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THE MILAN furniture fair, the Italian city’s 56-year-old rite of spring, is a jam that keeps getting bigger and noisier by the year. Is Salone the new Burning Man? If so, is that a good thing? Milan was chaotic but vivacious last week, wooing visitors with sunshine, wisteria and boatloads of Easter candy. The new products on view, many of them prototypes that will go into production for 2018, had a warmth and spirited intelligence that the public, including critics and seasoned buyers, fell for hard. Trendspotting between more than 2,000 exhibitors at the Salone del Mobile trade show and installations throughout…