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Milan 2008: Trend Spotting

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The DIY effort is popping up all over the place in exhibit design this year. From the studio-cum-showroom of Maarten Baas to Traviganti's bizarre "La FaBBrica DeI SoGNI" (yes, spelled correctly!) that opened its doors in SuperStudio, the evidence of handcraft is given almost as much value as the objects themselves. We're still, however, trying to figure out how the presence of "Caterina Robot" relates to all this.

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