Childhood in New York, studies in London and today a studio in Milan: the young creative creates minimal furnishings with artisanal details rigorously made in Italy, dedicated to a functional and comfortable design. Born into a family passionate about design and raised in the Big Apple with a curious and…
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Carpenter, designer, artist: his vocation goes beyond the classic definitions, always exploring new ways of working metals with versatile handmade projects. Every creative follows their own path: there are those who study in renowned schools, those who learn in studios with high-sounding names and those who, immediately, work for large…
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Craftsmanship looks at the magic of transparency with the curiosity of a child and finds its most charming representation in the skills of two true artists: Laurence Brabant and Alain Villechange. Through their works, they encapsulate the visible and the invisible, shaping one of the dreamiest and most delicate materials,…
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Andrei Clontea‘s creativity arises from the continuous encounter between different elements. First of all two places, Brussels and Luxembourg, the cities in which he works. Architecture and art follow, one the starting point and the other the arrival point, beyond nature and artificial structures. All together, they become ingredients of…
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by Evi Mibelli. “Not in the thing itself, but in the degrees of shadow, lies beauty. The pearl, phosphorescent in dark places, loses much of its charm in the sunlight. There is no beauty in it, except that created by the contrasts of light and shadow.” – Book of Shadows…
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Eclectic, meticulous, and ingenious Cristian Visentin, born in 1972, works in industrial design, spanning genres, materials, inspirations, and products. Born in Varese, he graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in Design and has recently started his own studio in Pavia, focusing on industrial design, graphics, interior decoration, and architecture. Whether…
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An interview by Evi Mibelli with Davide Diliberto. The perception is that of being in front of a person who does not like being the center of attention. Davide Diliberto delegates to the project the task of talking about his vision of design. Which is refined, measured, attentive to every…
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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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by Costanza Carbotta. The Austrian duo Simiæn, namely Julia Schwarz and Lisi Penker, brought the future to the Isola Design Festival, through ancient art and a timeless tradition, also from the point of view of tableware: a tea set. Licking Rocks is a project designed with a view to finding…
Read moreby Costanza Carbotta. “The tree should not be cut down, it should be planted“. This is the fundamental concept of the KeepLife project, an innovative material created thanks to dried fruit shells (walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pistachios and peanuts), moldable into resistant products suitable for any type of design. For…
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