well-known Dutch tiles manufacturer returned to Milan again with an installation called Reflections. It was part of Masterly - the Dutch in Milano, a major event during Milan Design Week.

Every year the Dutch turn Palazzo Francesco Turati, located in the upcoming art and design district 5vie, into a Dutch Pavilion. A selection of country’s best designers, company’s and young talents present their work, while the courtyard is turned into a colorful flower bed of tulips. On the last day of the exhibition all the flowers are hand out to the inhabitants of Milan.

Drawing on Dutch culture and tradition, this year’s Dutch Pavilion in Milan is aligned with this year’s celebrations around a key anniversary linked to iconic painter Rembrandt van Rijn. 2019 is Rembrandt Year in the Netherlands, marking 350 years from the great master’s death. The Dutch Pavilion features a carefully selected constellation of Dutch craft, design, and art professionals. Touching upon themes inspired by Rembrandt’s legacy.

Reflections

Mosa took the visitors on a journey through space and time with Reflections Their installation, used mirrors as a reference to Rembrandt’s famous self-portraits, in combination with Terra Tones floor tiles and the elements of light and perspective. Sharpness and elegance define Mosa ceramics and this was clearly translated through a calming, modern exhibition with a strong theoretical base. A beautiful minimalistic room with tactile ceramic surfaces featured warm colors and a minimalistic design that kept the overall aesthetic clean and sophisticated.

Mosa introduced three new warm colors to the Terra Tones collection. Mosa scenes floor and wand tiles were used in combination with the portrait of Rembrandt at the entrance of the room, the tiles are available in eight color groups, in four different nuances and textures for a perfect mix and match.

Mosa w/ Style 

We always love to add a personal touch to  each w/ Style collaboration by using the clients products in our own way. For this we styled some stills with a mix of tiles from the Mosa scenes collection and a beautiful Rembrandt self portrait. By creating a table setting, using dark colours, glass and linen, we created our own view on the Rembrandt theme.

Concept, photography beeldSTEIL | Wen van Woudenberg for w/ Style

Concept, text editing Vosgesparis | Desiree Groenendal for w/ Style

In collaboration with Mosa