CITYist

We’re starting to hear a lot about this whole Milan Design week thing—formally known as the Salone del Mobile International Furniture Show. It also appears to be all the rage for fashion designers to act as patrons for ambitious furniture makers—first Bottega Veneta, and now Roberto Cavalli. These wooden pieces, which look like they belong in The Museum of Natural History, are noteworthy for their weirdness, if nothing else.