by Maria Chiara Antonini. There are architects and designers who move to another country and become famous abroad, even before they reach their hometowns, like Patricia Urquiola or Ron Arad. Others, however, remain deeply rooted in their hometowns, becoming an important hub…
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by Evi Mibelli. The queen of American design. She was said to be a charismatic woman, guided by a holistic vision of architectural design, where creativity and control extended to the smallest detail, in an interplay of function, geometry, color, texture, and balance…
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Marcel Breuer, a German architect and designer, was born on May 22, 1902. He is best known for his affiliation with the Bauhaus, the school of art and architecture founded by Walter Gropius and a center of significant design experimentation and innovation during the 1920s. Breuer was among…
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by Roberta del Vaglio. In British design, tradition isn't nostalgia: here's how it's reinterpreted through materials, patterns, and colors. And how to use it to reimagine the style of your home. In British design, the past doesn't remain static. It transforms. It changes scale, color, function. It reemerges in a floral motif...
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by Evi Mibelli. “You surround yourself with the things that are important to you. Your space, your objects: that's who you are.” This phrase graced one of the walls of the exhibition dedicated to Konstatin Grcic, held in 2015 at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. Born…
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Born on May 18, 1883, in Berlin, Walter Gropius is considered one of the greatest pioneers of modern architecture of the 20th century and is best remembered as the founder of the Bauhaus, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The son of an architect, he decided to…
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Marco Zanuso was born in Milan on May 14, 1916. He graduated in architecture in 1939, and his long professional career began in 1945, at the end of World War II. Architect, designer, urban planner, landscape architect, but above all, an "architect of thought," always ready to redefine customs and traditions and...
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Born in Oviedo, Spain, on May 12, 1961, but a Milanese resident for over twenty years, Patricia Urquiola is one of the most important figures in the world of contemporary design and an icon of female design. Award-winning, exuberant, eclectic, and unstoppable, her list of bestselling projects is endless, and many of them…
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Not just volumes, but precious artifacts that combine ancient bookbinding techniques with artistic processes: D'ORO Collection editions reinforce the image of Italian savoir faire, a promoter of art and culture, which becomes a new lifestyle. My encounter with D'ORO Collection at Milano Home happened almost by chance, while walking through the bright corridors of…
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Within a shared design language, we discover how some of Careg's proposals interpret one of the most essential pieces of furniture in the home in different ways, adapting its structure, details, and internal organization through diverse yet complementary solutions. There's one piece of furniture that transcends eras and styles without losing its relevance: the sideboard.…
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