What strikes me, at least to me, about Federico Peri's furnishing solutions is the simplicity and clean lines. This is partly due to his choice to draw inspiration from industrial design, where everything is functional. Yet their elegant lines betray masterful craftsmanship, a maniacal pursuit of balance...
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By Marta Santacatterina. Before sight and touch, comes the sense of smell: the intense, resinous scent of wood envelops the laboratory of Nicola Tessari, an electronics engineer fed up with the frenetic pace of the industrial environment in which he worked for 15 years and who, without any tradition…
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Maybe it's the same last name, or perhaps our shared passion for design, the fact remains that the creations of Tommaso Caldera, born in 1986, have struck me. His projects, at least the ones I've seen, are captivating for their clean, essential design. No aesthetic waste, one might say...
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From urban to domestic development, architect Hamad Sultan creates Tantum, a universal (yet unique) modular shelving system. Hamad Sultan is a Kuwaiti architect and designer based between Rome and Kuwait, who has brought (or re-brought) the true meaning of the object to the world of design: that of…
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A summer full of colors and stripes. Here's what we've found for you. The Origo mug line by iitala, designed by Alfredo Häberli. The mugs' stripes are inspired by the reflection of a rainbow on an airplane and represent one of the Scandinavian brand's most beloved designs. The colorful striped pattern offers a touch...
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From June 30th to July 3rd, Frankfurt will be filled with wonder (and plenty of new ideas to improve your business). See, listen, taste, try, touch, and discover new things. Not always, and not necessarily, in that order. It's precisely with this principle of "sensory" awareness in mind that Messe Frankfurt has (re)imagined...
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Today's design event is dedicated to the eclectic Ilaria Marelli. I was intrigued by her collection of Twig coffee tables, inspired entirely by nature. As she explains, "stylized trees transform into coat racks, and the console table instinctively evokes a curious little animal." With its clean lines and...
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by Marta Santacatterina. Young, very young, Federica Corona and Pietro Cristini are among the designers selected for the exhibition organized by Source, an event at the 2018 Fuorisalone, of which "La casa in ordine" is a partner. The theme of sustainability, central to the latest edition of Source, was fully embraced by the duo who, after…
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Can a home environment evoke a scene from a movie or TV series? It happened to me while wandering around the Steel showroom, where the lines of the Carpi-based brand, which has been producing semi-professional kitchens for home use since 1999, are on display. However, it may have been the shape...
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A corner of our beautiful country to display in your living room? Yes, it's possible. Carlo Alberto Torlai, an eclectic Roman artist and designer, has created these extraordinary three-dimensional models, reproducing churches, squares, and palaces, all rigorously made in…
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