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Look back: our last year Salone di Mobile 2013 trip to Milan - The Squid Stories
Before we head to Milan for the Salone di Mobile 2014 TOMORROW(!!!), I want to add this post on my last year trip (!). I know, it is too late, it slipped my mind, too much work but hey, here it is, and in the coming weeks, you can expect a lot more from the Milan Design Week 2014! Consider it as a small ‘WARMING up’, okay? A design trip to Milano is always combining business (so they call it) and pleasure. Our annual mission? Check out the ‘Salone di Mobile’ vibe that goes around in Italy. We have some strict schedule to attempt. Flying All Italia is our first step. Leave at 9:45, arrive in Milano Linate 11:45. Great. We popped in to Roel, my former colleague and friend at the Linate airport. We used to work together at this international ad agency, and I’m still glad to see him. Roel off to a Coca-Cola meeting, me and Ivan off to our next pit stop: our (not so)affordable hotel. During the fair every hostel, hotel or grand luxury Palace Hotel Doubles, or let’s say …