By Sebastiano Tonelli. Eccentric, visionary, multifaceted, Philippe Starck was born in Paris on January 18, 1949, and is considered by many as the enfant terrible of design. Son of an aeronautical engineer, he studied at the École Nissim de Camondo in Paris and at only 19 years old, he founded…
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Three immersive and complementary paths that, between décor, hospitality, and retail, decode the creative present and anticipate future trends, transforming spaces, materials, and objects into sensitive traces of contemporary design. In its first appointment for 2026, Maison&Objet entrusts at the tale of What’s New? Spaces the definition not only of…
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by Sara Gecchelin. The historic Umbrian textile brand maintains the thread of tradition to present itself as a refined protagonist of home decor: it is one of the exemplary cases of UAU – Umbria Artigianato Unico – capable of demonstrating that craftsmanship is not nostalgia but a contemporary way of…
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Bruno Mathsson was born on January 13, 1907, in a small town in Sweden and is considered one of the pioneers of modern Swedish furniture design. As the son of a cabinetmaker and a descendant of a generation of carpenters, he gained a profound knowledge of wood and its processing…
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by Roberta del Vaglio. A fundamental choice for the kitchen work area: materials and performance compared, from traditional ceramic to new-generation stone. The backsplash is the portion of the wall between the worktop and the cabinets, an area in the kitchen that is affected more than you might think: it…
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by Veronica Salò. With furnishings that flow, overlap, and transform, small spaces showcase a new way of living, where multifunctional ideas and flexible systems redefine rhythm, volume, and livability even in the most compact spaces. I know small houses well, both as a host and as a guest. I have…
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by Evi Mibelli. “It is the intrinsic language of the materials that I want to express.” Nordic design has always had a streak of inexplicable magic. And in the case of the Dane Poul Kjærholm it is unequivocally so. The source of inspiration is Nature. Even if lines, rigor, geometries…
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by Evi Mibelli. “Everything is a sum of details, but every detail is usable if it is thought out, designed and finally created”. At the end of the 19th century, the Austrian newspaper Neue Wiener Tagblatt wrote that never before in all of Europe had such a new building as…
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Paolo Rizzatto was born in Milan on 25 December 1941 where he still deals with architecture, interiors, products and lighting. After graduating in architecture from the Polytechnic of Milan in 1966, he opened his first studio together with Antonio Monestiroli di Leo with whom he mainly dealt with architecture and…
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by Evi Mibelli. Observing the vast and multifaceted production of Oki Sato – founder of the Nendo design studio – one instinctively thinks of Osvaldo Cavandoli, Bruno Munari and a quote from Hagakure. Osvaldo Cavandoli was the genius from whose pencil the cartoon La Linea was born, the little man…
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