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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by Anna Vittoria Zuliani. A modern aesthetic and conceptual vision fits discreetly into an old house and delicately transforms it forever, playing with an elegant design and chromatic dynamism. The London-based architecture firm Unknown Works has transformed a typical Victorian residence, distributed over four floors, into a contemporary space, improving…
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It is the oldest material worked by man who, since the dawn of time, has used it to build objects, jewelery and pots, which have entered into tradition and are today preserved as true family legacies. The important thing is to take care of it. The best pans for slow…
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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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by Evi Mibelli. “I like the beautiful and the useful, and even more the beautiful in the useful.” Andrée Putman was neither a true designer nor a true architect, but an exceptional “ensemblière“. This is how Sylvie Santini, biographer of the grand dame of French design, defines her. A perfect…
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by Federica Capoduri. With Christmas just around the corner, they are the protagonists in creating the right atmosphere and warming up domestic spaces: garlands, lamps and shiny details to celebrate and play with your imagination. Whether it’s small bright spots for tables and living rooms, up to large festoons for…
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The mise en place of the parties are inspired by tradition, following two distinct paths that tell (both) a vision of particularly refined taste: on the one hand the material sumptuousness of Victorian atmospheres, on the other the candor of Scandinavian design. The celebrations are upon us, decorations, sparkling lights…
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With an antiuqe taste, it is one of the most sought-after trends in contemporary interior design, made current and refined by the new interpretations of the Casalgrande Padana porcelain stoneware collections. It is a decorative technique capable of creating spectacular plays of volumes, composed of a series of rounded and…
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